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I read somewhere recently (the Daily Mail, no less) that one of the reasons for assuming the "brace" position in an air crash is that it preserves the teeth better, allowing for a cheap form of identification if you crash and burn. This led to a long debate on the following question:
How do you know if the body you get back is the one you were meant to get?
A bit morbid perhaps, but the possibility exists after an event such as a plane crash, where the bodies will be in pieces and burnt, that you might not get back what you were expecting. The real question I suppose is "are there doctors that would knowingly give you back a body, where they weren't sure of the indentity to: a) give peace of mind to relatives, b) make it quick and easy for themselves?". A bit of a paranoid and cynical way to look at the world, but, in theory at least, it could happen - and it's not like doctor's take their oath and from then on do no wrong - Look at Harold shipman, one of Britain's most prolific serial killers.
The only positive way of identifying a body is either DNA, or dental records. So short of having your own medical lab, you have to take the doctor's word. Are you the sort of person that would question this? Is he Quincy, or a bit shifty, like Dr No? Would the doctor's word provide the peace of mind you need to be reassured that it's the body you want back? The only way I could think of this being disproved is if the victim had an artificial limb, or gold teeth, then had a cremation. But how many people look at the ashes after a cremation, or indeed at a body after a plane crash?
Sorry if this upsets anyone, but it's just hypothetical. The sad fact is that there are probably people in the medical profession that would do this sort of thing to save time and money.
How do you know if the body you get back is the one you were meant to get?
A bit morbid perhaps, but the possibility exists after an event such as a plane crash, where the bodies will be in pieces and burnt, that you might not get back what you were expecting. The real question I suppose is "are there doctors that would knowingly give you back a body, where they weren't sure of the indentity to: a) give peace of mind to relatives, b) make it quick and easy for themselves?". A bit of a paranoid and cynical way to look at the world, but, in theory at least, it could happen - and it's not like doctor's take their oath and from then on do no wrong - Look at Harold shipman, one of Britain's most prolific serial killers.
The only positive way of identifying a body is either DNA, or dental records. So short of having your own medical lab, you have to take the doctor's word. Are you the sort of person that would question this? Is he Quincy, or a bit shifty, like Dr No? Would the doctor's word provide the peace of mind you need to be reassured that it's the body you want back? The only way I could think of this being disproved is if the victim had an artificial limb, or gold teeth, then had a cremation. But how many people look at the ashes after a cremation, or indeed at a body after a plane crash?
Sorry if this upsets anyone, but it's just hypothetical. The sad fact is that there are probably people in the medical profession that would do this sort of thing to save time and money.
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The "Brace" position is when you're sitting in your seat and put your head between your legs. The Saggy One is right though - it is also so you die that bit quicker.
How does that help break your neck?
Well, the top of your head is pointing right at the seat in front of you. Imagine being in the back seat of a car with your head between you legs and the car going from 500mph+ to 0mph in the space of less than a second. That's how you'd break your neck.
Nasty.
People who are scared their plane will crash are pretty stupid
1. You are a LOT more likely to die in a car crash and I mean a lot
2. A plane crash is a really quick death... unlike being stuck in a metal cage thats on fire like a car crash.
3. Fight Club tells me you get high on the pure oxygen
4. Flying is fun
1. You are a LOT more likely to die in a car crash and I mean a lot
2. A plane crash is a really quick death... unlike being stuck in a metal cage thats on fire like a car crash.
3. Fight Club tells me you get high on the pure oxygen
4. Flying is fun
Dying in a plane crash is only as quick as the time it takes to get from a few miles up to the ground...I guess you'd have time to s**t in your pants more than once before then.
*slap*
Erm what?
You call me stupid, I slap you.
Oh right I get it.
Yeah but the death is quick... its just a ride and then BAM... where's heaven?
Yeah but the death is quick... its just a ride and then BAM... where's heaven?
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