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02-05-2008, 02:00 PM
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Okay, this will sound incredibly weird..... but.....
How long could someone live for in a coffin? |
02-05-2008, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by funkalicious101  Okay, this will sound incredibly weird..... but.....
How long could someone live for in a coffin? | Depends? You willing to eat your own legs, arms, etc? If so, then you also ahve to factor in how much oxygen you can get. Are we talking buried coffin or a coffin above ground?
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02-05-2008, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Not sure, I'd say a few hours, max. You'd suffocate.
Either that, or the weight of the dirt on top of the coffin (assuming you are burried) will force the lid down on you and you'll be crushed to death.
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02-05-2008, 02:03 PM
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02-05-2008, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by casualmadness Depends? You willing to eat your own legs, arms, etc? If so, then you also ahve to factor in how much oxygen you can get. Are we talking buried coffin or a coffin above ground? | Even if you were willing, it would still be tricky...
I suppose I would be talking about an above ground coffin, so that the weight of the dirt would not crush the top down upon me(or someone else). |
02-05-2008, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus They did this on Mythbusters. It wasn't very long before the CO2 levels got too high. | Yeh... Myth Busters have pretty throughly explored this morbid question. The definitive answer is: not very long.. The CO2 builds up very rapidly, as Adam and Jamie ran the experiment thru it's paces on camera thats what the data showed. |
02-05-2008, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by funkalicious101 Even if you were willing, it would still be tricky...
I suppose I would be talking about an above ground coffin, so that the weight of the dirt would not crush the top down upon me(or someone else). | Are you planning a bucks night prank or something? 
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02-05-2008, 02:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | No I was just thinking if I were to die this way if it would be boring or not.
I can think of nothing worse then just laying there with absolutely nothing to do.
Yes, I think like that. |
02-05-2008, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by funkalicious101 No I was just thinking if I were to die this way if it would be boring or not.
I can think of nothing worse then just laying there with absolutely nothing to do.
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02-05-2008, 02:25 PM
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02-05-2008, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Rattman Yeh... Myth Busters have pretty throughly explored this morbid question. The definitive answer is: not very long.. The CO2 builds up very rapidly, as Adam and Jamie ran the experiment thru it's paces on camera thats what the data showed. | Thank you for that info!!
I was starting to hyperventilate after reading the initial post and letting my imagination get the better of me.
I am SO glad I wouldn't be concious too long!! 
I feel better now... |
02-05-2008, 02:41 PM
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02-05-2008, 03:21 PM
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02-05-2008, 04:21 PM
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Q: What would <name of dead person> be doing if he/she were alive today?
A: Scratching like crazy at the coffin lid!
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02-05-2008, 06:19 PM
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As long as I don't have horrid gas, I would probably just be really bored. If I did have horrid gas, I'd probably find a way out of that coffin just so I don't have to smell myself.
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02-05-2008, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ROON Not sure, I'd say a few hours, max. You'd suffocate.
Either that, or the weight of the dirt on top of the coffin (assuming you are burried) will force the lid down on you and you'll be crushed to death. | It will?
So every coffin underground right now with dead people in it has collapsed? |
02-05-2008, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson It will?
So every coffin underground right now with dead people in it has collapsed? | Only if you bought the cheap coffin. 
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02-05-2008, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson It will?
So every coffin underground right now with dead people in it has collapsed? | Depends on the coffin I guess. I've seen video tests where after a while the top of the coffin starts to sink in and crack.
Personally I don't want to be buried, I'll just be dug up by some random civilization thousands of years from now... and pissed on by dogs and stuff.
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02-05-2008, 07:24 PM
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being buried alive is probably the worst thing that could happen to me... I would despise that horrible panic that would set in as I realized... I am stuck here, I cannot get out, I am trapped. Doomed to a slow agonizing death of suffocation. The worst feeling would be that I am completely helpless.
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02-05-2008, 07:26 PM
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