# What will your last words be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120 "2005-10-13T20:42:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/1 "2005-10-13T20:42:42Z")
Inspired by this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339600), what will your last words be? I think mine will be I’M DYING LIKE A MOTHERFUCK! And not “Sweet Jesus, is that my lung?” ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/2 "2005-10-13T20:43:52Z")
“Night, everybody.” ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/3 "2005-10-13T20:44:14Z")
Damn. I hit reply to soon. I was going to add the typical “final words” nonsense labout how you have to make your last words count, sum up your life, have meaning, only have one shot, etc., etc. Just pretend all of that’s in there, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/4 "2005-10-13T20:44:52Z")
Assisted suicide is the way for me (hopefully), so something pithy that I’ve saved up for years, no doubt. Like “What is the air-speed velocity of an un-laden swallow?” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/5 "2005-10-13T20:46:57Z")
“Yes, of _course_ the circuit breaker is off! How stupid do you think…” ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/6 "2005-10-13T20:54:27Z")
“Dude, I’m sorry, she told me she was single, so please put the gun down…” ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/7 "2005-10-13T20:58:51Z")
“how does this thing wor-” ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/8 "2005-10-13T21:01:52Z")
“Look…I’ve seen this done before. You just tuck and roll!” ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/9 "2005-10-13T21:03:47Z")
I’m hoping for: “You damn kids get off my lawn!” I’m hoping it’s **not** : “Hey, **I** found that moldy, half-eaten burger first!” or “Hi, welcome to Wal-Mart.” ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/10 "2005-10-13T21:05:03Z")
Oops! ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/11 "2005-10-13T21:06:12Z")
“Hey, I found a wallet. Who’s Timothy Treadwell?” ---
**Author:** ![GrahamWellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/12 "2005-10-13T21:08:03Z")
Never again. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/13 "2005-10-13T21:12:33Z")
I fly aerobatics, so I’m betting mine will be something along the lines of, “Oh shit!” \* - Actually, I doubt very much I will buy it in an airplane. But I’m told from people who THOUGHT they were about to auger one in that their last words would have been isomething along the lines of OS… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/14 "2005-10-13T21:13:35Z")
Hold my beer and watch this. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/15 "2005-10-13T21:16:58Z")
“what happens if i pull this leve…” ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/16 "2005-10-13T21:19:17Z")
I’m torn between: _“Hey y’all! Watch this!”_ and _“Elvis? Is that you!?”_ ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/17 "2005-10-13T21:22:14Z")
Dammit **Casey** , you beat me to it (I assume we’re both referring to the ‘last words of a redneck’ joke?) ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/18 "2005-10-13T21:25:41Z")
I’m borrowing this but “Woo Hoo! What a ride!” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/19 "2005-10-13T21:30:08Z")
I’m assuming it’s going to be something like, “I have this really cool piece of fabric in this pile over here. Let me get it,” and then “Eek! Mmmph,” as the fabric pile collapses on me and I’m smothered. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/20 "2005-10-13T21:30:17Z")
“OOOOooo Look! Shiny!!” right before I get run-over by a bus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120.md?page=2)