# Your favorite final words **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739 "2013-12-07T08:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/41 "2013-12-08T12:53:54Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Some Victorian-London criminal, just as the hangman pulled the lever: "I am Jack - " Sorry Malacandra, did that really happen? Or are you just joking? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/42 "2013-12-08T14:28:25Z")
If I’m lucid enough when I finally go some 40+ years from now (I plan to live into my 90’s, thank you), I’m totally going with the “I’m not dead yet. I feel happy!” bit from Monty Python. Likely the people in attendance, if any, will have no clue what I’m on about. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/43 "2013-12-08T16:50:45Z")
[Edward Abbey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey): “no comment” ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/44 "2013-12-08T16:52:50Z")
“All right then, I’ll say it: I’ve always hated Dante.” – Spanish poet and playwright Lope de Vega upon being assured that he was dying, 1321. Chapters in law school textbooks often start with quotes from some famous legal scholar or jurist related to the chapter’s subject matter. Usually several very dry paragraphs. In my Evidence textbook, the above quote lead the chapter about the admissibility of dying declarations, instead of the usual longer selections. I still think it’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/45 "2013-12-08T17:11:42Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Sorry Malacandra, did that really happen? Or are you just joking? > **[Thomas Neill Cream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Neill_Cream)** > > Thomas Neill Cream (27 May 1850 – 15 November 1892), also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims with strychnine. Cream murdered up to ten people in three countries, targeting mostly lower-class women, sex workers and pregnant women seeking abortions. He was convicted and sentenced to death, and was hanged on 15 November 1892. > A popular rumour suggested that Cream's last words were a (false) confession that he was Jack ... ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/46 "2013-12-08T21:50:00Z")
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity-Edvard Munch. Had you fought like a man you need not have been hang’d like a dog-Anne Bonnie’s last words to Calico Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/47 "2013-12-09T00:28:51Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > “Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”. Breaker Morant This is my favorite, but I don’t know if it was real, or just in the movie. Doesn’t matter I guess. What I’d like mine to be is “Grandma, is that you?” She’s the first person I want to see, if we do recognize loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/48 "2013-12-09T02:27:36Z")
I’m surprised that this hasn’t been mentioned “such is life” as they hung Ned Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/49 "2013-12-09T04:17:25Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > OT - > > Same here **Canvas Shoes.** We’ve been laughing forever over this line and can’t remember. > > Our three best bets are “The Outrage” with Paul Newman, “Texas Across the River.” and “4 For Texas.” But I can’t nail it down. > > “The Outrage” is based on “Rashomon” an old story where everyone gives version of an incident implicating others and making himself the hero. So maybe it’s the former? I’m pretty sure it’s not _Texas Across the River_. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/50 "2013-12-09T04:54:12Z")
My favorite comes from French mathematician Thomas Fantet De Lagny He died April 11, 1734, and in his last moments, he no longer knew the persons who surrounded his bed, and was very quiet and some wondered if he was dead already. One asked him “What is the square of 12?” De Lagny replied instantly: “144” From: 1812 Chalmers’ Biography / L / Thomas Fantet De Lagny (1660–1734) [vol. 19] ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/51 "2013-12-09T04:59:59Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > I’m surprised that this hasn’t been mentioned “such is life” as they hung Ned Kelly. That’s my personal favourite. For me, I’m undecided. I’d like my last words to be something like, “Wow, that was so worth it” but it’ll probably be more like 'hey, watch this" ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/52 "2013-12-09T05:27:22Z")
My last words will probably be “Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![texicandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@texicandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/texicandan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/53 "2013-12-09T05:58:10Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > When my dad came back from WWII he apprenticed with an Norwegian immigrant old-style house painter. That way he could make some bucks while he got re-established and settled. > > When Ole (yes, his real name) was dying Dad went to see him. > > Ole was on his back in a hospital bed and the last words he said to my father before he dozed off for the day were, “Da ceilin’ neets paintin’.” > > My mother’s last words were to me in four phrases spoken between periods of unconsciousness. In this order: > > 1. Remember, we are strong people. We can survive anything. > > 2. Let me hear from you some time. > > 3. Don’t forget me. > > 4. I love you. > > And I like the possibly apocryphal, “I told you I was sick.” I love the Norwegian’s last words and your innate ability to phonetically write it such that the dialect is impeccable. I am still laughing my head off. So typical of many folks who feel like there is always more work to be done; even as they lay dying. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/54 "2013-12-09T15:00:13Z")
“Oh, shit!”…numerous airplane pilots ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/55 "2013-12-09T16:48:34Z")
W. C. Fields : “Goddamn the whole fucking world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta.” ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/56 "2013-12-09T19:52:09Z")
My Grandma just passed away last week - about the last thing she said to the doctor was “If I don’t like it can I come back”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/57 "2013-12-09T22:31:45Z")
“Viva Cristo Rey!” -“Long live Christ the King!” > **[Miguel Pro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pro)** > > José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ (January 13, 1891 – November 23, 1927) was a Mexican Jesuit priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on the false charges of bombing and attempted assassination of former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón. > Pro's arrest, lack of trial, and evidential support gained prominence during the Cristero War. Known for his religious piety and innocence, he was beatified in Rome on September 25, 1988, by Pope Joh... ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/58 "2013-12-10T15:15:02Z")
“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” -Edmund Kean - 18th-19th century British actor. (Possibly apocryphal.) ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/59 "2013-12-10T15:23:37Z")
> [@texicandan](#): > > I love the Norwegian’s last words and your innate ability to phonetically write it such that the dialect is impeccable. I am still laughing my head off. So typical of many folks who feel like there is always more work to be done; even as they lay dying. Yeah, those guys were pretty stoic. And all business. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739/60 "2013-12-10T15:26:58Z")
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