# What might your epitaph be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587 "2023-09-23T09:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/1 "2023-09-23T09:08:30Z")
I always thought I’d use John Lennon’s “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans,” because that perfectly sums up my life. What about you? What might your epitaph be? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/2 "2023-09-23T12:39:22Z")
> Golly he wasted a hell of a lot of time on the Dope Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/3 "2023-09-23T12:55:07Z")
Veni, vidi, voro. (I came, I saw, I ate.) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/4 "2023-09-23T12:55:56Z")
My favorite internet person recently died. She had secondary breast cancer but lived her life with joy. Her final post was a picture of her sitting in a stone alcove somewhere, in a little black dress all dolled up looking beeyootiful and joyful. The caption was “if you’re reading this it means I died. “ It gutted me but made me smile. Go grab Life was her motto. My epitaph might be Just hold on I’m Coming ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/5 "2023-09-23T12:56:34Z")
It was fun while it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/6 "2023-09-23T13:46:23Z")
If we’re talking what is to be engraved on my tombstone, then ‘Thank you for visiting me’ comes to mind. But it’s hard to beat this from a superb comedian: [Spike Milligan epitaph: Gravestone quip is nation’s favourite | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146080/Spike-Milligan-epitaph-Gravestone-quip-nations-favourite.html) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/7 "2023-09-23T13:47:14Z")
I’m going with this inspirational quote from Buffy “He saved the world a lot” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/8 "2023-09-23T13:57:20Z")
I kind of like Don Herold’s epitaph. “I told you I wasn’t a hypochondriac.” ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/9 "2023-09-23T14:01:58Z")
What, me worry? We’re put on this earth to fart around, and don’t let anyone tell you any different. Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/10 "2023-09-23T14:04:13Z")
I told you I was sick. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/11 "2023-09-23T14:22:13Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > It was fun while it lasted. I’m gonna go with this one. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/12 "2023-09-23T14:43:29Z")
Haven’t decided on cremation or burial yet. If cremated I want it to be written in black sharpie, on blue masking tape, on the side of the coffee can holding my cremains, “Don’t stand downwind when scattering ashes”. If buried, just “Dad” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/13 "2023-09-23T15:04:24Z")
Carpe Cerevisiam (Seize the Beer) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/14 "2023-09-23T15:35:23Z")
Confusion ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/15 "2023-09-23T16:49:04Z")
Smart ass to the end (and beyond): “If you’re reading this, something is definitely wrong with the space-time continuum as my ashes were deposited in Silver Springs, Florida.” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/16 "2023-09-23T17:29:06Z")
“_Preheat oven to 2500°, then bake for 6 hours. Allow to cool to room temperature before scattering._” Tripler I’m gonna be cremated. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/17 "2023-09-23T18:11:23Z")
I’m considering a water cremation, sous vide for 24 hours until dissolved. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/18 "2023-09-23T18:15:01Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > “_Preheat oven to 2500°, then bake for 6 hours. Allow to cool to room temperature before scattering._” I got arrested for scattering my grandfather’s remains all over a nearby park that he loved. I said to the arresting officer “hey, I had no idea that was illegal”. He said “well, we might have let it go if you had at least cremated him first”. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/19 "2023-09-23T18:55:27Z")
Here I lie, jellified. Why? I died. I deny I flied to the sky. Bye-bye. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587/20 "2023-09-23T19:16:13Z")
I had never before snorted coffee from my mouth, via nose, onto a keyboard before this. Tripler Thank you . . . _?!?_😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-your-epitaph-be/990587.md?page=2)