# Famous Last Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409 "2015-01-31T06:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/21 "2015-01-31T15:48:44Z")
“Be careful! Don’t hit the girl!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/22 "2015-01-31T16:24:00Z")
“Over the top, boys. Charge!” ---
**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 31, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/23 "2015-01-31T16:27:23Z")
GAME OVER, MAN! Yeah, TOO quiet… Where? Behind that rabbit? ---
**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 31, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/24 "2015-01-31T16:29:22Z")
May The Force be with you. (Depends on how strong The Force is with that one.) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/25 "2015-01-31T18:29:29Z")
“What? Do you want to live forever?” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/26 "2015-01-31T18:38:38Z")
_He’s on your tail! I’ve got him …_ ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/27 "2015-01-31T18:40:57Z")
\ That’s a word, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/28 "2015-01-31T18:42:27Z")
One from real life: [John Sedgwick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick): “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/29 "2015-01-31T19:39:09Z")
Geronimo! Look out below! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/30 "2015-01-31T19:49:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Watch the teaser and guess who’s going to be shot right after the opening credits: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_cAFqWwJ7gs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cAFqWwJ7gs)😃 That was obvious. The one who wasn’t a regular or a Special Guest Star. Replacements: The Redshirts of _COMBAT!_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/31 "2015-01-31T19:59:52Z")
“It’s a dud.” Similarly “Stop worrying, none of this stuff works anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/32 "2015-01-31T23:13:26Z")
“What could possibly go wrong?” In old war films: “Here’s a photo of my girl back home.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/33 "2015-01-31T23:34:24Z")
“I got a real bad feeling about this.” “You haven’t got the guts to pull that trigger.” ::knocks on door of creepy old house and enters:: “Hello? Anybody home?” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/34 "2015-01-31T23:45:54Z")
“This wallpaper is killing me, either it goes or I go.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/35 "2015-02-01T00:04:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Replacements: The Redshirts of _COMBAT!_ Wanting to “write that letter home” would get you killed faster than just about anything else! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/36 "2015-02-01T00:07:45Z")
Captain? There’s something over here, sir! That’s funny. Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before… _Kowznofski! **Get down!!!** _ ---
**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:** [February 2, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/37 "2015-02-02T18:55:51Z")
“I don’t believe in Ghosts/Demons/Spirits/Supernatural Beings” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/38 "2015-02-02T19:01:24Z")
“I’ll check the basement.” “I’ll take point, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/39 "2015-02-02T19:04:37Z")
“Don’t worry, I got this.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/40 "2015-02-02T19:22:27Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > One from real life: > > [John Sedgwick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick): “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” Trope namer!: [Sedgwick Speech - TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SedgwickSpeech) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409.md?page=3)