# Theme Caskets? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374 "2002-12-22T13:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/1 "2002-12-22T13:03:20Z")
Okay, I know that it’s a little morbid, but do people actually buy these? Would you consider requesting one for your own funeral? I am definitely with the cremation crowd, and the traditional funeral ritual creeps me out. But on the other hand, these are rather colorful. If you would consider a theme casket, and you could design your own, what would it look like? Or, is this the most tasteless thing you’ve ever seen? [http://www.funeraldepot.com/WHITELIGHT.HTM](http://www.funeraldepot.com/WHITELIGHT.HTM) ---
**Author:** ![LeeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@LeeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/2 "2002-12-22T13:35:22Z")
I know I probably wouldn’t like one of those, but my desire would be to be cremated like the ancients - on a pyre on a beach, or like the Vikings when they cremated a chieftan. Delusions of grandure I know 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/3 "2002-12-22T13:57:46Z")
I don’t believe in the waste of money for caskets myself (being a cremation believer). So, none of those for me, thanks. Cardboard box would do. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/4 "2002-12-22T14:07:35Z")
They have one just for me called 'The Race Is Over". My wife gave me a funny look when I showed it to her and asked if I planned on dying soon. But I really did like the ‘Return To Sender’ casket though. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/5 "2002-12-22T14:14:06Z")
Great site – had to wait to post till after I’d sent the link to a bunch of people. Apparently in Africa there are some cultures that do elaborate carved caskets, like an alligator or something – very cool. If I were a better person I’d do a search. IIRC, you’d get one way ahead of time and keep it in your house (use it for storing stuff or wahtever) until it was needed. I’ve always thought that was very cool. I’d want a flamingo (my totem animal), but, yeah, I’m planning to get cremated, too, so I guess I can take that off the Amazon wish list. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/6 "2002-12-22T17:34:03Z")
I think this one’s been posted on the board here before, but how about a [Biker Funeral](http://www.tombstonehearse.com/)? In my case, I think the urn would fit in a slightly smaller conveyance, but it might still be neat. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/7 "2002-12-22T18:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > \*\*Apparently in Africa there are some cultures that do elaborate carved caskets, like an alligator or something – very cool. . \*\* That would be parts of Ghana. [http://www.rit.edu/~africa/paajoe/paaJoePg1.shtml](http://www.rit.edu/~africa/paajoe/paaJoePg1.shtml) “After all, your funeral day is the most important day of your life.” [http://cgi.ghana300holland.nl/e\_artik/magazine\_artikel.php3?artikelid=96&cid=96](http://cgi.ghana300holland.nl/e_artik/magazine_artikel.php3?artikelid=96&cid=96) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/8 "2002-12-22T21:02:49Z")
When he was on Conan O’Brien, a certain frontman brought out [this](http://www.kissonline.com/kasket/) musically-themed casket. ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/9 "2002-12-22T21:24:20Z")
I’d like to be buried in a cherrywood casket with burgundy lining. Or maybe a white casket with gold trim and a pink lining. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/10 "2002-12-23T03:34:55Z")
Me too for cremation after organ donation. But I think the caskets are cool anyway. Just not what I would spend money on. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/11 "2002-12-23T05:00:47Z")
Well, I think I’d rather be cremated (after donating my organs, of course) but if I had to choose some of those… I like Monet’s Foot Bridge. The Beach is also nice. However, I wouldn’t want to get those things dirty! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-caskets/144374/12 "2002-12-23T05:27:49Z")
I think the only time I’d want to buy a casket is to get an old-fashioned one to use as a coffee table in a living room or somesuch area. I have a little bit of a morbid sense of humor, so I’d probably refer to it as the “guest room” if it were a one bedroom apartment. ::grins mischievously:: It’d be great for naps if I got it wide enough, though.