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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 09:53 PM
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What words do you want to have carved on your gravestone?
I figure if I go relatively soon, "You knew I was too good to last, didn't you?" ought to cover it; or conversely if I make it to 90 or so, "They were right about only the good dying young" would catch the random cemetery visitor's attention.

Your ideas?

Redstone
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 09:55 PM
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1. Born: Yes. Died: Yes.
(stolen from Rita Mae Brown)

I'm going to be cremated.

But if I were to have a headstone, I imagine my loved ones would put on something like "damn your eyes!" or "no more birthday dirge!" We laugh. Laughter is our cornerstone; it may as well be our tombstone. Who cares if no one else would get it?
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:02 PM
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2. "No pepper allowed"
That or this on - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:27 PM
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28. Why no pepper?
Redstone
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:06 PM
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86. It's a sign you see at ballparks
This has nothing to do with spices - "pepper" is an infield warm-up exercise that, played often enough in the same spot destroys the grass.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:15 PM
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87. Oh, now I remember that.
Blast from the past.

Redstone
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:04 PM
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3. "Ask me anything"
Or maybe David St Hubbins' "And why not"

Or maybe I should go and think of something better.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:27 PM
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27. No, I think that "And why not" would be a very good one.
Make them think, wouldn't it?

Redstone
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:07 PM
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4. Not planning on having one
Scattered ashes.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:08 PM
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5. Me too. n/t
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:08 PM
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6. Here lies a disruptor
He disrupted: poorly
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:14 PM
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9. That's the one you DON'T want, isn't it?
The Freepers would make a shrine out of it, after all.

Redstone
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:16 PM
Response to Reply #9
13. I'd like to think I might end up banned
from the big, non-partisan discussion board of life.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:09 PM
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7. I want my grave to be a legendary refuge for distraught lovers.
Bring me a beer,
Sit right here,
Tell me your woes,
It's as far as it goes.

:shrug:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:16 PM
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12. Kind of like Evangeline's?
A noble sentiment.

Redstone
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:12 PM
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8. I loved my planet.
I loved all things living on this planet.

I believed that mankind holds the keys to this planet.

I tried to prevent many of the abuses of this priveledge.

I understood and accepted that...

not everyone agrees with this philosophy.

They are right too.

Those who feel as I once did...

Must never give up hope.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:15 PM
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10. Planning on having a tall monument, aren't you?
But it would be worth the expense for those fine words.

Redstone
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:51 AM
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52. Why thank you for saying that Redstone...
Perhaps smaller print may be in order.

Odds are I will not have thought about telling anyone what I want on that tombstone. It will have my name and 11/27/54-?/?/?? and by then I won't be fretting over it.
c
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:16 PM
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11. Official Beer Tippin' site
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:29 PM
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14. Hey, that beats "Official Cow Tippin' Site," at least.
Redstone
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:34 PM
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16. On msnbc.com's syndicated "News of the Weird" this week or last
Edited on Sat Dec-17-05 10:34 PM by WritingIsMyReligion
they had a report about how someone proved cow-tipping to be impossible unless you had like five people and a perfectly still cow.

Some people have too much time on their hands. :D :D
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:45 PM
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20. I remember reading that.
Not only the tippers, but also the investigators: Get a hobby. Another one, that is.

Redstone
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:50 PM
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21. Kind of a waste of time, but I get a kick out of "NotW."
It is too fucking hilarious sometimes.

:D :D
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:58 PM
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23. What's amazing is the categories he has to "retire" because
so many people are doing that specific idiotic thing that it's not "weird" anymore.

Dumb burglars, and so on.

It's a strange world we live in.

Redstone
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:16 AM
Response to Reply #23
70. Oh gosh, yes!
Those are so amazing.

Definitely a weird world. :D
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:31 PM
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15. "Well, fuck it, everyone DOES die."
:D :D That was the first thing that came to mind.

A good eventide to you, Redstone. *bows* :hi:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:25 PM
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26. And to you as well, WIMR.
You may have to tone that down for most cemeteries, though.

Redstone
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:11 AM
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67. LOL--Yeah, just maybe.
Some cemetaries are skittish about the use of profanity, I hear. :D :D
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:36 PM
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17. "At the bottom of this stone is a very big big man big Dan,"
With appologies to Big Bad John.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:41 PM
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18. The same thing that's on my post-its:
"It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
Seems fitting.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:31 PM
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31. Oh, I like that one. And does it apply to me,
more's the pity.

Don't tell my kids, though.

Redstone
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #31
33. They probably already know.
Mine do. More's the pity.
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:42 PM
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19. How about
"Merry F**king Christmas, A**hole!"
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 10:57 PM
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22. I guess if I had a symbolic gravestone, I would want
it to read, "Gabba Gabba Hey!"

I plan on being creamated, not buried, so a gravestone would really be more of a memorial stone for me.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:22 AM
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45. I showed my husband two of the facilities that will cremate my remains.
Prior to that, I plan to make an anatomical gift of my body to science. If I decide to do that, they will bear the cost of cremating my body after use, and return the "cremains" to the family.

"No memorial is planned, following the wishes of the deceased."

Remember me in your minds and hearts.



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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:46 PM
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90. Exactly my plans, too, RadioLady!
'cept I would love to have a small memorial so I could make everyone listen to all my favorite music for about an hour. }(
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:08 PM
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24. I told you I was sick! n/t
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LordshipLadyship Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:17 PM
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25. What words do you want to have carved on your gravestone?
O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8)

I died and all I got was this oversized, radiant T-shirt.

O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8) O8)
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:28 PM
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29. 1961-2081
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:47 PM
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34. That's about all any of us could aspire to, yes?
As long as the last 20 of them weren't spent drooling in our laps at The Home.

Redstone
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:51 PM
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35.  As long as the last 20 of them weren't spent drooling . ...at The Home.
Hit the nail on the head.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:59 PM
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39. You got that. "You know, if you quit smoking/drinking/whatever, you'll
live five years longer" has always amused me: What if those five years are the ones from 88 to 93 years old? What the FUCK am I going to do with those five years? Drool some more?

When I can't walk / hold down my end of a conversation / read a book anymore, then stick a fork in me, because I'll be done.

Redstone
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:31 PM
Response to Reply #29
101. I like to think in Biblical terms.
"1984 - 2784"
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:29 PM
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30. Juat wait, you'll be here soon enough, see ya then
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:33 PM
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32. I, too, plan on being cremated, my dear Redstone.....
My sig line would be nice, if long.....

I also like Aristus' sig line: "...and if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'tis that I may not weep." Lord Byron.

Either of these would make a nice memorial to me, if my family wanted to have one...

:loveya: :hug:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:55 PM
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36. You'll outlast us all, CP, because you have that Clean Livin' thing
going for you.

I'm doomed, though. All those years of smoking and drinking and ingesting various substances and jumping out of perfectly good airplanes (not to mention helicopters) and going places where people shot at me and sometimes didn't miss, and climbing up mountains that had roads you could use to drive to the top on the other side, though some of them didn't...

But I've gone places and seen things. And now I have Mrs R and the Little Guy, which is the best place of all to be.

Redstone
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:01 AM
Response to Reply #36
40. Well, thank you, my dear Redstone......
I'm not so sure I agree, though. Knowing what you know about me, can you still say I have that Clean Livin' thing going on? That weighs on me.

I do try to be a good person, though...

I think you will live a long time, myself...You are a very good person, and by God you have lived entirely in the present. That has to count for something, you know!

You are in a very good place, and I respect and love you for being there!







:loveya: :hug:
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A HERETIC I AM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:57 PM
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37. "COULD SOMEONE GIVE ME A PUSH, PLEASE?"
Or...."OK, which one of you dickheads covered me with all this dirt? I WAS JUST RESTING!"
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-17-05 11:59 PM
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38. "I did my own thing and lived my own life."
That's if I were to have a gravestone. I'm contemplating cremation and speeding up the decomposition process.
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Doc Sardonic Donating Member (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:05 AM
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41. Here goes.....
Now my days are over
My time has come to pass
I had them place me upside down
So the world can Kiss My Ass
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:06 AM
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42. I (insert cause of death)
and all I got was this lousy tombstone
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:16 AM
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43. She tried to fix the place up while she lived here
or some sentiment to that effect.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:18 AM
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44. I don't want a gravestone - I want an earth-friendly sane end to my body
cremation and ash spreading for me.

No land-wasting, environment- and resources-destroying burial for me.

Give me back to the earth like nature intended, and let the universe be my marker.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:23 AM
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46. My thoughts exactly, Rabrrrrrr. See post #45 upthread.
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 12:24 AM by Radio_Lady
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and hearty holiday season!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4458533&mesg_id=4458951
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:28 AM
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49. And you, too!
I really think cremation is the only sane, sensible solution to death. Especially since we can't just dump the body in the ground like we used to be able to do.

This coffin and vault bullshit has to end. It's pure nonsense.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:24 AM
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47. "Never hurt a soul"
that ought to do it.
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GrpCaptMandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:25 AM
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48. "He had a lover's quarrel with the world" n/t
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:48 AM
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50. "Dammit! I TOLD You I Wanted to Be Cremated!" n/t
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:50 AM
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51. "Which one was he again?"
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:15 AM
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53. Pssst. You're in my sun.
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:17 AM
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54. "If you can read this: you're standing on my head."
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:19 AM
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55. She told you she was sick
:D
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:25 AM
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56. You're standing on my daisies! Do YOU want to try to push them up?
I didn't think so. Move your fat ass!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:37 AM
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57. Birder. Patriot.
:patriot:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:41 AM
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58. "See...I Told You This Would Happen"
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 07:26 AM
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59. anything as long as my wife catherine zeta jones's name is
carved next to it :O)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 07:28 AM
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60. "Was that it?"
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 08:42 AM
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61. "Aw, quit your blubbering! Let's go get stoned!"
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 09:01 AM
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62. No vacancy (n/t)
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:01 AM
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63. A nice little Biblical quotation.
Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas.

With a little mirror underneath so that visiting folk can check that their hair isn't out of place. I think that it suits me well.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:05 AM
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64. She was "undeterred"
and the shrug icon too!

:shrug:
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:06 AM
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65. "I told you I was sick!"
I've actually seen that one!
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:08 AM
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66. I don't want a gravestone.
My preferred form of body disposal is excarnation, wherein my body is left out for coyotes, feral dogs and cats, rats and bugs to eat.

However, it is, I think, strangely illegal, so I guess cremation is a second option. In any case, I'll have no say in the matter. It will fall to my wife and children, I suppose.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:12 AM
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68. Haven't thought much about it
You should have told me that while I was still alive.

RL
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:15 AM
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69. "If this grave is warm you know where I've gone..."

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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:16 AM
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71. "No refunds!"
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:17 AM
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72. "Please leave cash in lieu of flowers..."
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:19 AM
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73. "Here spins Prag."
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:25 AM
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74. Always childlike, never childish....
and I may put the special p.s. - Don't argue with a bitter person.


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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:33 AM
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77. Awe... That's sweet merh.
Please stay here a long long time. :)
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:28 AM
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75. "Morons kept knocking him down, he kept getting back up."
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 11:31 AM by Prag
"Morons won."
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:30 AM
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76. "THIS IS SERIES!!111!!"
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 11:56 AM by Prag
It *had* to be said. ;)
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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:37 AM
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78. Been Here Done Here
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 11:42 AM by Liberalynn
Or "Was That It? What a Rip! I want my money back."

"Hey Yo Family! Start the Law Suit now."
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:43 AM
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79. Hey, some of these replies are really, REALLY funny, and I hope
some of them actually get used. They'd sure cheer up accidental visitors in the cemetery, wouldn't they?
I thought of another one that would really reflect my nature:

You're in a cemetery.
Not "cemetary."
Got it?
Now go forth,
And misspell no more.


Redstone
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:45 AM
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80. What a long, strange trip it's been. nt
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:55 AM
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82. Pretty cool!
I would actually consider this one.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:53 AM
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81. "You still can't 'date my daughter'."
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 11:58 AM by Prag
Insert other things you've said, "Over my dead body..." about.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:59 AM
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83. " ` "
FYI... The " ` " is called a "grave accent".
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:00 PM
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84. or " ... "
The triple dot continuation.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:01 PM
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85. Here Lies J** H****************
Proud patriach and humble philanthropist

He left this mortal coil while defending three generations of his family from a ninja army and zombies.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 12:29 PM
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88. "Here lies a hero to millions..."
In very small letters below... "of worms."
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:05 PM
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89. I want to be cremated but...
...I always liked this one:

Poorly lived
Poorly died
Poorly buried
And no one cried.
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:57 PM
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98. Unless you're Poorly, that's pretty much of a "downer" for me!
Vividly lived
Vividly died
Vividly cremated--------->(Sorry -- about upsetting the meter of this line.
And EVERONE cried!

See, it's the performer and copywriter in me that did the re-write!

Wryly,

Radio_Lady
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:41 PM
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103. How cool! I think I'm adopting your version.
I was never very good at the "last words" game, so I just remembered someone else's tombstone I read.

The other one was: "You shouldn't say anything about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good."
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:51 PM
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104. Terrific, djeseru! Thanks for the compliment! And questions for you...
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 05:53 PM by Radio_Lady
Is that "The Little Prince" in your footnote message?

In answer to the question, "Do you have cartoon music running in your head, too?"

The answer is "yes" -- I spent almost two years in college as the TV co-host on a "Popeye Playhouse" kids' show in the late 50's. We played most of the Popeye the Sailorman cartoons, as well as others. My head is still full of cartoon music and I just love animation and all the new graphics stuff!

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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 06:06 PM
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105. It's an image cropped from a vintage card.
I believe it's European, prior to World War II. But, yes, now that you mentioned it, it doesn remind me of The Little Prince as well. I love collecting vintage postcards and ephemera...

A co-host? Wow, I can only imagine what an interesting experience that was! That's just so great. Thank you so much for sharing the photo!

And it was the cartoons that helped to broaden my musical tastes. I actually heard the line in a movie I saw not too long ago, something having to do with some sort of wacky "cartoon" music being played at an inappropriate moment. :silly:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 06:10 PM
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106. It looks like the Dreamworks logo -- boy sitting on the moon with a
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 06:12 PM by Radio_Lady
fishing pole in his hand. Maybe a defunct logo, now that Dreamworks movie studios has been purchased by Paramount Studios!

Here it is:

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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:17 PM
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91. "Comfortable in Hell"
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:21 PM
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92. here lies hfojvt, he cleaned over 10,000 toilets
What an accomplishment. I bet all the other tombstones will be jealous.
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MiniMandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:24 PM
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93. Never Bring a Six Shooter to a Seven Man Fight.
Wise words from a dead woman.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:51 PM
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97. Or, "Never bring a knife to a gunfight."
Redstone
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MiniMandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:16 PM
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99. That's good too.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:29 PM
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94. "She did it HER way!"
Or something to that effect. :)
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:31 PM
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95. I should've turned left at Albuquerque n/t
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:48 PM
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96. Then there's always this one...
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 05:12 PM by Hand
Placed by a guy's ex-wife and mistress in Montreal:


Heh heh. :rofl:



An oldie but a goodie!
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dback Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:25 PM
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100. "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time."
Story of my life. :)
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:35 PM
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102. Here's mine
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