Adipocere

[tehsp0rk]

I've always had a pretty big morbid fascination, and I was just reminded recently of my favorite post-mortem phenomenon - Adipocere, or "Grave Wax".

According to the article at Wikipedia , "Adipocere or grave wax or mortuary wax is the water-insoluble material consiting mostly of saturated fatty acids. It is formed by the slow hydrolysis of fats

Comments

[sin_eater]

Soap Woman looks very surprised at her predicament.

[blotted_inx]

That or she's expecting peen0rs.

I know I wanna rub them all over my body to make me squeaky clean ><
How weird/totally awesome would it be to have your own little bit of soap from one of them? Like someone's nose or shoulderblade. Hehe

[juanoclock]

See Jewish Holocaust

[jlygrnmigt]

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/soap.html

[systemtest]

this stuff is probably more awesome than my beloved pine tar soap.

[vandigo]

I wanna be a mummy . . .

[siouxsyn]

And I want to be soaped with adi, adipocere.

[vandigo]

.D

[cloud_x_nine]

That whole process is so cool.
Very Fight Club.

[blueberryeyes17]

Yes! I've heard about this before. Craziest thing ever.