Scientist says cremation should meet a timely death

(AFP) ^ | Wed Apr 18, 10:30 AM ET | Staff Writer (apparently)

[Triggerhippie]

What kind of crazy stuff is this?

[taxesareforever]

Professor Roger Short said people could instead choose to help the environment after death by being buried in a cardboard box under a tree.

I could choose this but the law won't allow it.

[Red Badger]

This was actually a preferred method of interrment by the Bene Gessaret, in the Dune series Sci-Fi books........

[pandoraou812]

Don’t know but maybe you should send it to Al Gore.

[BookaT]

Gibberish!

Oh yeah the mighty “The tree only gives us O2” argument. Until it dies and decays, or burns, or well that is about all that happens to trees.

Unless you build it into a house and slow its decay.

[B.O. Plenty]

.......the age-old tradition of cremation, saying the practice contributed to global warming....

Too late, Dr.....If honey bees keep on disappearing...global warming is going to be the least of our problems

[Red Badger]

I had thought about this for myself also. I don’t know if the laws of Florida will allow it...........

[JJR RNCH]

Just wait until all the animals start digging up the bodies and dragging the remains all over the place. What a nut.

[synbad600]

And where are all the extra coffins going to be made, in someone's back yard?

And what about all the trees? Aren't they made of wood? Oh yea, cardboard boxes. But where do they come from? Factories or pixie dust?

[devane617]

There is a graveyard/cemetery in southeast Texas that sells plots for “natural burial — meaning no embalming, just planted in a degradable box.

[LibWhacker]

Oh, brother. Just for that, I think I WILL ask for cremation, though I prefer this:

[Red Badger]

Just wrap the body in linen. It was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me...........

[Red Badger]

I dunno if they allow that kind anymore.........

[P-40]

by being buried in a cardboard box under a tree.

All that digging would do wonders for the tree's roots. /sarc

[gimme1ibertee]

The same kind of stuff produced by Goreon.

[kawaii]

well cremation is pretty anti-Christian to begin with, though this alternative is pretty un-Christian as well...

[RobbyS]

A normal person would be saying this tongue in cheek.

[BenLurkin]

Is this satire?

[hardworking]

Well, hot darn! That John Edwards does it again! His private estate should be able to accommodate all of us as fertilizer.

[hsalaw]

He’s a modern day Jonathan Swift, making his own “Modest Proposal.”