It’s over. The exams are finally finished, and I’m probably quite finished as well, but not before going through D-Day. “D” can mean a lot of things. It could refer to the day of commencement of a military operation, “death”, or even a particularly voluptuous bra size, none of which I would ever want to experience or have. But D-Day in my case would refer to the 29th of November – the day of my Thermodynamics paper. And “D-day” because it could just be the day that I get my first D. And die. And… Well… Ok, maybe not the bra part. But this is the only paper I have that I’m not really certain I’ll pass, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed, and waiting for 11am on the 23rd of December, when my phone shall decide my fate.
In the meantime, I figured it would be a good idea to shop for coffins before I become too dead to do so. I was eyeing the inappropriately cheerful Kente seller’s coffin sometime back, which looks something like this:
(Photo: eShopAfrica.com)
Cool, isn’t it? Just imagine my funeral: Everyone is wearing black and white. Everything else is painted black and white. The mood is quite low, dreary, and perhaps a little sad. And right in the middle of it all is this delightfully bright coffin adorned with all the colours of the rainbow, and then some. Then everyone looks at it, remembers why they’re here, and starts celebrating the fact that I’m finally gone.
But now, I have finally found something that can go one better. It’s as biodegradable as a large donkey, and it proudly proclaims that I can finally rest in peas:
(Photo: CreativeCoffins.com)
Yes, “Rest In Peas!” it shouts. This particular one is modelled after a crate of peas, which isn’t exactly my favourite food (neither the crate, nor the peas). But isn’t this so much more interesting that being buried in a large fillet mignon? It’s made by a company by the name of “Creative Coffins“. They specialise in making “environmentally sympathetic” cartonboard coffins (whatever that means), which means that they can pretty much print or write anything they want on the coffin.
So now you know what to get me for Christmas…
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Nico 
oi nico! you’d better not die. i won’t celebrate ur death 😦 fist fist fist!!
Comment by jess December 21, 2008 @ 2:39 amFist fist fist! Lol.
Comment by Nicholas December 21, 2008 @ 1:43 pmWell, I’ll try my best. But the coffins look so nice… Hehe.
hahaha. easy! just get a pretty cot. or hammock or something. 😀
Comment by jess December 21, 2008 @ 3:37 pmA hammock?? Only if you’re getting one. Lol. Just imagine my wake, and all it is is a tent containing wreaths, and my corpse resting in a hammock. Quite bizarre. And then my corpse starts going bad, and the place starts smelling like the inside of Desmond’s car…
Comment by Nicholas December 30, 2008 @ 3:25 amhi nick! found your blog through clicking people’s links :)Love your dry humour.
Comment by Serene December 25, 2008 @ 10:17 pmThanks Serene! Glad you enjoyed it. =)
Comment by Nicholas December 30, 2008 @ 3:26 amHAHA oh man that’s hilarious. i forgot why i told you to get a hammock. hahahha. i think i meant when you were alive. for the comfort. hahaha not for your corpse!!
Comment by jess January 7, 2009 @ 3:59 pm