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Funeral Home Offers Drunk Drivers a Free Burial

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-gift-for-the-hoildays dept.

A funeral home in Rome, Georgia has decided to give back to the community this holiday season by offering free burials to impaired drivers who die in accidents. Between now and noon Thursday, you can sign a contract stating you plan to drink or take drugs and then drive on New Year's Eve. If you are lucky enough to be in a fatal accident, McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home will pay for your funeral. Services included in the package are a casket, grave, limousine and preparation of remains.

8 comments

  1. Risk by operagost · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't suicidal people sign up for this and take them to the cleaners?

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    1. Re:Risk by oldspewey · · Score: 1

      1) Sign contract for free burial
      2) Drive drunk and kill self
      3) ???
      4) Profit!!!!

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    2. Re:Risk by Locke2005 · · Score: 1

      I suspect suicidal people would be much more likely to take advantage of this new-fangled lottery scheme known as "life insurance". You do know that part of the fee for every death certificate goes to pay burial expenses for the indigent, don't you?

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    3. Re:Risk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, people don't realize this but if you die you will be buried even if you leave no one to arrange such. As it turns out, society hates a rotting corpse...

    4. Re:Risk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh my god, but that's like... PIRATING!!!
      You're getting buried *without* paying for it!

      The CMAA (Coffin Maker's Association of America) is going to be all on their ass! Some people will say they wouldn't have bought the services anyway.

    5. Re:Risk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nearly any insurer will require a 2 year suicide clause or something to the effect. All the beneficiary would get would be any premiums paid to that point - assuming there were any.

  2. Re:DRUNK DRIVERS KILL by steve+buttgereit · · Score: 1

    I have to ask... is the period at the end of your post there for irony's sake?

    (Note to self: never post comments on Slashdot while on methamphetamines.)