Shipping capsule better than shipping coffin?

[Danny83]

When I die bury me in a shipping capsule

[watchwatcher]

Sadly, this is not the first thread on this subject.

[VIG]

Lol sometimes the discussions on here are so ridiculous I don't know if they're serious or not.

[WAK4]

Originally Posted by Danny83

When I die bury me in a shipping capsule

Me too. I want to be cremated and put in a Rolex shipping capsule TPRTPD capsule casket thing-a-ma-bob and then it can be properly called a coffin

[kilyung]

I don't have one nor care to so doesn't bother me.

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by WAK4

Me too. I want to be cremated and put in a Rolex shipping capsule TPRTPD capsule casket thing-a-ma-bob and then it can be properly called a coffin

You're still a bit confused, my man. At that point it's called an urn.

[WAK4]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

You're still a bit confused, my man. At that point it's called an urn.

Nah, not confused. We already established earlier I'm just not an intelligent person

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by amg55

I cringe whenever I see the words "shipping coffin" used. Wouldn't shipping capsule or some better choice of words be better in describing the protective containers that new watches are shipped in?

I nearly got flamed to death over this issue once, but I guess I'll venture forth once more.

The proper term is shipping casket, not coffin.

Of course, shipping coffin sounds stupid, unless you're shipping bodies.

Note the definition of the term casket:

Full Definition of casket

1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket

Over the last century or so the funeral industry has convinced much of the public that their deceased loved ones deserve to be buried in jewel boxes, rather than stuffy old coffins, thus the confusion in people's minds and the expansion of the definition of casket as a fancy coffin.

2
: a usually fancy coffin

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket

So, to reiterate, the proper term is shipping casket.

Let the flames begin.

I now see that others have addressed this issue before me and for that they have my thanks.

[R G]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

Yes, I would cringe too.....just like I cringe when people on this forum say there when it should be they're, or your when it should be you're, or to when it should be too. Happens all the time, people use the incorrect word here.

Yeah that's true, too. You do realise, though, that you have suggested that there are a lot of unintelligent people here on the forum with your previous post.

I too have seen many people on the forum refer to the plastic shipping containers as coffins.

[Corsair66]

I've always thought (perhaps incorrectly) of 'coffin' as referring to the traditional, six-sided burial box, while 'casket' principally refers to the rectangular interment box more commonly seen nowadays.

Watch-wise, I've never really thought of them as anything but 'little plastic boxes'.

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by R G

Yeah that's true, too. You do realise, though, that you have suggested that there are a lot of unintelligent people here on the forum with your previous post.

I too have seen many people on the forum refer to the plastic shipping containers as coffins.

Perhaps a poor choice of words. I see how someone could make the mistake.

[amg55]

Originally Posted by VIG

Lol sometimes the discussions on here are so ridiculous I don't know if they're serious or not.

You got it! However, that's the beauty of an open forum, isn't it? Ones we like, we read and discuss. Ones we are not interested in, we move on. There are plenty that I don't bother reading, for instance the never ending wrist shots and incomings. I find those ridiculous but that's just me.