# Your Last Words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600 "2002-04-03T16:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/21 "2002-04-04T00:15:12Z")
My last words will be “It was a stone groove my man!”. Thats said by the “YEAH” guy in trading places. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/22 "2002-04-04T00:17:03Z")
“Y’know, I am just _dying_ to get this over with.” Colin ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/23 "2002-04-04T00:34:44Z")
I always sort of liked the Redneck’s last words: _“Hey y’all, watch THIS!”_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RobGraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@RobGraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobGraham)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/24 "2002-04-04T00:45:44Z")
According to James Gleick in his book ‘Genius: The life and science of Richard Feynman’ Richard’s last words (as he was dying of cancer) were “I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring”. Not eager to find out myself… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/25 "2002-04-04T01:06:47Z")
“Here I go… into the void!” Just the sort of thing I might not have the prescence of mind to say at the moment, but funny nonetheless. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jet Jaguar \* > \*\*I hope I have enough presence of mind to make sure my last word is “Rosebud…”. However, nobody I know IRL would get the reference. They’d all be asking “Who’s Rosebud?”. \*\* Not unless they watched the movie, or recalled a certain _Peanuts_ strip about _Citizen Kane_ where Lucy tells Linus (before the end of the movie, presumably) that “Rosebud” was his sleigh! 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*and keeping with the OP, note my sig… \*\* I was waiting for this opening! Thanks, **superbee** , you’re the best! 😃 I have a story in one of my Bathroom Readers (#8, p… 226) about Major John Sedgwick’s death (it’s part of a section on ironic deaths): > [@](#): > > \*\*MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK, \*\* _commander of the Sixth Army Corps during the Civil War_ > > On May 9, 1864, he was sitting under a tree making battle plans with an aide when he observed that some of his soldiers were not properly positioned for the upcoming battle. > > As Sedgwick got up and started walking toward the men, a lone Confederate sniper opened fire. Rather than return fire, most of the soldiers ducked or ran for cover, which made Sedgwick laugh. “What, what men?” he told them. “Dodging for single bullets? I tell you, they could not hit an elephant at this distance.” > > \*\*Final Irony: \*\* One of Sedgwick’s aides later recounted, > > “…before the smile which accompanied these words had departed from his lips… there was a sharp whistle of a bullet, terminating in a dull, soft sound; and he fell slowly and heavily to the earth.” > > Sedgwick was killed instantly. Of course, I reaize you may know the story already, but I’m just posting it up anyways. [sub]sorry for the hijack… life can continue[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/26 "2002-04-04T01:56:58Z")
Spiteful: “See you in Hell…” Vindictive: “Hey, (_fill in name here_), I pissed in your shampoo bottle everytime I was at your house.” Culture reference: “And now for something completely different…” Odd: “They say if you stare into the abyss long enough, it stares back into you. I tried to make the abyss blink my entire life, but now I blink…” but most likely: “Urrggh…” ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/27 "2002-04-04T02:07:10Z")
Cackling maniacally as I disappear into thin air, leaving only my black cloak behind al à Obi-Wan Kenobi - but with cackling. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/28 "2002-04-04T02:31:07Z")
“Not yet, damn it! Not yet!” Or “Fuck it, it was a lousy life anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/29 "2002-04-04T02:48:04Z")
[Arnold Rimmer]Gespacho soup![/Arnold Rimmer] ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/30 "2002-04-04T03:06:04Z")
“I AM IMMORTAL!” ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/31 "2002-04-04T04:10:54Z")
[Arnold]I’ll be back.[/Arnold] Or more poetically: Oh! ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road, And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye; But me and my true love Will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/32 "2002-04-04T04:41:21Z")
“I always wanted my last word to be the word ‘banana.’” ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/33 "2002-04-04T05:18:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > > Not unless they watched the movie, or recalled a certain _Peanuts_ strip about _Citizen Kane_ where Lucy tells Linus (before the end of the movie, presumably) that “Rosebud” was his sleigh! 🙂 That’s what I mean. I’ve referenced _Citizen Kane_ before and generally nobody either has seen the movie, or makes the connection. Either way, most people don’t get it, and I’m left trying to explain the joke. ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/34 "2002-04-04T05:20:41Z")
See, toldja it was edible! A spear… Now, then, where did I put that snake venom antidote… …and I’m gonna grab 'im by 'is tail, and shove my Thumb up 'is BUM! SDMB Poster : “WTF?” Old SDMB Poster : “No, Luke, I am Cecil!” Mine’ll probably be something like, “Don’t shoot! I’m with the good guys!” or “Sure, I’d love a last cigarette before your firing squad finishes me off, but I’d rather you light it and shove it up your stinkin’ ass, you poor excuse for a goat-felching fascist!” or So THIS is the sound of one hand clapping… ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/35 "2002-04-04T05:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*“I always wanted my last word to be the word ‘banana.’” \*\* “mayonaisse” Somebody will get this obscure cultural reference. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/36 "2002-04-04T05:42:24Z")
Gotcha ya! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/37 "2002-04-04T05:45:33Z")
“If John Edwards tells you I’m sending a message from beyond the grave, he’s lying. Unless the message is, ‘John Edwards can kiss my decomposing ass!’” ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/38 "2002-04-04T06:17:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whistlepig \* > \*\* > > “mayonaisse” > > Somebody will get this obscure cultural reference. \*\* “Expressing a human need, I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise.” –_Trout Fishing in America_ by Richard Brautigan. (The actual last line of the book being “P.S. Sorry I forgot to give you the mayonnaise.”) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/39 "2002-04-04T08:27:36Z")
Well, I’d like to go out with some dignity, and a bit of glory. Maybe something like… “Initiating Retro-Fire in 3…2…1…MARK!” “Men of harlech, cease your dreaming…” Or, from “The Mummy”: “Hold on laddies, I’m coming!” …Which means, of course, my last words are going to be something like: “Just cut the leads from the battery to the timer. Yeah, that’s righ-” “(sound of clip being ejected from pistol) Got 'im! NOTHING could survive tha-” Or the simple, yet classic: “Urk-Pills!-Nrgh. Agggggghhh…” Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600/40 "2002-04-04T09:01:17Z")
“Ip.” (bonus points and an official “I am a sad person” lapel pin for the first person to identify the reference) Actually, I’d probably like to go out with: “Well, **that** was interesting…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-last-words/101600.md?page=3)