I knew that Zoroastrians build ‘Dakhmas’, or Towers of Silence, for their dead to be exposed to and eaten by carrion birds, e.g. vultures, having seen the one in Bombay/Mumbai. I didn’t know that some Tibetans had a similar ritual.
The Sandra Bullock blip makes it sound like the Razzie was for the same movie as the Oscar win, so not the case. This happened in 2010, Sandra’s only Oscar was best actress for the movie The Blind Side, and the Razzie was for the movie All About Steve, which she won two Razzies, one for worst actress, and the other for worst screen couple.
Using the FNVs (Friendly neighborhood vultures) for disposal can have disadvantages:I read there was one village where they had a shortage of FNVs – they were literally falling out of the sky! The problem was traced to a person that had died by suicide – by poisoning himself! And of course that affected the FNVs also!
I believe the Parsees of India also do something like that. Only instead of a mountain, they have a tower where the corpses are placed. They do not want the earth or the air contaminated by burial or cremation.
oldpine52 over 7 years ago
It’s my understanding that in a sky burial the corpse is beaten to pulp so that everything including the bones are consumed.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
Lucky you, Ms. Bullock. (I thought Tibetan Buddhists believed in reincarnation, not just the Dalai Lama doing so.)
J Short over 7 years ago
Doubling the population is like storage capacity??? Am I missing something here?
Nathan Daniels over 7 years ago
“Then shalt they offer Bullock upon Thine altar…..”
Peam Premium Member over 7 years ago
I knew that Zoroastrians build ‘Dakhmas’, or Towers of Silence, for their dead to be exposed to and eaten by carrion birds, e.g. vultures, having seen the one in Bombay/Mumbai. I didn’t know that some Tibetans had a similar ritual.
aimlesscruzr over 7 years ago
The Sandra Bullock blip makes it sound like the Razzie was for the same movie as the Oscar win, so not the case. This happened in 2010, Sandra’s only Oscar was best actress for the movie The Blind Side, and the Razzie was for the movie All About Steve, which she won two Razzies, one for worst actress, and the other for worst screen couple.
Running Buffalo Premium Member over 7 years ago
The WoW information is 8 years old …
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/11/25/wows-back-end-10-data-centers-75000-cores/
tuslog1964 over 7 years ago
Using the FNVs (Friendly neighborhood vultures) for disposal can have disadvantages:I read there was one village where they had a shortage of FNVs – they were literally falling out of the sky! The problem was traced to a person that had died by suicide – by poisoning himself! And of course that affected the FNVs also!
ssledge over 7 years ago
I believe the Parsees of India also do something like that. Only instead of a mountain, they have a tower where the corpses are placed. They do not want the earth or the air contaminated by burial or cremation.
coffeeturtle over 7 years ago
I like to keep my clone around so I can harvest organs just in case. Oh wait. What if I am the clone?
Pedmar Premium Member over 7 years ago
I saw All About Steve. Her Razzie was undeserved. The movie was bad; she was not.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Some plains tribes in the USA use to do that. Let the animals clean them then buried the skeletons after.
Stephen Gilberg over 7 years ago
I’m more interested in “Mommie Dearest.” It wasn’t Oscar-nominated, but it did get both positive and negative awards, including both for Faye Dunaway.