# Last Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902 "2000-02-16T09:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/1 "2000-02-16T09:40:00Z")
ok, a friend of mine asked me this: If you could choose what your last words on earth would be before you died, what would they be? * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/2 "2000-02-16T09:53:00Z")
If I have wronged anyone intentionally or unintentionally I ask their pardon. A happy life to all. As Jerry Springer would say: Take care of yourself and each other. * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda - Senior Intern to El Presidente Self-Righteous Clique \* ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/3 "2000-02-16T13:16:00Z")
“There… [gasp]… is… another… [gasp]… Jedi…” [fade] ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/4 "2000-02-16T13:17:00Z")
Thank you for a wonderful life… altho more sex would have been great! * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/5 "2000-02-16T13:35:00Z")
“It’s amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.” ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/6 "2000-02-16T13:37:00Z")
“I TOLD you I was sick!” * * * Habit rules the unreflecting herd. - Wordsworth ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/7 "2000-02-16T13:39:00Z")
Would you pass the jelly please… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/8 "2000-02-16T13:57:00Z")
‘DON’T JUST STAND THERE SHOOT THE BLOODY LION!’ ^\_\_~ * * * _Eschew Obfuscation_ ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/9 "2000-02-16T14:02:00Z")
Look out below! * * * “You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose, you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/10 "2000-02-16T14:13:00Z")
\*" Of course this bungee cord is the right length! I just multiplied the floor height by the highest floor number of this American hotel. **Geronimo!!**"\* * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/11 "2000-02-16T14:30:00Z")
Why yes Christie Brinkley, you and Jennifer Love Hewitt certainly did prove to me that you are really skilled at bringing a man to the heights of perverted ecstasy. * * * Have you voted for your favorite, huggable Mullinator today? ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/12 "2000-02-16T14:38:00Z")
“I never would have guessed that an armadillo could move that fast. Damn.” ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/13 "2000-02-16T15:08:00Z")
Whatever it is, I hope its witty. Oscar Wilde’s reported last words were, “This wallpaper is killing me - one of us has to go.” Esprix * * * Next time I want your opinion I’ll beat it out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/14 "2000-02-16T15:14:00Z")
“You’ve all been nice to me for nothing. I’m giving all my money to feed hungry kids in the Third World. Just thought I’d mention that before I go.” And then someone would undoubtedly hasten my passage from this world to the next. * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/15 "2000-02-16T15:17:00Z")
Ouch ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/16 "2000-02-16T15:19:00Z")
Oops ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/17 "2000-02-16T15:22:00Z")
Good question! My first reaction is that I’d start singing (or trying to, anyway – I need a bushel basket to carry a tune in) “My Way” and see how far I got. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/18 "2000-02-16T15:27:00Z")
“What does _this_ button do?” * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/19 "2000-02-16T15:43:00Z")
So long and thanks for all the fish. Either that or, “I’ll see you in hell, doc.” * * * _Here’s mud in yer eye,_ UncleBeer ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/20 "2000-02-16T16:47:00Z")
Oh dear. Sorry to play it straight, but I think I would want them to be “I love you” to my family. -Melin * * * Siamese attack puppet – California Still neglecting and overprotecting my children [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902.md?page=2)