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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

Jaded
May 6th, 2008, 12:34 PM
Yeah but....PBR???? :arf:

ashdavus
May 6th, 2008, 12:40 PM
What's next? Asking his friends to piss on his grave after the funeral?

gprime
May 6th, 2008, 02:48 PM
Yeah but....PBR???? :arf:

Some people like drinking piss I guess. :whistle:

Athena
May 6th, 2008, 02:51 PM
PBR has won best American Lager awards, if I recall correctly. I'm more of a microbrew drinker, myself, but I won't even front like PBR hasn't been a staple beverage in my life, especially in my punkier days.

CPL CHUD
May 6th, 2008, 03:31 PM
Still is a staple in my weekend diet. Cheap stuff.

gprime
May 6th, 2008, 04:47 PM
PBR has won best American Lager awards, if I recall correctly. I'm more of a microbrew drinker, myself, but I won't even front like PBR hasn't been a staple beverage in my life, especially in my punkier days.

Even if it has won some award, that doesn't make their stuff drinkable. In terms of good American brewing companies, there are plenty of more worthwhile choices, like Avery (Colorado), Dogfish Head (Delaware), Founders (Michigan), Ommegang (New York), and Schmaltz (California) to name a few of the more obvious ones.

Nell
May 6th, 2008, 04:48 PM
Ha! My favorite beer is Busch Lite, miainly cause Coors Light is too expensive. And no one but me will drink it so no stealers.

Lizard
May 6th, 2008, 04:49 PM
The title for this thread is brilliant. Hail, DV!

Dakota Valkyrie
May 6th, 2008, 05:11 PM
I wish I was so witty! I regurgitated a borrowed title. Other in the running was "Forever Blitzed" but I thought it was more suited for a wedding...