# Not-So-Famous Last Words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221 "2005-06-28T16:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/41 "2005-06-29T01:17:47Z")
“I got hos in area codes…” or if I’m in a classier crowd, “They have not taken me alive! This war is BEGUN!” ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/42 "2005-06-29T02:08:51Z")
I would like to walk up on stage with one of the faith-healer frauds (what’s his face? Benny Hinn?) and when he laid his hands on me AAARRRRGGGG!!! Plunk. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/43 "2005-06-29T02:14:05Z")
> [@Nicodemus2004](#): > > faith-healer frauds Aw, man! That would be great. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/44 "2005-06-29T02:23:25Z")
Aurë entuluva! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/45 "2005-06-29T02:58:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Shit. Yeah, mine’s most likely going to be something like, “Oh shit.” Or, “I did not see that one coming.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/46 "2005-06-29T04:23:34Z")
Hmmm, “Rosebud” maybe? Or perhaps “My god, it’s full of stars.”? Naah. Knowing me, it’d likely be something like “Hey! Can ya keep it down? I’m trying to sleep here.” ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/47 "2005-06-29T04:32:39Z")
“Don’t let it end like this… tell them I said something.” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/48 "2005-06-29T04:47:18Z")
> [@swanky\_glue](#): > > Well, knowing the reputation that the funeral home in my hometown has, I would probably say something like > > “Goodbye, so long, and please don’t let the mortician have his way with me.” :eek: I would beckon the nearest loved one to my side and whisper in his or her ear, “Don’t eat the brown M&Ms.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/49 "2005-06-29T04:48:16Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > A la Sam Kinnison? Weren’t his actual last words probably more like “What truck?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/50 "2005-06-29T04:54:39Z")
“Ya know, nurse, a quick knob job would make this a lot easier…” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/51 "2005-06-29T05:28:57Z")
“Either my watch has stopped, or …” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/52 "2005-06-29T05:37:08Z")
“The forty million dollars are buried under a giant W…” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/53 "2005-06-29T12:18:52Z")
“It’s all for you, Damien!” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/54 "2005-06-29T13:31:52Z")
Carry on a short conversation with someone who ain’t there and see how many get the reference: “What?..” “Sorry, I don’t care what the timer says, you’re early…” “You know, I’ve never heard anyone speak in capital letters before…” BEEEEEEEEEEP… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/55 "2005-06-29T13:33:50Z")
“Flexible Flyer!” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/56 "2005-06-29T21:07:22Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Are we sharing an image of a dead old man wearing a huge grin, with his hand clapped over the face of his elderly friend? Yep… twas a one-page gag in _Mad_ based on creator Bill Gaines’ game with his wife Annie. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/57 "2005-06-29T21:39:16Z")
“That must’ve looked funny as hell from where you’re standing” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/58 "2005-06-29T22:21:54Z")
“I see a white light… A figure is approaching… It’s Cthulu! AIIIEEE!!” ---
**Author:** ![comrade33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@comrade33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/comrade33)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/59 "2005-06-29T22:48:10Z")
my friend used to joke that he would be an english teacher when he gets older and one day he would point at an obnoxious student and say “you! you talk too much!” then snap his own neck. ---
**Author:** ![madcossack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@madcossack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcossack)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-famous-last-words/310221/60 "2005-06-29T23:18:13Z")
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