# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/21 "2003-01-21T15:14:23Z")
**Tripler,** they won’t give you alcohol for your last meal. And cigarettes are against policy at least in Texas. [http://www.deadmaneating.com/index.htm](http://www.deadmaneating.com/index.htm) [http://www.sheeple.com/herd/lastmeal.html](http://www.sheeple.com/herd/lastmeal.html) Yes, I know, they’re not the greatest cites. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/22 "2003-01-21T15:45:57Z")
**Last Meal** I’d have a huge porterhouse steak with sauteed onions and mushrooms and HP sauce, a baked potato with lots of butter, and broccoli. For dessert, really good vanilla ice cream. A pitcher of Coke would be my drink. **Last Words** “You might think you’re gonna kill me, but I won’t be really dead. You’ll see me again sooner than you want to. I’ll rise from the grave as the undead, ten times stronger than any mortal man. In my zombie corpse I’ll dig myself out of my grave, and I’ll walk the earth consuming the living, a manifestation of death and evil. I’m going to hunt down and kill every last one of you sons of bitches.” That should give them a few nightmares. A parting shot, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/23 "2003-01-21T15:53:49Z")
Last meal - tiger prawns and strawberries, but not together. Last words - Noli illegitimi carborundum! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/24 "2003-01-21T16:04:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Missy2U \* > \*\ ***Tripler,** they won’t give you alcohol for your last meal. And cigarettes are against policy at least in Texas. \*\* Well, sure. Those things’ll kill ya. My last words: I ate _what?_ ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/25 "2003-01-21T16:44:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Missy2U \* > **they won’t give you alcohol for your last meal.** Jeez Louise. You’d think they could find it in their hearts to give a guy one last drink before they off him, no matter what he did to earn a place on death row. But I guess it’s really important that the condemned not slur their last words. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/26 "2003-01-21T17:05:35Z")
Last words? _ **"Gotcha Ya"** _ ---
**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 21, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/27 "2003-01-21T17:06:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > > **Last Words** > > “You might think you’re gonna kill me, but I won’t be really dead. You’ll see me again sooner than you want to. I’ll rise from the grave as the undead, ten times stronger than any mortal man. In my zombie corpse I’ll dig myself out of my grave, and I’ll walk the earth consuming the living, a manifestation of death and evil. I’m going to hunt down and kill every last one of you sons of bitches.” > > That should give them a few nightmares. A parting shot, if you will. \*\* Oh man, this is great. I was actually trying to think of something along these lines, but couldn’t come up with anything cool. To me, there’s just something sad about ordering a jar of dill pickles as your last meal. I guess it doesn’t matter what you order, but… ah, I don’t know, it just depresses me a little. If you were guilty of your crime, would you confess before they killed you? ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/28 "2003-01-21T17:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > \*\*Last Words > > “You might think you’re gonna kill me, but I won’t be really dead. You’ll see me again sooner than you want to. I’ll rise from the grave as the undead, ten times stronger than any mortal man. In my zombie corpse I’ll dig myself out of my grave, and I’ll walk the earth consuming the living, a manifestation of death and evil. I’m going to hunt down and kill every last one of you sons of bitches.” > > That should give them a few nightmares. A parting shot, if you will. \*\* You know, **RickJay** , seeing you post something completely psychotic is refreshing somehow. 😃 **Hugh** , if it’ll cheer you up any…maybe he knew dill pickles gave him really, really bad gas. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/29 "2003-01-21T17:58:41Z")
Last meal: Appetizer would be jalepeno poppers with ranch dressing. Main course, Turducken with mashed potatoes and gravy, and green bean casserole on the side. Dessert, deep fried cheesecake. Last words: Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so For those whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. Don’t forget to tip your waitress! Or maybe just my signature… ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/30 "2003-01-21T18:02:02Z")
Actually, upon further reflection, I’d just sing _The Mercy Seat_ and be done with it. _And the Mercy Seat is waitin’ and I think my head is burnin’…_ ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/31 "2003-01-21T20:51:11Z")
Last meal: one dozen ears of corn from central Pennsylvania. Last words: “I stole a million dollars from the First National Bank…it’s buried in the…” \ ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/32 "2003-01-21T21:14:57Z")
From the TDCJ site: > [@](#): > > Two 16 oz. ribeyes, one lb. turkey breast (sliced thin), twelve strips of bacon, two large hamburgers with mayo, onion, and lettuce, two large baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, and chives, four slices of cheese or one-half pound of grated cheddar cheese, chef salad with blue cheese dressing, two ears of corn on the cob, one pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and four vanilla Cokes or Mr. Pibb How could someone possibly eat all that? That’s like 8 pounds of food, and 5 pounds of meat! :eek: My last meal: a soft pretzel and a coke. Last words: “I wish I’d taken that tumble in the hay with Mary Lou back in '67.” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/33 "2003-01-21T22:19:46Z")
Yes, but how many death row inmates have enough of an appetite to eat? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/34 "2003-01-21T22:58:13Z")
From the linked Texas site: > [@](#): > > None. Last minute he decided to eat a hamburger at his Mother’s request. “He was a good obedient boy right up to the end. Always minded his mother.” ---
**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 22, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/35 "2003-01-22T00:45:31Z")
Regarding the link to the Texas last meal requests: I have seen that site before, and let me tell ya, if you don’t believe in the death penalty, you might after looking at the offender data there. The dirt nap would be the only way to keep those critters from killing other people. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/36 "2003-01-22T01:06:04Z")
Last Meal: Fugu Liver Sushi Last Words: You should try some of this sushi, it’s great. Cheers, Keithy ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/37 "2003-01-22T01:18:41Z")
Last meal: Steak, baked potato, and cherry pie. Last words: If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. ---
**Author:** ![headchecked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@headchecked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headchecked)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/38 "2003-01-22T02:22:09Z")
"Condemned prisoners can have anything they want, and it’s all-you-can-eat. But they can’t order the roast duck from Tony’s. It has to be available in the prison kitchen.([http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/chronicle/features/hoffman/hoffman980205.html](http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/chronicle/features/hoffman/hoffman980205.html)) I had read something else though that said it could be pretty much anything that didn’t require excessive means to get and did not cost more than 30 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/39 "2003-01-22T03:17:49Z")
For my last meal, I’d want to experience things I’ve never tried before: - steak tartar - chocolate covered ants - fried grasshoppers - that worm at the bottom of the tequila bottle - raw liver freshly pulled from a stampeding buffalo My last words: “I don’t feel well. Do you have an Imodium?” ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885/40 "2003-01-22T03:27:43Z")
Last meal: pu pu platter, moo shu shrimp, and lemon sherbet Last words: Okay! I confess! I hid the stolen money in the–in the–aaauuurggghh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-last-meal-final-words/149885.md?page=3)