In what can only be described as a novel way to bury our dead, an inventor has come up with a screw-in coffin. The design permits the burying of our loved ones vertically instead of horizontally, saving space in the process. In a recent article it shows a picture and diagram of the invention that says it can be screwed into the earth either manually or by using a machine.
The article also states that:
Scruggs is currently engineering prototypes that can withstand the torsion involved without breaking and without being too heavy or expensive. For the more eccentric, he says, “you could have one made out of clear resin, with you in the middle of it, and you could practically wave goodbye to everyone as you’re being screwed into the ground. But that’s probably an option for rock stars.”
Interesting concept. But does it make more sense to bury our deceased or have them cremated?
You decide.
Comments welcome.
Talk about your ignominious ends!
Be easier to freeze us in the shape of a screw. Or maybe freeze a bunch of us together in a row and put us in the ground with a giant nail gun.
Hi Dick,
You may wish to patent that idea before someone steals it! LOL
Based on the size of the object I would guess that this is for cremains.
Hi Kevin,
If you click on the source link it will show you a drawing of the device with a human body inside.
Wait wait wait… If we get the clear resin one… You would be able to see us rot. Or does it actually go all the way into the ground? From the looks of the one in the picture, it sits a bit out of the ground. I’m sorry, but being able to see rotten dead people would freak the shit out of me.
Hi Gavin,
I hope the picture of the cork screw casket was for illustration purposes only.
I believe it will go lower into the ground.
Yup, that’s life in the USA…. Screwed to the very end.
Now that’s funny! Thanks Cynic
If you were encased in clear resin I don’t think you’d rot too fast… think of a bug or small animal in amber…. Think also of “Plastination”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastination