# Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2023-05-03T11:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 190
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3786 "2025-12-10T22:44:05Z")
LMGTFY: > **[Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=how%2Bare%2Bcorpses%2Bstored%2Bon%2Bcruise%2Bships)** ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3787 "2025-12-11T00:12:34Z")
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve seen one of those (LMGTFY posts). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3788 "2025-12-11T00:13:29Z")
That’s because the mods aren’t cool with them outside the Pit, as there’s an implicit insult in doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3789 "2025-12-11T00:45:09Z")
What does it stand for? Never mind, I Googled it (lol) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3790 "2025-12-11T01:27:28Z")
Nice save. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3791 "2025-12-11T04:09:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’d immediately be part of a class action suit against RCL if they _did_ turn back for a dead body. The poor fiancée and child. It’s not a good situation for anyone but damn that would suck. Can they get off at the next port and have a way to get home? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3792 "2025-12-11T07:00:30Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve seen one of those (LMGTFY posts). They’ve been mostly replaced by “Let’s see what ChatGPT has to say!” ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3793 "2025-12-11T09:42:25Z")
There is an old joke in the Cruise industry about ‘Free Ice Cream Day for All Passengers!’ - which meant someone had died and they needed to empty a freezer. I think it makes a good story - considering the average age of most cruise passengers, and the fact that they have about 3-5,000 on board for a couple of weeks, I have no doubt there would be a proper contingency plan. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3794 "2025-12-11T10:22:34Z")
There are approximately 200 deaths per year on cruise ships, according to [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/cruise-ship-deaths-hundreds-occur-per-year-heres-what-data-reveals-2105958). So one would think that a plan is in place on each and every ship. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3795 "2025-12-11T11:09:42Z")
If someone dying on a cruise ship (and ending up in the onboard morgue) sounds bad, remember that some (probably small) number of airline passengers die mid-flight. And there may be no open seats, so someone ends up sitting right next to a dead body. (The good news is that at least they’re quiet.) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3796 "2025-12-11T11:59:44Z")
Don’t dead bodies often fart? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3797 "2025-12-11T12:00:47Z")
Yes, but that can be blamed on the living passenger across the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3798 "2025-12-11T14:33:58Z")
But the point I was trying to make is this guy did die under unusual/suspicious circumstances. An 80 year old dies in their sleep far at sea, sure, they have to store the body somehow. But if they’re 3 hours from port and someone finds a recently dead body with a bullet hole in the skull, then yeah, I think they should turn back immediately and not just stash them in the morgue until the cruise is done so **LSLGuy** isn’t inconvenienced. And this case seems closer to a murder than an 80 year old dying of natural causes, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3799 "2025-12-11T16:57:28Z")
My grandfather died on a cruise ship. Sat down on a deck chair, covered himself with a blanket, had a heart attack and died. It would have been a cool way to go if he wasn’t just 64. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3800 "2025-12-11T17:45:48Z")
[Caitlyn Doughty, YouTube’s ask a mortician](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjhJ7FrWtg) addressed this topic a while back, IRT the case of Robert Lewis Jones Encapsulating: he died six days from port. Instead of the ship’s morgue, his body was placed in a beverage cooler (for reasons not clarified). Morgues are kept at 36 degrees F; much lower than liquid beverage refrigeration. Mr. Jones was in bad shape when the ship docked in six days, and the widow sued. Her tort rests on [The Right of Sepulcher.](https://www.deathcarelaw.com/2015/04/articles/supulcherpreference-laws/the-right-of-sepulcher-one-hurdle-to-the-final-resting-place/#:~:text=All%20too%20often%20our%20country's,of%20time%252C%20to%20go%20forgotten.) My million-dollar idea? A roaming water hearse in the Caribbean, which for a premium price will transport corpses back to Florida without delay. Expensive, but with tens of thousands of cruising seniors spending a few mandatory pennies on insurance premiums-embarkation, it’s a winner for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3801 "2025-12-11T17:56:03Z")
Substantially all Caribbean cruises make landfall within 36 hours of leaving the prior port. And it’s often just overnight away from port, so at most 8-10 hours. A bizjet compatible airport is readily available at substantially every cruise destination. A chartered jet transport service for the recently deceased (de-seas-ed? 😉 ) and accompanying next of kin would be easy to set up and much more responsive. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3802 "2025-12-11T20:14:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Substantially all Caribbean cruises make landfall within 36 hours of leaving the prior port. And it’s often just overnight away from port, so at most 8-10 hours. True. In the linked video, the cruise line offered to immediately disembark the deceased and the widow at Puerto Rico, where she could make her own arrangements. She opted to finish the scheduled route, expecting that the corpse would be stored at an appropriate temperature. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3803 "2025-12-11T20:45:22Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > My million-dollar idea? A roaming water hearse in the Caribbean, which for a premium price will transport corpses back to Florida without delay. Expensive, but with tens of thousands of cruising seniors spending a few mandatory pennies on insurance premiums-embarkation, it’s a winner for everyone. A winner of an idea: when you sign up for the cruise, in the event of your death for a small aded fee you get to be buried at sea with an appropriate ceremony including a reading from a book of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3804 "2025-12-11T20:50:45Z")
I’ve performed burials at sea when I was in the USN. For full-body burials, the coffin was slid off the chutes used for dumping shell casings overboard during combat. A slight modification could be made for cruise ships, utilizing the water slide. (For the cost-conscious guests, a less elaborate method could be made available, dubbed the “Klinghoffer.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/3805 "2025-12-11T20:54:37Z")
I’m thinking they could take this device, make it a bit more powerful, not attach the seat belts to the decedent, then sort of underhand trebuchet them well out to sea while the rest of the passengers placed bets on how far they’d fly. Then offered a final toast to their fallen comrade. If you’re going to go out, go out in spectacular fashion. > **[MSC Cruises unveils Cliffhanger over-water swing ride](https://blooloop.com/water-parks/news/msc-cruises-cliffhanger-over-water-swing-ride/)** > > MSC Cruises has unveiled Cliffhanger, a swing ride that allows guests to dangle out over the ocean at 50 metres above the water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=191)