European Media Bias
I'll post this story, and give you three hours to tell me what's wrong with it.
Here's a hint: you have to actually click the link to figure it out, and most of you will still miss it.
UPDATE: Not one guess? You people amaze me. Well, here's the answer: the guy lived and died in the United States, but there's a picture of an English coffin. For those of you who don't know, and I'm guessing that's most of you, coffins are pretty much all they use in Europe, while Americans (and Canadians, I'm guessing) are buried in caskets. What's the difference?
A coffin is pretty much always a wooden box, though many of them are now composed of duraflake, plywood, or heavy paperboard with a veneer finish. Counting the top and bottom, it's eight-sided, tapering down at the foot end, and widest at the shoulders. Coffins are lightweight, and for the most part a coffin is carried on the shoulders of the pallbearers. Some undertakers, such as the company I worked for last summer, do their own coffin finishing (frills, pillows, fittings, handles, et cetera). Picture a coffin as a horse-drawn carriage.
A casket is made of either solid wood or solid metal. They're four- or eight-sided, and rectangular. As far as I know, caskets all come ready-made, with no after-purchase finishing done by the undertaker. Caskets are almost exclusively more expensive than coffins, and while coffins generally biodegrade within a few years, caskets don't. Picture a casket as a modern automobile.
More than you wanted to know? Just be glad I didn't talk about embalming!
He came into this world naked, spent much of his time in it nude, but will - against his specific wishes - depart it fully clothed.
Robert Norton, of Pekin, Illinois, was often prosecuted during his lifetime for gardening and wandering outside his house in the nude.
The 82-year-old said he wanted to be buried in his birthday suit - but his family are having none of it.
His brothers have decided to lay him to rest in grey trousers and a shirt.
One of them, Jack, is a minister. "He's not going to be buried in the nude," he said.
The other, Duane, explained that his late brother's behaviour was not meant to offend people.
"He was a naturist, and he just chose to be in the nude as people who are seeking nature. He was a peace-loving person," he said.
Here's a hint: you have to actually click the link to figure it out, and most of you will still miss it.
UPDATE: Not one guess? You people amaze me. Well, here's the answer: the guy lived and died in the United States, but there's a picture of an English coffin. For those of you who don't know, and I'm guessing that's most of you, coffins are pretty much all they use in Europe, while Americans (and Canadians, I'm guessing) are buried in caskets. What's the difference?
A coffin is pretty much always a wooden box, though many of them are now composed of duraflake, plywood, or heavy paperboard with a veneer finish. Counting the top and bottom, it's eight-sided, tapering down at the foot end, and widest at the shoulders. Coffins are lightweight, and for the most part a coffin is carried on the shoulders of the pallbearers. Some undertakers, such as the company I worked for last summer, do their own coffin finishing (frills, pillows, fittings, handles, et cetera). Picture a coffin as a horse-drawn carriage.
A casket is made of either solid wood or solid metal. They're four- or eight-sided, and rectangular. As far as I know, caskets all come ready-made, with no after-purchase finishing done by the undertaker. Caskets are almost exclusively more expensive than coffins, and while coffins generally biodegrade within a few years, caskets don't. Picture a casket as a modern automobile.
More than you wanted to know? Just be glad I didn't talk about embalming!
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