Legacy MattersIt began in South Africa, but now more and more people are being buried with the cell phones. Handsets get taken to the grave.
In South Africa, where people still believe in witchcraft, they want phones in their graves just in case they wake up in a coffin after being put under a spell.
In Australia, some people like to take their toys with them, totems of their affluence and importance.
"We came across one guy who asked to be buried with his mobile phone and his Blackberry, and also with his laptop."
Cremations pose their own problems. The batteries tend to explode when heated.
Solution? Some funeral parlors will arrange for the phone to be put into a box with the ashes following cremation.
Posted by Jill Fallon at March 31, 2006 5:14 PM | Permalink