Since I haven’t posted for awhile, someone suggested that I
could be dead. And since there are at least 632 less traumatic
reasons one might ease up on SoulCast publication, I attribute
that theory to wishful thinking on the part of Quidnunc. (see
my post “I’M NOT GAY & I’M NOT A MACHO ASSHOLE,
EITHER” for details.)
Meanwhile, I wonder: what should be carved on your
tombstone / memorial if you are suddenly extricated from
our Earthly realm? Forget the other implications of who
might influence the actual memorial and focus on the following
points before you compose your tombstone:
You are taken NOW, suddenly, today.
You are no longer thinking of a future, of goals, or plans.
You have up to 25 words to assess your life, espouse your
philosophy or make any statement for immortality.
What would yours be?
TheNakedProfessor posted on Feb 09, 2007
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QuantumQuark said on Feb 09, 2007....
Mine would Rhyme.......
Always Wondered How I'd Go
Now I Have & Now I Know
If I Had Another Chance
Would Have Learned The "Thriller" Dance -
raulraffinknockknock said on Feb 09, 2007....
Here lies the humble man of life too short
and death too long - He was not finished
But he is done. -
sheemAfeM said on Feb 09, 2007....
There was a whisper with a name
There was a rainbow with a face
There was a shining star with eyes
She is the wind -
Zappy said on Feb 09, 2007....
No answers satisfy
But Questions will
With wonder fill us
So we seek
To taste another day
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StoneMaster said on Feb 09, 2007....
Either he smoked one bowl too many, or he didn't
smoke enough. Whatever, he was schmmmmmokin'
- Da Stone on StoneMaster -
JadeLondon said on Feb 09, 2007....
Okay. I'll give it a whirl. Beloved Mother Loyal Wife Golden in death Silver in life By the powers that be Of Social Security Worth more dead Than ever alive Glad to see you, Prof. I also recently noticed you commented to me in December. As I was on hiatus until about two days ago, I did not realize. Anyway, stick around for awhile. I would still love to pick your brain. -
JadeLondon said on Feb 09, 2007....
Oh, well, hell. I forgot to use damned paragraph breaks! The italics, obviously, are meant for the headstone. -
missunderstood1162 said on Feb 09, 2007....
I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK!!!!hahaha just kidding! I have no idea...I need to think about it. -
22DecemberFallen said on Feb 09, 2007....
Mourn me not
For I have gone to seek truth
Be me with god or Satan I care not
I Just hope they fucking party!!!!
Yea that works for me :-)
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mom said on Feb 09, 2007....
Mine would say either: Here lies a woman that was.or it would say: "Free at last, free at last, good God Almight, Free at last.",Loving mother and semi-loving wife who died with vibrator in her hand. -
ZsuzsiO said on Feb 09, 2007....
I'm more interested in how it is going to happen, who is going to arrange my funeral, and of course how is it gonna go down.Will I have a will?Will I be ready?Will I be taken care of with love,care and respect?Whatever gets on my stone will depend on all the above.If it's on me I'll just be cool like this:"I'll be back" -
mom said on Feb 09, 2007....
I know a lot of people worry about their body once they die. Me? I don't give a shit, cut me up, feed me to the dogs, whatever. Just don't bury me in a shallow grave so some animal digs me up and runs through the neighborhood with various parts of me. -
wombat said on Feb 09, 2007....
Maybe: You Are Here(I am not)(like those wall maps at the mall) -
mobil said on Feb 09, 2007....
Here I lie beneath the grass,buried upside down, so theWorld can kiss my ass. -
moonriver said on Feb 09, 2007....
there will be no tombstone in my case. my name will simply be added to a memorial wall that now has thousands of names. my body will be cremated, and my family will pour the ashes into the great river that fed my ancestral roots. the constant roar of that river in its mad but unending haste to embrace the sea -- that will be the only memorial i want.
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Lucytorial said on Feb 09, 2007....
Mobil - fuk your funny! mine would readbeloved wifekindred spiritTobi-Lee was here last (insert date)Hold on that should be: waz ere sorry about thatHow the fuck would I know what my tombstone is going to look like, like I really want to be burried anyway! no burn me! I've already told my husband I want my ashes to go in to one of his paintings. -
anonymous said on Feb 09, 2007....
At peace among the horses who left before i;we served Master well, so for us do not cry.Leave no flowers, for far away we've ranto prepare Master's heavenly domain, Love slave and zan -
wombat said on Feb 09, 2007....
We've already bought our "crematory plots" and picked out the size of the stone for who's going to be there. The only good thing about it is it has a great view of a mountain and is a lovely little cemetary. I don't expect to be appreciating it where I will be--flying around the universe. -
RollingC said on Feb 09, 2007....
Professor !!! Welcome back !!! Seen you around commenting but very few times.
Actually since funerals are so expensive I've been thinking about having my body all dressed up and left sitting in a bus bench and let the city foot the bill (and come up with a headstone).
Don't know right now what I'd like on it .......got to think about it.
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louthomas said on Feb 10, 2007....
My instructions to my wife are identical to the ones my late father gave mom: cremate me, scatter. Just TRY to hold a funeral or a memorial service and I'll come back to haunt you.
I suggested to my wife that she made grind my ashes up very, very fine and put them in an hourglass. Then she could point me out to visitors with the comment, "It's the first honest work he's ever done in his life."
MISUNDERSTOOD: Love that but, if somebody decided to put a stone up anyway, I think I'd just want it to say, "He tried."
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Master'sslave said on Feb 10, 2007....
lol Rolling C..... -
secretlife said on Feb 10, 2007....
(S)he hath awakened from the dream of life.
(Shelley)
good to see you Professor. hope you're enjoying the new year.
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hotaka said on Feb 10, 2007....
louthomas, that's hilarious about the hourglass.
25 words, eh?
He was kind and cheerful,
Adventurous but not careful.
He climbed a volcano and died;
Why, you may ask?
Stupid bugger forgot his gas mask.
Let's hope I remember to order it before next Sunday. Hydrogen sulphide is no man's friend. Oh, I know, the post said I die right now. But this was all I could come up with.
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gingersoul said on Feb 10, 2007....
Moon.......our end is the expression of your life, they say....your seems a perfect meanigful circle, then......{hugs}
Mine?
I will be cremated.
I will not be in any cemetery.
There will be no words for me because few words cant define a life.
And if i really had to have it:
"She tried to procrastinate even death"....lol....
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RollingC said on Feb 10, 2007....
Well.... the only thing that I can come up with is:
Here he lies,
he lived and died,
but at least he tried.
Although actually the tombstone message will be probably decided by some living family member and probably for their remembrance of me.
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CreativeWoman said on Feb 10, 2007....
She tried to show goodness and mercy all the days of her life.
Welcome back TNP.
CW
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polarheart said on Feb 10, 2007....
Ginger - your line was excellent :))))Mine would also just be a plaque on a wall, no body or ashes buried:Loving wife and mother;dedicated her entire life to seeking the Truthand is now with Truth Himself. -
truthsayer said on Feb 10, 2007....
Loved QuantumQuark's!
Amen Polar.
TNP:
We had a family friend that was an attorney, and a judge...but his first love was acting in the theatre. He died of esophagial and stomach cancer, but had his tombstone out in his yard for all to see, before he died.
It said simply: NEEDS MORE REHEARSAL
I hope to see Joe again one day ; )
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TheNakedProfessor said on Feb 10, 2007....
Thanks everybody. Hmm... just realized that I haven't
done mine yet. Let's see...
HE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD LIVE FOREVER
BUT DEATH CAN BE FULL OF SURPRISES -
draftdodger said on Feb 10, 2007....
I'm now a ghost, but I made the most
of the hand I was dealt at the table
To the times just had I'll raise a toast
Someday I'll be back if I'm able
:)
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ZsuzsiO said on Feb 11, 2007....
RollingC! The dressed up, sat down at a bust stop made me laugh! That was funny.....By the way, if my ex husband's wife gets to design mine it will probably look like this:Ding-dong the witch is gone.... -
moonriver said on Feb 11, 2007....
hey tnp, i find myself liking your tombstone! -
tbs230 said on Feb 11, 2007....
The brochure God gave her
Didn't match the life she led
Now she's gone back
To bitch among the dead
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mom said on Feb 11, 2007....
lololol TBS that was so funny, I like it. -
tbs230 said on Feb 12, 2007....
Thanks mom, it just sort of came to me...
The beat is off tho, it should be "So now she's gone back"
:-) Tai
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mom said on Feb 12, 2007....
You made that up? That was really good. -
tbs230 said on Feb 12, 2007....
Yep, all mine...thanks! -
mommyof2 said on Feb 12, 2007....
Can't seem to think of something here...don't want to be buried and don't want to be burned...can't I just be left in the woods to feed the animals... -
eval said on Feb 12, 2007....
Eval:Atheist
12.30.80-(insert date of death)
All dressed up with no place to go.
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tbs230 said on Feb 14, 2007....
Eval, that's a good one. I like! -
kenpark said on Feb 14, 2007....
Ha! You guys must be idiots or like, something... Everyone knows that we are the first generation to have a cure for death...Tombstone... Jeepers creepers... that's a riot... -
TheNakedProfessor said on Feb 16, 2007....
Yeah but that cure is like $47,000,000,000 and there's still no guarantee that you'll be able to move. -
Rescuer said on Feb 24, 2007....
If I had to die
I hope I knew why
or confused I might end up in Hell
I just need a Heaven
with a 7 - 11
'cause an afterlife slurpy is swell -
TheNakedProfessor said on Mar 23, 2007....
I heard that kenpark is dead.
Who killed Kenpark????? -
kelly said on Apr 01, 2007....
"Here lies an atheist...gone to a better place" -
truthsayer said on Apr 02, 2007....
Serious LOL from Naked's comment "there's still no guarantee that you'll be able to move." Sound's like an expensive 'scam' at the very least ; ) -
hunter_boyce_chandler said on Apr 14, 2007....
Now that I'm Gone
I just thought you
would like
to
know that
I banged your
Wife and She made
Loud squealing noises.
HBC
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louthomas said on Apr 14, 2007....
Hunter: PERFECT!
(And I did, too).
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TheNakedProfessor said on Apr 14, 2007....
That's funny....she never had a chance for mere squealing with me. She went straight to shouting out the names of religious icons. -
TheNakedProfessor said on May 25, 2007....
Forget religion: here is a link to "God" -
http://www.soulcast.com/The_Naked_Professor/
Happy Eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
catch22 said on Aug 19, 2008....
WELL....My post tells you when you might die, which led to this posting!
I don't plan to die, so the whole thing is probably moot. I liked your post!
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