Larger Americans=Larger Caskets, etc.

[Mari333]

Perhaps nowhere is the issue of obesity in America more vividly illustrated than at Goliath Casket of Lynn, Ind., specialty manufacturers of oversize coffins.

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." >>





http://www.statesman.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/news_f367885bc113321200d2.html;COXnetJSessionID=13plS0NlHL76BcaXH9CxTwb1p3fNV2eNXuram0iCAeJ0s7hUvj9E!-1311192197?urac=n&urvf=10647739258200.7179225585795403

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. good grief

giant size coffins . How depressing


that does it pal, I an dieting

I absolutely refuse to be a fat corpse

[w4rma]

3. LOL! What an odd motivation to choose.

:D:D

[Brucey]

2. Everyone loses weight in hell. But it's a dry heat.

[DoNotRefill]

4. What irritates me...

is that it's hard to find a really tall coffin. I've checked.

[mmm]

5. Just so it locks, with no way to get out, and is sound proof

and costs a lot of money that could have been used by the LIVING

[tsipple]

6. In related news, cremation urns...

...Are still just about the same size. :evilgrin: