# Famous Last Words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409>\
**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:** 4

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**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:** [February 3, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/61 "2015-02-03T19:00:02Z")

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“I come in peace!”

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/62 "2015-02-03T19:48:01Z")

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Old cop: I’m retiring next month, maybe sooner if we can get this one last case wrapped up.

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**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 3, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/63 "2015-02-03T19:56:03Z")

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“Them’s real peaceful Indians. We ain’t had no trouble outta them for more’n fifty years now!”

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**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/64 "2015-02-03T20:06:37Z")

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“I’m sick of this life - one last heist, and I’m out!”  
“Yeah, the wife and I are gonna open this nice little restaurant, back home. I’ll cook, and she’ll wait tables. And we’re finally gonna start a family…”

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**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:** [February 3, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/65 "2015-02-03T20:18:09Z")

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“Uh, guys? What does `HASTUR’ mean?”

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/66 "2015-02-03T22:01:17Z")

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“I love you, Hoss!”  
“I love you, Adam!”  
“I love you, Little Joe!”

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**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:** [February 3, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/67 "2015-02-03T22:34:00Z")

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He (/she/they) wouldn’t dare!

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**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/68 "2015-02-03T23:04:17Z")

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_“My life insurance policy expired this morning. Never mind, I’ll mail the check when I get back”._

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**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 4, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/69 "2015-02-04T17:21:21Z")

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“Has anybody checked the coolant pump in Reactor 3 this week?”

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/70 "2015-02-04T20:16:12Z")

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“Evacuate? At our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.”

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/71 "2015-02-05T01:57:37Z")

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“Step on it driver or we’ll never catch that plane!”

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qluDcWQ\_mF8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qluDcWQ_mF8)

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**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:** [February 5, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/72 "2015-02-05T05:54:45Z")

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“Ignore it. It always does that.”

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**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:** [February 5, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/73 "2015-02-05T06:02:35Z")

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That warning light has been malfunctioning, put some tape over it.

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/74 "2015-02-12T14:31:30Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> “Hi, I’m a member of Ned Stark’s family.”

"I’m Rory Williams. The red-head is my wife.’

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**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 12, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/75 "2015-02-12T16:25:19Z")

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“Oh, come on, let’s stop. He looks perfectly nice for a hitchhiker.”

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/76 "2015-02-12T17:23:44Z")

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How do I look in this red Starfleet uniform?

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**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 12, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/77 "2015-02-12T17:53:13Z")

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“You haven’t told anybody else about this, have you?”

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**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:** [February 12, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/78 "2015-02-12T18:30:11Z")

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Mommy and Daddy have no idea where I am.

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**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:** [February 12, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/79 "2015-02-12T18:31:59Z")

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The war’s over! Let’s get out of this stinkin’ trench.

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**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:** [February 13, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-last-words/711409/80 "2015-02-13T00:15:51Z")

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Any species intelligent enough to construct a spacecraft and travel billions of miles to another planet HAS to be friendly.

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