{"id":2764,"date":"2013-01-03T16:15:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alchemy1977.wordpress.com\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T08:08:44","slug":"have-a-dead-sexy-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/2013\/01\/have-a-dead-sexy-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Dead Sexy 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you didn\u2019t get one for Christmas, chances are you might well be on the look out for a new calendar. If you\u2019re looking for something saucy, yet a little different, then how about the latest tastefully erotic calendar from the Polish company Lindner? Of course, there\u2019s nothing new about improbable businesses promoting themselves with sexy calendars, with Italian tyre company Pirelli setting the fashion with their iconic version way back in 1964. What makes Lindner\u2019s unusual, is that they\u2019re a coffin manufacturer.\"Cofanifunebri\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMy son had the idea of creating the company\u2019s calendar so that we could show something half-serious, colourful, beautiful; the beauty of Polish girls and the beauty of our coffins,\u201d explained Zbigniew Lindner, the firm\u2019s owner. \u201cSo much work goes into our coffins that are only seen for a few moments at the funeral.\u201d The idea proved a hit, and Lindner have been publishing a new calendar annually for several years now, each showcasing the company\u2019s caskets alongside Polish models in artistic states of undress. \u201cWe wanted to show that a coffin shouldn\u2019t be a sacred object \u2013 it\u2019s furniture, it\u2019s the last bed you\u2019ll ever sleep in,\u201d added Zbigniew. \u201cIt isn\u2019t a religious symbol. It\u2019s a product.\u201d<\/p>\n

As if their blend of sex and death wasn\u2019t controversial enough, however, some felt Lindner really crossed the line by downplaying the sacred nature of funerals, particularly in a country as pious as Poland. Late last year, a local spokesman for the Catholic Church condemned the calendars as \u201cinappropriate\u201d, huffing that \u201chuman death should be treated with solemnity and not mixed up with sex\u201d. Inevitably, perhaps, this isn\u2019t the first time that their provocative calendars have embroiled the Polish coffin company in controversy.<\/p>\n

\"calendar<\/a>Back in 2010, Lindner hit the headlines when they became involved in a feud with a rival casket manufacturer, the Roman business Cofanifunebri, after the Italians issued a sexy coffin calendar of their own. While Lindner\u2019s calendar is along the glamorous angle popularised by the likes of Pirelli, Cofanifunebri take a more blackly humorous, sometimes Gothic approach to the business of death, also marketing T-shirts with slogans like \u2018I told you I was sick\u2019 and \u2018got formaldehyde?\u2019. For all that, the Poles were not amused by what they perceived as blatant plagiarism. \u201cOur Polish girls are prettier and our coffins are better and more exclusive,\u201d fumed Barthosz Lindner. \u201cIt is our idea!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Calendar<\/a>If the calendars from Lindner or Cofanifunebri are a little too ghoulish for your taste, then of course Alchemy publish our own official calendar ‘The Rune Faerie’ [CAL13]<\/em><\/strong>. While we\u2019ve endeavoured to weave a little eroticism into our version, the Alchemy 2013 calendar emphasises enchantment and the esoteric over funereal themes. However you choose to plan and enjoy the year to come, Alchemy would like to wish a productive and pleasurable 2013 to all of our customers and friends!<\/p>\n

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To buy your very own Official Alchemy 2013 Calendar [pictured above], click the link to browse our list of Alchemy Dealers: www.alchemyengland.com\/buy<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you didn\u2019t get one for Christmas, chances are you might well be on the look out for a new calendar. If you\u2019re looking for something saucy, yet a little different, then how about the latest tastefully erotic calendar from the Polish company Lindner? Of course, there\u2019s nothing new about improbable businesses promoting themselves with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[112,493,336,338,339],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-alchemy","tag-calendar","tag-coffins","tag-poland","tag-sexy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6264,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions\/6264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyengland.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}