# Famous Last Words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![saulisagenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@saulisagenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saulisagenius)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/62 "2004-01-20T01:50:39Z")

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“Don’t be silly, theres no such thing as a poisonous apple.”

“Yeah right! it’s a very fair fight considering theres twelve of you and only one of me. And incase you can’t tell, MORON, I’m beeing sarcastic.”

“Yes I am interested in your seven bottles of paracetemol for the price of one offer, very interested.”

“And they said juggling with televisions that are still plugged in, while standing in a swimming pool full of live sharks was a bad idea!”

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**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/63 "2004-01-20T03:03:42Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> “Uh oh!”
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> - [Michael J. Smith](http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/transcript.txt), Pilot, Space Shuttle _Challenger_, 1986

I LOVE that line! It’s succinct, it encapsulates the situation PERFECTLY, it displays all the panic and pathos of the event! I LOVE it.

I really want to use it one day.

Hmmm… \>8(

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**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/64 "2004-01-20T05:31:51Z")

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“I said HAND me the lawn dart!!”

“No, that’s my beer!!”

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/65 "2004-01-20T06:59:55Z")

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Whadaya mean “look both ways”? This is a one-way str . . .

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/66 "2004-01-20T13:29:08Z")

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“Mom’s such a pansy. See? I can run with sciss. . .”

“Just hold this belt pully in place while I start the engine. . .”

Tripler  
The aforementioned quotes were not learned directly by myself.

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/67 "2004-01-20T19:00:16Z")

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Aw, c’mon! The dude in _Jackass_ wasn’t even scratched!

Everyone knows that when you meet a grizzly bear in the woods, you shout and wave your arms at it to scare it away. Okay, ready, on the count of three…

No, no, no! Robocop twirls his gun like _this_.

Look, over there! The dame next to that big gorilla looking guy in the pinstripe suit. I think that’s a real fur she’s wearing. Hand me that can of paint.

That’s right. Thirty years in law enforcement and I’ve never had to draw my gun once. Yup, and after today, I’m retired!

Now that I’ve told you everything I know, you guys _will_ let me go…right?

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/68 "2004-01-20T20:39:16Z")

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What cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiffffffffff?

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**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/69 "2004-01-20T21:49:48Z")

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Do **YOU** see a train? **I** don’t see a train. Go around the damn gate.

Hmm…wonder what this red one does?

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/224283/70 "2004-01-20T23:34:57Z")

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“He’s got to stop, he’s seen us.” – James Dean

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