# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/61 "2005-10-14T05:35:25Z")
> [@GrahamWellington](#): > > Never again. Not to hijack the thread, but I see this was **GrahamWellington** ’s last post. Eerie. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/62 "2005-10-14T10:20:38Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I fly aerobatics, so I’m betting mine will be something along the lines of, “Oh shit!” Not the Art Scholl last words?: “I’ve _really_ got a problem here…” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Jibby\_Jabbish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mr.Jibby\_Jabbish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Jibby_Jabbish)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/63 "2005-10-14T12:19:42Z")
Given that modern medicine keeps us ticking long after we should’ve gone, I suspect most of us will use our final words to make a half-conscious, mumbled request for morphine, or perhaps something to hasten our departure. In fact, I know of one woman whose last words were exactly that: Can’t they give me something to make me go? Don’t want to be a downer, however. I hope that my last words, spoken at a spry eighty-five, will be: “Mission control, there’s nobody left to fly the shuttle. I’m gonna take a shot at bringin’ 'er in.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/64 "2005-10-14T12:40:21Z")
At least my life isn’t flashing before my eyes. I never had one. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/65 "2005-10-14T13:14:08Z")
“I feel happy! I feel happy. I feel…” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/66 "2005-10-14T13:19:06Z")
\*\* As an Atheist\*\* “OH SHIT! I WAS WRONG!” This after seeing the Grim Reaper come ridding down on his white horse to carry me away to the firey depths of Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/67 "2005-10-14T13:29:17Z")
Thank God it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/68 "2005-10-14T13:33:14Z")
I am Jack t… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/69 "2005-10-14T13:34:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Not to hijack the thread, but I see this was **GrahamWellington** ’s last post. Eerie. Best. Timing. Ever. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/70 "2005-10-14T13:35:23Z")
“Don’t be ridiculous. An elephant couldn’t hit me at this dist…” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/71 "2005-10-14T14:29:59Z")
Not so much words as a tune. Specifically the “Merry Melody” tune that plays right before Porky Pig says “th-th-th-th-th-that’s all folks!” ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/72 "2005-10-14T14:58:01Z")
about 30 years ago I read a magazine article (hows that for a good cite?) about the “black box” in airplane crashes, (which was just a tape recorder that recorded conversations between the pilot and co-pilot.) The article said that in most cases the final words on the tape were either “…(female name)… I love you” or “oh shit!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/73 "2005-10-14T15:19:56Z")
42, (grins) Of course! OH SHIT! JACK CHICK WAS RIGHT! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/74 "2005-10-14T15:27:00Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > 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?” “Destroying me will do you no good, Superman. Thanks to the nanotech deadman switch implanted in my cerebrum, my electro-ray will still destroy Metropolis.” ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/75 "2005-10-14T15:43:37Z")
“…it’s full of stars…” My uncle’s last words were “I hear taps.” ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/76 "2005-10-14T15:50:57Z")
“I think I just shit my pants.” ---
**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:** [October 14, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/77 "2005-10-14T15:55:25Z")
Dear Jesus I believe you are my Savior please come into my heart and wash away my sins amen. Ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/78 "2005-10-14T15:56:29Z")
This 20 minute orgasm is AMAZING! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/79 "2005-10-14T16:56:35Z")
Yeh, I’m out of cat food, guys. So wha-a-a-a-a-a-r-r-r-r-g-g-g-h-h-h-h… ---
**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 14, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-your-last-words-be/326120/80 "2005-10-14T17:02:29Z")
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