An OOB Award to…
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Well, it ain’t your Grandpa’s pine box!
This month the coveted OOB* Award goes to British coffin-makers Vic Fearn & Company Limited (click on “crazy coffins”). Although they started out manufacturing the usual, er, stuff, it seems that after being asked to make a few “special” caskets (the first one was a scale model of a jet fighter, followed by his & hers scaled-down canal boats), there turned out to be a booming business in unusual sarcophaguses sarcophagum sarcophagi coffins.
In fact, they’re so amazing, they even send them on an art tour. Besides the Egg shown here, among the strange and unusual sartorial sachets produced so far are:
Well, with that kind of inspiration, let’s unleash the creative beast that lies within and have some fun, shall we?
Question of the day: If you could be put COMPLETELY in charge of picking the casket for someone, who would it be, and what would it look like? (Hmm… for the sake of propriety, we’d better use Liz’s rule here: be nice.)
Bonus Question: What would you choose for yourself? (As for me, I’d like something in blue - and definitely shark-shaped. And don’t forget the shades.)
* OOB stands for “Out Of the Box”
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Never having seen Dr. Who, I suppose OOB could have had a previous life…
Oh, and [Cue the awwwww]
All right, let’s carry this idea a bit farther. Assuming it should represent a person’s “legacy”, then these peoples’ caskets should look like…
Bill Clinton - giant zipper
Monica Lewinsky - cigar
Mick Jagger - pair of lips
Dolly Parton - “twin peaks” (need we say more?)
John Kerry - Swift boat
Al Gore - Wooden box (think about it)
Sly Stallone - boxing glove
David Hasselhof - Kitt the amazing sentient car
… can you go on?
OOB sounds like an alien on Dr Who!
Man, what a concept. To the first question I answer: I’d like to give my Dad … oh, you said be nice…
Ok, I’d bury my wife in a coffin shaped like a jewelry box; you know, something precious inside? (Everyone say ohhhhhhhhhhh)
To the Bonus Question (you’re such a giver!), I answer: make mine an X-Wing starfighter from Star Wars (the original trilogy). Yes, it’s complex. Yes, it would cost my family an absolute fortune. What’s the problem?