Necropants
Here's the instructions for how to make them (from the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft):
If you want to make your own necropants (literally; nábrók) you have to get permission from a living man to use his skin after his dead.
After he has been buried you must dig up his body and flay the skin of the corpse in one piece from the waist down. As soon as you step into the pants they will stick to your own skin. A coin must be stolen from a poor widow and placed in the scrotum along with the magical sign, nábrókarstafur, written on a piece of paper. Consequently the coin will draw money into the scrotum so it will never be empty, as long as the original coin is not removed. To ensure salvation the owner has to convince someone else to overtake the pants and step into each leg as soon as he gets out of it. The necropants will thus keep the money-gathering nature for generations.
After he has been buried you must dig up his body and flay the skin of the corpse in one piece from the waist down. As soon as you step into the pants they will stick to your own skin. A coin must be stolen from a poor widow and placed in the scrotum along with the magical sign, nábrókarstafur, written on a piece of paper. Consequently the coin will draw money into the scrotum so it will never be empty, as long as the original coin is not removed. To ensure salvation the owner has to convince someone else to overtake the pants and step into each leg as soon as he gets out of it. The necropants will thus keep the money-gathering nature for generations.
[via Notes From a Funeral Director]
Comments
:-) "Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred ..."
Posted by KDP on 02/07/14 at 10:39 AM
Anybody skilled enough with a knife to flay the skin off without ripping it, and crazy enough to wear it afterwords just needs to ask and I'll hand over my money.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/07/14 at 11:08 AM
There have got to be easier ways to make money. But if this is your skill set, why stop there? Why wouldn't you go for a matching necrosweater? There's something not right about just wearing the pants.
Anyway, if I'm donating my body to science, it better not end up in an Icelandic clothing store.
Anyway, if I'm donating my body to science, it better not end up in an Icelandic clothing store.
Posted by Harvey on 02/07/14 at 12:53 PM
How does PETA feel about this?
Hey, at least it's organic...
Hey, at least it's organic...
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 02/07/14 at 08:58 PM
In an effort to ensite a riot; Just which fruits, veggies, and meats aren't ORGANIC?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/07/14 at 11:08 PM
I can just imagine the conversation:
Guy one: "hey man, I know that this sounds weird, but can I use your skin?
Guy two: "What? No! I'm kinda attached to it."
Guy one: "No, not now! That'd just be bizzare. I just need it after you die."
Guy two: "What in the h**l do you want it for?"
Guy one: "I want to make a magic suit out of it so that I can make a lot of money."
Guy two: "Whaaaaaaa? Dude you might want to go see a shrink or something..."
Guy one: "C'mon, I'll buy you a beer if you say yes. Please? Pretty please?"
Guy two: "oh, ok."
Guy one: "hey man, I know that this sounds weird, but can I use your skin?
Guy two: "What? No! I'm kinda attached to it."
Guy one: "No, not now! That'd just be bizzare. I just need it after you die."
Guy two: "What in the h**l do you want it for?"
Guy one: "I want to make a magic suit out of it so that I can make a lot of money."
Guy two: "Whaaaaaaa? Dude you might want to go see a shrink or something..."
Guy one: "C'mon, I'll buy you a beer if you say yes. Please? Pretty please?"
Guy two: "oh, ok."
Posted by Malk on 02/08/14 at 03:25 AM
Wouldn't it be more like:
Guy eitt: "Hey maður, ég veit þetta hljómar undarlegt að, tilgangur get ég notað húð þína?
Guy tvö: "Það sem ég er soldið fylgir Nei það!."
Guy eitt: "Nei, ekki núna Það myndi bara vera skrítið að ég þarf bara að það Árangursrík þú deyrð ..!"
Guy tvö: "Hvað í h ** l viltu það?"
Guy einn: "Ég vil gera galdur segir út af því þannig að ég get gert mikið af peningum."
Guy tvö: "? Whaaaaaaa Dude þú might vilja til að fara til geðlæknis eða eitthvað ..."
Guy eitt: "C'mon, ég ætla að kaupa þér bjór ef þú segir já Vinsamlegast Pretty vinsamlegast.?"
Guy tvö:. "Ó, allt í lagi"
:lol:
Guy eitt: "Hey maður, ég veit þetta hljómar undarlegt að, tilgangur get ég notað húð þína?
Guy tvö: "Það sem ég er soldið fylgir Nei það!."
Guy eitt: "Nei, ekki núna Það myndi bara vera skrítið að ég þarf bara að það Árangursrík þú deyrð ..!"
Guy tvö: "Hvað í h ** l viltu það?"
Guy einn: "Ég vil gera galdur segir út af því þannig að ég get gert mikið af peningum."
Guy tvö: "? Whaaaaaaa Dude þú might vilja til að fara til geðlæknis eða eitthvað ..."
Guy eitt: "C'mon, ég ætla að kaupa þér bjór ef þú segir já Vinsamlegast Pretty vinsamlegast.?"
Guy tvö:. "Ó, allt í lagi"
:lol:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/08/14 at 04:10 AM
CannyScot: I don't think Peta cares. If it were made from the skin of a poor ickle bunnyrabbit it would be different, but they view humans as sub-human.
Posted by Richard Bos on 02/08/14 at 12:27 PM
Just think, all that for a rotting scrotum of loose change? How much money (in coins mind you) does a scrotum hold? Hope it's not just a bunch of pennies for that kind of trouble.
Posted by Miles on 02/08/14 at 01:42 PM
This guy could hold a WHOLE LOTTA money-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1XRETxHBhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1XRETxHBhA
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/08/14 at 09:01 PM
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