Comments on: Michael Jackson to be buried brainless, coroners say brain must "harden" so tests can be completed. http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 17:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536577 Chuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536577 What? No references to "Mi-Go Jackson?" Am I the only one who sees this? ... Apparently, I am. ... I'm trapped in a Lovecraft story, aren't I? *gibbers* What?

No references to “Mi-Go Jackson?”

Am I the only one who sees this?

…

Apparently, I am.

…

I’m trapped in a Lovecraft story, aren’t I?

*gibbers*

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536323 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536323 They'll lose it. And it'll end up in the same trunk as the robot head of Philip K. Dick. Not that I know where that is. They’ll lose it. And it’ll end up in the same trunk as the robot head of Philip K. Dick.

Not that I know where that is.

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536336 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536336 <i>"Is the family pushing for this? Is it even necessary? Seems extreme to me"</i> Does it even make any difference? Everything that is dead (and alive for that matter) goes away at some point, whether it's in an autopsy lab or six feet under earth really isn't relevant I think. “Is the family pushing for this? Is it even necessary? Seems extreme to me”

Does it even make any difference? Everything that is dead (and alive for that matter) goes away at some point, whether it’s in an autopsy lab or six feet under earth really isn’t relevant I think.

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536346 spocko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536346 If my iPod Touch's â„¢ crappy batteryâ„¢ hadn't died I would have been able to beat #28's comment. They Saved Jackson's Brain is of course a reference to They Saved Hitler's Brain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265870/ 2049 and we could see the Return of The Kingâ„¢! If my iPod Touch’s â„¢ crappy batteryâ„¢ hadn’t died I would have been able to beat #28′s comment.

They Saved Jackson’s Brain is of course a reference to They Saved Hitler’s Brain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265870/

2049 and we could see the Return of The Kingâ„¢!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-871198 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-871198 Nima Sherpa I humbly thank you for your beautiful comment. Fans, What about us? When is the last time you watched a sunrise and sunset or walked in the rain, or climbed a tree I love that I could sit in a tree all day long and breathe in nature. We must come together we don't have much more time only until 2012 and then it will be too late to reverse the damage we have done. We must preserve our rain forests we need to protect our environment, reduce pollutions people and use only environmentally friendly products as much as possible. We must give back to nature what nature has given to us. Peace & Love be with you. XoXoXoX Nima Sherpa I humbly thank you for your beautiful comment.
Fans,
What about us? When is the last time you watched a sunrise and sunset or walked in the rain, or climbed a tree I love that I could sit in a tree all day long and breathe in nature.
We must come together we don’t have much more time only until 2012 and then it will be too late to reverse the damage we have done.
We must preserve our rain forests we need to protect our environment, reduce pollutions people and use only environmentally friendly products as much as possible.
We must give back to nature what nature has given to us.
Peace & Love be with you.
XoXoXoX

]]> By: kib http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536608 kib Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536608 @#24: "How many bodies are buried brainless in the US each year?" Are you kidding me? Who could resist taking a swing at a cantaloupe like the one you slow-pitched right there? (ahem) "All of them!" Zing! Thank you and good night. @#24: “How many bodies are buried brainless in the US each year?”

Are you kidding me? Who could resist taking a swing at a cantaloupe like the one you slow-pitched right there?

(ahem)

“All of them!”

Zing! Thank you and good night.

]]> By: tomboing http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536362 tomboing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536362 It's too bad this has to make the news. No one but the family and the authorities really need to know this. Autopsies are distressing enough to the family and friends left behind. This is even more so. A free press and an informed public are great things to wish for. While I'm at it, I'm wishing for a press that realizes it is free to cover only the important things. And for a public that realizes that knowing gossip is not the same as being informed. None of us wishes to see this kind of non-news censored. But there's nothing wrong in wishing the press would include this on the bottomless list of things it just doesn't need to report. It’s too bad this has to make the news. No one but the family and the authorities really need to know this. Autopsies are distressing enough to the family and friends left behind. This is even more so.

A free press and an informed public are great things to wish for. While I’m at it, I’m wishing for a press that realizes it is free to cover only the important things. And for a public that realizes that knowing gossip is not the same as being informed.

None of us wishes to see this kind of non-news censored. But there’s nothing wrong in wishing the press would include this on the bottomless list of things it just doesn’t need to report.

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-537143 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-537143 Wow. The top thing I've learned since MJ died is how much gibbering idiocy was pent-up in human 'civilization'. Great balls of frothing fire! Wow. The top thing I’ve learned since MJ died is how much gibbering idiocy was pent-up in human ‘civilization’. Great balls of frothing fire!

]]> By: Susan Oliver http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536376 Susan Oliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536376 Anonymous in #36 is correct. I work in the pathology department of a Portland hospital, and removing the brain is very common when the death is under suspicious circumstances. Tissue from any other part of the body can be processed anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours to overnight, but the brain needs to sit in formalin for many days before tissue can even be removed. The processing of that tissue, what with the many tests I'm sure they want to run, can take several more days. I'm sure that working under the scrutiny of such a high-publicity case means the coroner is not going to release the results until they are absolutely 100% positive of all of their findings. To me, this is a non-issue. Then again, I work with brains for a living (brains!). Regardless, I think it shows poor taste that the coroner even talked to the press at all, especially in such detail. Anonymous in #36 is correct. I work in the pathology department of a Portland hospital, and removing the brain is very common when the death is under suspicious circumstances. Tissue from any other part of the body can be processed anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours to overnight, but the brain needs to sit in formalin for many days before tissue can even be removed. The processing of that tissue, what with the many tests I’m sure they want to run, can take several more days. I’m sure that working under the scrutiny of such a high-publicity case means the coroner is not going to release the results until they are absolutely 100% positive of all of their findings.

To me, this is a non-issue. Then again, I work with brains for a living (brains!). Regardless, I think it shows poor taste that the coroner even talked to the press at all, especially in such detail.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-538684 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-538684 pharaoh + body burried in parts -> Isis resurected Assur the begetter (Osiris) by tracking down his bodyparts intresting connection pharaoh + body burried in parts ->
Isis resurected Assur the begetter (Osiris) by tracking down his bodyparts
intresting connection

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-571455 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-571455 The birth of Mechajackson, king of Robopop, is nigh. The birth of Mechajackson, king of Robopop, is nigh.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-537160 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-537160 <i>How many bodies are buried brainless in the US each year?</i> buried? how many are walking around, calling other bodies bad names without evidence? How many bodies are buried brainless in the US each year?

buried?

how many are walking around, calling other bodies bad names without evidence?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536400 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536400 So will they take his brain on tour, Einstein-style? Maybe someday they'll clone him, it would be what he'd wanted (TM). So will they take his brain on tour, Einstein-style?

Maybe someday they’ll clone him, it would be what he’d wanted (TM).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-538449 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-538449 i hope that Michael's kids don't hear about this. How would you feel if you were 11 or 12 or even 7 and the doctors say ' were taking daddy's brain to see if he died from drugs' i hope that Michael’s kids don’t hear about this. How would you feel if you were 11 or 12 or even 7 and the doctors say ‘ were taking daddy’s brain to see if he died from drugs’

]]> By: demidan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536148 demidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536148 Buried like he lived! Buried like he lived!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536153 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536153 ROBOT! ROBOT!

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536154 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536154 That must be where the symbiote lived. That must be where the symbiote lived.

]]> By: stratojoe http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536411 stratojoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536411 So, his cranium is just lying there empty? That's really creepy. Did they leave a note or a receipt in there at least? Something? I know I'd be tempted to put a little radio inside him so I could scare people with a Mr. Microphone. So, his cranium is just lying there empty? That’s really creepy. Did they leave a note or a receipt in there at least? Something? I know I’d be tempted to put a little radio inside him so I could scare people with a Mr. Microphone.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536412 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536412 <strong>Brainspore 5:</strong> <em>That is fitting considering that his funeral arrangements seem to be garnering a Pharaoh-like level of interest. I wonder where they'll put the sealed jars containing the rest of his organs.</em> I was wondering if anyone would make that connection. (Except in ancient Egypt, the brain was just thrown away, since they didn't think it did anything important.) His whole coffin is a canopic jar. Brainspore 5: That is fitting considering that his funeral arrangements seem to be garnering a Pharaoh-like level of interest. I wonder where they’ll put the sealed jars containing the rest of his organs.

I was wondering if anyone would make that connection. (Except in ancient Egypt, the brain was just thrown away, since they didn’t think it did anything important.) His whole coffin is a canopic jar.

]]> By: JC_Nelson http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536157 JC_Nelson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536157 This is the first bit of news since the initial breaking of his death that has interested me in the "M.J. is still dead" coverage that has swept the media like the black plague. This is the first bit of news since the initial breaking of his death that has interested me in the “M.J. is still dead” coverage that has swept the media like the black plague.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536164 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536164 That is fitting considering that his funeral arrangements seem to be garnering a Pharaoh-like level of interest. I wonder where they'll put the sealed jars containing the rest of his organs. That is fitting considering that his funeral arrangements seem to be garnering a Pharaoh-like level of interest. I wonder where they’ll put the sealed jars containing the rest of his organs.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536424 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536424 Seems like it would already have gotten plenty of rest. Seems like it would already have gotten plenty of rest.

]]> By: nck wntrhltr http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536169 nck wntrhltr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536169 I knew there had to be one last bit of weirdness before he made it underground. I knew there had to be one last bit of weirdness before he made it underground.

]]> By: RevEng http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536171 RevEng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536171 Is the family pushing for this? Is it even necessary? Seems extreme to me -- if I were the family, I'd rather he be buried intact than dissected and studied just to know the cause of death. Then again, I bet there are a lot of people who would pay a lot of money to be the first to know the answer. Is the family pushing for this? Is it even necessary? Seems extreme to me — if I were the family, I’d rather he be buried intact than dissected and studied just to know the cause of death. Then again, I bet there are a lot of people who would pay a lot of money to be the first to know the answer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-539244 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539244 BRAIN....BRAIN....BRAIN Let him rest in peace We all miss him He'll live in our hearts forever I love u MICHAEL LOVED TEARS -SOFY- "MALDIVES" BRAIN….BRAIN….BRAIN
Let him rest in peace
We all miss him
He’ll live in our hearts forever
I love u MICHAEL
LOVED TEARS -SOFY-
“MALDIVES”

]]> By: JL Bryan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536173 JL Bryan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536173 Well, the coverage of MJ's death has almost risen to the level of coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death. ALMOST. Seriously, what was up with that? Was anybody more than vaguely aware that she existed before she died? Well, the coverage of MJ’s death has almost risen to the level of coverage of Anna Nicole Smith’s death. ALMOST.

Seriously, what was up with that? Was anybody more than vaguely aware that she existed before she died?

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536436 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536436 They can eventually cut it up and distribute it as saintly relics. Or better yet, cut it up, let the pieces dry out, and try to sell them as shrooms. They can eventually cut it up and distribute it as saintly relics.

Or better yet, cut it up, let the pieces dry out, and try to sell them as shrooms.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536948 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536948 STOP IT. STOP IT. All of you who are criticizing Michael and talking negatively about his missing brain. That procedure may be necessary for his final outcome of his demise. Maybe his family accepts this method of an outcome. Please, please allow Michael to rest in peace. After all is said and done, he was a human being, a child of God, who came and took him back to Heaven. It appears by some of you and your messages, Michael was not appreciated. Of course, you the stone throwers, are closet Michael Jackson listeners. Please allow his family to grieve in piece and please stop the negative words about Michael Jackson. He was once on this earth and now he is gone. No more should be said. MAy Michael rest in peace. STOP IT. STOP IT. All of you who are criticizing Michael and talking negatively about his missing brain. That procedure may be necessary for his final outcome of his demise. Maybe his family accepts this method of an outcome. Please, please allow Michael to rest in peace. After all is said and done, he was a human being, a child of God, who came and took him back to Heaven. It appears by some of you and your messages, Michael was not appreciated. Of course, you the stone throwers, are closet Michael Jackson listeners. Please allow his family to grieve in piece and please stop the negative words about Michael Jackson. He was once on this earth and now he is gone. No more should be said. MAy Michael rest in peace.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-536182 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-536182 Dang - I hope his brain doesn't wind up on eBay. Dang – I hope his brain doesn’t wind up on eBay.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-to-b-1.html#comment-542070 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-542070 Cool. I bet you they're doing this so they can revive him later on like in Futurama. I hope that's the case so he can see how much ppl really appreciated him after his death Cool. I bet you they’re doing this so they can revive him later on like in Futurama. I hope that’s the case so he can see how much ppl really appreciated him after his death

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