# What's Your Last Meal? Final words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885 "2003-01-20T23:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/1 "2003-01-20T23:21:02Z")
If you are about to be executed, what the heck do you order for your last meal? What are your final words? I was stuck in traffic and for some reason my mind wandered to the topic of executions. Since I’m not particularly bright, I didn’t ponder whether capital punishment is right or wrong, but I wondered what to eat and what I’d say. These are the final decisions you get to make on this mortal coil, so you better make them count. For me: Thick steak (rare, T-bone), baked potato w/sour cream, butter and bacon, corn on the cob, a Dos Equis and Key Lime Pie. My final words: I can’t decide what to say here. I suppose if I am guilty, I’d admit my guilt. Otherwise, I don’t know what to say. How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/2 "2003-01-20T23:24:56Z")
My last meal: Brownie sunday, brownie sunday, brownie sunday. 🙂 As for my final words: “Eh, shit happens, I suppose I have to deal.” ::and right before the gas kills me:: “PPPEEAAAACCCEEE OOOUUUTTT!!!” or “THAT HURTS!” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/3 "2003-01-20T23:25:50Z")
If I were to be executed (most likely for the heinous crime of making God kill so many damn kittens), I’d go all out: Final meal: A 20oz. sirloin steak, cooked medium rare, with mushrooms and aus jus. Plus, a six pack of Miller Lite to wash it down. Final words: I’d start singing _Time is on My Side_ like in _Fallen_, just to freak everyone out. 😃 Honestly, though, I wonder if they will serve you a couple of beers at your final meal. Tripler I could use one right now, as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/4 "2003-01-20T23:34:42Z")
Final Meal: Fried Fisherman’s Platter w/cole slaw and french fries, bowl of clam chowder w/oyster crackers and bread to sop it up, and 2 whole boiled lobsters. Famous last words: “Whyyy me!!!” ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/5 "2003-01-21T00:06:07Z")
Final Meal: Poutine and a Pepsi. Final Words: So long, and thanks for all the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/6 "2003-01-21T00:12:59Z")
Final meal: The Western Hemisphere. I must clean my plate before the execution can take place. Final words: You will have to ask the woman I’m sleeping with, as I plan to go out in my sleep, old, fat and happy. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/7 "2003-01-21T00:15:25Z")
Final Meal - Lobster, I absolutely hate lobster. I most definately would not want to eat something that would make me want to live. Final Words - I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy. I think that would be funny. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/8 "2003-01-21T00:20:32Z")
I would ask for the Golden Gate Bridge deep fried. Make them work hard before they kill me… Or maybe I’d ask for a hershey bar, just to piss off the cook who is preparing to make a huge meal. Oh, btw [VERY MORBID WEBSITE](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm), I forgot who showed me this but it is VERY MORBID. (I warn you, I would not click on it if I were you, I wish I never saw that site) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/9 "2003-01-21T00:26:44Z")
Oh, and final words: “There will be a riot two days from now at 3am” (Just to make everyone pissed off because they’d have to lock down the place, and I wouldn’t care because I’d be dead) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/10 "2003-01-21T00:27:44Z")
Last meal: lobster ravioli. (Had a plateful last summer at a restaurant in NYC. Dayum, that was amazing stuff.) Dessert: chocolate tequila sorbet, as done by Taqueria Poblano in Alexandria, VA. And to drink with dinner, a steady supply of rum-ritas, also as prepared by Taqueria Poblano. If I’m gonna make the transition from this world to the next involuntarily, I might as well be _very_ happy for my last few minutes. Last words: \*Oh, you’re gonna lay me out pretty, eh? That’s the thanks I get for freeing an innocent girl who, although she’s hiding in the closet at this moment, has promised to become the mother of her children. And with that, sir, I bid you a fond farewell. Good day, sir!\* ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/11 "2003-01-21T03:19:43Z")
Grilled cheese sandwich, & french fries. I went to the site clayton\_e posted, and I was feeling all sorry for the guy whose last meal choice was the same as mine. Until I read why he was there. Raped & killed a 7 year old. Then I remembered why I am in favour of the death penalty. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/12 "2003-01-21T06:14:59Z")
Lobster stuffed with Tacos. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/13 "2003-01-21T07:16:24Z")
I’d order “Your finest food, stuffed with your second finest” Mke them think a little. Course, in a prison it’d probably be salisbury steak stuffed with chipped beef on toast. Last words: “By any chance, has the governor called?” ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/14 "2003-01-21T07:31:37Z")
Five dozen raw Appalachicola oysters. Yes, they have to be from Appalach. Yes, I will be able to tell the difference. Why so many? Because food poisoning will not be an issue. Also about 10 or 12 lobster tails, cherry tomatoes dipped in ranch dressing, and around 75 shrimp scampi. Last words: “Bye.” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/15 "2003-01-21T07:33:44Z")
I’d probably order something I had never had before because, you know, if I didn’t try it then I would probably never get the chance to. Last words is a tough call. I guess what with people sitting on death row for so many years they have to come up with some pretty good material but since I’m not on death row all I can think now is something along the lines of “So long, suckers!” ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/16 "2003-01-21T08:19:21Z")
Checked out the site mentioned by clayton\_e. Most of the last meal requests were about what you’d probably imagine: fried chicken, steaks, cheesburgers, and somewhat surprising BLTs. A few were noteworthy: John Wheat - Liver and onions Stacy Lawton - 1 jar of dill pickles Odell Barnes - Justice, equality, world peace Sammie Felder - 1/2 lb of chitterlings Robert Madden - Give last meal to a homeless person Larry White - Liver and onions Jeffery Barnes - 2 boxes of Frosted Flakes and a pint of milk. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/17 "2003-01-21T11:15:56Z")
I don’t know about the last meal, but I’d like to really shake them up with my last words. Something along the lines of “Father forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” ---
**Author:** ![Pythagras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pythagras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagras)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/18 "2003-01-21T13:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\*I would ask for the Golden Gate Bridge deep fried. Make them work hard before they kill me… Or maybe I’d ask for a hershey bar, just to piss off the cook who is preparing to make a huge meal. > Oh, btw [VERY MORBID WEBSITE](http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm), I forgot who showed me this but it is VERY MORBID. > > (I warn you, I would not click on it if I were you, I wish I never saw that site) \*\* My hat’s off to: “1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers” Id get some Pollard’s fried chicken, mashed potatoes, baked beans, and a diet coke for irony. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/19 "2003-01-21T13:13:56Z")
Regarding the site…in real life, they don’t actually let you have whatever your heart’s desire for your last meal (not in Texas at any rate); one can generally order anything available in the prison kitchen, although if you have a special request like Mc Donald’s or some such the warden or chaplain will often try to oblige. Cheeseburgers are a frequent choice because they tend to be the best of the prison fare. Most last meals go uneaten. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/20 "2003-01-21T14:33:38Z")
I’d like to think I’d stay on my vegetarian, alcohol free diet and order vegetable egg foo yung with extra gravy, vegetable fried rice, french fries, ice tea, coffee, and one pint of every flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with real whipped cream on top. However, I think it would probably be a bottle of red wine, 1/2 pound bacon, ful pound chicken friend steak with extra gravy, french fries, coffee, and one pine of every flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream with real whipped cream on top. Finally words: FUCK YOU! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885.md?page=2)