The Most Humiliating Burial Method

livescience ^ | 23 June 2009

[JoeProBono]

There are a lot of ways to dispose of humans when they die. There's the whole mummy thing, which is relatively mundane compared to some of the weird ways on our Top 10 list (including burials in trees, on ships and the latest fad: plastination and display). Meanwhile, green deaths are on the rise. But this may be the most humiliating: Face down burial.

Apparently the custom has been used in many societies in history to disrespect or humiliate the dead, a new study finds. It's been used on criminals, war prisoners and simply those lacking social status, researchers concluded.

[MCF]

My Dad told my Mom;Shove a ham bone up my arse and let the dogs drag him off”. Naturally we didn’t as he as respected by family,friends, and foe alike.

[WayneS]

Fireworks?

Cool. That’ll work, too!

[grobdriver]

all you have to offer is an opinion on what dead people feel about how they were buried.

I don't know... you could probably get a $500,000 grant from the federal government to study that.

[DannyTN]

"I don't know... you could probably get a $500,000 grant from the federal government to study that."

I'd still be humiliated all the way to the bank.

[cyclotic]

My will states that my remains are to be cremated and released from a Porsche along US-2 in the Upper Peninsula at a speed of 110mph.

My brother wants to drive.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Joe 6-pack]

Simple creation works for me...then it can be honestly said I spent my entire life making an ash of myself.

[Joe 6-pack]

Oooops....cremation...not creation.

[JoeProBono]

Simple Cremation

[Max in Utah]

Ah, a Viking funeral!

That's the sendoff I want, with a pistol in my hand and a dead statist at my feet!

[Slings and Arrows]

Bawney Fwank wants to buried face-down in case his boyfriends come to the funeral.

[Daffynition]

I'd pine over you. ;(

[Daffynition]

I like the Gonzo method .... shot from guns.