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Butterflylady

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12. I am going to the body farm in Tennessee.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 12:47 PM

Sep 2022

I have signed all the forms and had the witnessed. All my family will have to pay is transportation to the farm. I will leave enough money for that expense. Then I will be used for forensic science.

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California's dead will have a new burial option: Human composting [View all] Auggie Sep 2022 OP

I wonder if this will reduce the number of bodies donated to science, Croney Sep 2022 #1

The Catholic Church should read its doctrines. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust .... bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #2

The church will come around. At one time cremation was not liked. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #13

I have a mental picture of a garden compost bin with a foot sticking out... Ocelot II Sep 2022 #3

ROFL Auggie Sep 2022 #4

Well, if someone is asleep on the job, maybe... hlthe2b Sep 2022 #8

just markie Sep 2022 #5

it is still markie Sep 2022 #6

Only nuclear waste is (essentially) permanent... hlthe2b Sep 2022 #7

I'm in... bahboo Sep 2022 #9

I love it but can you even imagine how bad that would smell at the end? Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #10

Maybe the wood chips alfalfa and other biodegradable materials stuffed into the steal box mask the Maraya1969 Sep 2022 #16

Decomposing flesh does indeed smell bad, but compost smells good. A few feet underground is all it Martin68 Sep 2022 #18

There is a concern Repug bodies could contaminate gardens. Sneederbunk Sep 2022 #11

I am going to the body farm in Tennessee. Butterflylady Sep 2022 #12

I'd like my body to be devoured by mockingbirds GenXer47 Sep 2022 #14

+1 Auggie Sep 2022 #15

I am seriously considering the composting option. I have always said I would want to be buried in a Martin68 Sep 2022 #17