They forgot a good one... Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393050939/qid=1108850275/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-0689406-3849703)
Posted by: Karan at February 19, 2005 09:58 PM"Embalming is Not a Sport"?
I think maybe they're just not doing it right.
(oh, come on. someone had to say it.)
Posted by: Jessica at February 20, 2005 07:07 AMAt first, I thought that second one was a Pee Wee Herman book, which was far more intriguing than the deathly theme.
Then I realized I was wrong. Bummer.
Posted by: kim at February 20, 2005 08:00 AMwhy so glum, chum?
Posted by: jilbur at February 21, 2005 03:34 AMTruly, the Mitford book is fascinating and punctuated by grisly humor.
Posted by: Elsa at February 22, 2005 12:48 AMIt must be those books of essays and poems by Thomas Lynch is all I can think of. Either that or Amazon can read my mind now.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-5072717-3807847
Posted by: mig at February 22, 2005 12:00 PMIf I'm not mistaken, undertakers don't like Mitford a great deal. And I'm an undertaker fan.
In fact, if I owned a sports team, I'd name them The Undertakers. The mascot would be a guy in a black suit. I could even be the mascot, I always wear black suits. And when they won, the sports section would proclaim, "Undertakers Bury Canucks!" and so forth.
Posted by: mig at February 22, 2005 12:02 PMAt least, if they were a hockey team it would.
Posted by: mig at February 22, 2005 12:03 PMlikely if they were a hockey team it'd be the canucks doing the burying. where did the term 'undertaker' come from anyway? who is undertaking what?
Posted by: jilbur at February 23, 2005 04:58 PM