Interesting!

I hadn't heard of this at all (of course I don't read or watch the news), but I know exactly where that cometary is and I've frequently been to Kingwood and Humble.

Of course I disapprove of their behaviour, but I wonder how I would feel if I were the corpse. Just out of curiosity how would you feel, Tim?

I suspect I would lean toward rolling my eyes (not an easy task with eyes that have rotted over 80 years ago), and forgiving them.

I think I would have to haunt them for the rest of their lives to be honest. That's so disrespectful to defile a corpse. It should be a felony rather than a misdemeanor.

Just out of curiosity (and to play Devils advocate) What if you were one of the nameless peoples who make up the stacks upon stacks of bones in the catacombs of Paris France? So they weren't made into a bong, but they have been turned into a macabre decoration anyhow.

That being thrown out there for consumption, I can't really say I'd have the urge to smoke anything out of a Human skull As a living human being, I find it odd... certainly not as odd as other offenses that could be perpetrated against a corpse, but definitely odd.

Steve

Interesting!

 

I hadn't heard of this at all (of course I don't read or watch the news), but I know exactly where that cometary is and I've frequently been to Kingwood and Humble.

 

Of course I disapprove of their behaviour, but I wonder how I would feel if I were the corpse. Just out of curiosity how would you feel, Tim?

 

I suspect I would lean toward rolling my eyes (not an easy task with eyes that have rotted over 80 years ago), and forgiving them.

I'm sure that the corpse wasn't bothered by having its skull turned into a bong, but I bet the family of the corpse is mortified. Personally, though, my new preference is not to be buried when I die, but to have my skull and my heart fused together, fitted with a bowl, filled with water and used for recreational pot smoking....but only with the finest green bud available. No seeds, no stems, please

It sounds like these "kids" have some deep psychological issues. I have smoked many pounds of pot in my past, And I can honestly say that I've NEVER had the urge to smoke out of a corpse. I mean, Come on, Are these kids too good for a friggin toilet paper core bowl? Or a tin foil pipe?? They can afford pot but not anything to smoke it out of? That's just sicko.

I wouldn't even wanna think of what diseases could be caught from doing something stupid like that. What if the kid died of the bubonic plague? Or smallpox?? Nasty.

I'm sure that the corpse wasn't bothered by having its skull turned into a bong, but I bet the family of the corpse is mortified.

That's what I was thinking. I really don't think I would care that much as the corpse, assuming it was indeed several decades later and I'd already had a respectful send-off, but I would be upset as a family member of the deceased.

I wouldn't even wanna think of what diseases could be caught from doing something stupid like that. What if the kid died of the bubonic plague? Or smallpox?? Nasty.

Well, actually I don't think that would be too big an issue. Germs and viruses need living, organic hosts to live and multiply. Granted they can remain in dormant states for a very long time, but I would think that after 80 years whatever germs the skull may have originally had would have long sense perished along with it. Also, I would assume that with proper and thorough cleaning there wouldn't be that much risk of disease. It would be exactly the same as coming into contact with any other type of animal bone, and people have been using bones, teeth, feathers, and hair for functional purposes for millennia.

I think people's views and reactions to this is fascinating. Speaking for myself I want a very large, elaborate, fancy funeral when I die. This is contrary to how most people nowadays feel, but I see my funeral as the very final celebration of my life. It has huge symbolism for me and more than anything else I want it to be very nice and a 'big event'. I'm really quite disappointed that I won't be able to plan it. "Dear Tim, you are cordially invited to my funeral." I could have such fun with the jokes too, "please be on time; I wish to remain the only late person at this event."

I feel the same way about my wedding; I want my to be a big event. Conversely, I feel like the time to celebrate my birthdays has passed. I want no recognition at all of the actual year and I'm perfectly content for only a few of my very closest family and friends to give me a small gift or just a 'happy birthday', and treat me extra nicely that day. The symbolism of birthdays is more negative in my opinion and I prefer them down played. If I could literally have everyone, including myself, forget my birthday I probably would. But anyway, yeah, weddings and funerals are big deals to me.

After the funeral though, after all the big mourning and celebrating and reminiscing is over, I don't really care what happens to my body. After that point I want to be remembered in people's minds and hearts, or perhaps leave a legacy of some kind for the world to remember in some small way. Writing a story that lived on would be ideal, as would starting a foundation, being remembered as an activist and humanitarian, or anything like that. My actual body though...well I wouldn't really care if people were using my skull as a bong. I think I'd prefer to be used as one of those anatomy skeletons though.

In general I'd probably prefer to be used for a functional purpose. Perhaps smoking weed out of me wouldn't be among my first choices, but something that will benefit people and make them happy would be nice. I probably will be an organ donor, and I'd be happy for them to use the rest of my body for science or something. As long as I still get my nice funeral and still 'look good' at the funeral then I don't care. I'd be fine with them just burying something symbolically after the funeral, or better yet planting a tree or something in my honour.

Puts a whole new spin on the term 'Head Shop.'