THEY'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?

Right?

(Thanks to Steven Jens)

Comments

[fivver]

Excuse me, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

[Patrick]

What better heirloom can you have other than grandma and grandpa themselves?

[KOW]

Host to guest: Really? I'm glad you like it. Actually, you won't believe what you're hugging...

[Brainy Jello]

Wow. I think a fitting motto would be "Responsible for more nightmares than Stephen King."

[CoastRaven]

It remains to be seen if this will be a big seller or die on the market.

[Sarah J]

How creepy are the pictures?

[Laura]

Our dog loves stuffed animals.
I have this horrifying vision of one of the cats knocking "Papa Bear" off of the shelf, and us coming home to find Loki playing with it (in all the ways dogs are wont to do). "Honey, you know how much Loki always loved your dad....."

[Syerra]

It could be kind of fun! If you hated the person, you could put them into a skunk.

[Pitty Pat]

Please note: The Teddy Bears, Dog and Cat are made to hold smaller
portions, where as the pillows will hold the remains of an adult.

Portions? Did they really use the word, "portions???" Eww.

Reminds me of an old Monty Python's Flying Circus skit...

"Fred! I think we've got an eater!"

"I'll get the oven on!"

[Kathybear]

I came up with that idea!!! I was going to make a large bear and have my ashes put in it, so that the kids could answer when somebody said - "Why's that bear sitting in the chair in the corner?" - "Oh, that's just Mom. She's been there since she died."

[Ol' Chumbucket]

Creepy. Just creepy.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Uuuuugh. Tell any kid I know that "Fluffy" is inside a teddy bear, and they're gonna find a way to get "Fluffy" out....on your white rug....while you have guests over.

[TCK]

i'd haunt my family if they did that to me

when i die, i want my ashes poured into an empty bud can, and chucked out of the sunroof of a '78 camaro blastin' down I-90 at 110 MPH, with Highway to Hell blastin' out of the stereo

[Annie Where-but-here]

TC - litterbug!

[Chaz, in Wade County Florida]

to death do us part...but not really cause I will hang out with ya until you kick too!

[Eleanor]

The creepiest picture in Sarah's link was the teddy bear looking into the crib at the sleeping baby - eeewwww.

[blurkernomore]

When I die I really don't care what they do with me 'cause...well...I'll be dead. Just don't stuff me on no friggin' goofy lookin' teddy bear!!!

[Straw]

Eleanor - word.

Yeah, the newborn totally knew it was Gizmo.

[Amanda in Hawaii]

Umm...I guess this gives a new perspective to the phrase "I could just squeeze you to death!"

And, may I just say "EWWWWWW!"

[Sarah J]

El, you and I are thinking alike today :)

[Annie Where-but-here]

I think we should stuff TC inside a Chucky doll. If you insist, we can wait until he's dead. :)

[muffles]

Sarah J - It really is creepy. Is it just me, or do those teddy bears start to look like they're watching us?

And not to be insensitive, but I really don't think that kid think it's her twin, or her dog, or anything. I think they think, "Hey! A big stuffed teddy bear!"

[Kat]

And I get crap for having my cat's ashes in a box sitting on my dresser.....yeah, this would be way better. Eeewww.

[Suzy Q]

It took me a few seconds to figure out what the heck this was...and then?

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[Sarah J]

At least they aren't stuffed in custom, made-to-look-like-the-deceased, porcelain dolls with eyes that follow you around the room. That would be MUCH creepier!

[Sarah J]

Forget I said that.

*goes off to find investors for new company making custom urns*

This should be a good moneymaker! You wouldn't even have to use it as an urn, you could just make dolls that look like deceased loved ones and not put their ashes inside!

[Annie Where-but-here]

Sarah J - like at Build-a-Bear Workshops? Maybe call it "Build-a-Bernie Week-end"?

Squeeze his right hand and he'll say, "Mavis, where's that damn remote?"

[crossgirl]

finally. we now know what became of jimmy hoffa.

[Darla]

I had a little girl bring one of those teddy bears to storytime so she could show me where her dog's ashes were. I actually think it's a good idea for pets, because a row of teddy bears would look nicer on my bookcase than the four boxes of dog ashes that are currently there, but I can't see stuffing Mom into one. My Dad maybe into a rat, but not my Mom.

[Ford79]

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
As concepts go
This one’s a bust.

Bodies in teddies
Man, that’s dumb
Unless, of course,
It’s Heidi Klum.

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

I won't ever be able to look at teddy bears again and think, "how cute." Now I have to wonder, "who's in there?"

(Darla-I could see it more for pets than anything else.)

[Sarah J]

Using them for pets would be better than the baby with her twin brother sitting next to her in a teddy bear

[Cat R.]

Ick, eeew, gack, shudder.

And *snork* at Ford79.

[muffles]

Wait till those kids grow up and find out what was actually in "Teddy" all those years

[sueb]

what's truly interesting about this thread is the typically-western-world horror at the realities of death and grief.

what pansies this culture is.

[Ann]

Next they'll be offering taxidermy urns ("Uncle Joe was so proud of killing that moose, it just seemed right.")

[Cat R.]

Sueb ~

My icks and shudders are not at death, or even urns. I agree that Western culture doesn't handle death and dying well.

Teddy bears. Teddy. Bears. That picture of the toddler gazing at her brother's cremains (don't ask how I know that term, please) made. Me. Shudder.

[Shane's Girl]

Okay, that did it for ME. I'm outta here.

[Jacki]

I'm not opposed to different ways of greiving or rememberance, but somehow the sentence, "now we can be a little bit happier knowing that our son Nick is inside of this beautiful bear" just strikes me as a bit unhealthy.

[marcied2]

eww, eww, ewww!!

[Dr. Doug]

Quote
. . . extremely plush material and the
pouches are made out of velvet with
plastic lining to keep the ashes
contained . . .
Unquote
I think I would rather call a taxidermist.

[Nightingale]

Read the "testimonials" --and all I could think was about the stuffed animals my daughter likes to buy at the thrift stores after they get donated, and wash and dry, and snuggle with in bed... definitely nightmares tonight....

[Matt]

I've gotten my friends to agree to stuff me with a Guinness in one hand and my other hand holding a Clemson flag. Of course, they may have been just humoring me.

[eat_black_licorice]

The testimonial about twins where one passed on and was stuffed into a bear for her sister to hold was the most disturbing.
I can see little Susie growing up and asking her Mother, "So, my sister is in THE BEAR? Are you gonna do that to me, too?"

[Kat]

Just think! Now I can remember my ex-husband in a new light! I know now that he is probably wagging his little tail at me from Heaven on the anniversary of our divorce!

[PrairieWolf]

Shades of Chucky! =80

[marfie]

No. No. No. No. No. No. No!!!!!

[marfie]

So, would this be considered a "stiffed" animal or a Teddy Bury?

[Richard L Wise]

It gets better.

http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/whatisLG2006.aspx

[Annie]

Not just a huggable urn, but a terrific way to smuggle pot onto an airplane.

[DebPilot]

I hope Carl Hiaasen uses these in his next book.
The Governor should carry one around.

[Lynn]

We take the "boys" with us to all family functions......

EEW! and ICK! I can handle putting ashes on the shelf, but carrying them around to family functions or on vacation is just creepy!

I think these people have some "attachment" issues.