The New York Times is running a competition to see who can think of the wittiest last words, or epitaphs. Here are some famous ones:
“Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” – Oscar Wilde
“Told you I was sick” - Spike Milligan
“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist…” – General John Sedgewick, Battle of Spotsylvania 1864.
Competition entries are quite good too. Here’s a sample of epitaphs:
“I wish I’d spent more time at the office”
“At least I’ll get a lot of heat where I’m going”
“Hey, I didn’t want to buy the farm, I was just looking”
“What the …..? hell?”
“Time to think inside the box”
“You should see the other guy”
“Lose weight now! Ask me how!”
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February 6, 2010 at 1:35 pm |
Randy Pausch’s last words:
‘At the end, as Dr. Pausch’s body was clearly failing, Mr. Seabolt said he told his friend, “It’s important for you to feel like you can let go. It’s okay.”
Dr. Pausch’s reply: “I’ll get back to you on that.” ”
Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/randy-pauschs-last-words/
February 6, 2010 at 1:54 pm |
Randy Pausch was the man! Did you ever get to meet him in Pittsburgh?