cremation

[tiger628]

I was reading an article on cremation and it said that morbidly obese people can not be cremated. Does anyone know why this is?

[oopsydoopsy]

Thanks for the humour Athley - was feeling chastised for a moment ! I'll be accused of being cliquey as well as stupid now .

I too have had many dealings with dying and dead people and like your relatives, there has to be an element of humour otherwise it would all just be too depressing for words.

I try to keep sharp objects away from her at all relevant times !!

[samuel23]

Too expensive ~ the fire brigade has to hang around in case the fire gets out of hand, it takes days and a team of JCBs to clear away the ashes, the damage to the ozone is immense and the cost of the gas to cook 'em is phenomenal.

[samuel23]

Just joining your gang oopsy :-) that Khana's a bit uptight. What's the point in getting all sniffy about something that is going to happen to all of us?

[Athley]

.................. and samuel tips khana over the edge!!!



:o)

[oopsydoopsy]

Har Har, welcome aboard samuel lad
< best pirate talk but not sure why>

I think khana's gone cos he/she khana stand the heat !!

[samuel23]

lol @ oopsy
Maybe you're right Athley ~ perhaps I tipped her/him/it over the edge. I'll probably get reported now, debarred, abused and taken to the AB Ed's place and spanked (hmm ~ maybe it's not all bad then lol) :-)

[hammerman]

The "head cremator" in the council run crematorium in Brighton is working with me at the moment. I'll ask him for the the definitive answer today.

Cremators do have to be careful because of the molten fat....i've read all the risk assessments involving crematoria !!! but i'm sure that's not the reason.

[spurslady]

A lot of it is to do with people getting larger these days and the average furnace can not accommodate them. There are only a very small number of super sized furnaces in the UK.

http://www.24dash.com/news/2/7072/index.htm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=409314&in_page_i d=1770

[Athley]

I didn't know they cremated heads separately!!

[cheerioHobo]

maybe there fat in there body sets on fire
it could do
then the whole place would burn down

[cabby_craig]

The answer is that due to the size of the coffin required most crematoriums cannot take larger size coffins, it has nothing to do with fat
There are manual handling issues but all those can be covered with risk assessments and proper equipment.
In response to Athley asking about burials the usual outcome would be that the family would be required to buy a 'double' sized grave plot