Monday, May 05, 2008

"You can take my PBR out of my cold, dead, hand - no wait"


Latest installment of "You can't make this up."  Thanks to Former-MC and our good friends at AP for this one!

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Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin

Bill Bramanti will rest in peace surrounded by Pabst Blue Ribbon memories

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. "I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.

The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.

He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin — designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue — with ice and his favorite brew.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

THis is fantastic!!! And, I love he had a party and filled it with beer!!
On my Uncle's grave his kids always make sure there is a Busch can...he loved his beer! It always bring a smile to my face.

Anonymous said...

reminds me of the MLB urns - very disturbing. they look kinda like the XL stadium cups!

bmr said...

Wow. My first thought was "what does that aluminum do to the soil?" Should I order my birkenstocks and move to Berkeley now or wait until the marijuana wears off?