# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/61 "2009-09-30T12:20:32Z")
**Gyrate 1737 - 20XX** “There can be only one, and apparently I’m not it.” ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/62 "2009-09-30T14:11:14Z")
[Hey, Mook, I gotcher tombstone right here!](http://i36.tinypic.com/6dr56w.gif) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/63 "2009-09-30T14:29:12Z")
The worms are tasty down 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 30, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/64 "2009-09-30T15:46:47Z")
When you’re down here with us, you’ll float too! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/65 "2009-09-30T16:06:43Z")
Asshole …| …| …v ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/66 "2009-09-30T16:42:39Z")
> [@Ex\_Chemist](#): > > “This Tombstone Intentionally Left Blank” Ah. Government worker? I once saw a ceramic sculpture of a dropped ice cream cone. I thought it would be perfect to have one as a container for ashes, or to have one made with the ashes ground up and incorporated into the clay. The one I saw was soft serve vanilla, with a standard, flat-bottomed cone. YICTMV (Your ice cream tombstone may vary). ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/67 "2009-10-01T00:55:32Z")
I may be dead but I’m ahead of you. * * * I had the most toys. What did I win? – Just my luck, I stole the identity of a guy on death row. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/68 "2009-10-01T04:29:11Z")
It’s a pretty day. Why are you spending it looking at tombstones? (Me, I have to be here, you have options.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/69 "2009-10-01T05:01:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > It’s a pretty day. Why are you spending it looking at tombstones? (Me, I have to be here, you have options.) **Sampiro** , so now you’re Jewish maybe? Welcome to the tribe! 😃 Now I have to contribute … “I wish I spent more time at work” ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/70 "2009-10-01T05:21:27Z")
Best Before (date of death) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/71 "2009-10-01T19:08:52Z")
\*\*Malleus, Incus, Stapes! 1989- 2073, 2076-2151, 2151-2189… You just can’t keep a good woman down\*\* ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/72 "2009-10-02T20:29:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Malleus, Incus, Stapes! > > 1989- 2073, 2076-2151, 2151-2189… Damn zombies! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000/73 "2009-10-02T21:07:43Z")
From my favorite Schoolhouse Rock episode: “Darn! That’s the end!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-on-your-tombstone/512000.md?page=3)