Eternal Wit
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Eternal Wit
Summary:
While you can't take material possessions with you, humor evidently transcends the grave. Here’s a collection of actual epitaphs from souls who had a little more to say, or from their loved ones who ensured they had the last word.Exploring Tombstone Humor:
Epitaphs offer a final opportunity for wit, and these gravestones prove that humor is eternal. Here are some clever inscriptions that continue to entertain:
Ezekial Aikle, East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia:
- "Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102, The Good Die Young."
Ann Mann, London, England:
- "Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767"
Anna Wallace, Ribbesford, England:
- "The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna."
Johnny Yeast, Ruidoso, New Mexico:
- "Here lies Johnny Yeast, Pardon me For not rising."
Jonathan Blake, Uniontown, Pennsylvania:
- "Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake, Stepped on the gas Instead of the brake."
Butch, Silver City, Nevada:
- "Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw."
John Barnes, Vermont:
- "Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803. His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted."
Sir John Strange, England:
- "Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange."
Anonymous, Stowe, Vermont:
- "I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours."
Lester Moore, Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona:
- "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No More."
Georgia Cemetery:
- "I told you I was sick!"
John Penny, Wimborne, England:
- "Reader if cash thou art In want of any Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny."
Margaret Daniels, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia:
- "She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her."
Jonathan Fiddle, Hartscombe, England:
- "On the 22nd of June - Jonathan Fiddle - Went out of tune."
Anna Hopewell, Enosburg Falls, Vermont:
- "Here lies the body of our Anna, Done to death by a banana. It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go."
Owen Moore, Battersea, London, England:
- "Gone away, Owin' more Than he could pay."
Beza Wood, Winslow, Maine:
- "In Memory of Beza Wood, Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837, Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other."
Jonathan Pease, Nantucket, Massachusetts:
- "Under the sod and under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there’s only the pod: Pease shelled out and went to God."
Ellen Shannon, Girard, Pennsylvania:
- "Who was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled with 'R.E. Danforth’s Non-Explosive Burning Fluid'"
Harry Edsel Smith, Albany, New York:
- "Born 1903?"Died 1942. Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was."
An Atheist, Thurmont, Maryland:
- "Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go."
Dr. Fred Roberts, Brookland, Arkansas:
- "Office now upstairs."
Humor lives on in these witty epitaphs, proving laughter can indeed be eternal.
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