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Music and video equipment store owner Fredrik Hjelmquist said his hi-fi coffin would entertain the dead and provide solace for grieving friends and relatives by making it possible for them to alter the deceased’s playlist online.
“We don’t know, right? But then people believe in different ways in different parts of the world,” Mr Hjelmquist told Reuters when he was asked whether a belief in life after death was what would lead someone to buy his coffin. …
He planned to be buried in such a coffin, he added, and would choose opera for his long sleep. He has not sold any of his coffins, but there have been many enquiries, he added.
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I wouldn’t risk this. What if someone hijacks the signal and forces my corpse to listen to Cher for all eternity?
Armin Tamzarian on January 12, 2013 at 6:05 PM
Someone needs to Rick Roll Fredrik when he goes to his long sleep.
http://www.yougotrickrolled.com/
single stack on January 12, 2013 at 6:13 PM
Something else for the funeral industry to charge you for… wiring your coffin for power. Yeah.
I seriously doubt a family is going to want an electricity bill in perpetuity for grandma’s casket so her decomposing corpse can NOT listen to a stupid mp3 player.
Either that, or there’ll be a solar cell on top of the grave.
Then again… perhaps that’s a thought… turn cemeteries into massive solar energy plants.
Logus on January 12, 2013 at 6:14 PM
So, how long before some idiot dreams up the idea of streaming porn? Oh, wait.
OldEnglish on January 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM
ಠ_ಠ
JetBoy on January 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM
That’s why God sent us a savior.
pedestrian on January 12, 2013 at 7:12 PM
Because they hang around in a stuffy, smelly box after they die? Dang, I’d rather you sent me with some good books.
Obviously this guy doesn’t have a good handle on *any* of the major religions ideas about the hereafter. Unless he’s burying zombies. In which case, I say go with something soothing and sleep inducing!
GWB on January 12, 2013 at 8:03 PM