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Germany Wants to Build a Mammoth Pyramid to Store Their Dead

Posted September 06, 2007 10:27 AM

From SCI FI Tech:

What is it with countries and pyramids? First Japan designs the world's largest structure in pyramid form, and now Germany goes ahead and does the same thing. To be fair, Japan wanted to stock their giant pyramid with living people, while Germany wants to fill theirs with corpses. Yes, they want to build a 1,900-foot-high pyramid, built over the course of 30 years and paid for by people being buried inside it as its built. How gross! The structure would be 10 times the size of the Great Pyramid in Egypt when complete, towering over the German countryside. Whether or not this thing will actually be built is anyone's guess, but I guess it all depends on how many people would want their bodies to be stuck in a big pyramid when they die.

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09/07/2007 6:27 AM

Would a series of large bin liners arranged for collection by the local council's recycling operatives be a more environmentally-friendly solution (just a thought)?

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09/07/2007 4:24 PM

Sure! And while they are at it they could dry the corpses and use them to fire ovens to supply waste heat and collect the ashes. No corpses, waste heat generation. The ultimate in recycling technology. Better than Soylent Green!!

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09/07/2007 9:00 AM

This may be cruel and very basic, but ... a human is 100% organic material and can therefore be used as food for other living organisms.

On the other hand, one could just burn the deceased.

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09/07/2007 10:18 AM

So, why do witches burn?

B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?

Seriously, plantin' folks in the ground or a building or whatever just seems to be a waste of perfectly good real estate. Deep see burial is much better as the surface of the earth is 75% water and there are many creatures of the sea that can benefit. And burning the body just releases all that sequestered carbon contributing to global warming, never mind the gas or oil it takes to heat the oven.

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09/10/2007 7:52 AM

As a seafood lover this idea appeals greatly to me. I love to eat crab, and they are bottom feeders, so they would likely be very happy to feed on human remains deposited on the sea floor. I can think of no better use for my remains than to feed the delicious crabs that I have enjoyed throughout my life.

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09/07/2007 12:08 PM

Depending on the manner of death, don't forget organ donation. Then it's cremation for me, baby.

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09/08/2007 9:13 AM

Ding! "Bring out your dead." "I'm not dead yet." "Sure you are get in the pyramid."

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09/10/2007 10:00 AM

Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

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