# Famous Last Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708 "2003-08-03T12:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/21 "2003-08-03T19:21:33Z")
Why is the rest of the Star Trek landing party wearing a different color? ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/22 "2003-08-03T19:27:21Z")
No one got hurt when they did it on Jackass… Your wife is one ugly, fat… Fission? What’s that? (In a bar in New York) Gulliani sucks, Bin Laden is a real man! ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/23 "2003-08-03T20:08:05Z")
Seat belts are for wimps ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/24 "2003-08-03T20:41:11Z")
**Ringo** posted my favorite one! They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist. . . . Killed in battle during US Civil War. ~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864 Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way. Executed by firing squad. ~~ Erskine Childers, Irish patriot, d. November 24, 1922 ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/25 "2003-08-03T20:52:26Z")
Legend has it… “You ain’t got the balls!” Spoken to a guy pointing a shotgun at the soon-to-be-deceased. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/26 "2003-08-03T21:36:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Copaesthetic \* > \*\*Watch _this_, y’all! \*\* “Here - hold my beer and watch _this_, y’all!” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/27 "2003-08-03T22:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > \*\*A rather common one, I suspect: “Oh shit, oh shit oh shitohshitohshitohshit.” \*\* I recall a fatal plane crash from a few years back where the pilot’s last words were actually very close to this. ---
**Author:** ![pezz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pezz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/28 "2003-08-03T22:12:16Z")
Uh oh. I’m _pretty_ sure I’m cutting the right wire. No, I’ve never skydived before. But hey-- I’ll wing it! Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well–let 'em wait. In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, “General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.” ~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789 Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. ~~ John Barrymore, actor, d. May 29, 1942 I am still alive! Stabbed to death by his own guards - (as reported by Roman historian Tacitus) ~~ Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor, d.41 AD ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/29 "2003-08-03T22:23:38Z")
If those were _my_ children I’d . . . ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/30 "2003-08-03T22:51:16Z")
LOL to all of the previous postings !!! * * * “This is funny”. Doc Holiday’s final words (movies have also used that quote) * * * “Hey come on it’s only a .22 rifle. What harm can that do?” * * * “You know that was a darned good (ski jump, deep sea dive, record airplane speed flight, test lap around the Indy 500 track, etc) but I’ll really get it right **this** time.” * * * “Sure we’ve held up LOTS of banks, but do you realize just one more robbery and we’ll be set for the rest of our lives?” * * * “I don’t know where I’ll be then Doc…       but I won’t smell too good that’s for sure.” George Zip’s dying words from the movie “Airplane!” ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/31 "2003-08-03T23:01:06Z")
Hmmm, I wonder where the momma bear is? Don’t bother turning it off, this will only take a second. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/32 "2003-08-03T23:22:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*Why is the rest of the Star Trek landing party wearing a different color? \*\* 😃 😃 😃 * * * Nevermind the thunder! If I make this putt, I’ll break par. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/33 "2003-08-03T23:24:50Z")
“Z”[ul][sub]Vanna White[/sub][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/34 "2003-08-03T23:40:30Z")
“Of _course_ it’s not loaded! Watch.” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/35 "2003-08-04T00:05:48Z")
Real men don’t wear helmets. 20 bucks says I can! That water looks deep enough from here. Et tu, Brute? ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/36 "2003-08-04T01:27:01Z")
Honey, are you putting on weight? ---
**Author:** ![Cabana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Cabana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/37 "2003-08-04T01:30:20Z")
Look at those Seagulls standing on the water! (any boaters here??) ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/38 "2003-08-04T01:32:23Z")
Yo wimp! You want a piece of me, huh? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/39 "2003-08-04T01:36:37Z")
In a chemical or bioengineering lab… “Hmmm, that’s strange.” ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/192708/40 "2003-08-04T01:53:18Z")
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