१९ नोव्हेंबर, २०२४

"If some nonprofit needed a T-shirt design, Ed would always draw it. So we wrapped him up..."

"... in a quilt that a friend made of old T-shirts with Ed's drawings on them and gave him a green burial."

From "A Visit to Planet Koren/A new exhibition celebrates the work of the late cartoonist Edward Koren" (The New Yorker).

This is the best disposal of a human body I have ever seen.

१३ टिप्पण्या:

rehajm म्हणाले...

…yah, provided the guy wasn’t full of zoloft or something. You don't want that stuff leeching into the water table…

Laughing Fox म्हणाले...

Provided the batting of the quilt wasn't polyester.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Green burial seems to be legal all over the place: https://returnhome.com/what-states-allow-green-burial-or-natural-burial/

Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) म्हणाले...

Cremation is the only way I'll ever have a smoking hot body again.

mikee म्हणाले...

Hunter S. Thompson was cremated and his ashed fired from a howitzer, spreading him across his beloved home in Colorado. So I'd give this ceremony a 2nd best at most.

PM म्हणाले...

Gentle Humorist Laid Gently to Rest

Roger Sweeny म्हणाले...

Ann, you might be interested in Bernd Heinrich's Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death. Heinrich was a well-grounded not touchy-feely naturalist and a fine writer. His last chapter is about the animal biologists call Homo sapiens, and touches on green burial.

rehajm म्हणाले...

…leaching…

tim maguire म्हणाले...

This is the best disposal of a human body I have ever seen

We didn't get to see it, but this is the best disposal ever.

Wince म्हणाले...

Most wives complain about their husbands being too wrapped-up in their work.

Iman म्हणाले...

Best this side of a shark attack!

TML म्हणाले...

That was awesome. What a great piece. What a wonderful cartoonist.

Clyde म्हणाले...

ISWYDT.