CarBuffStuff
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Hi all, I'm a long time lurker who finally summoned the courage to join yesterday. I feel as though I'm intimately familiar with so many of you by reading these threads every day.
I just submitted my first story, Death and Dying. It should hit some time next week. Yet, in writing the story, I was thinking about inscriptions on tombstones. Definitely, I'd rather have a tombstone than to be cremated and yes I understand that I could have my ashes buried but being incinerated appeals to me less than rotting in the ground.
So, in writing the story, I was thinking about tombstone inscriptions. I haven't thought about what I'd want inscribed on my tombstone and wondered, since we are all writers, if any of you have thought about what you'd put on your tombstone.
Below are some famous tombstone inscriptions.
“I told you I was sick,” was attributed to someone named B. P. Roberts who had that inscribed on his tombstone. That’s a good one, but it’s been used before.
“I’ll be back.” If Harry Houdini doesn’t already have that on his tombstone, then Arnold Schwarzenegger will.
“That’s all folks.” I’m sure that’s already taken by Mel Blanc, the voice of Porky Pig and so many other cartoon characters.
I like what Edgar Allan Poe had inscribed on his tombstone, Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”
Will Rogers’s tombstone has a good one, too. “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Certainly, that tells you a lot about the kind of man he was in life and the kind of life he lived.
Jackie Gleason’s tombstone reads, “And away we go.”
I like the one written by an unknown gunfighter, “Here lies a man named Zeke, the second fastest gun in Silver Creek.” One line tells you how he lived and how he died.
Another tombstone of another gunfighter, “Here lays Butch, we planted him in the raw. He was quick on the trigger but slow on the draw.” That says a lot, too. He was quick to anger but slow to back up his mouth.
Then, there’s Anna Hopewell’s tombstone, “Here lies the body of our Anna, done to death by a banana. It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low, but the skin of the thing that made her go.” Now, because of this tombstone, I don’t eat bananas much anymore. Matter of fact, I cross the street whenever I see a littered banana peel.
Harry Edsel Smith’s, of Albany New York, tombstone reads, “Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.” Can you imagine this poor guy? I’m just glad the elevators at work have doors that close and don’t open until the elevator is there, I hope.
Rodney Dangerfield’s tombstone reads, “There goes the neighborhood.” He was a funny guy. Rest in peace Rodney, you made me laugh.
Merv Griffin’s tombstone reads, “I will not be right back after this message.” Now, that inscription is as appropriate as it is funny.
What would you write on your tombstone?
I just submitted my first story, Death and Dying. It should hit some time next week. Yet, in writing the story, I was thinking about inscriptions on tombstones. Definitely, I'd rather have a tombstone than to be cremated and yes I understand that I could have my ashes buried but being incinerated appeals to me less than rotting in the ground.
So, in writing the story, I was thinking about tombstone inscriptions. I haven't thought about what I'd want inscribed on my tombstone and wondered, since we are all writers, if any of you have thought about what you'd put on your tombstone.
Below are some famous tombstone inscriptions.
“I told you I was sick,” was attributed to someone named B. P. Roberts who had that inscribed on his tombstone. That’s a good one, but it’s been used before.
“I’ll be back.” If Harry Houdini doesn’t already have that on his tombstone, then Arnold Schwarzenegger will.
“That’s all folks.” I’m sure that’s already taken by Mel Blanc, the voice of Porky Pig and so many other cartoon characters.
I like what Edgar Allan Poe had inscribed on his tombstone, Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”
Will Rogers’s tombstone has a good one, too. “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Certainly, that tells you a lot about the kind of man he was in life and the kind of life he lived.
Jackie Gleason’s tombstone reads, “And away we go.”
I like the one written by an unknown gunfighter, “Here lies a man named Zeke, the second fastest gun in Silver Creek.” One line tells you how he lived and how he died.
Another tombstone of another gunfighter, “Here lays Butch, we planted him in the raw. He was quick on the trigger but slow on the draw.” That says a lot, too. He was quick to anger but slow to back up his mouth.
Then, there’s Anna Hopewell’s tombstone, “Here lies the body of our Anna, done to death by a banana. It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low, but the skin of the thing that made her go.” Now, because of this tombstone, I don’t eat bananas much anymore. Matter of fact, I cross the street whenever I see a littered banana peel.
Harry Edsel Smith’s, of Albany New York, tombstone reads, “Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.” Can you imagine this poor guy? I’m just glad the elevators at work have doors that close and don’t open until the elevator is there, I hope.
Rodney Dangerfield’s tombstone reads, “There goes the neighborhood.” He was a funny guy. Rest in peace Rodney, you made me laugh.
Merv Griffin’s tombstone reads, “I will not be right back after this message.” Now, that inscription is as appropriate as it is funny.
What would you write on your tombstone?
