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[Jim Allman <jim AT ibang.com>]

On Saturday, January 31, 2004, at 12:05  PM, 
internetworkers-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> Great!  Let's take what we've learned from feeding cattle to cattle and
> sheep to sheep and try it on ourselves too!  Isn't this cool?  No need 
> to
> take up more land for graveyards, we'll just take Grampa to the local
> McMortuary, read the elegy, and grab some takeout.

This reminds me of the single funniest comic I've ever read--"Captain 
Cadaver", by Gahan Wilson. (I believe it was in a National Lampoon, 
some 25 years ago.) Since I can't find it on the web (pity), I'll spoil 
the surprise:

In the near future, the pervasive use of food preservatives leads to 
corpses that never decompose. To deal with the... clutter, we start 
making furniture and household items out of the dearly departed (still 
quite recognizable, just bent and tied into useful shapes). The Cap'n 
is a kiddie show host who teaches us all to make the best of it, and 
laugh a little too.

Of course, it's weak without the artwork, so here's a taste of Wilson's 
stuff:
        http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/2481/deathgal22.html

  =jimA=