If you want an iPad in the afterlife, burn a paper version now
Want an iPad (or Viagra) in the afterlife? Burn a paper facsimile
Some Taoist and Buddhist funerary traditions involve the bereaved burning facsimiles of household items so the dead can enjoy their use in the afterlife. Consequently, there are shops in Asia devoted to the sale of flammable, fake consumer products.
The bloggers at Asia Obscura recently stopped by one of these stores in Melaka, Malaysia and found (among many things), paper iPads, champagne, cigarettes, PSPs, washing machines, and pizzas waiting to be bought and burned.
