[Praxius]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25 ... 09,00.html

Quote:

RELATIVES of a dead man in Spain asked a doctor to confirm his death a second time because his body showed no signs of going pale hours after he passed away.
The 70-year-old died of a heart attack and his body was on display at a funeral home in Lorca, a city of some 90,000 people in southern Spain, when his family noticed that it still had a healthy pink glow, a spokesman for the funeral home said.

They then called in the doctor to confirm that their loved one was in fact dead.

The doctor concluded that the man still had a healthy glow, despite having passed away, because the pacemaker he was wearing was still running.

Weird.... so if the pacemaker is still working and the guy is still dead.... is there still blood flow present to prevent Rigamortis?

[Brenda]

That IS weird!
So if his heart (artificial or not) is still beating (or is it?), how can he be dead?

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Brenda wrote:

That IS weird!
So if his heart (artificial or not) is still beating (or is it?), how can he be dead?

Well he is now with all the formaldahyde(sp) in him.

[Praxius]

Brenda wrote:

That IS weird!
So if his heart (artificial or not) is still beating (or is it?), how can he be dead?

I suppose he'd be brain dead.... but normally when someone checks if someone is dead, they check for a pulse.... yet his pulse is artificial and automatic, and if he's still got color to his skin.... but not breathing.....

seriously wtf?

[Robair]

Live carefully, get a pacemaker, and leave a good looking corpse.

[raydan]

Imagine if he'd taken Viagra just before he died too.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

*note to self* don't use Viagra if a I ever end up with a pacemaker