How-to: Die in Style
By MacGyver | May 6, 2008
Category: MacGyver
So I’ve had a bit of trouble coming up with what my first how-to should be. I was gonna do how to pick a door lock with a refrigerator freon cylinder, but I figured I’d catch a lot of shit from the wives for the broken fridges. Then I thought about the time I built a plane out of bamboo, a ceiling fan, and some garbage bags, but then realized the FAA would shit a brick when they saw all of these homemade bamboo planes on the radar; I sure as hell don’t need any government agencies knocking on my door. But then I came across this man and realized anything I would come up with would pale in comparison to the sheer ingenuity that only an American could possess.
Meet Bill Bramanti. Bill represents everything that makes this country great: he’s old, he’s overweight, and he LOVES booze. PBR actually. He loves it so much that he decided he wanted to take it to the grave…literally. Bill had a custom casket built for him by Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home and designed by Scott Sign Co., both in Chicago Heights, that resembles a can of PBR.
I must say I’m impressed with the idea, but a little bit disappointed in the execution. Clearly it’s just a regular silver coffin with a giant PBR decal slapped on it. I can’t help but think that with a few spare sheets of aluminum siding and a blow torch, I could burry this guy in a freaking keg of PBR. But to each their own. I still salute your efforts Mr. Bramanti, and although you’re not dead yet, I’m sure your overconsumption of the fine amber nectar will get you there soon enough.
Via Geekologie from USA Today.