Why urn for your favorite sports team?

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Major League Baseball has signed a licensing agreement with Eternal Image to produce urns and caskets representing all 30 teams, marking a significant move in the $11 billion funeral industry that is increasingly personalizing burial options. This trend includes themed caskets, such as those inspired by Harley-Davidson and popular characters like Betty Boop. The discussion reveals skepticism about the value of expensive funerals, with some participants expressing a preference for simpler alternatives, such as cardboard coffins or unconventional burial methods, highlighting a broader critique of the commercialization of death and the financial burden it places on families.
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...Major League Baseball has entered into a licensing agreement with Eternal Image, which hopes to eventually make urns and caskets with for all 30 teams. The company also hopes to have similar agreements with NASCAR, the NHL and the NFL, but baseball was the first to sign on.

The $11 billion a year funeral industry has moved to add more personal touches for the deceased, from Harley-Davidson-themed caskets to ones featuring the cartoon character Betty Boop. [continued]
http://wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=52902

"PF" on your casket, anyone?
 
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Unbelievable what people will waste their money on.
 
Evo said:
Unbelievable what people will waste their money on.

:mad: :confused: I was just going to ask for their number... :bugeye:
 
benhartig said:
:mad: :confused: I was just going to ask for their number... :bugeye:
1-900-call-evo :biggrin:
 
1-900 Hello, i would like a coffin to fit me and my velo please.
 
I can't for anything figure out why anyone would flush money away on a funeral and casket at all. All that you need is a cardboard box, then have your ashes thrown in the face of someone you don't like.

Or, Evo's Tibetan sky burial. That makes even more sense.
 
Evo said:
1-900-call-evo :biggrin:

oh that doesn't sound like an urn purchasing telephone number :-p :redface:
 
Cardboard coffins are actually very expensive.
 
Not when you get them out of the Safeway dumpster.
 
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When I die, I want my wife to dump my body out into the woods somewhere remote and call the wardens a few days later to say that I hadn't returned from a fishing trip in a different location. Hopefully, they'll never find my body. I've eaten lots of animals over the years, and they deserve a turn-about. Why burn or bury perfectly usable proteins and minerals?
 
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Precisely... and worse yet pad the pockets of someone who capitalizes upon grief.
 

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