This is a bit of a bonkers question...

[hippyhoppy]

but when someone is cremated to they burn the coffin too..? and what a waste of money if they do... and also.. if someone has replacement hips, etc.. do they turn into ash, or are they ploked in the urn or disregarded... My old mum was proud of the fact that if she perished in a house fire she'd be identifiable by the numbers on her hips!!!

[tinkerbell23]

there was a programme on re this last week or two ago!...they burn it all...and find staples, hips etc !! funny though the ashes were very different in the families? some were really like dust and others were quite gritty......interesting stuffs however morbid ha xxx

[hippyhoppy]

funny why craft..?

[craft1948]

well lets face it (sorry it's my humour) you will defo be taken for a last ride somewhere.

[hc4361]

Are coffins sold back to funeral directors for re-use?

No. The coffin and the body inside are cremated together. There are occasions where the deceased or the family of the deceased have opted for using a cardboard coffin in which their loved one will be cremated. When this happens families sometimes want to have a more aesthetically pleasing coffin or container on the catafalque during the service. Families therefore will opt for either a pall (a cloth covering the cardboard coffin), or a 'cocoon coffin' (an outer shell that covers the cardboard coffin) or will decorate a cardboard coffin themselves. Neither the pall nor the cocoon is cremated. It is important to understand that the pall and cocoon do NOT contain the body of the deceased; they are simply superficial coverings for a cardboard coffin.
http://www.bournemout.../deaths/cremation.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/..._coffincontents.shtml

[hippyhoppy]

fair do's Craft. However my mum's been at deaths door for the last week.. oddly don't find it amusing!

[craft1948]

well I'm sorry to hear that hippy.........my mum died 2 years ago.....

[craft1948]

er tony.....it's hippy's thread..........

[Panic Button]

I would be happy to be rolled up in an old tarpaulin

[carlton23]

If you have a Pacemaker fitted they remove it before being cremated because otherwise it explodes in the oven, and I have been told it can be re-used in another person, due to their cost to make.

[thugulike]

I've requested a cardboard box but Mr thug isn't too happy. Seems like such a waste of money to me.