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As i spend to much of my time wondering about "what if typish questions..."

Ill share one of my favorite mental workout issues.

If by chance anyone would remember me after i made my way to where ever one goes after pulling the final breath, what would they remember?
What would I want them to remember if I could give them a hint...
Or what would be my last message to the afterworld?

In other words:

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?

Here's mine:

Here lies a person who always was someone

A good one I heard from a story about a female gypsy musician:
"Bury me standing, i have spent a lifetime on my knees"

In memoriam ftw!

"There Goes The Neighborhood"

:) Rodney Dangerfield's epitaph

As i spend to much of my time wondering about "what if typish questions..."

Ill share one of my favorite mental workout issues.

If by chance anyone would remember me after i made my way to where ever one goes after pulling the final breath, what would they remember?
What would I want them to remember if I could give them a hint...
Or what would be my last message to the afterworld?

In other words:

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?

Here's mine:

Here lies a person who always was someone

A good one I heard from a story about a female gypsy musician:
"Bury med standing, i have spent a lifetime on my knees"

In memoriam ftw!

My headstone will read, "I can't believe he pushed the button marked Do Not Push".

And boom goes the dynamite

But seriously, I want to be cremated.

I like the idea of my gravestone being a bench or some other sit-able form, inscribed with something like "Here lies [Farnhamia] Rest a moment, passer-by, and favor her with a thought."

His last words were: Hey, it's perfectly safe! See? Just watch!

The best gravestone I have ever seen reads (and I swear to God I am not making this up): "If you can read this, you're standing on me!"

The man is now dead, and can finally rest.

Imagine if someone died in a bathtub or died of holding their wee for a wii, what would it say about him or her in the tombstone about her death. Not making fun of him or her though.

The best gravestone I have ever seen reads (and I swear to God I am not making this up): "If you can read this, you're standing on me!"

lol

This one is a classic: Go away... I'm asleep.

Imagine if someone died in a bathtub or died of holding their wee for a wii, what would it say about him or her in the tombstone about her death. Not making fun of him or her though.

"He went peacefully".

"There Goes The Neighborhood"

:) Rodney Dangerfield's epitaph

I would expect property values to go up ...

"He went peacefully".

Very nice way of saying it lol


The strangest one of them all!


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Guess who it is!

'Have a nice time at the funeral.'

EDIT: I'm pretty sure this is my 5000th post.

Very nice way of saying it lol


The strangest one of them all!


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Guess who it is!

Ludolf van Ceulen.

Okay mines:

Stop Reading My Tombstone!


I couldn't think of anything original, so I just put this in so it shows that I did find something.

Ludolf van Ceulen.

Bingo! We have a winner

"Oh you're all fucked now!"

I see myself leading the Zombie Apocalypse

As i spend to much of my time wondering about "what if typish questions..."

Ill share one of my favorite mental workout issues.

If by chance anyone would remember me after i made my way to where ever one goes after pulling the final breath, what would they remember?
What would I want them to remember if I could give them a hint...
Or what would be my last message to the afterworld?

In other words:

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?

Here's mine:

Here lies a person who always was someone

A good one I heard from a story about a female gypsy musician:
"Bury me standing, i have spent a lifetime on my knees"

In memoriam ftw!

"Take care, you dunghill-cocks!"

Ah, noble last words for a fencer. Google it (in quotation marks) if you wish.

My last words to the world would most likely come before I am dead.

They would probably be something like "Woops..."

"It WAS lupus."

"It WAS lupus."

Or more generalized: "See? I told you I was sick."

"It WAS lupus."

Last words of Dr. House? ;)

My last words to the world would most likely come before I am dead.

They would probably be something like "Woops..."


"What do you mean the Reactor is unsta...."

I have another one.


If you're reading this, then you ignored my will

"What do you mean the Reactor is unsta...."

"What does it mean when this gauge goes all the way up like this?"

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?


I dunno. Something dry like,

In the event that the Purchaser defaults in the payment of any instalment of purchase price, taxes, insurance, interest, or the annual charge described elsewhere herein, or shall default in the performance of any other obligations set forth in this Contract, the Seller may: at his option: (a) Declare immediately due and payable the entire unpaid balance of purchase price, with accrued interest, taxes, and annual charge, and demand full payment thereof, and enforce conveyance of the land by termination of the contract or according to the terms hereof, in which case the Purchaser shall also be liable to the Seller for reasonable attorney's fees for services rendered by any attorney on behalf of the Seller, or (b) sell said land and premises or any part thereof at public auction, in such manner, at such time and place, upon such terms and conditions, and upon such public notice as the Seller may deem best for the interest of all concerned, consisting of advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city in which the security property is located at least once a week for Three (3) successive weeks or for such period as applicable law may require and, in case of default of any purchaser, to re-sell with such postponement of sale or resale and upon such public notice thereof as the Seller may determine, and upon compliance by the Purchaser with the terms of sale, and upon judicial approval as may be required by law, convey said land and premises in fee simple to and at the cost of the Purchaser, who shall not be liable to see to the application of the purchase money; and from the proceeds of the sale: First to pay all proper costs and charges, including but not limited to court costs, advertising expenses, auctioneer's allowance, the expenses, if any required to correct any irregularity in the title, premium for Seller's bond, auditor's fee, attorney's fee, and all other expenses of sale occurred in and about the protection and execution of this contract, and all moneys advanced for taxes, assessments, insurance, and with interest thereon as provided herein, and all taxes due upon said land and premises at time of sale, and to retain as compensation a commission of five percent (5%) on the amount of said sale or sales; SECOND, to pay the whole amount then remaining unpaid of the principal of said contract, and interest thereon to date of payment, whether the same shall be due or not, it being understood and agreed that upon such sale before maturity of the contract the balance thereof shall be immediately due and payable; THIRD, to pay liens of record against the security property according to their priority of lien and to the extent that funds remaining in the hands of the Seller are available; and LAST, to pay the remainder of said proceeds, if any, to the vendor, his heirs, personals representatives, successors or assigns upon the delivery and surrender to the vendee of possession of the land and premises, less costs and excess of obtaining possession.

"The Mormons were right afterall!"

In other words:

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?
"You can't touch this"

"Sic transit gloria mundi" :p

"Sic transit gloria mundi" :p

Typical NS'er.

"You can't touch this"

Especially if I die from blunt trauma: "And stop: Hammer Time!"

"Sic transit gloria mundi" :p

I didn't know Gloria was sick.

If you are able to read this, I am behind you and about to turn you into one of my undead thralls.

Heh, not for me, but funny nonetheless -- on Snopes.com there is an article entitled "Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic."

The guy's wife and mistress came in together and ordered the stone... if you read the first letters of each line it spells out "Fuck You".

Heh, not for me, but funny nonetheless -- on Snopes.com there is an article entitled "Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic."

The guy's wife and mistress came in together and ordered the stone... if you read the first letters of each line it spells out "Fuck You".

And he probably enjoyed it. <8{

"I beat you in the Human Race."

"I beat you in the Human Race."

Nice.

I want my epitaph to make people laugh for generations. I have no idea what would do that, but that's what I want.

"This space for rent."

"Damn it! Wrong door..."

"I hope I did my best".

Or "You're all fucked now".

"Here lies......$120 million!" (People will be digging for my coffin, not realizing that I've been cremated and that there is no coffin! :D )

or

"I told them they were going to pay!"

Warning: Zombie-sensei may rise at any time.

I thought this was going to be a suicide-by-mod thread.

'Connection reset by peer'.

Or, 'He came, he saw, he lagged out'.

was this guy gay? no, seriously, was he?

my most probable last actually spoken words are likely to be "shut up and go away and let me die in peace".

as for gravestone inscriptions: "don't worry about me, i lived mine. concern yourself with yours and how you live it and what kind of a world you are creating for yourself and others by doing so."

=^^=
.../\...

brb

"Watch for my hand on your shoulder.
Listen for my voice.
I will never leave you.
I will always be with you."

"The testicular cancer didn't kill me, the orgy did."

So long and thanks for all the fish

"...and that's when I ordered the cake!"

Nice.

Not really, he took it from Fable...I was about to post the same thing.


I'm not planning to be buried. I want to have somebody fly over a city in a blimp tossing my ashes onto the people below.

"I said cut the blue wire, you dumbass."

So many words....lets see.


Two Words...SUCK IT!

Yeah I Killed Him!!!!

Thanks for not dragging your ass on my grave!

F*ck Off!

Upon his death the worlds IQ dropped 20 points

Rockn' the underworld

He was wrong

Another creationism caused fatality

The worlds last straight right leaning naturally born human

I faught the bear and the bear won

I took yo mamma with me!


So many more so little time.

"Remember to aim for the HEAD"

"You can't touch this"

"Especially if it's Scary Touching"

"The testicular cancer didn't kill me, the orgy did."

*splat*

"Did I drop any good loot?"

Dammit! That DNA recode I did was supposed to be ANTI-aging!

brbfbi

Shit, there is no sensible translation of what I want on my tombstone...

In swedish it will be: "Adam var alltid en glad lax, men nu är han gravad!" Those who speak swedish will understand, for the rest of you, I'll try to translate.

"Adam was always a happy salmon, but now he's cooked", which is a terrible translation, but in short, "Glad lax" can mean both "happy salmon" and "Happy person" and "Gravad" is a way of cooking salmon, but also a way of saying buried. Makes sense?:)

"Available to hire for all zombie movies - please call cemetery night watchman Romero for more information."

"Don't mourn me;
I may be dead;
But I'll never again;
Have to get out of bed."

well this is a slightly morbid thread.
i'd go for, "don't cry for me i'm already dead".

"Adam was always a happy salmon, but now he's cooked", which is a terrible translation, but in short, "Glad lax" can mean both "happy salmon" and "Happy person" and "Gravad" is a way of cooking salmon, but also a way of saying buried. Makes sense?:)

Perfectly sensible to me. Leave it to the Swedes to create fish-based idioms.

I have always admired the last words of Pancho Villa:

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

"I'm home."

"Warning: Biohazard"

In my gravestone: "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

"If you can read this, you're standing on a landmine".

"All great changes are like death. You can never see what's coming till you're on the other side."

Or more generalized: "See? I told you I was sick."
Comedian Spike Milligan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan) asked for that inscription on his tombstone, but didn't quite get it...

One of my favourite examples of 'Famous Last Words' comes from the American Civil War: One general (Sorry, but I don't remember his name or even which side he was on...) is supposed to have been killed in battle after uttering the words

"Don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this"

What sentence would you want to be put on your tombstone (gravestone?) as a message to others about yourself, or any other famous last words?

I want Churchill's...

"I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal
Of meeting me is another matter."

IN SOVIET RUSSIA
INSCRIPTION READ YOU

Sorry.

IN SOVIET RUSSIA
INSCRIPTION READ YOU

Sorry.
:p


'But I'm not Spartacus.'

a freind of mine wants his last words to be, "Man,... You Guys Suck!" He probably wont get to say it so it'll go on his headstone.

My mom used to say my headstone would say "Are you going to eat that?"

In the quite unlikely event that anyone will be able to find my body when I die my headstone should say something like, "He went out in a blaze of glory.... seriously, his ship caught fire."

Another good one might be, "Remove your shoes, for you are standing on holy ground."

Here lies he who would have rather ruled the world!:)

I got a few:
1. Have headstone carved in the shape of an X, and engraved "X marks the spot."
2. "Next time I'm coming back as a dog."
3. "Instant Zombies
Collin - Rayburn - Nars - Trebek-Zabars - Kresge - Caldor - Walmart"
4. "Wordworm"
5. "I'm right behind you."
.
.
"Ha, I'm too fast for you!"

... mmm, ...

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Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise

"Wake me when the pizza gets here."

"Wake me when the pizza gets here."

And when judgement day comes,... you can say "HEY! Where's my pizza!" or "HEY! You're not the pizza guy!" or "HEY! This isn't what I ordered!"

"The gold.... I buried it.... in the..."

Similarly: "It all makes sense now. I know the truth. They'll have to kill me to keep me from tal--"

and: "It's just a scratch!"

And when judgement day comes,... you can say "HEY! Where's my pizza!" or "HEY! You're not the pizza guy!" or "HEY! This isn't what I ordered!"

You forgot the breadsticks!

"I came, I saw, I GTFO."

"Heaven is a gay club and I'm getting in!"

"I'm invincib-"
"Drink something alcoholic in my honor."
"What do you mean, that's not our men-"
"Remember, after you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is NOT your friend."

Comedian Spike Milligan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan) asked for that inscription on his tombstone, but didn't quite get it...

One of my favourite examples of 'Famous Last Words' comes from the American Civil War: One general (Sorry, but I don't remember his name or even which side he was on...) is supposed to have been killed in battle after uttering the words

"Don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this"

John Sedgwick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick)

Wait for me Jesus, I'm on my way!

I thought this would be a suicide note...I'm thankful it's not.

Anyway, I'd want my gravestone to read simply:

"I tried".

Shit, there is no sensible translation of what I want on my tombstone...

In swedish it will be: "Adam var alltid en glad lax, men nu är han gravad!" Those who speak swedish will understand, for the rest of you, I'll try to translate.

"Adam was always a happy salmon, but now he's cooked", which is a terrible translation, but in short, "Glad lax" can mean both "happy salmon" and "Happy person" and "Gravad" is a way of cooking salmon, but also a way of saying buried. Makes sense?:)

I'm not well-versed in Swedish, but I do know there's an English expression for being as "happy as a clam"...fits the context, not sure if that is what's meant in the saying.