\ndust that collects in the dryer always makes me retch just a bit, but
\nOregon-based mortician Elizabeth Fournier<\/a>, known as the Green Reaper, obviously
\nhas a stronger stomach than I do (from dealing with the dead all day, one would
\nassume) because she puts that dryer lint amalgamation to use to make a sort of papier-mâché<\/a> urn. As in
\nthe thing you keep someone’s ashes in post-cremation.<\/p>\n
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\ngood fabric and sometimes there’s hair, which is a good binder as well,”
\nFournier told AOL
\nNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nfor a biodegradable and inexpensive urn<\/a> (conventional ones can run upward
\nof $1,000) with flour and water. Mmm, nothing like mixing up a batch of lint,
\nhair, flour, and water to hold the remains of your dead loved one.<\/p>\n
\nPardon while I go regurgitate my morning muffin.<\/p>\n