There are bodies EVERYWHERE.
One of my London colleges said its about $25K (mid 90s money) to exhume / archeologically dig out each body. His church was adding a wing & found 36 bodies...
KJ
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March 12, 2010 3:27 p.m. Kendall_Jones Reader
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March 12, 2010 3:41 p.m. oldsaw Dork
In reply to Kendall_Jones:
Bodies can be found anywhere in a country with a history as rich as the UK.
There may be more government-monitored CCTV's per capita (in the UK) than there are corpse's waiting for exhumation.
Which is creepier?
That, and Vikings were awesome!
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March 12, 2010 3:47 p.m. Woody UltraDork
"To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development,"
...you know, unless you're a Viking...
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March 12, 2010 4:17 p.m. Marty! HalfDork
Woody wrote:
"To find out that the young men executed were Vikings is a thrilling development,"
...you know, unless you're a Viking...
You mean this Viking?
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March 12, 2010 4:38 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
That's not just limited to overseas.
From Wikipedia about New York City's Washington Square: To this day, the remains of more than 20,000 bodies rest under Washington Square. More on that particular topic: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/bones-evoke-washington-square-parks-p...
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March 12, 2010 6:41 p.m. DirtyBird222 Dork
hmmm
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March 12, 2010 7:58 p.m. Dr. Hess PowerDork
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March 13, 2010 2:29 a.m. Wally PowerDork
David S. Wallens wrote:
That's not just limited to overseas.
From Wikipedia about New York City's Washington Square: To this day, the remains of more than 20,000 bodies rest under Washington Square. More on that particular topic: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/bones-evoke-washington-square-parks-p...
The bodies are everywhere. There were plans to renovate the 110 year old bus depot I work out of but they are being fought because it was a slave burial ground before it became a trolley barn.
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March 13, 2010 2:40 a.m. BoxheadTim HalfDork
Kendall_Jones wrote:
There are bodies EVERYWHERE.
One of my London colleges said its about $25K (mid 90s money) to exhume / archeologically dig out each body. His church was adding a wing & found 36 bodies...
KJ
Given the way people were buried in consecrated ground for centuries - usually on top of each other due to limited space - that's not that big a surprised. Down here in semi-rural England, a lot of the small old village churches still have the old cemetery around them. Even the one down the road from me has, and that's a bit newer (ie, not medieval).
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March 13, 2010 7:47 a.m. ignorant UltimaDork
I be scottish but I also be viking....
bitches
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/vikingorkney/
my great great grandfathers name was magnus, but he was from Kirkwall.
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March 13, 2010 9:24 a.m. Kendall_Jones Reader
BoxheadTim wrote:
Kendall_Jones wrote:
There are bodies EVERYWHERE.
One of my London colleges said its about $25K (mid 90s money) to exhume / archeologically dig out each body. His church was adding a wing & found 36 bodies...
KJ
Given the way people were buried in consecrated ground for centuries - usually on top of each other due to limited space - that's not that big a surprised. Down here in semi-rural England, a lot of the small old village churches still have the old cemetery around them. Even the one down the road from me has, and that's a bit newer (ie, not medieval).
A church cemetery might be a bit different than a mass grave (full of headless bodies :) ). Up in northern MI (and other parts of US I imagine, it was common place to bury folks on the family farm (however they are well marked)
I was joking about the creepy thing, I actually think its pretty sweet. I've walked parts of Hadrians wall & found it fascinating that the Romans used to hang out there :)
Kendall
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March 13, 2010 4:48 p.m. DirtyBird222 Dork
ignorant wrote:
I be scottish but I also be viking....
bitches
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/vikingorkney/
my great great grandfathers name was magnus, but he was from Kirkwall.
great beer comes out of that region.
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March 13, 2010 5:06 p.m. Josh Dork
Haha, as soon as I saw "Orkney", I was gonna post the Skullsplitter. It's good stuff.
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March 13, 2010 5:08 p.m. porksboy Dork
For a $25.00 fee you can bury your kin on your own land in these here parts. Just has to be more that 5 acres if I remember correctly.
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March 13, 2010 7:40 p.m. ignorant UltimaDork
DirtyBird222 wrote:
ignorant wrote:
I be scottish but I also be viking....
bitches
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/vikingorkney/
my great great grandfathers name was magnus, but he was from Kirkwall.
great beer comes out of that region.
Yes, i love me skull splitter don't forget the wonderful scotch. I am drinking it nowz....
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March 13, 2010 8:07 p.m. DirtyBird222 Dork
Josh wrote:
Haha, as soon as I saw "Orkney", I was gonna post the Skullsplitter. It's good stuff.
it get's the job done quick too
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March 16, 2010 5:26 a.m. 4eyes Reader
Dead folks are no problem, it's the live ones that can be a pain in the ass.
