Thursday, April 12, 2007

Carbon Copies

240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.

(Via Next Nature.)


Please tell me I'm not the only one reminded of "The Crying of Lot 49" . . .
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2 comments:

Garth said...

Nice to have graphite evidence of your existence

8:37 AM
Carol Maltby said...

I've weighed a couple of bags of ashes, and they were about 7 lbs. Fascinating that you can go out at about the same weight you came into the world.

1:48 PM

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