Dakota Valkyrie
May 6th, 2008, 11:40 AM
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When he dies, a wooden coffin just won't do. It doesn't match Bill Bramanti's big personality. He wants something people will remember him by.
So he ordered a specially made coffin that bears the design of something he knows well: a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can.
Bramanti isn't dying. He just wants to be prepared.
With "100 years" until he meets his maker, the South Chicago Heights man threw a party Saturday for his future burial home and showed family and friends how he plans to use the coffin until he dies.
"I'm going to use it as a cooler until I really need it," said Bramanti, 67. "You see, I'm going to get my money's worth. Hopefully I get to use it many times."
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/930816,050408coffinparty.article
When he dies, a wooden coffin just won't do. It doesn't match Bill Bramanti's big personality. He wants something people will remember him by.
So he ordered a specially made coffin that bears the design of something he knows well: a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can.
Bramanti isn't dying. He just wants to be prepared.
With "100 years" until he meets his maker, the South Chicago Heights man threw a party Saturday for his future burial home and showed family and friends how he plans to use the coffin until he dies.
"I'm going to use it as a cooler until I really need it," said Bramanti, 67. "You see, I'm going to get my money's worth. Hopefully I get to use it many times."
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/930816,050408coffinparty.article