# Could there be four sadder words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599 "2014-09-15T21:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/61 "2014-09-16T15:00:41Z")
She died of dysentery. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/62 "2014-09-16T15:20:33Z")
Mine is the name of a charity local to me. I’ve thought for years, that the last two words are the saddest two words you could possibly put next to each other. Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/63 "2014-09-16T16:05:19Z")
The Titanic is unsinkable. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/64 "2014-09-16T16:38:24Z")
We’re letting you go ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/65 "2014-09-16T22:54:04Z")
President McCain has died. His successor would be . . . ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/66 "2014-09-17T04:29:04Z")
Sold: baby shoes (unworn) (apologies to Hemingway, or whomever) ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/67 "2014-09-17T15:22:12Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > We lost the baby We found the baby ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/68 "2014-09-17T15:43:25Z")
You want it when? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/69 "2014-09-17T16:24:08Z")
“Doctor?” “He’s dead, Jim!” ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/70 "2014-09-17T17:20:53Z")
Paper towel tube test. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/71 "2014-09-17T17:21:25Z")
to the cat: We’re out of both wet and dry food. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/72 "2014-09-17T17:24:09Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Hi, I’m Chris Hansen! :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/73 "2014-09-17T17:50:06Z")
“Her injuries are critical” “The medicine didn’t work.” “Surgery was not successful.” “We couldn’t save her.” “She didn’t make it.” ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/74 "2014-09-17T17:54:02Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > We lost the baby > [@Fubaya](#): > > We found the baby Dingo’s ate ya baby. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/75 "2014-09-17T18:06:17Z")
Six months to live, max. Could be anytime though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/76 "2014-09-17T18:09:16Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Dingo’s ate ya baby. Dingo has tummy ache. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/77 "2014-09-17T18:12:58Z")
Time to diet again. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/78 "2014-09-17T18:57:33Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Time to diet again. Spelled “Die” witha “T” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/79 "2014-09-17T20:36:30Z")
“If only I had.” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-be-four-sadder-words/698599/80 "2014-09-17T21:02:13Z")
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