A great way to keep your departed loved ones in a fun way would be to divide their main organs (or ashes if you are pricky) in various canopic jars just like the egyptians did. What a most entertaining way to lessen the morbid impact of having the toasted (or non toasted but securedly sealed) remains of a friend displayed on your living room inside a Bart or Homer jar? Of course you could go for the classic four: 1. Lungs - Hapi (baboon) 2. Stomach - Duamutefla (dog) 3. Liver - Imseti (human) 4. Intestines - Qebehsenuef (falcon) but you could add as much jars/vicera as needed!
-- babyloon, Jun 23 2003

Some jars and explanation http://www.clemusar...n/animals/jars.html
[babyloon, Oct 04 2004]

Buy now! http://www.egyptian.../index.php?cPath=38
[babyloon, Oct 04 2004]

Similar http://www.halfbake...t_20Container_20Urn
[half, Oct 04 2004]

I think you could make a decent living selling novelty funerary urns, without worrying about the whole mummification thing. No, wait, waugsqueke just suggested that very thing.
-- DrCurry, Jun 23 2003


Too bad they liquefied the brain believing that the only function it has is producing snot.
-- Shz, Jun 23 2003


For some people I know, they were right.
-- DrCurry, Jun 23 2003


*honk* Anyone got a tissue? Man, my nose is runny...
-- snarfyguy, Jun 23 2003


For most HalfBakers I guess the "classic" jars wouls actually be Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Happy, Bashful and Doc .........
-- 8th of 7, Jun 23 2003


which of those 7 did you forget and have to look up?
-- po, Jun 23 2003


and as the eigth, what does Snow White call you?
-- stilgar, Jul 26 2004



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