Inside the Box

That of our lyues and endynge shewes
How transytory we be all daye.
This mater is wonders precyous;
But the entent of it is more gracyous
--Everyman (16th cen.)

--Bring out your dead! Ninepence
--I'm not dead!
--What?
--Nothing. Here's your ninepence
--Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
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Ranger stumbled upon this ad in the highly entertaining publication, "2009 Guide to Homeland Security Grants."

The "Everybody Coffin ™" is just what the doctor ordered. It'll lend you "dignity in the midst of disaster." The Everybody Coffin is a flat box, pop-up, stackable coffin, when you haven't the time for the very best. It has a certain cool Scandanavian-IKEA aesthetic.

Ranger wanted to share his curiosity with the Homeland Security Industry, which is taking the place of real industry here in the Homeland. Lisa shared recently that one very bored employee at the pre-screening area of the airport told her as she fingered the plastic baggies on the counter -- "Go ahead, take as many as you want. They're the good ones with the slider -- your tax dollars at work." That's a good chap who understands the circumference of his job.

If the ad goes viral, we'd like to nominate Toby Kieth as jingle writer. One can never err on the side of being too patriotic.

Witness the Everybody by DQE: "Ready now, for what's next," even when you're not.