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05-14-2007, 07:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
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Coffins get em while they're clean!
I wonder has anyone actualy bought themselves a coffin? How much do those go for anyways?
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05-14-2007, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Harlem
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Wow... um...
I've never bought one. I dunno what I'd do with it. Maybe turn it into a coffee table or sofa type thing
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05-14-2007, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Washington
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Don't really have the money for one =/ I'd totally stand it up in my room though and hang my best suit in it, if I had one.
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05-14-2007, 11:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Haven, CT
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If I had the fundage, I'd do this for my next party.
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05-15-2007, 12:11 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Nope; but I think it'd make a great piece of furniture if used for something unconventional, like a minibar or refrigerator or something...
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05-15-2007, 01:41 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
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They can cost thousands of dollars, and if you are serious about getting one you would be better off with either making it yourself or hiring a carpenter to make one for you. You can't really buy coffin-shaped coffins anymore, anyways.
If you have someone make one for you the upholstering is actually really easy to do yourself and it just takes velvet, padding and a staple gun.
I had one made with only three sides and a stand made for it so that we can use it for a sofa. It isn't the most comfortable thing to sit on, but it looks great. It cost about $400 (Australian) to have made and then I varnished and upholstered it myself.
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05-15-2007, 03:12 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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There is a coffin store next to The Showcase Theatre where I hang out. I'll go check it out.
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05-15-2007, 04:48 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
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It is nice to see you back on the boards, HP. I hope that new grandchild is well?
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05-15-2007, 06:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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I almost got one for free from one of Haunted's neighbors, but my dad said he wouldn't be able to get it into the truck and all the way up to my room.
I know it's stereotypical, but I honestly wanted to sleep in it. Not with the lid closed or anything, though.
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05-15-2007, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Norway
Posts: 1,446
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If I had one, what else could it be used for than bed??
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05-15-2007, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Somewhere in this Universe, that's all I'll say.
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I'm too claustrophobic. I would never be able to lie down in a coffin. As it is, they'll have to put me in a straight-jacket to get me into a casket when I die.
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05-15-2007, 01:46 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Cumbria, United Kingdom
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If you died in your sleep in your bed/coffin do you think they would just bury you like that, or take you out of it and put you in a new one?????? o.0
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05-15-2007, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NoVa
Posts: 69
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I agree with Delicate_Torture..the cost is ridiculous. You can however find blueprints and diagrams on the web. I have seen coffin sofas. Very twisted...nice. I am looking to make a sofa myself.
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05-15-2007, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
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Originally Posted by Delicate_Torture
It is nice to see you back on the boards, HP. I hope that new grandchild is well?
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Thanks DT.
Dane is doing well, but him and his parents moved into their new house today, 45 miles away, now that it is painted and the utilities are turned on. So grandma and grandpa will only get to see him on weekends from now on.
It was fun while they were here.
Now it sure is quiet around my house.
I am going to adopt all of you guys. That will keep me busy for a while. But I am not bailing anyone out of jail, got it?
And do your homework.
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05-15-2007, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere Else, CA
Posts: 971
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Coffin sofa, coffin coffee table, coffin bed, coffin chaise lounge???
I think I've got an idea!
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05-16-2007, 03:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The University of New Hampshire, Durham
Posts: 110
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I was going to buy one (or make one) for the hearse I planned on purchasing, but that fell through once I realized that hearses had worse gas economy that my relative's Yukon Denali!
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05-16-2007, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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I have no coffin and I don't really think that I would want to sleep in one even if I did have a coffin. However, I do believe that I have the next best thing to a real coffin. I have a coffin coffee table. It opens and everything and is probably big enough for me to fit inside (although I am rather small) if I really wanted to. My boyfriend, with the help of his father, built it about 6 months ago. It really is our prized piece of furniture.
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05-16-2007, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Out of my mind.
Posts: 999
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A coffin would be cool.
Saying, "I banged someone in a coffin", would pretty much give me bragging rights over everything.
"I got a new car"
"I banged your sister in a coffin"
"Oh snap"
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05-16-2007, 09:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Yew City
Posts: 2,413
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depends on what you are looking for- you can get teh cheap/costume ones for $300 US up to over ten grand for a real one.
sad/funny story about coffins-
My little brother (Well, step-brother, but we were raised as siblings) died two years ago, rather unexpectedly, at 26. We had to throw the funeral together fast as our grandfather was *also* being buried that week (we had the benefit of pre-planning...)
My brother's Ma was worried about the cost of the funeral as she is on a fixed income. But we all kicked in so money was no issue...
But in the middle of the pain and th ehurt and teh frenzy to get the service and coffin and all, his Ma says "Maybe we can wait and see if we can get a coffin discounted on E-bay or somethining..."
Then my ma said "This... this isn't something we should get second hand."
I was the first to start snickering... slowly the funeral parlor had a much, much needed laugh.
The other sad funny was planning Gemma's funeral. She did some preplanning and I looked at the caskets with her. There was a lovely white one...
"Oh, no... white gets dirty too easy."
You can dress us up, but you can't take us anywhere.
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05-17-2007, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hell, it's other people & both of them are you
Posts: 459
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
Thanks DT.
I am going to adopt all of you guys. That will keep me busy for a while. But I am not bailing anyone out of jail, got it?
And do your homework. |
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Awww, but Daaaaaaaaad. I don' waaannaaaaa.
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