Dobermonster's thread about Comfort for the Dying Atheist has me thinking about a somewhat lighter side of dying. In a way, we do live after death in the memories of others and my ego is big enough to hope that some people who see me dead will have a few good things to say about me. So I was wondering, if you could sum up something you'd want said at your funeral, or engraved on a brick for a memorial walk, what would it be? Mine is: "she was there in a pinch".
Hello, happy birthday, welcome to the first day of your new cyber life.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on February 12, 2012, 06:48:47 AM
Hello, happy birthday, welcome to the first day of your new cyber life.
Or:
Hello, happy birthday, welcome to the first day of your new cyborg life ;D
"Uncompromising Smartass"?
"Persistant Little Fucker"?
"Toed the line"? (this one makes more sense if you knew me as a child :P)
or maybe just this Orwellian quote (which I've loved for a very long time):
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
I'd like to think I would be remembered for being compassionate, advocating for the underdog, stubborn ethics, and always questioning. A tall order to fill, I know, lol.
Quote from: history_geek on February 12, 2012, 06:59:53 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on February 12, 2012, 06:48:47 AM
Hello, happy birthday, welcome to the first day of your new cyber life.
Or:
Hello, happy birthday, welcome to the first day of your new cyborg life ;D
Hells yes!
Bee boop bop
Ali is up in Heaven now.
(For those of you that aren't big Kurt Vonnegut fans:)
QuoteYou and the police are entitled to know, since I am going to spend the night near you, that I am both a Humanist and a Luddite. I may hold a Black Mass in the parking garage of the Best Western Hotel, if I can find a neo-conservative baby to sacrifice.
Do you know what a Humanist is? I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that functionless capacity. We Humanists try to behave well without any expectation of rewards or punishments in an afterlife. We serve as best we can the only abstraction with which we have any real familiarity, which is our community.
We had a memorial services for Isaac a few years back, and at one point I said, ''Isaac is up in Heaven now.'' It was the funniest thing I could have said to a group of Humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, ''Kurt is up in Heaven now.'' That's my favorite joke.
http://www.vonnegutweb.com/archives/arc_nice.html (http://www.vonnegutweb.com/archives/arc_nice.html)
Tombstone quotes
solitary tomb:
suck and savour the full flavor
explode into the essence of the other
family/partner combined tomb:
"Follow the flow of life
Don't let the bastards put you down"
Ash container engravement or bone box:
"use me"
I never knew what he was really thinking.
"May my vengeful ghost haunt you for ever"
As good a headstone inscription as any...
I've always said that I'd like the song "parting glass" played at my funeral
So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whate'er befalls
And gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all
Other than that, I'd like to be remembered for being silly. :)
Quote from: Asmodean on February 12, 2012, 07:51:25 PM
"May my vengeful ghost haunt you for ever"
As good a headstone inscription as any...
That reminds me of a quote from Shakespeare, "may Hell make war on your spotted soul forever", that I've never found occasion to use, even in LA traffic.
"Here lies a happy atheist.
All dressed up with no place to go."
Here lies Tom, Age 542.
The Good Die Young.
"I'm sorry, who?"
Let us all ponder our amazement of how he managed to live 130 years despite unhealthy lifestyle choices. Now let us ponder our amazement of how his wife died the next day at 121 years old.
I'll post something thoughtful later, but this one's a cute one: ;D
On a housewife:
Mary Weary, Housewife
Dere Friends I am going
Where washing ain't done
Or cooking or sewing:
Don't mourn for me now
Or weep for me never:
For I go to do nothing
Forever and ever!
I guess there was something wrong. Oops.
I enjoyed the funeral. I liked that bit half way through the reverend's speech when his body inflated with hydrogen, slowly drifted up out of the casket, circled the room a few times while Churchill's "We Will Fight Them in the Air" speech boomed out of hidden speakers in his jacket, then exploded, showing everyone with blood and offal. The look on that old vicar's face was hilarious. And the food, too, the food was nice.
He made us laugh.
Quote from: OldGit on February 14, 2012, 09:44:16 AM
He made us laugh.
Well you defintley have managed that!
OK, my (somewhat) serious answer: I'd like people to remember me as a friendly, helpful person who made them laugh.
I'd also want them to say "thank God she's gone, she'll never send us another LOLcat!" ;D
I was thinking today, and by the time I die, we could probably put moving pictures on tombstones. Of so, I want my sig put on mine.
Something else that would be particularly good to hear at a funeral: "look! She's moving!" ;D
If you haven't seen the British version of "Death at a funeral" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/) I highly recommend it. It's a classic piece of farce! The US version is not as good.
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2012, 06:51:18 AM
If you haven't seen the British version of "Death at a funeral" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/) I highly recommend it. It's a classic piece of farce! The US version is not as good.
I LOVE the British version. And yes, it's so much better than the American one. The British one's hilarious. (Then again, I may be biased. I really enjoy British culture in general.)
What I would actually like my head stone to say is "I'm dead. Get over it - I have"
Quote from: Asmodean on February 15, 2012, 09:11:43 AM
What I would actually like my head stone to say is "I'm dead. Get over it - I have"
That is brilliant.
"Well, at least we won't hear nonstop talk about her pets anymore." :D
Quote from: Amicale on February 15, 2012, 07:03:10 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2012, 06:51:18 AM
If you haven't seen the British version of "Death at a funeral" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/) I highly recommend it. It's a classic piece of farce! The US version is not as good.
I LOVE the British version. And yes, it's so much better than the American one. The British one's hilarious. (Then again, I may be biased. I really enjoy British culture in general.)
+1 for the British version. I'm guessing they made the American one for people who don't like sub-titles...
As for after I'm gone, I dunno... maybe "What the heck was that!?!?!"
Quote from: Tank on February 15, 2012, 06:51:18 AM
If you haven't seen the British version of "Death at a funeral" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/) I highly recommend it. It's a classic piece of farce! The US version is not as good.
But at least they both had Peter Dinklage.
"He probably shouldn't be wearing a sweater for where he's going."
Quote from: xXxWashburnxXx on February 24, 2012, 05:33:21 PM
"He probably shouldn't be wearing a sweater for where he's going."
LOL! :D
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffrsteverice.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2FFS-Cold-coffee-in-hell.jpg&hash=4759a6463e4650b5249cb9c71adc7fe5fa19783b)
^brilliant, that really would be hell!^
Quote from: Too Few Lions on February 24, 2012, 06:09:17 PM
^brilliant, that really would be hell!^
Just to identify it in case anyone doesn't know the work, that's Gary Larsen's 'The Far Side' cartoon. He's awesome and I love him. He's got lots more where that one came from. :D
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi358.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Foo27%2FSTC_24%2FStarTrekTheOriginalSeriesHesDeadJim.gif&hash=bba4018665897d04d4d1c07df367681ab7982474)
Quote from: Amicale on February 24, 2012, 06:11:04 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on February 24, 2012, 06:09:17 PM
^brilliant, that really would be hell!^
Just to identify it in case anyone doesn't know the work, that's Gary Larsen's 'The Far Side' cartoon. He's awesome and I love him. He's got lots more where that one came from. :D
Haha, ultimate trickery!
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