# Disposing of the body

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-the-body/760843>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-the-body/760843 "2016-07-25T13:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-the-body/760843/21 "2016-07-27T14:05:41Z")

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> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> MIL is being given a full Lutheran wake and funeral. Which I think pretty wasteful and obnoxious.

Be glad that it is only that. Some folks go for several days of paid mourners, a hermetically sealed stainless steel casket, and a family mausoleum vault, all tied up with litigation over who goes in which vault.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-the-body/760843/22 "2016-07-27T14:22:39Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> Feed the body to the pigs.

This whole experience had me researching whole body donation sites. Really sounds easy. The remove the body at no expense. Other than body farms, they’ll return a box of ashes you can pretend were the unused parts of the deceased.

Found a body farm in Texas, that includes studying the effects of vultures and other scavengers. I think I’m signing up with them! 😉

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-the-body/760843/23 "2016-07-27T23:36:38Z")

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It will be all over in a day or two. Just suffer through it. Good luck!

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