Comments on: Bury Me With My iPod, Please… Cell Phone, Too. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glenn E. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1456938 Glenn E. Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:26:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1456938 Now I could see being buried with one's cellphone. Just in case they got the whole time of death thing, wrong. It harkens back to an age when funeral homes sold caskets with small bells mounted on them. So rich people, resting in crypts, could signal that they only had chronic narcolepsy, and hadn't actually died. An extremely rare occurrence, that the casket salesmen exploited the fear of. The embalming process stopped people from waking up, ever. And yet a recent episode of "Eleventh Hour" revisited this fear, and had some spring break teenagers waking up in a mortuary, after being pronounced dead. The cause was supposedly a NASA engineered virus that triggered suspended animation. Still hoping to make that mission to mars sound practical, eh? Bullsh*t, CBS. Now I could see being buried with one’s cellphone. Just in case they got the whole time of death thing, wrong. It harkens back to an age when funeral homes sold caskets with small bells mounted on them. So rich people, resting in crypts, could signal that they only had chronic narcolepsy, and hadn’t actually died. An extremely rare occurrence, that the casket salesmen exploited the fear of. The embalming process stopped people from waking up, ever.

And yet a recent episode of “Eleventh Hour” revisited this fear, and had some spring break teenagers waking up in a mortuary, after being pronounced dead. The cause was supposedly a NASA engineered virus that triggered suspended animation. Still hoping to make that mission to mars sound practical, eh? Bullsh*t, CBS.

]]> By: heehee http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1456661 heehee Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:02:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1456661 Do you think they were playing "Stairway To Heaven"? ---- yeah, I know - - uuuggghhh Do you think they were playing “Stairway To Heaven”?

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yeah, I know – - uuuggghhh

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1456467 pedro Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:55:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1456467 #14 What about an iTunes subscription to refresh the playlist every so often? #14 What about an iTunes subscription to refresh the playlist every so often?

]]> By: McNally http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455887 McNally Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:21:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455887 Time for some forward-thinking cemetery owners to run electricity to the actual graves. I can see outlets by the headstone with buried power cords coming out of the ground. The cemetery owner can then charge a small, re-occurring fee. Nothing like making residuals off the dead. Time for some forward-thinking cemetery owners to run electricity to the actual graves. I can see outlets by the headstone with buried power cords coming out of the ground.

The cemetery owner can then charge a small, re-occurring fee. Nothing like making residuals off the dead.

]]> By: jobs http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455541 jobs Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:22:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455541 Just goes to show you people won't be caught dead using a Zune. Just goes to show you people won’t be caught dead using a Zune.

]]> By: TVAddict http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455460 TVAddict Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:20:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455460 The only way I would listen to Coldplay is after I die. The only way I would listen to Coldplay is after I die.

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455338 pedro Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:31:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455338 #10 If there's a god, that's a given. #10 If there’s a god, that’s a given.

]]> By: Somebody_Else http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455308 Somebody_Else Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:41:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455308 Can we bury all the Apple fanboys alive with Steve Jobs when he dies? Can we bury all the Apple fanboys alive with Steve Jobs when he dies?

]]> By: Bob West http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1455021 Bob West Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:15:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1455021 If the get buried with their iPhone who pays the monthly charges for continued service. I guess that's covered by their will. If the get buried with their iPhone who pays the monthly charges for continued service. I guess that’s covered by their will.

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454974 pedro Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:41:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454974 BTW, is that a pic of Macworld's burial? BTW, is that a pic of Macworld’s burial?

]]> By: Angel H. Wong http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454949 Angel H. Wong Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454949 Apple fanboys don't croak, they squeal like the pigs they are. Apple fanboys don’t croak, they squeal like the pigs they are.

]]> By: Mister Mustard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454888 Mister Mustard Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:55:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454888 Please don't bury me Down in that cold cold ground No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up And pass me all around Throw my brain in a hurricane And the blind can have my eyes And the deaf can take both of my ears If they don't mind the size Give my stomach to Milwaukee If they run out of beer Put my socks in a cedar box Just get "em" out of here Venus de Milo can have my arms Look out! I've got your nose Sell my heart to the junkman And give my love to Rose Give my feet to the footloose Careless, fancy free Give my knees to the needy Don't pull that stuff on me Hand me down my walking cane It's a sin to tell a lie Send my mouth way down south And kiss my ass goodbye ©1973 John Prine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WetxmRjYc Please don’t bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I’d druther have ‘em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don’t mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get “em” out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I’ve got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don’t pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It’s a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

©1973 John Prine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WetxmRjYc

]]> By: morram http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454781 morram Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:44:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454781 Bury me with my Fender bass and my Ludwig drum set please Bury me with my Fender bass and my Ludwig drum set please

]]> By: bobbo http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454769 bobbo Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:33:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454769 I asked on an earlier thread why we place so much effort on discarding our earthly shells //// Only a few do. Most don't. For those that do, its an ego trip. I asked on an earlier thread why we place so much effort on discarding our earthly shells //// Only a few do. Most don’t. For those that do, its an ego trip.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/12/18/bury-me-with-my-ipod-please-cell-phone-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454764 Benjamin Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:30:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=33895#comment-1454764 Reminds me of the rich guy who wanted to be buried with his money. He had all his assets liquidated to cash and placed in the coffin with him. The funeral directors are talking afterward. "It was a shame to bury all that money," said one. The other funeral director puts a box of bills on the desk. "We didn't." "You didn't just steal from the dead guy?" "Don't worry. I paid him back with a check." * * * You can't take it with you. If you are dead, then you don't need an iPod or a Blackberry. I asked on an earlier thread why we place so much effort on discarding our earthly shells. Reminds me of the rich guy who wanted to be buried with his money. He had all his assets liquidated to cash and placed in the coffin with him.

The funeral directors are talking afterward. “It was a shame to bury all that money,” said one.

The other funeral director puts a box of bills on the desk. “We didn’t.”

“You didn’t just steal from the dead guy?”

“Don’t worry. I paid him back with a check.”

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You can’t take it with you. If you are dead, then you don’t need an iPod or a Blackberry.

I asked on an earlier thread why we place so much effort on discarding our earthly shells.

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