PeterRS Posted Sunday at 04:11 AM Posted Sunday at 04:11 AM Just a thought. Since I do quite a lot of research, this has meant looking at photos of gravestones to double check dates of birth and death. I remember my father telling me of once seeing a gravestone with the comment after the lady's name "Lord, she was Thin." Thinking this odd, he looked further round and noticed that the stonemason had run out of space for one letter was on the side. He had tried and failed to fit in "Lord, she was Thine." I plan to be cremated and will probably just try to have my name and dates added to my parents' gravestone. Not that I particularly want that, but perhaps some future generations will seek out the family history. But I do not want any description. If I did, it would probably be something innocuous like "He Did His Best" which of course covers a multitude of good deeds as well as an even greater multitude of sins. If you wish to have a gravestone and have a maximum of six words, I wonder what you would write. I'm particularly interested in @Olddaddy's thoughts LOL floridarob and Ruthrieston 1 1 Quote
vinapu Posted Sunday at 05:05 AM Posted Sunday at 05:05 AM He lives as long as God remembers him.( In my native language is 6 words only) Quote
NIrishGuy Posted Sunday at 11:57 AM Posted Sunday at 11:57 AM "i told you i was sick!" Or "OUCH !! You're standing on my balls !" 🙂 PeterRS, Ruthrieston and floridarob 2 1 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted Sunday at 01:15 PM Members Posted Sunday at 01:15 PM Mine is pretty common.... "I proudly did it my way", as a dig to my family who always made my Gayness "an issue" in the family.... Ruthrieston and unicorn 2 Quote
Keithambrose Posted Sunday at 01:51 PM Posted Sunday at 01:51 PM 1 hour ago, NIrishGuy said: I told you i was sick!" Close to Spike Milligan, "I told you I was ill." I gather W C Fields did not have a tombstone, thus the frequent suggestion that it said, "on the whole I'd rather be here than in Philadelphia", is apocryphal. Shame! vinapu 1 Quote
jimmie50 Posted Sunday at 04:10 PM Posted Sunday at 04:10 PM Mine would be very simple. I want a rainbow flag with the words 'unapologetically unique'. Ruthrieston, FunFifties and PeterRS 3 Quote
Members Riobard Posted Sunday at 06:12 PM Members Posted Sunday at 06:12 PM Triple entendre: vinapu and PeterRS 2 Quote
Members unicorn Posted Sunday at 06:51 PM Members Posted Sunday at 06:51 PM 6 hours ago, NIrishGuy said: "i told you i was sick!" Or "OUCH !! You're standing on my balls !" 🙂 The former is a fairly common one--the first time I encountered one was on one of those tours of Key West: There are others: vinapu 1 Quote
floridarob Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago On 11/30/2025 at 7:57 PM, NIrishGuy said: "OUCH !! You're standing on my balls !" You got the Irish curse? I just posted on my social media the other day that my tombstone will read " it was the eggs benedict" Quote
