We’re still picking up pieces of Dad all over Cascade Shores.
June 11, 2017 10:33 AM Subscribe
Family Cited For Viking Funeral on Local Lake As it turns out, Viking (or Norse) funerals don't work well; explosives are not as helpful in disposing of corpses as you might think. And Viking funerals are not historically accurate or legal, for that matter.
The lack of historical accuracy that doesn't get in the way of a good movie.
Weirdly, exploding dead whales are not rare.
The lack of historical accuracy that doesn't get in the way of a good movie.
Weirdly, exploding dead whales are not rare.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no worries, but probably better to make this if it's worth making with the "this is a joke" aspect clear in the framing. -- cortex
The NC Scooper is fiction -- real fake news, you might say.
posted by notyou at 10:49 AM on June 11, 2017 [9 favorites]
posted by notyou at 10:49 AM on June 11, 2017 [9 favorites]
I just didn’t think gasoline would explode like that.
Besides the lack of historical accuracy there may have been some other crucial research missing.
posted by blairsyprofane at 10:57 AM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Besides the lack of historical accuracy there may have been some other crucial research missing.
posted by blairsyprofane at 10:57 AM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Ugh . . . yeah. After looking at the other Scooper stories it would seem that notyou is correct.
Although I'm pretty sure this story about Monsanto is true.
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:03 AM on June 11, 2017
Although I'm pretty sure this story about Monsanto is true.
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:03 AM on June 11, 2017
I must confess, if I had my way, I would want to be cremated and having the non-dangerous components of the cremains (I LOVE that word for some reason) mixed with a fireworks display.
posted by Samizdata at 11:03 AM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Samizdata at 11:03 AM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yeah the NC Scooper is definitely 100% satire. This event did not happen. I'm typing from Nevada County right now, it's a much-beloved publication and sometimes feels more truthy than our actual paper. But it's fiction.
posted by Nelson at 11:21 AM on June 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 11:21 AM on June 11, 2017 [3 favorites]
A proper head launch is the only real option, wherein the decapitated head of the deceased is placed in a catapult and launched in the general direction of the congregation. Whoever gets hit or bled on is in for a run of good luck.
It's a Subgenius thing.
posted by philip-random at 11:25 AM on June 11, 2017
It's a Subgenius thing.
posted by philip-random at 11:25 AM on June 11, 2017
holy [redacted]!
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 11:42 AM on June 11, 2017
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 11:42 AM on June 11, 2017
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