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Funny tombstone inscriptions
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Sue | Report | 7 Oct 2004 07:57 |
These were taken from actual gravestones and they made me smile :o)) See below Sue |
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Sue | Report | 7 Oct 2004 07:58 |
Actual Tombstones.... Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: Born 1903 - Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. ****************************** In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. ***************************** On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhouse Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. The Good Die Young. ****************************** In a London, England cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 ***************************** In a Ribbesford, England,cemetery: Anna Wallace: The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. ****************************** In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast.. Pardon me For not rising. ****************************** In a Uniontown, Pennsylvan ia, cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake. ****************************** In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger But slow on the draw. ****************************** A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange. Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. ****************************** John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art In want of any, Dig 6 feet deep; And thou wilt find a Penny. ****************************** In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle Went out of tune. ****************************** Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosbur g Falls, Vermont: Here lies the body of our Anna - Done to death by a banana. It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. ****************************** On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket, Massachusetts: Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.. He is not there, there's only the pod. Pease shelled out and went to God. ****************************** In a cemetery in England: Remember man,as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now,so shall you be. Remember this and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent Until I know which way you went. |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Oct 2004 08:23 |
LOL Sue, I love them! My favourite is the one about 'the devil sent him Anna'. Mandy :)) |
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JackyJ1593 | Report | 7 Oct 2004 10:17 |
Baz, Many years ago that is the inscription Spike Milligan said he wanted on his tombstone and I think after a lot of 'discussions' within the family, he finally had his wish. Jacky |
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PinkDiana | Report | 7 Oct 2004 11:23 |
these so made me chuckle..... I want.... I lived everyday to the full and enjoyed every minute, so get away from this grave and go live!! :O) |