Notice how they slipped in "Girth"
 

ROME (Reuters) - The 14th century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch left hundreds of letters detailing his life and thoughts. Now scientists plan to dig up his remains to find out more about his flesh and bones.

Researchers will open the poet's marble casket this month in Arqua Petrarca, a village in northern Italy where he died in 1374 and that was renamed for him. They will scrutinize his remains for clues on his physical appearance and health record.


"If the remains are in good condition, we will be able to find out what Petrarch looked like, his height and girth, and also his illnesses," Vito Terribile Wiel Marin, professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Padua, told Reuters on Monday.


Petrarch became famous for the hundreds of love poems he wrote to the mysterious Laura, a woman he worshipped from afar. For her, the poet perfected the sonnet form that would influence William Shakespeare and myriad others.

Just think in the year 2503, they will be digging up some of our coffins. Lord help them if they find Warren Sapp's. By then it will be "If the remains are in good condition, we will be able to find out what Sapp looked like, his height and colossal girth".

If in 2503 they decide to dig up some of todays famous actresses I'll bet they'll look exactly like they do now. It takes a long time for plastic to biodegrade...

This thread was dug up. I left it for dead hours ago.

I'm putting a curse on my tombstone, like Shakespeare. Ain't nobody touching that man's bones.

(Of course, I'm getting cremated too, which will help with the whole body-snatching thing).*

*Notice how I slipped in "snatch."**
**"slipped in snatch" -- huh, huh.

I don't care what they do with me after I am gone. I will haunt them either way.