Friday, March 21, 2008

Putting To Rest a True Soccer Fan

I'm surprised they don't have any orders for it. Maybe all the soccer fans want to be put in a real match ball.
clipped from news.yahoo.com


VIENNA, March 2O (Reuters) -
Vienna's leading funeral company, steeped in tradition, is moving with the times: the bereaved can have their loved one back in a cremation urn in the shape of a football.

A woman presents an urn with the design of a soccer ball at the

The black and white urn joins more conservative containers in sombre and art-deco designs in the range offered by Bestattung Wien just as Austria prepares to co-host the Euro 2008 soccer championship.

No one has yet ordered the 362 euro (281.57 pounds) urn, which has been available for two weeks.

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