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30 March 2006

Hello, hello? Can anybody hear me? -- "More people than ever are asking to be buried or cremated with their mobile phones when they die, say researchers."

post by: ericb at: 16:09 | 11 comments

Can you hear me now?

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 30 March | 16:11

Sure, but the roaming charges from heaven are a bitch.

posted by Capn 30 March | 16:14

As long as you spring for caller ID and call waiting, the grave is the one place where a land-line should be more than adequate.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 30 March | 16:14

When I first read this I thought it said mobile homes. That seemed quite a feat.

posted by Frisbee Girl 30 March | 16:17

next time you use your ouija board, the spirits will say
DEF IS GR8

posted by dodgygeezer 30 March | 16:18

Ha!! dodgy!

posted by Frisbee Girl 30 March | 16:20

And when the charge runs out, you are truly dead.

posted by sarah connor 30 March | 16:20

I would be more than happy to bury or cremate people with their mobile phones.

"WHAT? WHERE ARE YOU? I AM AT THE STORE! YES, I AM BUYING MILK! TWO PERCENT!"

Oh, wait. When they die?

posted by wimpdork 30 March | 16:31

wimpdork wins.

posted by Zozo 30 March | 16:44

Lots of cultures include cremating/burying representations of stuff so they can "take it with them" into the afterlife.

I've seen little paper washing machines and dryers, televisions, dinette set, &c&c.

posted by porpoise 30 March | 18:41

"More people than ever"? To what previous time frame are they comparing it?

posted by small_ruminant 30 March | 20:59

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