Average person = 50 diamonds...who knew

[yvr girl]

There was a real estate story on today with a twist. Apparently, Vancouver, where I live, not only has the highest real estate prices in Canada, we also have the highest grave prices. (Directly related to the price of land.)

75% of people in Vancouver opt for cremation. (Believe me, I am coming to a point related to the subject.) The question is, what do you do with the ashes. There is a new option. You can extract the carbon from the ashes and form them into man-made (but real) diamonds.

Can anyone imagine wearing a loved-one in a ring? I think that it's pretty creepy myself.

[No2W2004]

1. Sure,

You can also mix in ashes and make pendants, ear rings ect... also anything made with molten material, you can mix the ashes right in there. I don't remember the details, but I've read of a comic book artist who had his ashes mixed with printing ink and made into a special edition comic.

Me, fireworks.