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    Dead of Alive?

    Mummified monk in Mongolia 'not dead', say Buddhists

    I am not a medical expert, but he looks alive to me.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    I've seen the documentary Underworld and he's definitely a vampire.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    I am not a medical expert, but he looks alive to me.
    That's all the proof i need!!
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    The monk was discovered after being stolen by a man hoping to sell him on the black market.
    There's a black market for mummified monks? Who knew?
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    There's a black market for mummified monks? Who knew?
    Why are you interested? i know a guy who knows a guy who knows a mummy ..........
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    I thought this would be one of those 'Hot or Not' websites...
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    I Want My Mummy!!
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    It's still a body, and it isn't going to be light. What thief would come across such a body and say to themselves, "this has got to be worth something!" I'm not sure that the authorities are studying the right person.
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    I'm dead on the inside.

    Luckily my dazzling personality prevents people from noticing.
    I don't live here any more.

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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    That monk is dead OF alive.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    You spin me round.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Now you mention it that Mummy does look a bit like Pete Burns !
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    It's still a body, and it isn't going to be light...
    I guess it is relative. A 165 lb man would weight about 63 lbs as a mummy, being dessicated and water being about 60% of an adult male's weight.

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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Quote Originally Posted by passel View Post
    I guess it is relative.
    You mean as in the statement, "He's not heavy. He's my brother." Or...maybe not that kind of relative....

    A 165 lb man would weight about 63 lbs as a mummy, being dessicated and water being about 60% of an adult male's weight.
    So what. It's still a 63 lb mummy. Some thief saw that and though, "I can get some cash for this guy!!!". That's nuts! Who the heck is going to pay enough for a mummy to justify the effort to steal the thing, even if it weighed only 10 lbs? After all Michael Jackson is dead, and there probably aren't that many more total wack-job collectors out there in the world.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    ...and there probably aren't that many more total wack-job collectors out there in the world.
    Have you *met* humans before?
    I don't live here any more.

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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Not that kind, evidently. I'm talking about people who have both a desire to posess a mummy, and the money to make a mummy worth stealing.
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    I'd like a mummy. I need something to tell me about the honey.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    So what. It's still a 63 lb mummy. Some thief saw that and though, "I can get some cash for this guy!!!". That's nuts! Who the heck is going to pay enough for a mummy to justify the effort to steal the thing, even if it weighed only 10 lbs? After all Michael Jackson is dead, and there probably aren't that many more total wack-job collectors out there in the world.
    Yeh but this is in Mongolia, its not like there is a lot of other things to steal. A mummy is probably a prize find
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Quote Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers View Post
    Yeh but this is in Mongolia, its not like there is a lot of other things to steal. A mummy is probably a prize find
    Well, there's some rocks. And a lot of tufty grass. Couple of trebuchets here and there...

    To be honest my only exposure to Mongolian culture has been gleaned from playing an unhealthy amount of Age Of Empires over the last 15 years or so.

    I'd wager that it is a rich source of tribal knowledge and tradition. And some other junk.

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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    After all Michael Jackson is dead, and there probably aren't that many more total wack-job collectors out there in the world.
    That's one mummy for which it might be worth the effort of stealing.
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    Re: Dead of Alive?

    I wrote it in robocops voice

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    Robocops get all the cool jobs. What about the robostreetcleaners who have to scrape up the robodog poop?
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