Muscle to Bone

I didn't believe it could happen either, but apparently some people have a defect that causes them to turn into bone, kind of like in that book by Roald Dahl. It sounds pretty dreadful, but like everything, it has a bright side:

"As Luciana's condition escalates, she may contort and freeze into a set position. If she's lucky she may be able to choose that position for herself, if she isn't her body will choose for her. Professor Paul Wordsworth explains that as an individual gets more and more ossification of the muscles they may have to make a very difficult decision about what they do with their life. Basically, before the body locks completely they must decide if they will spend their life sitting or standing."

Well let's assume she's lucky. Sitting and standing both have their upsides, but considering that you are going to die anyway, you might want to pick a position with more pizzaz. How about:

• A marionette

• 
  Atlas (whose arms do that?)
  
• Rodin's "Thinker"
• Hogtied (across the back, or the belly)

• 
  Dying Swan
  
• Fist in mouth
• Something dirty

• 
  Explorer
  
• "Two Grecian urns!"

• 
  Aesthete
• Marionette (strings cut)