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Oct18-05, 05:14 PM   #1
 
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When I die, I want to become a diamond...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4751684/
With just eight ounces of cremated remains and a few thousand dollars, anyone can turn deceased loved ones into colorful carats. The first step is the cremation -- cremated remains contain the carbon needed to produce a synthetic diamond. These are not the first man-made diamonds, but the founders of Lifegem say they are the first to create them from the carbon from human remains. The process is straightforward: The carbon is heated, turned into graphite, and placed into a diamond press, where it is subjected to heat and pressure. Five months later... Grandma’s a gem!

see also http://www.lifegem.com/
 
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Oct18-05, 05:44 PM   #2
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I could do that and the Evo child could wear me around her neck and when people ask her what it is, she can say "my mom".
 
Oct18-05, 05:45 PM   #3
 
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I think that's terrible
 
Oct18-05, 05:51 PM   #4
 

When I die, I want to become a diamond...


nah, I've already got a special place for grandma's bones; I've been needing an ottoman for a while now....
 
Oct18-05, 05:53 PM   #5
 
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OH mY GOD, SWERVE!!!!
 
Oct18-05, 05:56 PM   #6
 
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Quote by Evo
I could do that and the Evo child could wear me around her neck and when people ask her what it is, she can say "my mom".
I was thinking I would like to do this for both of my dear departed cats (they were cremated and I have their ashes) but it looks to be very, very expensive.
 
Oct18-05, 05:59 PM   #7
 
yes, but you can just call me Swerve
 
Oct18-05, 06:01 PM   #8
 
My grandma always says that she wants to be cremated and buried in a shoebox, no point in wasting money on the dead as she sees it. Maybe I could mix the ashes in some paint and plaster her on my wall...forever....and ever...and ever...

or maybe use use her as snuff!
 
Oct18-05, 06:06 PM   #9
 
I've always wondered, is it possible to use diamond flecks in a tattoo? Then you'd be one flesh
 
Oct18-05, 06:06 PM   #10
 
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I think that's terrible
Yomamma, you're a gem!

I was just about to ask if anyone'd considered the ethical implications of this. I love the younger generations, such pure minds, not yet corrupted by the consumer culture of "silk and diamonds".
 
Oct18-05, 06:09 PM   #11
 
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I've always wondered, is it possible to use diamond flecks in a tattoo? Then you'd be one flesh
Now there's an idea!

You know, since my family doesn't have the bucks to make me into a giant diamond when I shuffle off this mortal coil, perhaps I could settle for just being converted into graphite. I could enjoy a reincarnation as a #2 pencil.
 
Oct18-05, 06:16 PM   #12
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Well, if I can't afford to be made into a gem, my second option is being stuffed.
 
Oct18-05, 08:43 PM   #13
 
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Now there's an idea!
You know, since my family doesn't have the bucks to make me into a giant diamond when I shuffle off this mortal coil, perhaps I could settle for just being converted into graphite. I could enjoy a reincarnation as a #2 pencil.
Then I could use the pencil to draw a pichur of you!
 
Oct18-05, 08:47 PM   #14
 
MIH, you already are a beautiful gem.
 
Oct18-05, 08:58 PM   #15
 
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MIH, you already are a beautiful gem.
This is true, and her new Borg implants only add to the allure. Perhaps she should rename herself Seven Of Math.
 
Oct18-05, 11:35 PM   #16
 
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I want to be either a Kingsford Briquette or a can of graphite lube.
 
Oct18-05, 11:42 PM   #17
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Then I could use the pencil to draw a pichur of you!
I pitchur of you!

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MIH, you already are a beautiful gem.
Smooooooth... but I would revise it to something like:

MIH, you are a beautiful gem.
 
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