ER's comment in the Random Thoughts thread got me thinking . . . what WOULD I put on my tombstone if I shuffled off this mortal coil tomorrow? I've seen some famous ones:
"Pardon Me For Not Getting Up!"
"See, I TOLD You I Was Really Sick!"
and, one of my favorites:
"She burned the Candle at both ends,
It did not last the night.
But O my dears and O! My friends!
It made a lovely light."
But, I guess, if I wrote my epitaph right now, it would read something like this:
Lewis B. Smith
1963-2011
Husband of Patricia
Father of Rachel and Rebecaa
Teacher of Many
Enemy of Ignorance
"He Lived Before He Died"
So what about you?
Funny you should bring this up.
I just ordered a second hand copy of Spoon River.
"Dude, seriously. This stone is like, way heavy."
If I develop a healthier frame of mind in my senior years:
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Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions
I prefer this, adapted from a Boris Karloff's Thriller! episode:
"GOD GRANTE THAT HE LYE STILLE"
:teddyr:
Let's Rock!
I would like a zombie hand coming up from where I'm buried.
TheUnknownknownKid called Bull
The guy on the left farted
It's not a trap, it's a tomb
Uh, There's, like, some guy here; Y'Know, like, all dead & everything. :question:
Of course, I wouldn't actually be buried there. I'd have my neckid cadaver shot out of a psychedelic canon, through the hole of a twelve foot wide chocolate doughnut with exploding sprinkles, into a swamp or someplace I'd make good fertilizer, while the mourners would be singing Rainy Day Women by Bob Dylan... :bouncegiggle:
I always think of myself as a bookish kind of person so how about a quote from Dylan Thomas?
Quote"Do not go gentle into that good night: rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Or another quote, this time courtesy Christopher George:
Quote"Welcome to the city of the dead."
Actually, I won't be buried when I die ~ I want to be cremated and my last wish will be to have someone very, very brave 'antique' a certain politician in the face with a handful of my ashes. :thumbup:
Natural Burial (Forest Burial) for me so there won't be any tombstone. But if I had a tombstone it would read
"You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?"
I've always liked this one.
(http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Funny-headstone-cemeteries-and-graveyards-730542_460_529.jpg)
This one seems to be more geered toward the deceased. I'd aim mine more at passersby.
Pepperoni, peppers, and mushrooms.
Quote from: Flick James on June 22, 2011, 08:03:29 AM
Pepperoni, peppers, and mushrooms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI
Why no cremation? Three words: Apocolyptic Grease fire.
Flick James beat me to the pizza remark...which is what I actually thought this thread was about.
I had actually posted once before on my Facebook page what would be an appropriate epitaph for me after looking back at several injuries through my life and thinking what would be an appropriate response:
Damn! That Was Stupid!
(http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/user_photos/1184782/dyingwithstyle_width_600x.jpeg?037a0d17)
"I can see up your skirt from here."
In small letters "You're standing on my balls!"
Thank you for those . . . interesting responses! :teddyr:
The first act, "The Wind" has two guys discussing their funeral plans. :wink:
http://www.otarp.com/downloads/itsaMystery.mp3
Still haven't gotten my copy of Spoon River.
Quote from: indianasmith on June 22, 2011, 12:35:14 PM
Thank you for those . . . interesting responses! :teddyr:
There's a tombstone in the Key West cemetery (I used to live about half a block from it!) that reads:
"I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK"
(http://www.uncoached.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/funny_tombstones_1.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytmmefaB3q4/TQ9zWVmvB7I/AAAAAAAAC1Q/a1ur9RUmAbA/s1600/graves013.jpg)
(http://www.barelyhangingon.com/wp-content/uploads/86_Gravestone_390.jpg)
Tibetan funeral!
Tie me down, carve me up, feed my neckid cadaver to the birds.
Tombstone would read, "If you can read this, He got et."
(http://www.funnyhub.com/content_images/3825_1913_dumfart-grave.jpg)
I'm not sure what I'd want on my tombstone, but I'd like a rocking chair next to my grave for Rigor Mortis to set in. :twirl:
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
:bouncegiggle:
(Insert Clever Quote Here)
Not that we're, per se, happy he's dead, but, Damn! Was he annoying!
They'll stone you no mater what you gave
They'll stone you as they come in a wave
They'll stone you even if you were a fav'
They'll stone you when you're buried in the grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everyone gets a tomb stone
:bouncegiggle:
(http://www.forthemommas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/250px-Tombstone_pizza.jpg)
Hmmm... I dont know. Maybe four meats, Im not really sure (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/dancing/smiley.gif)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj5AyxMaqvo
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/971/tombstonezs.jpg)
Tombstone generator: http://www.jjchandler.com/tombstone/
(http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af167/BullXZ/tombstone2.jpg)
(http://xc2.xanga.com/e6ae1b2737d35277469356/w221045826.jpg)
"Only Bernard, in the front row, had the nerve to laugh at death."
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(http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af167/BullXZ/tombstone.jpg)
Now that is fun:
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/ALLHALLOWSDAYAutarchTombstone.jpg)
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i169/darksider66/tombstone1.jpg)
Sounds nice right? :wink:
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(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1039/tombstone1a.jpg)
Bob Seeger had a good epitaph for me:
"You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet..."
:teddyr:
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l367/Derf64/tombstone.jpg)
this is actually kinda fun . . .
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h288/Indianasmith/IndysThirdAlbum/tombstone.jpg)
Quote from: Flick James on June 22, 2011, 08:03:29 AM
Pepperoni, peppers, and mushrooms.
SOmeone watched TV in the 90's. And beat me to the joke.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/Jasesf/tombstone.jpg)
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/6694/tombstones.jpg)
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/tombstone.jpg)
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/tombstone-1.jpg)
I couldn't fit "BETTE DAVIS" at the top... :drink: :bouncegiggle:
Due to being Immortal I can't post anything witty in this topic. Sorry.
Maybe I'd get one of kind of tombstones that you lay down flat across my grave, you know, the kind to keep people from digging me up, or so that zombies wouldn't get out...
It would read:
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
^ cute.
Mine would say simply "Home at last"
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2aj1auc.jpg)
Not sure about my tombstone, but on my coffin, I'd like a "I'd Rather Be Breathing" sticker.
On my Tombstone, would be a tarnished star, above the name Ringo!
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss227/Agtdoggett/tombstone-1.jpg)
(http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss227/Agtdoggett/tombstone3.jpg)
"Six feet closer to hell."
Vivian Vance supposedly shouted "Champagne for everyone!" when she heard the news of former co-star William Frawley's death.
"Watch yer Step"
What would I put on my tombstone?
A vial of the zombie virus.
A stone bust of Salma Hayek's bust.
Quote from: cowofzot on August 20, 2011, 08:19:30 PM
A stone bust of Salma Hayek's bust.
I'm at it again. Be careful what you write...I just might dig it up in my wanderings through the dusty old roads of this forum. This guy was such a hypocrite.
Or a real
troll.