'Happy Coffins' Make Funerals Less Grim

[Foxy Brown]

(Oct. 7) -- Come on, baby, don't fear the reaper.

That's the message, not from Blue Oyster Cult, but from a Singapore nonprofit that recently revealed a series of coffins featuring fanciful designs and festooned with cheery slogans, such as "Say hello to my wonderland" and "Hello, coffin. You seem to be nice."

The 12 caskets, or "Happy Coffins," represent the winning designs from an international competition held by the Lien Foundation to create caskets that take the stigma and fear out of death.