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Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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This idea is actually a derivative of one of Saddam Hussein's practices. He had his name imprinted on a lot of bricks so his name would be passed on down to future generations. I'm thinking some enterprising brick manufacturer should offer to embed plastic dogtags into the bricks for a reasonable price. The dogtag would give your name and a short bio. That information would also be repeated in a couple of different languages, giving you the chance to become the next Rosetta Stone.

longshot9999, Oct 29 2004

Wymering project http://www.petecodl....co.uk/wymering.htm
[po, Oct 29 2004]

Archaeological Storage http://www.halfbake...eological_20Storage
[theircompetitor, Oct 29 2004]

Rosetta Cemetery http://www.halfbake.../Rosetta_20Cemetery
[theircompetitor, Oct 29 2004]

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Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

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po - Very nice. But I'm talking about baking the dogtags inside the bricks. Tiny time capsules to be forgotten and rediscovered someday.

longshot9999, Oct 29 2004

When Guildford Cathedral was being built, they raised funds by letting you write your name on the inside of a brick for 50p (I think it was 50p - I wasn't around then). The names are presumably all still there inside the walls.

wagster, Oct 29 2004

I've seen RFID tags go through medical sterilizers without any problem so we could use the same kind of material for our dogtags if melting became an issue.

longshot9999, Oct 29 2004

Frogs [oniony]? Either that's a bricklaying term I don't know or else you are very insane.

wagster, Oct 29 2004

The program [wagster] noted has also been done in a number of places in a different variation: paving stones in a public area. Two that I have personally visited are Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the open area right outside the gates of the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. This has become a bit of a "meme" in the U.S., where any public area that has significant uses of paving bricks uses this as a way to raise money.

krelnik, Oct 29 2004

[contracts] I deleted mine as it pretty much gave away what you said. It was funny though!

wagster, Oct 29 2004

long, the point is - its been baked for millions of years!

po, Oct 29 2004

"Bricks have been baked for millions of years." Well whoop-de-doo, [po], we all know that. It's hardly the same. ;-)

contracts, Oct 29 2004

nah, enscribing your name on a brick! silly.

cave-paintings spring to mind.

po, Oct 29 2004

po - And the Rosetta stone that tells us who the caveman was and what his life was like was found where?

longshot9999, Oct 29 2004