# I would like for my remains to be used as a... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471 "2017-09-04T13:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/41 "2017-10-03T21:30:51Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > I’ve posted it here before … but I made mutual wills with a friend of mine that the survivor of the two of is will make the other’s skull into a drinking cup. I find this idea utterly cool and fascinating. Any idea how you or your friend will have this done? My search for someone who can/would do this kind of thing was fruitless. Other than the skull cup thing, meh, donate me to whoever for whatever purpose, I’m probably not going to be in position to complain, much less care. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/42 "2017-10-03T22:25:36Z")
You might look into the Toronto actor who donated his skull to his theatre company, for inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/43 "2017-10-03T22:36:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You might look into the Toronto actor who donated his skull to his theatre company, for inspiration. Oh yeah, I knew him, Horatio ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/44 "2017-10-03T23:50:55Z")
I could be used to understand more about hearing lost from nerve damage and the effect of having objects throw at your head and being repeatedly hit on the same side of your head as a child everyday ! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/45 "2017-10-09T20:59:21Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > I’ve posted it here before … but I made mutual wills with a friend of mine that the survivor of the two of is will make the other’s skull into a drinking cup. Well, if you’ve posted it before, the odds are that you’ve gotten this response before, but [what the hell…](https://oglaf.com/skulls/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471/46 "2017-10-09T21:07:48Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > timely thread. > I just toured our local Coroner’s office yesterday. That question came up. The Coroner has passed on several bodies to medical schools here and in neighboring states. If they know about the situation in advance they are quite cooperative. > Likewise with the organ donation folks. Those folks watch the same network the Coroner and Police use to keep each other informed about the status of cases. They swoop in whenever a likely candidate shows up on the net. > > Interesting tour. Ooh, didn’t see this one first time around! I’d like my organs to be harvested for donation, THEN have what’s left be used as a med school cadaver. When the student opens me up, he’d find a bunch of papers marked “IOU,” like in [this scene.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO0uXmwxTNI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-for-my-remains-to-be-used-as-a/795471.md?page=2)