# Do people who have afro hair and die have to get it cut off before burial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 1, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820 "2019-11-01T02:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/21 "2019-11-01T18:22:08Z")
In combination with the [do women have to take off their swimsuits and leotards to pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884721) thread, this one is creating for me a sense of the OP, from which I may anticipate further new threads in a light they might not otherwise so quickly be illuminated by. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/22 "2019-11-01T19:23:51Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > In combination with the [do women have to take off their swimsuits and leotards to pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884721) thread, this one is creating for me a sense of the OP, from which I may anticipate further new threads in a light they might not otherwise so quickly be illuminated by. My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![bubba001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@bubba001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba001)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/23 "2019-11-02T02:54:07Z")
Buddy of mine died, he was bald. His head was so shiny that I joked they used car wax on it. Great funeral. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/24 "2019-11-02T03:00:14Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > In combination with the [do women have to take off their swimsuits and leotards to pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884721) thread, this one is creating for me a sense of the OP, from which I may anticipate further new threads in a light they might not otherwise so quickly be illuminated by. I didn’t realize the OP started the swimsuit thread! If he’s/she’s trolling with these threads, well done! They’re entertaining! 😃 If they’re meant to be serious…_shudder_! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/25 "2019-11-02T04:54:24Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > In combination with the [do women have to take off their swimsuits and leotards to pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884721) thread, this one is creating for me a sense of the OP, from which I may anticipate further new threads in a light they might not otherwise so quickly be illuminated by. I found this troubling as well. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/26 "2019-11-02T08:21:44Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > If they’re meant to be serious…_shudder_! :eek: I suspect they are. :eek: At least he no longer ends every question with the word “then”. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/27 "2019-11-02T08:36:21Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > The clients…never ask you to make them look like that picture of Jennifer Aniston in a magazine. They don’t? I plan to put that request in my will. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/28 "2019-11-02T11:07:00Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > They don’t? I plan to put that request in my will. You don’t put funeral arrangement requests in a will. It’s probably will have [no effect](https://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2014/04/should-you-include-burial-plans-in-your-will.html). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/29 "2019-11-02T14:55:02Z")
Scene from that famous documentary on the subject, [Blacula](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8wmvDAMVn_E/U9LdpPnUw_I/AAAAAAAA7tE/-i36erXhJyI/s1600/bl13.png). ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/30 "2019-11-02T15:02:59Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I also think that you are either vastly underestimating the size of a casket or vastly overestimating the size of people’s hair. It wasn’t too tight a fit for[Screamin’ Jay Hawkins](http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120112172408/lyricwiki/images/a/a9/Screamin'_Jay_Hawkins_-_What_That_Is.jpg).\* \*album featuring the immortal “Constipation Blues”. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/31 "2019-11-02T15:05:27Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > In combination with the [do women have to take off their swimsuits and leotards to pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884721) thread, this one is creating for me a sense of the OP, from which I may anticipate further new threads in a light they might not otherwise so quickly be illuminated by. > [@lingyi](#): > > I didn’t realize the OP started the swimsuit thread! If he’s/she’s trolling with these threads, well done! They’re entertaining! 😃 If they’re meant to be serious…_shudder_! :eek: **Moderator Note** Let’s avoid accusations of trolling in GQ, even oblique ones. If you believe someone is trolling, report it. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820/32 "2019-11-02T15:06:17Z")
Since the factual aspect of the OP has been answered, I’m closing this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-afro-hair-and-die-have-to-get-it-cut-off-before-burial/842820.md?page=1)