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Originally posted by Doc Velocity
Originally posted by Chillimac
There would be 2 babies screaming after I ran to the nearest corner and birthed a new one on the floor.
So, in the midst of this preparation, which is pretty intense and is conducted without much chit-chat, the cadaver farted.
Farted. And it was a big one.
[edit on 8/7/2010 by Doc Velocity]
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
In fact, in Europe it's an old tradition in many communities to wait a good long time before burying a person, just to make sure the damned fellow is actually dead. They tie a string from the corpse's hand to a little suspended bell, so that if the deceased wakes up, he'll alert the mourners to the good news.
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
People WAKING UP in their coffins is pretty common throughout Latin America and other underdeveloped parts of the world, actually.
No, the embalming process is not so universal as you might think. In the United States, we have very strict laws regarding the disposal of bodies and the transportation of bodies and so forth, which dates back to the Civil War, believe it or don't, when we had tens of thousands of dead bodies being shipped around the country by boat and wagon and railroad. That's where all our draconian embalming laws originated, okay.
So, just because we grew up in this American society of mandatory embalming doesn't mean the rest of the world follows suit.
In fact, in Europe it's an old tradition in many communities to wait a good long time before burying a person, just to make sure the damned fellow is actually dead. They tie a string from the corpse's hand to a little suspended bell, so that if the deceased wakes up, he'll alert the mourners to the good news.
People used to get buried alive all the time back in the very old days, like from the 19th Century and on back.
You can tell this is true because they've dug up coffins that were demolished on the inside from the "deceased" frantically trying to claw his or her way out of the box, six feet under.
Pretty grim.
And, yeah, you've got the ZOMBIES down in Haiti and Trinidad, who represent REAL cases of human beings who are very insidiously deprived of their lives and sold into slavery.
— Doc Velocity
[edit on 8/7/2010 by Doc Velocity]
Originally posted by VneZonyDostupa
Just wanted to point out a couple things (I couldn't even make it past the first few posts without seeing blatant inaccuracies =/ What has ATS become?!)
(1) "Europe" is not a single nation, culture, or tradition-sharing group
Originally posted by VneZonyDostupa
(2) There isn't a tradition of "waiting a good long time" in most communities in across Europe, especially those in Western European nations.
Originally posted by VneZonyDostupa
(3) The idea of "safety coffins" wasn't the tradition of any community, it was implemented during the 18th century cholera outbreak in blah blah blah blah mumbo jumbo file gumbo
Originally posted by davidmann
Just a friendly hello to warn the information expert that someone must have hi-jacked his account. You there doc?
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(1) "Europe" is not a single nation, culture, or tradition-sharing group
In fact, in Europe it's an old tradition in many communities
(2) There isn't a tradition of "waiting a good long time" in most communities in across Europe, especially those in Western European nations.
in Europe it's an old tradition in many communities to wait a good long time before burying a person, just to make sure the damned fellow is actually dead.
(3) The idea of "safety coffins" wasn't the tradition of any community, it was implemented during the 18th century cholera outbreak in blah blah blah blah mumbo jumbo file gumbo
They tie a string from the corpse's hand to a little suspended bell, so that if the deceased wakes up, he'll alert the mourners to the good news.
People used to get buried alive all the time back in the very old days, like from the 19th Century and on back.
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
UPDATE
The Baby Who Was Thought To Be Dead But Came Back To Life Has Died
Dead/Alive Baby Has Died
God Bless its little tormented soul.
— Doc Velocity
[edit on 8/7/2010 by Doc Velocity]
Originally posted by Mr Mask
Nobody even mentioning the possibility of a miracle I see.
I see...
Originally posted by keepureye2thesky
Or that this could be the beginning of the Zombie revolution.
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
No, the embalming process is not so universal as you might think. In the United States, we have very strict laws regarding the disposal of bodies and the transportation of bodies and so forth, which dates back to the Civil War, believe it or don't, when we had tens of thousands of dead bodies being shipped around the country by boat and wagon and railroad. That's where all our draconian embalming laws originated, okay.