# Write your own epitaph. Silly versions only, please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859 "2011-08-16T02:25:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/41 "2011-08-16T14:20:07Z")

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```auto

               **LUDOVIC**
         has died of dysentery

```

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/42 "2011-08-16T15:00:36Z")

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Here lies  
_ **Lare** _  
Completely  
misunderstood the meaning of  
“Dyson Ball Vac.”

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**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:** [August 16, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/43 "2011-08-16T15:03:38Z")

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How about this:

**"If you can read this, you are standing too close."**

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/44 "2011-08-16T15:13:03Z")

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Alka Seltzer

“Get the hell off my lawn.”

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/45 "2011-08-16T15:34:29Z")

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KneadToKnow

Please listen carefully for muffled screams.  
If you hear any, please dig quickly.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/46 "2011-08-16T15:41:33Z")

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\*\*Here Lies  
cmyk

You’re the 1,000,000 visitor!!!  
Click here to redeem your free iPad!\*\*

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/47 "2011-08-16T15:47:08Z")

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Reported for broken link.

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**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/48 "2011-08-16T15:50:59Z")

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You’re standing on my balls!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/49 "2011-08-16T15:55:02Z")

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Here Lies Czarcasm  
“Sonofabitch-it WAS the red wire!”  
Rest In Pieces

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/50 "2011-08-16T16:37:46Z")

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Here lies Jophiel  
His limit for unarmed combat  
was four sasquatch, not five

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/51 "2011-08-16T20:06:05Z")

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**Maus Magill**  
He was crunchy  
and tasted good  
with ketchup

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**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/52 "2011-08-16T22:33:48Z")

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404 error - page not found

Bri2k

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**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:** [August 16, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/53 "2011-08-16T22:37:12Z")

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Not original, but I love  
Doc Cathode

He saved the world a lot

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**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:** [August 16, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/54 "2011-08-16T22:42:19Z")

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\*\*CalMeacham

Before They Made Him, They Broke the Mold\*\*

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**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:** [August 16, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/55 "2011-08-16T22:55:42Z")

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Well this just sucks ass.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/56 "2011-08-16T22:56:15Z")

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swampbear  
Well, this just sucks!

My youngest niece says that if she has any say so I’ll have this epitaph. I lurve my youngest niece! 😃

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/57 "2011-08-16T22:57:52Z")

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Billfish678

He fought Cthulu  
And Cthulu won

Decorated of course with the musical notes from the “I fought the law and the law won” song

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/58 "2011-08-16T23:02:25Z")

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Here lies **Sunspace**.  
Composted.  
Mind the tree.

> [@Nava](#):
>
> Hades now runs SAP.

I _knew_ it!!!

> [@cmyk](#):
>
> \*\*Here Lies  
> cmyk
> 
> You’re the 1,000,000 visitor!!!  
> Click here to redeem your free iPad!\*\*

Shouldn’t that be “You’re the 1,000,000th visitor!!!”? 😃

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/59 "2011-08-16T23:09:21Z")

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Here lies zoid  
As it turns out he was not a machine,  
was not indestructible,  
could in fact be damaged by bullets, fire, and blunt trauma.  
Go figure.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/60 "2011-08-16T23:36:16Z")

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Those that live must also die  
Tit for tat or  
Quid pro quo

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