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Old 09-21-2004, 06:00 PM
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www.ask.com "do fat people get buried like regular people"

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/991085/posts

As Americans get fatter, caskets, burial plots, even hearses must get bigger
THE NEW YORK TIMES ^ | September 28, 2003 | Warren St. John

There, one can see a triple-wide coffin -- 44 inches across, compared with 24 inches for a standard model. With extra bracing, reinforced hinges and handles, the triple-wide is designed to handle 700 pounds without losing what the euphemism-happy funeral industry calls its "integrity."

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Old 09-21-2004, 06:07 PM
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LOL chek this shit out

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/L...y040601-1.html

Goliath specializes in coffins for the obese — for the deceased weighing as much as 1,000 pounds. Business has increased by 20 percent a year for the past decade.

In the company's factory, workers weld metal frames, including some that are bigger than the bed of a pickup truck. A standard-sized casket today is 27 inches wide.

"When we started out," says Davis, "we were building 33-inch-wide caskets and we thought that was an obese casket." But 10 years ago, he says, that began to change. "Now we're up to 52-inch-wide caskets and I hope that's going to be large enough."

Transporting a casket for an obese person can cost twice as much as a regular casket. There are other costs such as larger cemetery plots, which make a funeral for an obese person at least 30 percent more expensive.

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Old 09-21-2004, 06:08 PM
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Lol you did the research. Good knowledge to know I suppose. Hate to have to be the one to carry those fat bastards.
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:17 PM
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Jesus that is a big fucking coffin I wonder how many regular ppl you can fit in that thing>????
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:18 PM
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i often wondered about that myself. i'm 6'5" about 290 with a 60"chest. i always thought i would need a special coffin, but maybe not
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:23 PM
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I'd want a big coffin. That way, if I'm not really dead, I'll at least have some space to try to bust my way out. Of course, I'd prefer a crypt or something where I'm lying on a table, with a door that needs a key and shit to open from the outside, but you can open it easily on the inside
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:29 PM
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I don't think you'll be much alive after they imbalm you. That would suck though if they started imbalming you and you were alive.
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:31 PM
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I'm not getting embalmed
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Old 09-21-2004, 06:54 PM
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Well in that case. Mabye you could get buried alive.
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Old 09-22-2004, 12:26 PM
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not if I do my crypt plan
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