# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/41 "2000-02-17T01:43:00Z")
I think I left the oven on. Dr. Watson “Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all the others – his last breath.” – Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/42 "2000-02-17T01:54:00Z")
“I see the face of God… and he looks just like George Burns!” ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/43 "2000-02-17T03:17:00Z")
Local joke: What’s a redneck’s last words? “Hey y’all! Watch this!” Collective conscious notwithstanding, I’d like my words to be: “I’LL SEE YOU ALL IN HELL! HA-HA-HA-HA!” or would that be over-the-top? * * * _What’s another word for euphemism?_ ---
**Author:** ![George\_Gray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@George\_Gray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Gray)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/44 "2000-02-17T07:51:00Z")
“Born in a hotel room, and-- God damn it!-- dying in a hotel room.” –Eugene O’Neill * * * “The world is everything that is the case.” --Ludwig Wittgenstein ---
**Author:** ![Linney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Linney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linney)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/45 "2000-02-17T08:39:00Z")
Doctor Jackson, it seems that our path has crossed once again. Isn’t your quote of last words the punch line of a cruel Christa McAulliff(sp?) joke? I remember telling that joke several times in my youth. As far as what MY last words would be, I’m not sure. I may not say anything at all, like I did (didn’t?) when I was about to be hanging upside down in a GrandAm. But, knowing me like I do, I would probably give who ever was near the “Cat’s Eye” gesture with my thumb and index finger joined in a circle. Then I could punch them in the shoulder. (Bring back the CAT’S EYE GAME!!!) * * * “If we submit everything to reason, our religion will have no mysterious or supernatural element. If we offend the principles of reason, our religion will be absurd and ridiculous.” Blaise Pascal ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/46 "2000-02-17T09:00:00Z")
## Being of sound mind and body, I spent it all You can catch more flies with a flyswatter than with honey and/or vinegar ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/47 "2000-02-17T14:34:00Z")
And the foolproof way to win a million dollars is… ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/48 "2000-02-17T16:07:00Z")
“Wait, I’m not ready yet.” Or maybe, “Is this all there is?” ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/49 "2000-02-17T16:13:00Z")
The equation a[sup]n[/sup] + b[sup]n[/sup] = c[sup]n[/sup] has no integer solutions for n \> 2. I have discovered a truly remarkable proof for this, but my breath is to weak to contain it. ---
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/50 "2000-02-17T19:11:00Z")
Is it supposed to do that? ---
**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 17, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/51 "2000-02-17T19:15:00Z")
Dunno, Linney, I never heard that one. But I like the way you think. How about: “Naw, that only happens in cheesy horror flicks.” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/52 "2000-02-18T03:52:00Z")
How about “See I told you there was nothing to be scared of.” ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/53 "2000-02-18T05:44:00Z")
Linney, The joke as I heard it was " the last thing she said to her hubby? " you feed the dog, I’ll feed the fish"- sick, I know. Thank God it no longer seems funny to me. ( My GOD! I grew up! How the hell did THAT happen???) I always wanted to go out like Polonius: “OH! I am slain” To that end, I’ve been lurking behind curtains lately. * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Linney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Linney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linney)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/54 "2000-02-18T06:09:00Z")
wierddave… I too remember hearing that joke, along with the “What color were Christa McAulliff’s eyes?” one as well. And, no offence Doctor Jackson, but I’m honestly not suprise that you hadn’t heard that joke, being that we’re in different generations. Kids can be so cruel… I think the coolest last words would be: “What a neat bulldog on the front of that tru…” ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/55 "2000-02-18T06:14:00Z")
## “You know that light everyone talks about? It aint true. I can’t see a goddamned thing.” how did it start? well i don’t know i just feel the craving. i see the flesh and it smells fresh and it’s just there for the taking… VvvV ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902/56 "2000-02-18T06:33:00Z")
Transcripts of crashed airplane cock- pit voice recorders show that the most common last word is “shit” * * * Zymurgist [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-words/13902.md?page=2)