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November 17, 2008
Monday
 
 
Discussion Point XXV
Thaddeus Tremayne (London)  Personal views

What would you choose for your epitaph?

Comments

I have no intention of ever dying.


Posted by Michael Jennings at November 17, 2008 09:24 PM

"Free at last"


Posted by Rock Kicker at November 17, 2008 09:38 PM

"Not sleeping, just dead".


Posted by Ian B at November 17, 2008 09:52 PM

"Dissonance is a higher form of consonance" -- Thomas Pynchon


Posted by jk at November 17, 2008 09:58 PM

"I've felt better......"


Posted by Vinegar Joe at November 17, 2008 10:06 PM

No, I don't have a TV down here. Now piss off.


Posted by mandrill at November 17, 2008 10:06 PM

"Made the world a more labelled place".

(Sorry, but you need to understand Solaris 10 Trusted Extensions, to realise what this means.)


Posted by Dave Walker at November 17, 2008 10:26 PM

"Get Off My Lawn"


Posted by Stormy Dragon at November 17, 2008 10:32 PM

Blame God.


Posted by david at November 17, 2008 10:40 PM

The eternal optimist whose only surprise was death.


Posted by Stormforce at November 17, 2008 11:47 PM

How about...

"Fuck Off Thaddeus XXV".

I don't give a flying one. My life is mine and whatever epitaph I leave is my achievement and nothing else.


Posted by Nick M at November 18, 2008 12:39 AM

"72 pt Narrow Gothic on Black Marble"


That way they'll know I was the King of Thrift, right to the end.


Posted by WalterBoswell at November 18, 2008 12:45 AM

[porkypigvoice] abadeya abadeya that's all, folks [\porkypigvoice]


Posted by jsallison at November 18, 2008 12:58 AM

Thanks for visiting.


Posted by Paul at November 18, 2008 01:28 AM

"Estate off-shore, died owing taxes... hahahaha"


Posted by Illuminatus at November 18, 2008 01:30 AM

Wish you were here.


Posted by RDY at November 18, 2008 01:31 AM

On an "old school parking meter":
"Time Expired"


Posted by Ken at November 18, 2008 01:56 AM

'Tis just a flesh wound..


Posted by Peter at November 18, 2008 01:59 AM

"I am not here. They buried my evil twin brother instead."


Posted by nick g. at November 18, 2008 02:07 AM

"It was either death or taxes. I think I made the right choice."


Posted by nick g. at November 18, 2008 02:14 AM

Here doesn't lie Mid. He is missing, declared dead and was last seen transferring money to an as yet undetermined destination. Persons having further information are requested to contact their local office of the Income Redistribution Service.

Information is also sought concerning the whereabouts of the following known associates . . .

Warning! If you believe you see any of them, do not approach. They should be considered armed and humorous.

:-)


Posted by Midwesterner at November 18, 2008 02:28 AM

He wanted to help save Western Civilization. He made small contributions to it, and still trying, with few aware of his meager efforts, he passed away virtually unnoticed, missed only by his loving offspring.


Posted by Rick Gaber at November 18, 2008 02:54 AM

"My estate will reward anybody who turns in ACORN activists attempting to put my room-temperature self on a voter registration list."


Posted by Alan K. Henderson at November 18, 2008 03:38 AM

Dammit.


Posted by Doug at November 18, 2008 05:40 AM

"Hypochondriac, my arse!"


Posted by Fiftyville at November 18, 2008 07:31 AM

"Condemned himself to a life of disappointment from the moment he realised that he was a Conservative."

http://www.lettersfromatory.com


Posted by Letters From A Tory at November 18, 2008 08:21 AM

"I am currently in cold storage. Unfreeze me when Ipswich win the European Cup."


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at November 18, 2008 08:37 AM

Je n'ai rien, je dois beaucoup, je donne le reste aux pauvres

(borrowed from Francois Rabelais)


Posted by manuel II paleologos at November 18, 2008 09:01 AM

You did say
Cut the red wire
didn't you?


Posted by RAB at November 18, 2008 11:54 AM

If there is room, may I please have 'The Sons of Martha', by Rudyard Kipling?

http://www.online-literature.com/kipling/920/

Thank you.

llater,

llamas


Posted by llamas at November 18, 2008 12:13 PM

"Gone to lunch. Back soon"


Posted by Tanuki at November 18, 2008 12:41 PM

If I were Jerry Garcia it would be "Thank you very much."

If I were John Lee Hooker it would be "I didn't wake up this morning."


Posted by RobtE at November 18, 2008 12:47 PM

"ON ERROR GOTO 0"


Posted by Mark Green at November 18, 2008 12:50 PM

And if you were Robert Hunter, RobtE

Shall we go
You and I
Through the transitive Nightfall of Diamonds

Perhaps?


Posted by RAB at November 18, 2008 12:56 PM

I'm not dead yet. I feel haprrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip....

Da veniam, nihil nisi verum


Posted by tdh at November 18, 2008 01:03 PM

I told you I was sick


Posted by Nico at November 18, 2008 05:04 PM

On second thought, make that a cenotaph; land is for the living.


Posted by tdh at November 18, 2008 05:06 PM

Surely there're things you'd rather be doing than read this...


Posted by Jim at November 18, 2008 09:09 PM

Damnit, SD beat me to it. In any event, I don't expect an epithet, as I intend to be cremated and then used to contaminate a chili cookoff.


Posted by Phelps at November 18, 2008 09:24 PM

Lived free, then died.


Posted by dr kill at November 18, 2008 11:32 PM

"May God bless the living and the memory of his days."


Posted by The Sanity Inspector at November 19, 2008 02:24 AM

Here he lies where he longed to be,
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.


Posted by RobinGoodfellow at November 19, 2008 03:26 AM

I embraced, enjoyed and absorbed all that life offered and now death has embraced me and the earth will absorb me


Posted by steve ottridge at November 19, 2008 05:07 AM

Se prohibe hacerse agua aqui.

or

I could use a smoke after that.


Posted by Sunfish at November 19, 2008 10:17 AM

Phelps, I appreciate that you don't expect an epithet, but the question was for your epitaph. (Of course, I suppose it could be both. I can certainly think of a few people where that would be the case.)


Posted by Laird at November 19, 2008 01:35 PM

"I never liked any of you sonsofbitches, but I always wished I could have."


Posted by Billy Beck at November 19, 2008 04:54 PM

"Died peacefully in his sleep ... unlike the passengers of the vehicle he was driving."


Posted by Kristopher at November 19, 2008 09:17 PM

Not-so-innocent bystander in an argument between gravity and friction.
or
With great horsepower comes great responsibility. Also, great impact forces.
or
Damn, that corner tightened fast.
or
The vanishing point just van...


Posted by MaxM at November 20, 2008 11:56 AM

"He did alright"


Posted by Cap'n Dan at November 21, 2008 08:04 PM
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