3/17/2004: 280-year-old Vietnamese monk body found

Undertoad · 03-17-2004, 05:05 PM

Another dead dude on IotD - this one interesting because it was NOT mummified, but sat there anyway for years and years. This monk died in 1723 in Vietnam, apparently in the lotus position, and sat there resting peacefully since then in a tower in a remote pagoda.

OK, maybe he was partly mummified - he was coated in some sort of protective paint, so that the only damage he took was the loss of one eye socket and both arms. Well you can't have everything.

The full story does not give us much more information, but I think I would like to be painted with some weird paint and just sit there for a few centuries after I die. Only the first few decades seem boring, I'm sure.

Katkeeper · 03-17-2004, 05:26 PM

What? Not cremated and scattered in the woods in Franconia with the rest of the family??

Pearcie (AUS) · 03-17-2004, 05:36 PM

Venus de Monk

xoxoxoBruce · 03-17-2004, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by Katkeeper
What? Not cremated and scattered in the woods in Franconia with the rest of the family??

Sure is a nice place to be scattered.

Katkeeper · 03-17-2004, 09:06 PM

One of the best. The trees, the mushrooms, the mountains...

Elspode · 03-17-2004, 10:07 PM

It is probably best that he expired. He would have had a bitch of a case of leg cramps otherwise.

Troubleshooter · 03-17-2004, 10:10 PM

I'm just imagining how pissed off her is going to be when he comes out of his trance and finds himself in a box with no arms.

*picturing Julian Sands standing over him*

Nothing But Net · 03-17-2004, 10:34 PM

Evidently the work of Oddjob. The victim suffocated although the eye socket was not covered in paint.

I wonder if Ted Williams will end up looking like this.

MAdMoNKEY · 03-18-2004, 09:55 AM

Aaarrrrrggghhh! Someone should put an eye patch on him.

hairdog · 03-18-2004, 10:05 AM

Anyone think (like me) that this dude looks a lot like Gollum?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-18-2004, 08:20 PM

I think he mostly looks like ...dead.

headsplice · 03-19-2004, 02:46 PM

I'm guessing he died because his legs fell asleep, and he REALLY hated pins and needles.

03-17-2004, 05:05 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	3/17/2004: 280-year-old Vietnamese monk body found Another dead dude on IotD - this one interesting because it was NOT mummified, but sat there anyway for years and years. This monk died in 1723 in Vietnam, apparently in the lotus position, and sat there resting peacefully since then in a tower in a remote pagoda. OK, maybe he was partly mummified - he was coated in some sort of protective paint, so that the only damage he took was the loss of one eye socket and both arms. Well you can't have everything. The full story does not give us much more information, but I think I would like to be painted with some weird paint and just sit there for a few centuries after I die. Only the first few decades seem boring, I'm sure.

03-17-2004, 10:07 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	It is probably best that he expired. He would have had a bitch of a case of leg cramps otherwise. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-17-2004, 10:10 PM	#7
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I'm just imagining how pissed off her is going to be when he comes out of his trance and finds himself in a box with no arms. picturing Julian Sands standing over him __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

03-17-2004, 10:34 PM	#8
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Goldfinger! Evidently the work of Oddjob. The victim suffocated although the eye socket was not covered in paint. I wonder if Ted Williams will end up looking like this.

03-18-2004, 09:55 AM	#9
MAdMoNKEY Smooth Ruffian Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Right behind you! Posts: 47	Aaarrrrrggghhh! Someone should put an eye patch on him. __________________ "Oooh oooh aaahh aaahh! slap!" - MAdMoNKEY

03-17-2004, 05:26 PM	#2
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	What? Not cremated and scattered in the woods in Franconia with the rest of the family??

03-17-2004, 05:36 PM	#3
Pearcie (AUS) Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 73	Venus de Monk

03-17-2004, 09:06 PM	#5
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	One of the best. The trees, the mushrooms, the mountains...

03-18-2004, 10:05 AM	#10
hairdog Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 39	Anyone think (like me) that this dude looks a lot like Gollum?

03-18-2004, 08:20 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think he mostly looks like ...dead. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-19-2004, 02:46 PM	#12
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	I'm guessing he died because his legs fell asleep, and he REALLY hated pins and needles. __________________ Don't Panic

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