[karajorma]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/17/french_cryonics_cremation/

Frozen French couple go up in smoke

A French couple who had their bodies frozen in in the hope that medical science would one day be able to resurrect them have had to be sent up the chimney after a bit of bother with the leccy.

Cryonics pioneer Doctor Raymond Martinot stuck his wife in cold storage back 1984. He paid for his massive refrigeration bill by inviting tourists to gawp at the chest freezer. Son Remy added Ray to the stiff collection in the crypt of their chateau when he too snuffed it in 2002.

A bitter Remy recounted the disaster to AFP: "I realised in February that after a technical incident their temperature had risen to -20C probably for several days. The alert system [on the freezer] had not worked and I decided at that point that it was not reasonable to continue."

The cruel twist must be a real kick in the teeth for Remy, who had fought a long-running legal battle with authorities to be allowed to keep his folks on ice. When court ordered them in January to be buried or cremated, Remy said he would appeal the decision at the European Court of Human Rights.

What kind of an idiot plans on life eternal but skimps on the cost of a thermostat?

[an0n]

A prudent one.

If you're freezing yourself for 100,000 years, all those pennies add up.

[karajorma]

So having it go wrong after only 4 years is better?

[Rictor]

[karajorma]

[vyper]

OMG ze nazi bart!

[Col. Fishguts]

ULOC ?

[Wild Fragaria]

That's very funny 

[aldo_14]

What you should be seeing, is when Jasper was frozen in the Kwik-e-Mart.  Like so.

[Col. Fishguts]

Aha, that's one neat "direct linking forbidden" pic.

[karajorma]

That explains it

[Roanoke]

Freezer Geezer

[Rictor]

Damn their Teutonic cleverness!

edit: ha! take that!

[Col. Fishguts]

For the teutonic-challenged, Bart writes: "I mustn't steal from ULOC"

[Turnsky]

bet on the side of their cryo tubes were "just heat for fifteen minutes in a high oven, then let stand for 2 minutes before serving"