# What do you want on your tombstone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000 "2009-09-29T16:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/1 "2009-09-29T16:44:44Z")
[one suggestion](http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=cda34109e29a0c75d8ebce0adeef72b6&w=525.0) - My motto: When nature hands you lemons make hard lemonade - A list of countries I’d overrun for a while. Two lists, one before and after exile on Elba - Now that fancy tombstones can be created by sandblasting with computer generated stencils, I’d like pictures and a lot of jokes on mine. - Maybe a testimonial from my children about how I’ll be missed, that would be nice. With a disclaimer that they never knew about the stuff in my posthumous memoirs. - A plea that instead of flowers on my grave, people donate to keeping my facebook page current with any obits and retrospectives ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/2 "2009-09-29T16:45:39Z")
“I told you I was sick.” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/3 "2009-09-29T16:48:48Z")
Pepperoni ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/4 "2009-09-29T16:48:51Z")
I acknowledge this may be out of the spirit of this thread, but I have no interest in having a tombstone. Or maybe plant me under a tree or in a garden somewhere, and erect a small sign saying **"This tree/garden fertilized by Dinsdale 1960-20??"** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/5 "2009-09-29T16:54:31Z")
I’ve always been partial to “Here lies an atheist - all dressed up and nowhere to go.” The seal of the United States Supreme Court would be nice, too. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/6 "2009-09-29T16:56:32Z")
Nothing. Simply scatter my ashes somewhere nice. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/7 "2009-09-29T16:57:55Z")
I never got my Klondike Bar. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/8 "2009-09-29T16:57:57Z")
Beer ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/9 "2009-09-29T16:59:49Z")
If I _have_ to get buried, a skull and crossbones. And the inscription: “Don’t think it won’t happen just because it hasn’t happened yet”. I’d rather be cremated but hubby says he’s not going to go for that. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/10 "2009-09-29T17:02:17Z")
Heh - just thought of a good one. “Look behind you, John.” You just _know_ that someday, some poor dude named John is going to see that - and he’ll be seriously unsettled." ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/11 "2009-09-29T17:15:56Z")
My children are both well aware that I want my tombstone to say, “I did not eat those Flintstone chewable vitamins and I did not quit my job because Deana told me to.” Let future generations make something out of _that_! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/12 "2009-09-29T17:15:59Z")
wish you were here ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/13 "2009-09-29T17:29:48Z")
Whatchou lookin at? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/14 "2009-09-29T17:40:56Z")
“I hate it here.” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/15 "2009-09-29T18:05:29Z")
No matter what you do you’re gonna end up here too. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/16 "2009-09-29T18:12:42Z")
Placed right after the year in which I die, “This is not a typo.” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/17 "2009-09-29T18:14:57Z")
My wife wants hers to read, “I’m with Stupid.” I don’t really understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/18 "2009-09-29T19:35:26Z")
Jeez, he really let himself go. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/19 "2009-09-29T19:51:11Z")
“You’re standing on my foot.” Then I’ll haunt the graveyard for all eternity so I can watch people wander up, read it, then step quickly back. I also like, “Here lies only the shell. The nut has gone on.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/20 "2009-09-29T19:55:52Z")
This tombstone unnecessary. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000.md?page=2)