quite possibly the best head stone ever...

pdx_prog

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:50 PM
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quite possibly the best head stone ever...

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:52 PM
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1. Let me guess, he died in 1989

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pdx_prog

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:53 PM
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3. lol....that sounds about right...

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redqueen

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:12 PM
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18. Close... 1986

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:53 PM
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2. Texas Jam?

That's a venue I haven't heard of in years...

You're right - nice stone! :thumbsup:

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:54 PM
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4. Wonder what he had to do

to make sure this went on his headstone without well-meaning survivors screwing it up.

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:56 PM
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Probably purchased it while he was still alive..

I *LOVE* it. If I was going to be buried, I'd want a headstone like this!

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Fri Dec-09-05 03:05 PM
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14. Yeah, I decided long ago I want something irreverent

on mine. I thought of "Hey, I think I got it all figured out now," but I think I can do better than that.

Thing is, even if you bought it beforehand (as if there were an alternative...) you'd do well to see a lawyer about making sure your wish was carried out. Those "well-meaning" relatives are liable to pull strings to fuck up your last wish. :grr:

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:55 PM
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5. There's no way I'd have 'Loverboy' etched in my headstone.

Although I do enjoy ol' Harv's concept.

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CatBoreal

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:56 PM
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7. And Rick Springfield...

Can't forget that one.

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:57 PM
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10. I'm gonna give him a pass because he was on GH.

And back in the early 80's, I never used to miss GH.

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:56 PM
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6. Great! Great!

It brought a tear to my eye!

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:57 PM
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8. Kinda cool.

My mom wants "She loved little boxes and now she's in one" and I've promised to make it her epitaph.

I'm torn between:

Born: Yes
Died: Yes

or

Now I can really raise hell!

or (getting all sentimental)

He loved not wisely but well

Khash.

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pdx_prog

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Fri Dec-09-05 03:02 PM
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13. I seen one in a very small burg down south

that said "thanks for stopping by!"

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khashka

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Fri Dec-09-05 03:13 PM
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15. My all time fave

Edited on Fri Dec-09-05 03:14 PM by khashka

It was a little girl's tombstone. It said:

She was praying
kneeling by her bed
a bolt of lightning came through the window
and struck her dead

I've always wondered what that little girl was praying about that made god so damn angry :)

Khash.

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redqueen

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:45 PM
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22. "He loved not wisely but well"

I love that.

:hug:

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:57 PM
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9. my favorite in a key west cemetary

"I told them I was sick"

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Shell Beau

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:59 PM
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11. That is cool!

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johnnie

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Fri Dec-09-05 02:59 PM
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12. Pretty cool idea

Headstones are the one thing that I will miss out on because of cremation. I have had so many ideas. "Fuck off" would be funny as hell.

I like Harv's idea, but some day in the future when people are looking for old headstones they will be saying "Who the fuck are 95% these people on here?"

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Fri Dec-09-05 03:18 PM
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16. hahahahahahahaha

Sweet!

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redqueen

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:12 PM
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17. Back story!

http://www.leisuresuit.net/content/harvs_friend.shtml

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:35 PM
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19. That's great....

I love his play by plays of the concerts...

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:37 PM
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20. Hilarious, aren't they?

I love this one:

"Motley Crue: I’d pretty much had it with metal by this point, but Harv liked them. Shout at the devil. Halloween was two days after this show. Harv saw a kid on the street dressed as the devil and shouted at him. Made him cry. Harv was always proud that he “made the devil cry.”

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:42 PM
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21. This one is my favorite....

Def Leppard: About the only 80s metal band I liked. Harv bought a pair of Union Jack shorts like the drummer had. Unfortunately, he got a little too high and shit them. Never will forget the sight of Harv in the parking lot, wearing nothing but those shorts with a big brown blotch in the middle and a pair of black Adidas high-tops.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Fri Dec-09-05 05:58 PM
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23. I got in a huge argument with my mother about headstones

My first wife was killed in a car accident and I had decided upon a double plot with room for me if I needed it.

The problem was the headstone. Everybody (except me) wanted flowery poetry on it. I finally agreed to poetry as long as I picked it. My selection:

This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world ends.
Not with a bang, but a whimper. - T. S. Eliot

They dropped the issue.

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Fri Dec-09-05 06:11 PM
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24. That had to cost big bucks

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CatBoreal

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Fri Dec-09-05 06:34 PM
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25. My personal favorite in..

...a Montreal cemetary:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/grave.asp

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