Epitaphs

[severus]

Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York:

Born 1903-Died 1942

Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the

car was on the way down.

It was.

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In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery:

Here lies an Atheist

All dressed up

And no place to go.

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On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East

Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:

Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102.

The Good Die Young.

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In a London, England cemetery:

Here lies Ann Mann,

Who lived an old maid

But died an old Mann.

 

Dec. 8, 1767

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In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania, cemetery:

Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.

Stepped on the gas

Instead of the brake.

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In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:

Here lays The Kid.

We planted him raw.

He was quick on the trigger

But slow on the draw.

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A lawyer's epitaph in England:

Sir John Strange.

Here lies an honest lawyer,

And that is Strange.

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Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls,Vermont

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.

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In a cemetery in England:

Remember man, as you walk by,

As you are now, so once was I.

Remember this and follow me.

 

To which someone replied by writing on the

tombstone:

 

To follow you I'll not consent

Until I know which way you went

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And last but not least, in Key West:

I told you I was sick!

[DavyR]

severus:

 

And last but not least, in Key West:

I told you I was sick!

Wasn't that what Spike Milligan said he wanted for his epitaph?

 

[ 12. August 2005, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: DavyR ]

[argyll]

"Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite."

Is what it actually says. Its gaelic for

'I told, you I was ill' and is a compromise since his local vicar just outside Rye would not allow the english language version.

[DavyR]

Could you please render that pheonetically, Argyll?

 

[ 12. August 2005, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: DavyR ]

[argyll]

I'd prefer reciting the Cambodian alphabet backwards. All 74 letters.

[Snatcher]

Had a giggle at most of those severus

[severus]

Snatcher:

Had a giggle at most of those severus

Me too, Snatcher.

[Alan Stubbs]

An airman was buried face down. His epitaph read:

 

'A pious aviator and wise

beneath this marble tablet lies.

R Suppards'

[Tog]

Spike's grave does have the gaelic Epitaph, I'll take Argyll's word for the translastion:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?p...howCemPhotos=Y&

 

That's a good site for finding famous graves if you skip the pop up's.

I was thinking of adding a 'famous epitaph' section to my burial grounds website - but some may find it in poor taste, any sugestions?

[Newt]

Suggestion - certainly. If you want to do it, do it. If anyone is offended they can always click themselves elsewhere.