Wouldn't it be more effective to encase Lenin in a lucite block?

[LoZoccolo]

I'm not a fan of Lenin or Leninism or communism or even much of socialism, so I'm not saying this to like, be all concerned about preserving Lenin's body as someone who thinks it's as important as those who come by and visit it, I'm just saying, if you wanted to preserve his body further, wouldn't it make more sense to just encase him in a block of lucite rather than keep doing what they're doing where they have to like, work on him every so often? He looks so bad that people think that at least some parts of him are fake if not all. He doesn't look human anymore. I'm not really concerned about that, but I'm just saying, if the people who are concerned about that wanted him to not continue looking more and more like a ventriloquist dummy or one of those mannequins with painted-on hair, they might consider the lucite block. I'm not trying to start an argument about communism or Leninism or socialism, don't get me wrong, but if you want to argue about that, please put the argument aside and if you are concerned about the appearance of Lenin and how people are starting rumors that it's not really him or partially not really him, you can chime in with your opinion on my idea to encase him in a lucite block.

[Blue-Jay]

1. It certainly would smell better.

[LoZoccolo]

2. Does it smell really bad in the mausoleum?

There's a russian woman at work, and I asked her if she'd ever seen Lenin's tomb and told her about the lucite block proposal but she said that even though she'd been to Red Square, she had not visited Lenin's tomb and thinks that they should just bury him. It sounded like she wasn't a big fan of Lenin either.

[cssmall]

3. Most Russians aren't.

And, Marx and Communism go down the trap because of that moron. He should be encased in concrete and thrown to the bottom of the Neva or the Don.

[LoZoccolo]

4. I guess I should say that while I'm not a fan of him as a leader...

...I am a fan of him as the record-holder for most preserved body who is not a mummy. I guess that's why I would think it would be better for his further preservation to be in a lucite block than to have to maintain this current embalming process longer.

[cssmall]

5. I respect your opinion, but this is mine.

That motherfucker doesn't deserve to be, in anyway, preserved any longer. Period.

Sorry, I'm not normally this close minded about anything. But, he and Stalin should be either thrown to the bottom the Neva or thrown into a reactor core.

[billyskank]

9. He's dead. His body is irrelevant

there is nothing you can possibly do to him now.

[cssmall]

10. Agreed.

But, there is a perverse pleasure and I have my personal reasons for hating both the men. Like I said eariler, it's irrational because I'm close minded about it.

[NNadir]

6. Maybe they could freeze dry him, powder him or flake him and sell

"Lenin Dust" as a drain cleaner.

I bet it would be a big seller.

[LoZoccolo]

8. They could, but I couldn't see them doing that.

The people who are responsible for preserving him might have that thing going on where they've kept something up for so long that they do not want to break the streak.

I've heard of people in addiction recovery programs who count their days of sobriety, and when the number gets big, you start having this added reason of not wanting to break the streak. It's somewhat like that.

[cssmall]

11. Well, I do see that side of the argument.

Personal pride in the ability to one's job well.

[JVS]

7. Party of Lenin, lead us to victory!

[LoZoccolo]

12. Kick.

:kick: