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Thursday, April 12, 2007 :::
I like this idea:
Carbon Copies Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
 I guess it's mostly just a concept right now, but I think people should do it for real. Although it might be a little weird jotting down a grocery list with your husband's dead ashes. And would you feel bad about sharpening them? And if you did, what would you do with the shavings? It's like a never ending cycle. I think you'd have to save those pencils for special occasions. Or art class or something.
I wonder how much they would cost? I wonder how much a body's worth of carbon costs? I know blood is pretty expensive. Not toner-expensive apparently, but expensive:

[And here is a much more detailed list of the prices of liquids, which makes you wonder what the big deal is about waging war for oil in the middle east. We should be invading Hewlett Packard's corporate headquarters. FP]
::: posted by dan at 11:08 PM ::
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4 previous comments:
That's it...next time I go for a round of golf, I'm bringing my own damn pencil.
By Trudy, at
2:09 PM
I remember once reading that you could also have your carbon heated and pressed into a synthetic diamond. Afterlife Bling. Perhaps pencils are a more economical route.
By Mikeney, at
1:32 PM
so... how is this different from snorting the ashes with some coke Keith Richards style?
By minijonb, at
3:32 PM
i rather have a diamond made:
http://www.lifegem.com/
By , at
11:40 AM
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