Entombment Technologies to Protect You from Being Buried Alive - Neatorama

The fear of being buried alive is an old one, and is even the origin of the phrase "saved by the bell". Annalee Newitz of io9 has a roundup of technologies developed over the years, right up to the present day, to prevent a person from meeting this fate. Pictured above is Thomas Pursell's 1930s-era tomb that featured doors that could be opened from the inside.

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And I just noticed I posted this in the wrong article.

*Facepalm*

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I never saw The Last House on the Left, but the end of the trailer gave me insight into a particular sound bite used in a song which had confused me to it's purpose until now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWCd54EA84

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as Jimmy Carr said in the episode of QI, thing about premature burial.. is that it's notgoig to be THAT premature, 5 hours max.

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Mr Pudifoot is correct

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And "Saved by the bell" comes from boxing.

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