# Write your own epitaph. Silly versions only, please. **URL:** \ **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:** 5
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/81 "2011-08-18T01:25:49Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > _Shot in the back by Mad Dog Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars > In loving memory of his beloved Clara_ What was that movie where the guy wanted something on his grave that was totally untrue, like “died saving his family from a shipwreck” or “died saving his wife from a crashing plane” or something, and then he died at the end and they put it on his stone? He didn’t have a wife or family at all. I think it was a comedy, but not slapstick. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/82 "2011-08-18T02:55:23Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > > [@cmyk](#): > > > > Shot in the back by Mad Dog Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars > > In loving memory of his beloved Clara > > What was that movie where the guy wanted something on his grave that was totally untrue, like “died saving his family from a shipwreck” or “died saving his wife from a crashing plane” or something, and then he died at the end and they put it on his stone? He didn’t have a wife or family at all. I think it was a comedy, but not slapstick. > > Anyone? That was from _Back to the Future III_. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/83 "2011-08-18T03:30:59Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:82, topic:592859”] That was from _Back to the Future III_. [/QUOTE] Sorry, I wasn’t clear. **cmyk** ’s quote from BTTF III reminded me of some movie where the guy wanted to have… …just remembered. Royal Tenenbaums. ETA: Royal O’Reilly Tenenbaum 1932-2001 Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Wreckage Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/84 "2011-08-18T04:10:10Z")
**AnalogSignal** will be Out of Office from Dec 17, 2053 onwards. He will not be contactable nor checking email. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/85 "2011-08-18T04:24:55Z")
Insert Quarter To Continue ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/86 "2011-08-18T04:29:30Z")
Here Lies Crown Prince We Told Him Not To Pick At It ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/87 "2011-08-18T04:39:50Z")
Wish You Were Here. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/88 "2011-08-18T04:48:24Z")
I told myself that Before I died I would write One damn haiku. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/89 "2011-08-18T05:23:04Z")
I’m stealing mine from one I’ve seen. Quint- Every _other_ inch a Gentleman ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/90 "2011-08-18T05:44:22Z")
Game Over. You Have No More Credits. or Look! Askance! ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/91 "2011-08-18T05:46:35Z")
I can’t believe I ate the whole thing? or… They told me I was too beautiful to be cremated ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/92 "2011-08-18T06:21:07Z")
**[Will respawn in 10 … 9 …]** ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/93 "2011-08-18T06:22:50Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > You’re standing on my balls! > > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk I don’t know if you meant to put the second line on there or not, but I like to think it’s part of the epitaph. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/94 "2011-08-18T06:36:08Z")
Not that I believe in reincarnation or anything but this one would be pretty funny: Crown Prince has suffered a fatal error Reformat? ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/95 "2011-08-18T06:49:31Z")
**Toofs** Goofed On a roof. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/96 "2011-08-18T17:25:20Z")
**Punoqllads** Should have taken that left turn at Albequerque ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/97 "2011-08-18T18:13:09Z")
Here lies Ender. He died while composing a message on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/98 "2011-08-18T18:16:35Z")
I know what you’re thinking. “Ender. If you died while composing a message on a message board, wouldn’t it have been funny to have that epitaph be incomplete?” No, you idiot. First off, I didn’t say it was THIS message board. That’s a mighty huge assumption there. And secondly, if I died while composing the message, how would I have posted it? Huh? [sub]ok, I could have been dictating it[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/99 "2011-08-18T18:30:07Z")
Fatal Error. System restart in 30…29…28… ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859/100 "2011-08-18T19:04:23Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > No, you idiot. First off, I didn’t say it was THIS message board. That’s a mighty huge assumption there. And secondly, if I died while composing the message, how would I have posted it? Huh? There are other message boards??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-epitaph-silly-versions-only-please/592859.md?page=6)