# Famous Last Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283 "2004-01-13T19:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/21 "2004-01-14T15:11:17Z")
“I don’t care what the Traffic Code says- I’m going to turn.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/22 "2004-01-14T15:28:22Z")
_ **Taylor!** _ I’m getting a screen prompt that messages have to be at least 10 characters in length. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/23 "2004-01-14T16:02:17Z")
“Actually we are worrying unduly. Sharks have a very undeserved reputation as man-eaters. There is not a single authenticated case of a shark attacking anyone, despite what you may have heard. They are sophisticated and peaceful creatures with a rich family life and, far from being ominous harbingers of doom, have reputedly even befriended the occasional lost traveller. As hunters they are of course very efficient, and a full-grown shark can bring down even a moose…with…er…[…]Er…I think I might perhaps have got them confused with wolves. I have, haven’t I?” ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/24 "2004-01-14T19:15:42Z")
It’s just a rash… Oh, look at the babies! I wonder where their mother is? It’s so dull it couldn’t possibly hurt you Don’t worry, I’m sure it’s just a branch hitting the side of the house. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/25 "2004-01-14T19:31:31Z")
[The Canonical List](http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/flw/) of RPG Famous Last Words. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/26 "2004-01-14T19:36:54Z")
“Red next to yellow, harmless fellow.” ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/27 "2004-01-14T19:57:38Z")
“I’m bored…” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/28 "2004-01-14T20:08:12Z")
Look, I told you a thousand times, it’s not the _voltage_ that kills you, it’s the _current_. Watch… ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/29 "2004-01-14T20:26:03Z")
Any traffic coming from your direction? This ladder’s old, but still plenty strong! Does this ice look strong enough to skate on? ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/30 "2004-01-14T20:52:53Z")
I saw this in a movie once… Well, my last girlfriend would do it! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/31 "2004-01-14T20:56:16Z")
-It’s just a cold sore. -It’s faster if I don’t unplug the saw when I change blades. -Toss me that hammer! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/32 "2004-01-14T21:12:57Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] _ **Taylor!** _ You wanted us to guess where that comes from. It’s from _Beneath The Planet of the Apes_, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/33 "2004-01-14T21:20:59Z")
I can shout Nazi slogans in the middle of Harlem if I want to – it’s a free country! Niiiiiiiiice Cujo. Sit. Staaaaaay. (In a foreign country) You can’t do this to me! I’m an **American!** ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/34 "2004-01-14T22:37:14Z")
So…you’re a cannibal. A truck– ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/35 "2004-01-14T22:54:08Z")
“Captain! I think I found something. . .” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/36 "2004-01-14T22:58:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > > > _ **Taylor!** _ > > You wanted us to guess where that comes from. > > It’s from _Beneath The Planet of the Apes_, isn’t it? Yes! How ya feelin’? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/37 "2004-01-14T23:44:27Z")
“I should just kill you, but first I’ll tell you about my plan for world domination.” “It’s a dingo! Here, doggy.” “I told you, you canna change the laws of physics!” “Let’s quit making out long enough to check out that suspicious noise in the basement.” “I’ll get through before the light turns red.” “Relax. I’ve worked with this stuff for years. The specs are way too conservative.” “I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the seats of the mighty.” –Final words of Vice President of the United States Alben W. Barkley ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/38 "2004-01-15T00:29:29Z")
## Let’s split up! ## It’s supposed to do that. Run what? ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/39 "2004-01-15T02:12:14Z")
“I have a terrific headache.” —FDR ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/40 "2004-01-15T03:26:46Z")
“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something”-Pancho Villa “I do not have to forgive my enemies. I have had them all shot”-Ramon Maria Narvaez “So, now all is gone-Empire, Body, and Soul”-Henry VIII “I desire to go to Hell and not Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles.”-Niccolo Machiavelli “There are no more other worlds to conquer”-Alexander the Great “History teaches you that dictators never end up well”\_General Augusto Pinochet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283.md?page=3)