Fossilize yourself

It shouldn’t be so tough. Just sneak into the La Brea Tar Pits after hours wearing some nice concrete shoes, and have a good friend throw you into one of the tar pits. And wait.

I take it this is about the article “How Can I Get Myself Fossilized?”

It’s helpful to the rest of us if you link to the column you’re posting about. I assume this is it:

How can I get myself fossilized?

Edit - D’oh! :smack:

Ninja’d.

Perhaps self-mummification would serve instead of fossilization.

Fossilization is so old school. Thanks to the wonders of modern science, we now have this:

Somehow the fact that Von Hagen’s daddy was in the S.S. doesn’t seem all that surprising…

For me Iam already fossilized. You see as my children were growing up I always had a story to tell themon one thing or another, and when there was A problem with something I always had the answer so they nicknamed me the Fossil so to me it was easy thank you the Fossil

Why did this classic show up on the main page again so quickly?

beanieboy, welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, we’re glad you’re here.

Since there was already a thread on this topic, I’ve moved your post into that thread. No big deal, just trying to keep like topics together.