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To: Crocodile who wrote (52206)	6/13/2000 5:18:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Uhm, I suppose some one from Viking might want to refute it, because I've had the same thought sequence (has everyone?), ~ and thot those Vikings were Stupid.

To: Crocodile who wrote (52206)	6/13/2000 5:18:00 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I'm looking at websites, but I haven't found an answer yet. A lot would depend on the the temperature reached during the fire. I viewed a cremation once and it seems to me it took a good while, but not really that long to when the flesh was gone. Did ya know that there are bits of bone left when they are done with you and that they run those through a grinder, so that the leftover people get that neat pile of ash and dusty stuff?

To: Crocodile who wrote (52206)	6/13/2000 8:12:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<Uhm.... this sounds a little like a Viking burial at sea....>> First of all Croc the Vikings thought the ship would sail forever toting the burning remain all over the world. Second, once the remains were charred they wouldn't bloat and float. Didn't have to cremate them to sink them.

To: Crocodile who wrote (52206)	6/13/2000 9:26:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

Oh, I can't resist this. My guess is that the Viking was the highest point on the boat, and he was situated on a big pyramid of selected combustibles. Logs. Legos. Last September's coupon sections and Circuit City fliers. And then, they touched the match to it like starting a BBQ pyre the wrong way. From the top, so the white part takes forever to work its way down and then there's not enough coals left to do the ribs properly, unless you pile more on, the morons. 'Xept they meant to do it that way, and by the time the boat proper began to be combustively decompiled, depilated, see you later Depilator, the Viking would be Extra Crispy. Is my theory. And it is so hot here - 97 outside, 87 inside and really humid - that my synapses are beginning to list to port.