Saturday, July 12, 2008

What do you want on your Tombstone?


Not talking pizza here, guys! Have you ever thought about this? Not to be morbid or to appear to want to rush the process...I'm talking about something that you want there, carved in stone, to immortalize you forever. My first thought was: Here Lies Lana Mae Baker-COOLEST GIRL. As much as I like thinking of myself that way, maybe it should be something more serious such as this: Here Lies  Lana Mae Baker-she lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way.
Or maybe even: Here Lies Lana Mae Baker-She did her best and it was good enough, damn it!
OK, well, hopefully I have some time to think about this a bit longer!
What do you want on your Tombstone?
Here's some ideas from actual tombstones:

Sir John Strange; Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange.
-- Tombstone in England


I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours.
-- Vermont


As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew, So this old world is made brighter by the lives Of folks like you.
-- Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde)


Here lies Lester Moore; Four slugs from a .44; No Les No More.
-- Tombstone Arizona


John Brown is filling his last cavity.
-- Dentist's Tombstone


I told you that I was sick!
-- Georgia Cemetary, USA


Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake; Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
-- Pennsylvania Tombstone, USA


Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so shall you be, Remember this and follow me.
-- Tombstone in England


To follow you I'll not consent, Until I know which way you went.
-- Written on the tombstone in reply to one above


The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.
-- England Tombstone


Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod; Pease shelled out and went to God.
-- Massachusetts Tombstone


Gone away, Owin' more than he could pay.
-- England


Alien tears will fill for him; Pity's long-broken ern. For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.
-- Oscar Wilde 
I've seen some other ones out there that are pretty funny. Seems to me an email like that went around awhile back.Hey, all of you out there in blogland, if you have any ideas/suggestions or funny ones to add to the list, please jump right in!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

this was so good, i couldn't stop laughing! i like your suggestions for your own tombstone....mine? "gimme a couple of days and i'll get back to ya"-- seriously, that wasn't the tobstone but come to think of it, it's pretty good, hahaha!

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