From the category archives:

the last laugh

howard foster gravestone bachelor

(by  Diana Vickery)

A bachelor for life. See also:

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The internet says it, and thus it must be true: Nov. 2 is Plan Your Epitaph Day. Of course, it’s also Day of the Dead, but Plan Your Epitaph Day is shiny and new!

So it’s a banner day in M.T. Coffin’s world. He is going to celebrate by decorating some sugar skulls and coming up with more funny things to put on tombstones. (M.T. Coffin claims he was the first to put “I told you I was sick” on a gravestone, but we don’t really believe him. He’s prone to exaggeration, and thinks he’s so much smarter than everyone else just because was born in 1885.)

So which epitaph is your favorite?

  1. He never killed a man that did not need killing
  2. Pardon me for not rising
  3. He never voted for Republicans and had little to do with them
  4. I told you I was sick

Vote in the comments!

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An oldie but goodie: This American Life takes suggestions from reporters’ parents on stories they should do, including a bit on Funny Funerals. The segment begins at about 7:10 in the recording.

Listen to the episode streaming online here

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gravestone with expired parking meter

(posted by DeadFred)

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butts shake tombstones

by somaamos

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Robert Clay Allison

Not sure if that explanation would hold up in court…

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i told you i was sick tombstone

(from lugolounge)

But old B.P. wasn’t the only guy who just had to have the last word.

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