What would you like written on your headstone?

[Zurvan]

I'm feeling morbid today.

[Jay R]

Jay R
died 2174
Shot by jealous husband

[Haruki-kun]

Haruki-kun
1989-2011
It took us a really long time to notice.

[WolfLordBran]

WolfLordBran
1992- XXXX
Time to turn off the lights and lock things up

[Amaril]

Amaril
1996-2100
Stuck his head out the window to see
if there was really a meteor shower happening.
There was.

[enderlord99]

I want to write something different on it every day. Unfortunately, zombies generally lack the intellectual capacity to write anything, so I suppose I'll have to get it carved, instead...

[Haruki-kun]

I want to write something different on it every day. Unfortunately, zombies generally lack the intellectual capacity to write anything, so I suppose I'll have to get it carved, instead...

Maybe by then there will be screensaver-style headstones with cycling quotes?

[Elemental]

Elemental
1993 - 1992
Time is cyclical? Who knew it?

[Tvtyrant]

Tvtyrant
1989-2050
He just missed immortality

[Elemental]

Tvtyrant
1989-2050
He just missed immortality

Alternatively...


Elemental
1993-2135
Spent sixty years in cryostasis to find out he was allergic to immortality.

[Eldan]

His Imperial Majesty
Eldan I
First on Mars, King of Europa, Conquerer of Titan
1987-2278, 2279-2521, 2523-2899, 2900-3120
"He'll be back in a year"

[factotum]

"He caused no harm".

[chainer1216]

"Lived by the sword, died by heart disease."

Damn you crappy genetics!!!

[Maryring]

"I prepared explosive runes on this headstone. Y'know. Just in case."

[TheEmerged]

Tom C. Huskey
1970-<some date several decades from now>
It Needed Doing

Before you laugh, that third line is actually in my will.

[thorgrim29]

The message on Harry Dresden's headstone is pretty cool (He died doing the right thing), and if I'm ever in a situation where doing the right thing leads to me dying I hope I'm able to do it. I also hope it won't happen. More realistically, something about staying true to my principle, maybe:

Samuel xxxxx
1989-2XXX (One can hope right?)
He lived a honest life

[tomandtish]

For me it's simple. Just one word:

"Oops"

[Jon_Dahl]

"I was feeling morbid that day."

[Amaril]

I thought of another one that'll probably be more realistically appropriate for me :smalltongue:


Amaril
1996-2100
"F*** it, that'll do."

More seriously, I want my hopeful future family to decide. To do otherwise feels somewhat narcissistic.

[Cuthalion]

Haruki-kun
1989-2011
It took us a really long time to notice.

:smallbiggrin:

This is sigworthy, but I'm not sure how hilarious it'd be in context...

[Rivers]

------- --------- Rivers
19XX - August 26th, 20XX
Can't touch this.

BTW, unless you take a picture hugging my skeleton with a thumbs-up, you're a prime suspect. Reminder: violating a tomb will get you in jail. Don't forget it.

[Dienekes]

Dienekes
XXXX-XXXX
He didn't like any of you, go away

or

Stop standing on my face

[Jaycemonde]

Cassandra "The OG Cupcake Goat" Vatz
PAST YEAR 199X-FUTURE YEAR 20X6
"I told you so, s***nugget."

It'd have to be a wide stone.

[Haruki-kun]

:smallbiggrin:

This is sigworthy, but I'm not sure how hilarious it'd be in context...

Dang it! I come up with something sig-worthy and it can't be sigged because people would think I'm dead. Just my luck. =I

[Asta Kask]

You do it like this:



From the "What would you like written on your headstone thread":

Haruki-kun
1989-2011
It took us a really long time to notice.

[golentan]

Golentan
????-2970
"Worth it."

[Killer Angel]

"your beloved nephews".

because that would mean that i will see them and that they will be sufficiently grown up to love me.
A pleasure that wasn't conceded to my father.

[Aotrs Commander]

"Look behind you."

[Grinner]

Dang it! I come up with something sig-worthy and it can't be sigged because people would think I'm dead. Just my luck. =I

...I don't see the problem. :smallamused:

[Tvtyrant]

Alternatively...


Elemental
1993-2135
Spent sixty years in cryostasis to find out he was allergic to immortality.

I like that one :D

Also your avatar. I just now realized there is a horse in it..

[Coidzor]

...I don't see the problem. :smallamused:

Quite. That just makes it better, haruki being quoted as saying he is dead so erryone thinks he's an undead monstrosity.

[Yora]

<First Name> <Family Name>
1984 - 2104

90 years from now, I expect people to get really old.

[Altaria87]

I've always been a fan of:

Altaria87
XXXX-XXXX+~80
"BRB"

[RdMarquis]

What, no "peperony and chease"? Admittedly, that's tombstone. Close enough.

[PallElendro]

R.I.P. in Peace
James Grose
Nothing personal if he becomes a zombie and eats you.

[Asta Kask]

R.I.P. in Peace
Anders XXXX
His cats thought he was an ok servant.

[Lentrax]

What, no "peperony and chease"? Admittedly, that's tombstone. Close enough.


Lentrax
1984-2XXX
Her last request was for a Tombstone.
We think we delivered.

[FinnLassie]

Wait, quotes on gravestones are actually a thing? You bunch come from weird cultures. :smalltongue:

[AdmiralCheez]

I can't settle on one, so here's a list for my family to choose from:


"If life gets you down, just remember: At least you aren't dead like me."

"I shed my mortal body and ascended to the great beyond, and all I got was this lousy headstone."

"Yup, I'm still dead. Thanks for checking up on me though."

"If I knew you in life, thanks for remembering me. If I hated you in life, thanks for not defiling my grave. If I didn't know you in life, thanks for reading my headstone."

[Septimus Faber]

R.I.P
SeptimusFabrius
[date obscured]-????
Just in case.

[PallElendro]

OP, you're not going to carve these for us and add a shrapnel bomb as a gift, are you?

Also, now debating whether or not I should go for the "Nothing personal if he becomes a zombie and eats you" or "Don't go through his Grade 10 Biology folder."

[Septimus Faber]

R.I.P
SeptimusFabrius
2013-2014
Another one of those pesky clones.

Wow, that was remarkably unfunny and dependent on the knowledge that I'd already written a post. My apologies.

[Neli42]

"I shed my mortal body and ascended to the great beyond, and all I got was this lousy headstone."

That is truly inspired.


Neli42
1967 - XXXX
She did it right.

[factotum]

Wait, quotes on gravestones are actually a thing? You bunch come from weird cultures. :smalltongue:

What do you put on gravestones in Finnishlandia, then?

[Aedilred]

What do you put on gravestones in Finnishlandia, then?

It depends what she means. Long quotes are kind of amusing to think about but they're relatively rare on headstones. That which you see tends to be along the lines of "beloved father/mother", etc.

While it's tempting to request a "sod you all" type declaration, realistically whoever's in charge of putting me in the ground might not honour that anyway and I wouldn't want to put them in the uncomfortable position of having to explain why they did/didn't. So I'd probably rely on the judgment of whoever was responsible (assuming some trusted family member or associate), and perhaps leave a list of things they were absolutely not allowed to do.

In lieu of any declarations from family, or whatever, I think "A Good Man" would be just about the best thing anyone could put there.

Of course, if I had my way, it wouldn't be so much a tombstone as a huge sarcophagus, with columns and cherubs and space for a proper original epitaph and an effigy, and so forth, but that's fairly unlikely to happen.

[Duck999]

Name Name
Date-Date
RIP in peace, member of the department of redundancy department
or

Name Nqme
drte-datr
Never learned spellchecking

[Grimtina]

"Gone with the Wind, the Fire, the earth and the rain" with a small footnote of "Looting this tomb will only result in level 1 appropriate treasure."

[Pyromancer999]

Pyromancer999
199X-
Reserved for future use.

Makes more sense if you imagine the year to be 9999.

[FinnLassie]

What do you put on gravestones in Finnishlandia, then?

Name, DOB and DOD. Older gravestones might've had the profession of the person, and some still do it, but it's rare.

[GPuzzle]

G****** O*****

199X-2XXX

"I don't want quotes in my tombstone"

[Rivers]

"If I knew you in life, thanks for remembering me. If I hated you in life, thanks for not defiling my grave. If I didn't know you in life, thanks for reading my headstone."

A great line. Humble and wise. Fascinating way to take this seriously.
One shall owe you some courtesy.

[Elemental]

I like that one :D

Also your avatar. I just now realized there is a horse in it..

Thanks. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes I think of a good one.

Again, thanks. I hadn't realised people might not notice the horse... But oh well.




Wait, quotes on gravestones are actually a thing? You bunch come from weird cultures. :smalltongue:

They can be. I think it developed from people having scriptural verses engraved, the practice developing to include poetry and words of wisdom and so on. But as Aedilred said, it is actually rather rare, probably due to the expense of hiring someone to engrave the extra letters required, hence the use of R.I.P over "Rest in peace".




Of course, if I had my way, it wouldn't be so much a tombstone as a huge sarcophagus, with columns and cherubs and space for a proper original epitaph and an effigy, and so forth, but that's fairly unlikely to happen.

I have much the same idea. I'd like a great mortuary temple where I can be buried with gold and jewels and various other grave goods to confuse future archaeologists. I want them to dig up my tomb and be thoroughly confused as to why I was entombed with a set of skeleton keys, a battleaxe, an analytical engine and a set of dragon figurines.
Actually, I'd pay other people to be buried with similar items. Greatest prank ever.

[factotum]

While it's tempting to request a "sod you all" type declaration, realistically whoever's in charge of putting me in the ground might not honour that anyway and I wouldn't want to put them in the uncomfortable position of having to explain why they did/didn't.

Explain to whom? You're dead at this point, remember. :smallwink: Even if you believe in an afterlife I'm sure your spirit would have better things to do than demand explanations from your relatives as to why they didn't get your headstone just so!

As for the "sod you all" thing, you could try the approach Spike Milligan's family took. He wanted "I told you was ill" engraved on his tombstone, but the rector of the churchyard he was buried in wouldn't allow it--so they used the Irish translation instead (Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite).

[Neli42]

I'd like a great mortuary temple where I can be buried with gold and jewels and various other grave goods to confuse future archaeologists. I want them to dig up my tomb and be thoroughly confused as to why I was entombed with a set of skeleton keys, a battleaxe, an analytical engine and a set of dragon figurines.

You made me think of this (http://www.pinterest.com/pin/215609900884794285/)beauty.

[Asta Kask]

Wait, quotes on gravestones are actually a thing? You bunch come from weird cultures. :smalltongue:

Not in Sweden. I'm just playing along, it's what we Swedes do.

[Shadowy]

"Reserved. "

[Aedilred]

Explain to whom? You're dead at this point, remember. :smallwink: Even if you believe in an afterlife I'm sure your spirit would have better things to do than demand explanations from your relatives as to why they didn't get your headstone just so!

I was assuming the explanations would be requested by other relatives, friends, funeral directors, etc. If, as the person in charge of arranging the tombstone, you put something controversial there, people are going to query it, and if you didn't put something controversial that people knew the deceased wanted, that's going to be queried too. It's just an extra level of stress you don't really need when burying a close family member/friend.



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I'd like a great mortuary temple where I can be buried with gold and jewels and various other grave goods to confuse future archaeologists. I want them to dig up my tomb and be thoroughly confused as to why I was entombed with a set of skeleton keys, a battleaxe, an analytical engine and a set of dragon figurines.
I'm reminded of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALXlcJM6Nk8).

[Jay R]

"Finally - a forum where I get the last word."

[Downzorz]

Downzorz
1995-?
Cyronics rule!

[Frozen_Feet]

What do you put on gravestones in Finnishlandia, then?

First, it's Finland. :smalltongue: Second, while I'm not inclined to take a trip to the local cemetery just to check (how lazy of me, when it's just across the street), I'm fairly sure we don't put more on them than the names of the deceased and their dates of birth and death. Maybe sometimes there's a biblical verse or two.

Now, back to the actual question...

"There were too many good choices to pick from, so I need to do this more than once to try them all."

"And so as you read these words
telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could, but it's too late"

"Ottakaa te ilo irti elämästä
ja täyttäkää se ikävyyden lovi
Myöhäistä on silloin kun tuonen tuvil' tullaan
ja hiljainen on mullan musta povi"

"It's the fate of all things under the sky,
to grow old and wither and die."

"Taking it up with the management."

"It's hot down here."

"All the years in vain I fought
All my deeds have gone to naught
Unsung is this tale of mine,
Mislaid till the end of time"

"Hidden deep under the vale of the Moon
Entombed beneath white flowers of Death"

"The part of man
is to take the sombre path
Stumble in the dark,
stray amidst the dust and ash
Like forgotten ghosts
drifting in the driving wind
Dashing towards the Void
whirling blindly through the night"

Yes, visiting my grave would be depressing. As it bloody well should be. :smalltongue:

[FinnLassie]

First, it's Finland. :smalltongue: Second, while I'm not inclined to take a trip to the local cemetery just to check (how lazy of me, when it's just across the street), I'm fairly sure we don't put more on them than the names of the deceased and their dates of birth and death. Maybe sometimes there's a biblical verse or two.


I visit Finnish cemeteries often and I can confirm what you say. :smalltongue: I'm not weird! I just know a lot of dead people! And I like to look for the oldest and youngest deaths, that's it I swear!

And, yeah, they might have the code for the verse written out there, but I don't think I've ever seen longer bit of text on a gravestone that was set in the modern times. Much more common during the Russian rule, I'd say.

[Archonic Energy]

Archonic Energy
1980-2015
well Hippie DID warn him

[blacklight101]

Not necessarily the best for me, but one of the favorites I've read over the years.


I done told you I was sick!


I think that guy died in the mid 1800s, but its funny little things like that that need to be remembered. I hope mine has the same level of panache (if that's even the right term here). Though, I'm not quite sure ashes get a headstone...

[White Blade]

My friends have pretty much all agreed to write, "He was an honest man" in the event of my demise. It isn't so much my preference as what I feel would be the most honest tombstone line (even my enemies agree I'm no liar). As for a preference, I've always been fond of,


Micah Davis
1992-20XX
He was a human being

Because then it would always be sad.

Of course, I'm going to be cremated and my urn is going to be broken by my great grandchildren, but one can't have everything.

[Hyena]

Hyena
1994-2015
He died like he lived - in his sleep.

[Eldan]

My friends have pretty much all agreed to write, "He was an honest man" in the event of my demise

Now I'm tempted to change mine to "I was an honest man. Honestly!" :smalltongue:

[sleepy hedgehog]

Sleepy Hedgehog
Logged in:1988
Segfaulted: XXXX
Good graphics. Balancing still needed.

[Zurvan]

First, it's Finland. :smalltongue: Second, while I'm not inclined to take a trip to the local cemetery just to check (how lazy of me, when it's just across the street), I'm fairly sure we don't put more on them than the names of the deceased and their dates of birth and death. Maybe sometimes there's a biblical verse or two.

Now, back to the actual question...

"There were too many good choices to pick from, so I need to do this more than once to try them all."

"And so as you read these words
telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could, but it's too late"

"Ottakaa te ilo irti elämästä
ja täyttäkää se ikävyyden lovi
Myöhäistä on silloin kun tuonen tuvil' tullaan
ja hiljainen on mullan musta povi"

"It's the fate of all things under the sky,
to grow old and wither and die."

"Taking it up with the management."

"It's hot down here."

"All the years in vain I fought
All my deeds have gone to naught
Unsung is this tale of mine,
Mislaid till the end of time"

"Hidden deep under the vale of the Moon
Entombed beneath white flowers of Death"

"The part of man
is to take the sombre path
Stumble in the dark,
stray amidst the dust and ash
Like forgotten ghosts
drifting in the driving wind
Dashing towards the Void
whirling blindly through the night"

Yes, visiting my grave would be depressing. As it bloody well should be. :smalltongue:


I can't settle on one, so here's a list for my family to choose from:


"If life gets you down, just remember: At least you aren't dead like me."

"I shed my mortal body and ascended to the great beyond, and all I got was this lousy headstone."

"Yup, I'm still dead. Thanks for checking up on me though."

"If I knew you in life, thanks for remembering me. If I hated you in life, thanks for not defiling my grave. If I didn't know you in life, thanks for reading my headstone."

Wow! You guys are really creative.

I kind of want something like this:


Zurvan
XXXX-XXXX
R.I.P
"Where you are one day I was.
And where I am one day you will be."

[super dark33]

In Memory of Superdark33
Yknow, just remember he still exists.
And watching you not work.

[Coidzor]

"Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back."

[Neli42]

And I like to look for the oldest and youngest deaths, that's it I swear!

My sibs and I used to do this every Sunday afternoon.

[Kymme]

Kymme
1997 - 200X
The Greatest Duelist Who Ever Lived. And Died. Obviously.

[Oneris]

"You win.
...for now."

"It's probably better this way."

"See you soon."

[KerfuffleMach2]

My mom has stated several times that she wants "AMF" put on hers. Which, according to her, stands for "Adios, mother -------".

No idea for me, though.

[Worlok]

"Get off my lawn!"

Because:

"Noone will read this, anyway."

But:

"My other grave is a pyramid!"

Although my dream is to be interred with a lot of cannabis seed and thus provide for the good people of this earth even in death, so maybe something like "Got head. Get stoned!" could work. Failing that, I'll forego burial altogether, put up "Back in five!" and have my body mummified, then mailed to my least favorite relatives for safe-keeping (enforced by not letting them have any of my money without involving the corpse in their daily life like some sort of horribly disturbing pet rock substitute for years on end). There's nothing you still have to care about when dead, far as I know. :smallbiggrin:

[Anarion]

I haven't decided if I'd prefer a tomb that said "he was a good man" or one that said "he was a great man."

[Neli42]

How about this one?
http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a86_e9.jpg

[Dienekes]

Because I enjoy making people miserable how about


Dienekes
Buried with his greatest treasures

And then I would like to be buried holding a card that says "God, you're gullible."

[ghost_warlock]

I don't really want a headstone, or even a burial plot. I'd rather my body be given to science/medical research/organ donation and the ground put to practical use.

I suppose if there's no avoiding a burial and a marker for the grave, I hope someone will use my remains as fertilizer for a tree or something.

[Septimus Faber]

R.I.P
SeptimusFabrius
"Your princess is in another castle. My corpse is right here."

I'm not even sure why that's funny, it just amused me briefly, so why not post it? /Internet-logic

[Asta Kask]

R.I.P.
AstaKask
That is not dead
which can eternal lie
and with strange eons
even death may die

[Septimus Faber]

R.I.P.
AstaKask
That is not dead
which can eternal lie
and with strange eons
even death may die

Is that a quotation? It sounds familiar, or maybe it's just me.

[Jurai]

'Tis a rhyme about Cthulhu.



The Body of Jurai


December 11, 1990


Now


Uploaded to internet. No spam.

[Asta Kask]

Is that a quotation? It sounds familiar, or maybe it's just me.


'Tis a rhyme about Cthulhu.

Yep. It's from H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu.

[Septimus Faber]

Yep. It's from H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu.

So... Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Asta Kask Gothenburg wgah'nagl fhtagn?

[Asta Kask]

Ia Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

Indeed.

[Rater202]

I actually have multible qutations prepared depedning on how it is I eventually die.

If I pass from murder or malpractice "I'm comin back for ya, you sons a'bitches(you know who you are)"

If I pass before my greatest enemies "I'm haunting you right now. I see you in bed. I could do it better"

If I pass in some freak accident "Hey guys, check this out"

If I go the way I want He died after being stepped on by a tyrannosaurus while making love to identical triplet Japanese cheerleaders*

If I pass in any other circumstances "I'll be back as soon as I finish taking over Hell

*Note, this is something that will never happen, for multiple reasons. Meaning my preferred manner of death can not happen, which is to say I want to live forever.

[Neli42]

Yep. It's from H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu.
That is true, but it appeared first in The Nameless City, almost a decade earlier.



I suppose if there's no avoiding a burial and a marker for the grave, I hope someone will use my remains as fertilizer for a tree or something.
This might appeal to you, then. I found it fascinating.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rS_d1fiUc

[ghost_warlock]

This might appeal to you, then. I found it fascinating.
*snip*

[/SIZE]

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about this. Way better than a crummy tree! Thanks! :smallbiggrin:

[Lea Plath]

"After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure." —Albus Dumbledore

[MKV]

I want to be entombed in a full scale replica of the Tomb of Horrors with my skull encrusted with gems and placed in the final room just so any D&D player who finds the hill with stones arranged in a skull across the top will freak out (It would also do a pretty good job deterring grave robbers)

[Bulldog Psion]

Invictus


........

[The Succubus]

"No, we don't know how he managed to summon one either."

[BannedInSchool]

Methos
"Damn it."

From memory, two immortals had a discussion like this:

Byron (yes, that Byron): Do you want a tombstone that reads, "He lived for centuries," or "For centuries he was ALIVE"?
Methos: You're not listening to me. I don't want a tombstone.

[Akumie]

"Emily
1997-20XX
"Little by little, one travels far."-J.R.R. Tolkien."
Or
"Emily
1997-20XX
"You can only come to the morning through the shadows"-J.R.R. Tolkien"
I don't have much faith for my longevity.

[Kid Jake]

Jake
1987-2026
"Took Him Long Enough."

[arguskos]

<Name>
1988-20xx
"Tilted at plenty of windmills.
Was never taken seriously.
Lived a life worth living."

[rs2excelsior]

rs2excelsior
1994-XXXX
IBO AUDACITER IN NOCTEM

[Eldan]

Okay, if I'm not joking, probably something like:

"This is just Eldan's body,
Stop making a fuzz about it.
He won't care either way,
he doesn't exist anymore."

[Scarlet Knight]

Scarlet Knight
1960-208X
Thank you for visiting.
If the red light comes on, please start digging.

[Flickerdart]

As I Am, So Shall You Be. (http://www.harkavagrant.com/nonsense/teensthreesm.png)

[Aolbain]

"Here lies Albin X
1996-2101
Beloved father, husband, friend and grandfather."




I'm boring that way.

[Icewraith]

First Last
Date-Other Date
I apologize for not getting up to greet you.
The last time I did that people seemed upset.

[Flickerdart]

"Here lies Albin X
1996-2101
Beloved father, husband, friend and grandfather."




I'm boring that way.
You plan to die just as war was beginning?

[Traab]

Traab Fellhammer
1981-2014
"Im not dead, im resting!"

[Rater202]

First Last
Date-Other Date
I apologize for not getting up to greet you.
The last time I did that people seemed upset.

Thank you, I needed that.


First Last
1993-XXXX
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil for I'm the baddest mother trucker in the universe and if you think a little thing like being dead can stop me then you are sadly mistaken, brother.

[Zalphon]

"Alison XXXX

1995-XXXX

"Her one regret was that she rolled a natural one when cutting up the Thanksgiving Turkey.""

[Mauve Shirt]

Scrawled in sharpie
WILL HAUNT FOR COOKIES

[Emperor Ing]

Emperor Ing
19XX - 2XXX
Epic Fail

[Duck999]

Traab Fellhammer
1981-2014
"Im not dead, im resting!"

I'm pining for the fjords! I am not an ex-human!

[SowZ]

Here lies SowZ.

And why not?

[Duck999]

Maybe I will have gray text written on a gray gravestone. Kind of like this.
Text

Highlight it, if you will.

[The Succubus]

"Can you move half a pace forward? My hands can't quite reach your ankles from there."

[Kazyan]

Eh. If my mom is still around by the time I die of losing the insulin pump I'm probably going to need in the future, she can put whatever she wants on it to make her feel better. If not...I never really wanted to be here in the first place and likely won't do anything with my life that deserves remembering, so, no headstone.

[TheThan]

What do I want on my tombstone?
Pepperoni and sausage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlZtAYAOt8)

I won’t need my body anymore. So just cremate me, load me into a shotgun shell and shoot me over some grasslands.

[Ravens_cry]

'I made it.' it will read on my headstone carved in lunar basalt at Tranquillity Base Cemetery.
***
Hey, I can dream, right?

[The Succubus]

What do I want on my tombstone?
Pepperoni and sausage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlZtAYAOt8)

I won’t need my body anymore. So just cremate me, load me into a shotgun shell and shoot me over some grasslands.

That's how Hunter S Thompson had his ashes disposed of, although iirc he used a cannon of some sort.

[Duck999]

'I made it.' it will read on my headstone carved in lunar basalt at Tranquillity Base Cemetery.
***
Hey, I can dream, right?

Who needs to dream? This can be a reality. Look at the day and age we live in.

I think I will have my headstone say "Mars was pretty cool guys." Also, it will be on Saturn.
Not quite sure how that would work.

[Dire Moose]

"Please don't open Locker #13 at (place really far away from graveyard)."

I will arrange to have a placard placed inside said locker reading "Wow, you people are really gullible."

[ArlEammon]

"How long do I've got, Doc?'

[Jay R]

He wanted something really stupid on his tombstone, so we wrote this instead.

[ArlEammon]

ON topic:
There was a man who's last name was Od. Every time he had to tell someone his name, they would say , "That's Od". He would usually politely laugh it off. Finally, at the age of 110, he was on his death bed, and he was determined he wouldn't have to put up with anyone ever making that lame joke about his name again. His dying request was to just leave his grave stone blank.

One day, a man passed by a tomb stone with no name.
"Hmm. . . that's Odd".

[GPuzzle]

"Here lies *name*. He ran fast, and he died a virgin."

Just to see if anyone gets the reference.

[Neli42]

"Here lies *name*. He ran fast, and he died a virgin."

Just to see if anyone gets the reference.
Neither you nor Scout would be around to see if any one caught the reference. :smallbiggrin:

[fanta5m1c]

http://mytimemattersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/well-this-sucks-tombstone.jpg

[Rater202]

"Jut in case Reincarnation is true, please don't step on any spiders..."

[JoshL]

JoshL
1977-20XX
"Who?"

[Bhu]

Nothing i could post on Gitp lol.

[(Un)Inspired]

I'd want one of three things:


Here lies (Un)Inspired
1989-2015
Died as he lived, in a wang fire


or

Here Lies (Un)Inspired
1989-2015
* wtektakjtkw

*really small type gibberish, when they lean in to read it, a puff of my ashes are sprayed into their face



or

I'm With Stupid (my tombstone is an arrow pointing to the unlucky sod buried next to me)

[Themrys]

http://www.cremationsolutions.com/mc_images/product/image/GoldPrincessTrellisRing.jpg

A diamond speaks for itself.
(This is a diamond made from human ashes.)

[(Un)Inspired]

http://www.cremationsolutions.com/mc_images/product/image/GoldPrincessTrellisRing.jpg

A diamond speaks for itself.
(This is a diamond made from human ashes.)

Would you like the diamond to be made out of your ashes or your enemy's?

[golentan]

Would you like the diamond to be made out of your ashes or your enemy's?

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/26/2649625d2abe63c7d66c958aa9c476dd6cae917da286a25713 a7de36fef1ea0c.jpg

[(Un)Inspired]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/26/2649625d2abe63c7d66c958aa9c476dd6cae917da286a25713 a7de36fef1ea0c.jpg

Is that "why not the two?" or like "Why not both?" My spanish is pretty bad.

[golentan]

Is that "why not the two?" or like "Why not both?" My spanish is pretty bad.

It is (why not both)! Just think, trapping your enemy's molecules in an eternal struggle with your own, who could ask for more?

[(Un)Inspired]

It is (why not both)! Just think, trapping your enemy's molecules in an eternal struggle with your own, who could ask for more?

In life we were enemies but perhaps in death we can be... a diamond.

[golentan]

In life we were enemies but perhaps in death we can be... a diamond.

Also prevents anyone from resurrecting them if you do it right. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/trapTheSoul.htm)

[Zurvan]

I wish my ashes whould be fused with melted metal and forged in the blade of a sword.

That whould be very awesome.

[Themrys]

Would you like the diamond to be made out of your ashes or your enemy's?

I doubt I could get access to my enemies' ashes, so ... my own ashes. Maybe with the inscription "I am Diamond" on the ring. :smallbiggrin:

Although, IF I was a DnD hero or such, and would kill my enemies, their bones would make good material for some fine bone china cups in skull form. (Not real skulls. They're icky, and also, there are holes in them, so drinking out of them is not really possible. As vegetarian, I have always been a bit conflicted about bone china made from animal bones, but if the enemies are dead anyway ...)

Diamonds are much too nice to be made from bad people's ashes. I want my heirs to be able to say "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" without irony. :smalltongue:

[Godie1803]

First-Last
1993-XXXX
It's the cleric's fault

[VincentTakeda]

Vincent Takeda
1974-xxxx
He sure had a way with women.
Not a good way, mind...
But good enough.

[Antonok]

If I can't get my body ejected into space (so some distant alien civ can ressurect me in xxx years) I'm going to do the tree thing (http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/poetree-a-funeral-urn-that-lets-you-plant-a-tree-from-ashes.html) (but with a redwood).

The plaque in front of the tree shall read 'No Herrings Allowed'

[Peebles]

Peebles
1987-XXXX
In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done that...

[Jeff the Green]

Jeff
1988-<insert date here>
"What are you doing staring at my grave, you morbid ****?"
or
"He died as he was born: screaming and covered in ichor."
or
"The dirt underneath this rock used to be meat. That meat used to be a person."


What do you put on gravestones in Finnishlandia, then?

Is that part of Scandiwegia?

[thorgrim29]

I doubt I could get access to my enemies' ashes, so ... my own ashes. Maybe with the inscription "I am Diamond" on the ring. :smallbiggrin:

You could definitely do worse then a Pratchett quote on your tombstone... Personally I'd be partial to "what can the harvest hope for but the care of the reaper man" though.

[GPuzzle]

G****** O******

XXXX - YYYY

"Dead. Not big surprise."

[VincentTakeda]

Reminds me of David Letterman's top ten Keebler Elf Euphamisms for death...

Kicked the oxygen habit....
Super fudgearifically dead...

[Duck999]

Reminds me of David Letterman's top ten Keebler Elf Euphamisms for death...

Kicked the oxygen habit....
Super fudgearifically dead...

On a scale of one to ten, how dead is this man?
Kadeadarific!

As quoted from TFS abridged

[thorgrim29]

On a scale of one to ten, how dead is this man?
Kadeadarific!

As quoted from TFS abridged

Isn't it Cadaverific?

[Duck999]

Isn't it Cadaverific?

I don't know, but kadeadarific is more about deadness.

[Jeff the Green]

I don't know, but kadeadarific is more about deadness.

Also more Germanic, which doubles the death quotient.

[positivespace]

TAB
1993-Oh god she's still alive
Why did we even try why why why why why