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Simply Bananas
07-04-2009, 03:05 PM
Perhaps this has been posted already.
A company called Ecoffins USA is making, now get this, Caskets made from Banana Sheaves(basically they are discarded pseudostems). Ecoffins is suspiciously based in Denver. Isn't Gabe from Denver?
they come in two types--red stripe:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/BananaRedStripea2333.png
and the black stripe:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/porkpi/BananaBlackStripea2334.png
Here is their website:
All Natural Biodegradable Banana Caskets (http://www.ecoffinsusa.com/Banana_Caskets.htm)
Here is the story from our local paper:
The Post and Courier - Charleston SC (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BANANA_COFFINS?SITE=SCCHA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-03-16-18-05)
Having been in the business years ago it seems to be a preferable alternative to the most inexpensive of caskets we used to refer to as "Fuzzy Mahoghany".
momoese
07-04-2009, 03:18 PM
They must have to add more soil as they decompose. Interesting.
lorax
07-04-2009, 03:19 PM
If I wanted to be buried in the ground, I'd want one.
Simply Bananas
07-04-2009, 03:21 PM
There is a very dark comedy about the funeral and film industry called "The Loved One". It had a great cast of Jonathon Winters, Rod Steiger, and Roddy McDowell and many others. Liberace was the casket salesman.
The Loved One (1965) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/)
lorax
07-04-2009, 03:56 PM
There's also Death At A Funeral (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/), which is admittedly a bit more about the living but darkly hilarious in its own way, plus it's filled with British people. Although, for disposal of dead bodies in a black comedy, nothing even comes close to the classic Consuming Passions (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094907/), with Johnathan Price and Victoria Redgrave, and the incomparably named Prunella Scales.
island cassie
07-04-2009, 04:16 PM
Yep - if I needed a coffin - that would be the one for me!
damaclese
07-05-2009, 11:03 AM
There is a very dark comedy about the funeral and film industry called "The Loved One". It had a great cast of Jonathon Winters, Rod Steiger, and Roddy McDowell and many others. Liberace was the casket salesman.
The Loved One (1965) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/)
i rember this filme i saw it quite a few years later then 1965 as i was only 3 at that time i never really thought it was that funny just kinda off color a bit
mabe i sould rewatch it do you think they have it on Netflks LOL
harveyc
07-05-2009, 01:30 PM
They must have to add more soil as they decompose. Interesting.
Mitchel, even for regular caskets most cemeteries around here (and most place in the U.S., I would think) require that you buy a concrete "liner" which is basically a concrete box so that the soil will remain flat. Old cemeteries are more uneven and mow. I've thought that I'd like to be buried in a nice wooden casket like we used for my mom five years ago but maybe this banana thing will catch my fancy (or my wife's or son's).
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