Why urn for your favorite sports team?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ivan Seeking
  • Start date Start date
Click For Summary

Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the commercialization of funerals, specifically the introduction of urns and caskets themed after sports teams, as well as broader sentiments regarding funeral expenses and practices. Participants express various opinions on the appropriateness and value of such products, touching on personal preferences for burial or cremation methods.

Discussion Character

  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express disbelief at the idea of spending money on themed urns and caskets, questioning the value of such purchases.
  • Others suggest alternative burial methods, such as using a cardboard box or opting for a sky burial, indicating a preference for simplicity or unconventional practices.
  • A participant humorously proposes a plan for their remains to be disposed of in a remote location, reflecting a disdain for traditional burial practices.
  • There is a sentiment that the funeral industry exploits grief, with some participants criticizing the commercialization of death.
  • One participant notes that cardboard coffins can be expensive, challenging the assumption that they are a cheap alternative.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally disagree on the value and appropriateness of themed urns and caskets, with multiple competing views on funeral practices and expenses remaining unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Some claims about the costs of cardboard coffins and the motivations behind funeral expenses are not substantiated, leaving room for further exploration of these topics.

Ivan Seeking
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Gold Member
Messages
8,252
Reaction score
2,664
...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?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
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.
 
  • #10
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?
 
  • #11
Precisely... and worse yet pad the pockets of someone who capitalizes upon grief.