# Personal Urns **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511 "2009-12-08T21:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/1 "2009-12-08T21:20:33Z")
[This just seems creepy to me](http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Personal-Urns-c109.html). I know the ancient Romans used to have masks of their ancestors, to be brought out for family funerals, but this seems…unnerving. Maybe if the eyes were closed? ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/2 "2009-12-08T21:29:25Z")
Yeah, that’s exactly how I want to remember my loved ones, with the glassy, dead-eyed stares they had in life. Yes, those are creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/3 "2009-12-08T21:36:55Z")
:eek:! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/4 "2009-12-08T21:51:27Z")
:eek:, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/5 "2009-12-08T22:10:35Z")
Wow! I’m gonna buy one! Actually, no I’m not. Another vote for Ultra-creepy. ---
**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 8, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/6 "2009-12-08T22:20:46Z")
I want one, but of a much better-looking guy. After years have passed, my desendants will look forward to the eventuality of that Gregory Peck gene’s reappearance. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/7 "2009-12-08T22:29:12Z")
I don’t need a personal urn. I’m already a churning urn of burning funk. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/8 "2009-12-08T22:49:13Z")
So the Keepsake Size is a shrunken head? 😃 I like how it only holds a portion of the ashes. “Who wants a spoonful of Grandma?” I want to know if the eyes follow you around the room. 'Cause that would be bonus creepy. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/9 "2009-12-08T23:05:22Z")
Can I get one where the eyes blink at random intervals? Cause that would be so cool! I mean _creepy as all hell what on earth were they thinking?_ From the website: > [@](#): > > Now we can create a custom urn in the image of your loved one or favorite celebrity or hero. Now we’re talking. What could be better than to spend eternity within the screw-top head of Sean Connery as the only true 007? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/10 "2009-12-09T01:04:15Z")
Now, I could see someone MAYBE doing this with a beloved pet (I’ve seen _shrines_ set up, for crying out loud) but a person? How about one that’s motion activated and will blurt out random pre-recorded sayings as someone walks by? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/11 "2009-12-09T01:26:07Z")
You mean like “Gotcha Ya!” ? ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/12 "2009-12-09T02:11:58Z")
AHHH! Can’t sleep, dead guy will eat me. Creepy! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/13 "2009-12-09T06:10:46Z")
You know what I’d do with an urn like that? \ I’d throw it on the ground! Ain’t gonna give me no urn What? do ya think I’m stupid? Not gonna be run by The System! \ Sorry - My son made me watch that clip over and over tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/14 "2009-12-09T06:40:41Z")
Fuck that - I’m going to commission a [funereal effigy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Montrose-St_Giles-20071011.jpg), just like that one of the Marquis of Montrose, with the full 17th-century armor and everything, made of alabaster. That is the best kind of tomb there is; hell, I should write it in my will NOW in case I go early. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/15 "2009-12-09T06:45:40Z")
If only they’d had this technology in Jeremy Bentham’s day…! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/16 "2009-12-09T09:48:33Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > [This just seems creepy to me](http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Personal-Urns-c109.html). I know the ancient Romans used to have masks of their ancestors, to be brought out for family funerals, but this seems…unnerving. > > Maybe if the eyes were closed? would it be morbid to get one and use it as a cookie jar?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/17 "2009-12-09T12:37:03Z")
Look on the bright side, the dead don’t mind. If they did, there would have been lots of banging & screaming coming from the crematorium. > [@aruvqan](#): > > would it be morbid to get one and use it as a cookie jar?😃 Why am I visualizing the Ray Liotta scene from ‘Hannibal’…? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/18 "2009-12-09T21:05:16Z")
If a personal urn is not your thing, how about a [cremation diamond](http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Cremation-Diamonds-Made-From-Ashes-c39.html)? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/19 "2009-12-09T21:09:20Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > If a personal urn is not your thing, how about a [cremation diamond](http://www.cremationsolutions.com/Cremation-Diamonds-Made-From-Ashes-c39.html)? So instead of proposing with Grandma’s wedding ring, he proposes with Grandma?😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511/20 "2009-12-09T21:13:41Z")
They’re not only creepy, but at least that one is also both ugly and cheesy. Bleah! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-urns/520511.md?page=2)