[thechat] Oddly Enough - Weird, Funny and Strange News Stories

Madhu Menon webguru at vsnl.net
Thu Aug 22 02:41:01 CDT 2002


http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WLHQF4QBNYFYACRBAE0CFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=1357477


or the shorter link: http://tinyurl.com/1448


 From the "Maybe ol' Uncle Herbert can still be of some use dead" department:

<quote>

They say diamonds are forever. And now the dearly departed can be, too.

A Chicago company says it has developed a process for turning cremated
human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry.

"We're building on the simple fact that all living creatures are
carbon-based and diamonds are carbon-based," said Greg Herro, head of
LifeGem Memorials.

</quote>


Madhu

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