Dispensary Corner 08 Oct 13
October 8, 2013
Forget cremation or burial - the
way of the future is freeze-drying,
according to a Channel Island
politician.
Rob Duhamel, who’s currently
the Planning and Environment
Minister for Jersey, says that the
technique, which involves freezing
a body using liquid nitrogen and
then vibrating it to reduce the
corpse to powder, is much more
environmentally friendly than
other options.
Freeze drying would also help
resolve the issue of diminishing
space at cemeteries, he said.
Don’t discard those damaged
bills from the till.
A US man has been given $500
by the US treasury, after claiming
that his dog ate the original bills.
His not-so-golden retriever,
apparently took the cash out of
his car while he was at lunch.
“He’s been notorious for eating
paper products,” Wayne Klinkel
told news agency Reuters.
“I knew right away what
happened,” he added.
In an act of amazing attention to
detail and determination, Klinkel
collected the dog’s droppings in a
plastic bag and after some weeks
of vacillation went ahead with a
plan to resurrect the cash.
Using a bucket of soapy water,
an old metal mining screen and
a hose he painstakingly picked
out the particled $100 notes and
reassembled them one by one.
The Treasury Department offers
reimbursement for some proven
cases of damaged currency, and
six months after submitting the
stinky claim he received a fresh
$500 cheque last week from the
Mutilated Currency Division.
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