Greens call for natural burials in the ACT

Load me and my pair of stupid Beagles onto a wooden boat and push me out onto LBG. Set me on fire with arrows loosed from the bank and watch me burn my way to Valhalla………make sure not to do it too close to the water squirter, don’t want my half burned corpse floating around the lake for days on end until that paddle steamer hits me and spits my remains all over the shop!

olfella said :

georgesgenitals said :

I’d like to be buried in a coffin made from lead and arsenic, inlaid with gold. Be sure to wrap me up in non-recyclable plastic bags and pack me in tightly using styrofoam.

Unfortunately the Greens are leading the charge to have those bags banned so by the time your number is up you may have to settle for glad wrap.

…only in ACT. I’m sure I can get some from across the border.

georgesgenitals said :

I’d like to be buried in a coffin made from lead and arsenic, inlaid with gold. Be sure to wrap me up in non-recyclable plastic bags and pack me in tightly using styrofoam.

Unfortunately the Greens are leading the charge to have those bags banned so by the time your number is up you may have to settle for glad wrap.

I still reckon a better way for a send off would be a barby and few beers in the backyard so your mates could say their farewells, followed by a big bonfire where you go up in smoke. Nice and easy and no middle men to pay.

Carboard boxes or paper bags/calico bags are most sensible containers for dead bodies. It’s madness to bury fine timbers crafted into furniture better than most people have in their homes. Plywood would do just as well, MDF, or just good old cardboard. People could write messages on it, like an office farewell card.

I’d like to be buried in a coffin made from lead and arsenic, inlaid with gold. Be sure to wrap me up in non-recyclable plastic bags and pack me in tightly using styrofoam.

Belanglo had natural burials and rapid decomposition, well, unmarked shallow graves in the scrub and half a bag of lime…

Greens trying to detract from the taxpayers waste of money that was the night rider bus program. It bugs me how politicians try to hide a bad idea with another potential bad idea.

Seems like a good idea. I would like to be buried in the earth in a natural environment in the way that is the best for the environment, but where can I do that in Canberra?

I’m not sure about your Zorostrian folk, JB; it seems a little disrespectful. But I do like the Greens’ idea. Both of the corpse disposal options currently available require some carpenter to slave away over a box I won’t need and that none of my family will have any advantage from. If there were a natural burial option, it would be my first preference as I don’t want my family wasting unnecessary money on my body after I’m finished with it.