Old with the old...

In Japan, when a member of a community dies, lanterns are floated out to sea to mark their passing.

In my family when someone dies, the old Italians take pictures of the corpse and send them back to the old country for the people who couldn't make it in.

In the Wailing Onion world, when an owner goes off the radar, they are dealt with in the Hunter S. Thompson way. They have their remains blown out of a cannon (see the accompanying photo). And, somewhere, tec is standing by with matches to light the wick.

the412 joins ewad in the Onion Owners Hall of Fame, having his franchise seized by our great and benevolent commissioner mark3313.