A Pirate’s Farewell – Ashes of an Old Pirate fired from a Cannon
Shiver m’ Timbers etc etc. I adore stories like this. Drama, ceremony and a dash of irreverence. Brixham in Devon love their Pirates, so much so that every year they hold a Pirate Festival where the town is mobbed With Long John Silvers although in slightly odd fashion, 101 versions of Johnny Depp’s Character Jack […]
More...Cremation Ashes as a Marketing Ploy
Nothing new in the world they say. Well perhaps, but this is certainly different. There is a famous restaurant in the Las Vegas called the Heart Attack Grill. Its whole method of promotion is entirely paradoxical. It is famous for telling you that their food is very very bad for you. They are in the […]
More...Commemorative Album Release with a difference: the singer’s mum’s ashes
Commemorative Album Release. I am a child of the era when coloured vinyl limited edition LPs were the all the rage. I was proud owning a handful in my own collection. And I have to say I was somewhat disappointed that I was not aware of this story before. The Idles Back in October 2017 […]
More...Carrie Fisher interred in prozac pill urn
Carrie Fisher immortalised in film as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films passed away in December. She was laid to rest alongside her mother: Debbie Reynolds – also a movie star who tragically died a day after her daughter. Carrie Fisher had suffered with mental health issues for many years, so it was […]
More...Ashes are priceless. Well Truman Capotes aren’t !
The world of ashes always throws curve balls. People often say that the cremated remains of a person are priceless and in a sense this is true: they can’t be replaced; they can often be the most sentimental possession in the world or they may be unwanted. I think this the reason why so many couriers […]
More...Drug smuggling gang use scattering ashes ceremony in attempt to outwit police
Well I suppose scattering the ashes of a ‘bro’ is one excuse to give the Boys in Blue as a reason for being on New Zealand’s iconic 90 Mile Beach in suspicious circumstances. However the truth of the matter was the bad guys got busted attempt to smuggle in an eye watering ½ Tonne of […]
More...King Arthur wants cremated remains reburied at Stonehenge
Apparently the legendary king of England has been reincarnated, what’s more Arthur Pendragon is on the war path once more. He and bands of druids are not happy the cremated remains dug up and removed from Stonehenge are not being treated with due respect and they want them returned to the earth where they belong. […]
More...A 6ft dinosaur, 600 umbrellas and a casket of ashes
All left First TransPennine trains – umbrellas, well indeed I think all of us have done that at least once. The ashes slightly strange. I suppose if you put them on the seat beside you and then jump off in a bit of a rush its possible. However the odd part here is it would appear […]
More...A strangers ashes buried in your garden – spooky
When Bill Stephenson of Cherter-le-Street noticed something odd under the rose bush in his garden he went to investigate – he discovered a plaque beneath that was an urn. Now you may jump to the conclusion that Bill had unearthed a previous resident of the house. But this is not true, Bill had lived in […]
More...Ashes contained inside a marital aid
I kid you not. Now where might a product such as this be produced, come on guess…. The Netherlands, which accordingly to the straweyist of straw-type polls I conducted was the bookies favourite. I love the Dutch. Not just because of their determination to bring all things back to sex, but in the unflinching way […]
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