Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds? 401
travisbecker writes "From Reuters via Yahoo! comes this story. "A Chicago company (Lifegem) says it has developed a process for turning cremated human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry." As for the quality... "If it's done slowly and with a great deal of care, one could have a reasonably high-quality diamond," according to a quote in the story." This should not be confused with our earlier diamond discussion.
Now I know (Score:5, Funny)
Does this mean that... (Score:5, Funny)
Girls best friend? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, this old thing? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean it was your grandmother's ring?
No. It is my grandmother.
jewlers or undertakers? (Score:5, Funny)
ooOOOoo... (Score:3, Funny)
Puts a twist on the old engagement ring. (Score:5, Funny)
Can 21st century women expect to hear:
?guidelines (Score:5, Funny)
Remember the general guide of two months worth of bodies for an engagement ring.
Re:Does this mean that... (Score:5, Funny)
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thats the problem with todays youth, nobody thinks about the super villian.
Now the tell us... (Score:1, Funny)
Gee, I guess Ted Williams died too soon. Now we have such many and varied options for carcass disposal.
I guess it's better than being turned into a lampshade.
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Re:Girls best friend? (Score:5, Funny)
bleh. (Score:2, Funny)
One last thought, who else thinks that this will be Anna Nicole Smith's next move with the ashes of that old guy?
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>> boomers are getting into Buddhism.
Getting into it!?! Where have you been? Try gotten into (35 years ago) and since moved onto the newest boomer craze, Mercedes SUVs.
Call Dictionary.com (Score:5, Funny)
Re:bleh. (Score:4, Funny)
If he eats lots of food, and if he weighs 800+ pounds when he dies, there might be enough carbon in him to make a dildo out of pure diamond!
(Suggested epitaph: "She said she'd marry me for my money, but wouldn't put out until I could get it up and stay hard as a rock for at least an hour. Who's laughing now?")
Re:The question is ... (Score:5, Funny)
It's not all that strange, it's just a matter of perspective.
Around the turn of the century (1900) it was very fashionable to wear jewelry made from a dead loved one's hair. Nobody thought it was morose.
Even now, how many people have dear ol' Mom's ashes in a jar on the mantle? Isn't that a little... weird... when you think about it?
My grandfather was buried behind the cabin at his deer-hunting camp. Isn't that a little... creepy?
People build marble buildings to house their remains. Now that's strange!
As for me, I want to be composted.
Re:Call Dictionary.com (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Puts a twist on the old engagement ring. (Score:3, Funny)
The true measure of a diamond (Score:5, Funny)
Re:guidelines (Score:2, Funny)
"And this beaut we call the 'Jimmy Hoffa'."
Re:jewlers or undertakers? (Score:3, Funny)
This gives new meaning to "being wrapped around her little finger".
Re:The question is ... (Score:2, Funny)
But, do I have to be cremated first? Aren't I carbon enough in this form?
*sigh*
Nobody ever sells me what I really want!!
I know the truth! (Score:5, Funny)
Family jewels? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Screw diamonds! (Score:3, Funny)
Backup a little more... Ok, here comes your disc Aunti.. Ok, who's next... Rover? Ok puppy..
Timmy, take that disc out of your mouth and don't eat your Grandpa..
Go USA (Score:2, Funny)
WIll they take animals? (Score:3, Funny)
Grading the departed loved one... (Score:5, Funny)
--Will the obese deceased yield a higher number of carats?
--Will the chaste deceased score higher on clarity?
--Will the intelligent deceased get a "brilliant" cut?
And, of course...
--What affect will the race of the deceased have on the color?
She said... (Score:4, Funny)
So she said to me: "I'm getting a diamond from you, one way or another."
overweight grandma? (Score:3, Funny)
bigger diamonds!
ill take grandma earrings, grandpa inlayed into my cane, and if possible i'd like sparky my dog as a necklace.
my aunt loved music, perhaps she can focus the lazer on my cd player or something to that effect.
Re:Girls best friend? (Score:2, Funny)
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Adds new meaning to the phrase 'family jewels' (Score:1, Funny)
My entire family was killed in a building collapse (Score:5, Funny)
Quite the hierloom... (Score:3, Funny)
Yesssss! (Score:5, Funny)
a) whether to get an expensive engagement ring [slashdot.org] or not, and
b) How to get rid of my mother in law
all in one!
good use for remains (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Now I know (Score:4, Funny)
Used to think it was cute. Kinda creepy, now.
Re:The question is ... (Score:3, Funny)
I would perfer using them as a focus for my laser death beamy thing (which, always seem to, for whatever reason, require a huge diamond of some kind).
Though with the carat requirements of most laser death thingies, I would likely need to get multiple arch enemies compressed into one uber diamond of death and destruction. . . .
more convenient than shrunken heads (Score:4, Funny)
One can't fault the convenience factor, but
I don't know, I don't think it will have quite the same, er, impact.
hmmmm (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yesssss! (Score:4, Funny)
Wearable human remains... (Score:1, Funny)
Soylent... diamonds? (Score:1, Funny)
Man . . . (Score:2, Funny)
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