Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 28, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 28, 2009 Spike Milligan's famous "I told you I was ill" is the UK's favourite epitaph. Winston Churchill came second with: "I'm ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." Third was Frank Sinatra with: "The best is yet to come." Cowboys will appreciate Robert Clay Allison's epitaph - see below. A man who patently didn't have a problem making decisions... What would your epitaph be? Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Members tonyc1 Posted April 28, 2009 Members Report Posted April 28, 2009 I would hope they'd remember me as a "Silly old bastard, not a miserable old bastard" Tony. Quote
HorsehairBraider Posted April 28, 2009 Report Posted April 28, 2009 I'm guessing it will be my user name. There are other things I'd like to be remembered for but I think it will be that. I won't be in a position to worry about it anymore so it shouldn't bother me. Quote They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. - Ben Jonson http://www.beautiful-horses.com
Contributing Member Crystal Posted April 28, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 28, 2009 Interesting question, Ray. I haven't given any thought to it. Right now it would end up coming from Douglas Adams: "Mostly Harmless" Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted April 28, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 28, 2009 "Late. As usual." Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members jbird Posted April 28, 2009 Members Report Posted April 28, 2009 He gave his best! Josh Quote Josh Dusty Chaps Leather & Seven O Saddle Shop 801-809-8456 Keep moving forward! On a horse. Hebrews 4:12 My link
Members Gilligan Posted April 28, 2009 Members Report Posted April 28, 2009 Garth Brooks sings a song called "Cowgirl's Saddle" (http://www.imeem.com/janeyboop/music/sS3VRNBj/garth-brooks-cowgirls-saddle/) I'm in agreeance with the song. This old cowboy sure knew it too. The Kid Quote Gilligan's Leather Facebook.com/GilligansLeather
Members claybuster101 Posted April 28, 2009 Members Report Posted April 28, 2009 IN GOD WE TRUST...ALL OTHERS PAY CASH ! Actually I want to be cremated and have my ashes and those of my family made into one of those "living reefs". They cast your ashes in a cement structure with a bunch of holes in it and put you down on the reef in Key Largo or Key West. My luck a giant sea turtle will come and poop on me...ha, ha. Quote
Pip Posted April 28, 2009 Report Posted April 28, 2009 He came, he saw, he danced, he loved, sinned, drank all the beer and left. Ba****d! or Laugh and the world laughs with you. smile and they think you know something they don't. or Time enough to rest now I am dead..... so **** off! I am trying to sleep or From here to eternity! or I'll be there in twenty minutes...... But the best Ive seen was Spike Milligan who has I told you i was ill! Quote
Ambassador Luke Hatley Posted April 28, 2009 Ambassador Report Posted April 28, 2009 I know someone knows the rest of this one ! "WHEN I DIE BURY ME DEEP PUT MY REFFERS AT MY FEET" SURLEY YOU KNOW RAY..... : Quote Luke
Moderator Art Posted April 28, 2009 Moderator Report Posted April 28, 2009 He'd give you the shirt off his back, but he did not suffer fools gladly. or He'd give you the shirt off his back, which is why he caught pneumonia and is here now. Art Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Moderator Art Posted April 28, 2009 Moderator Report Posted April 28, 2009 The rest of your family, who will be thrown, kicking and screaming into the crematorium? Art IN GOD WE TRUST...ALL OTHERS PAY CASH !Actually I want to be cremated and have my ashes and those of my family made into one of those "living reefs". They cast your ashes in a cement structure with a bunch of holes in it and put you down on the reef in Key Largo or Key West. My luck a giant sea turtle will come and poop on me...ha, ha. Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Suze Posted April 28, 2009 Report Posted April 28, 2009 To Infinity and Beyond? God - What a ride. Can I go again? I really haven't thought too much about this one What makes you bring this all up Ray - feeling some age? Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members Vikti Posted April 28, 2009 Members Report Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Back from the days when I worked in a print shop, May the paper arrive, may the presses run, may the client pay when the job is done. And when I die, let my body rest where I'll never see another press Damon Edited April 28, 2009 by Vikti Quote
Billy P Posted April 28, 2009 Report Posted April 28, 2009 Some have spoken about being buried, some about being cremated, I have told my wife to have me put in a big hollow log, seal up the ends, then have holes drilled all in it and throw it way out in the woods. That way when the smell gets right I can aggravate the hell out of the buzzards. I also told her that if she chooses not to do #1 to have my friend Philip Caulder, who is a great person and undertaker to bury me face down so that all the who have done some meanness to us can have the chance to come by and KISS MY A**. Other than all that, drink a beer, have a shot, smoke a joint, just do what ever feels right and enjoy yourselves one last time for me. Billy P Quote Billy P SideLine Leather Co. Leatherworker.net/Forum
Members Gilligan Posted April 29, 2009 Members Report Posted April 29, 2009 Got to thinking about this last nigth and remembered something a friend of mine asked me to do. He said that when after the burial, he wanted a bottle of Jack Black poured on his grave. I asked if it'd be ok if i filtered it through my kidneys first. Quote Gilligan's Leather Facebook.com/GilligansLeather
Moderator Art Posted April 29, 2009 Moderator Report Posted April 29, 2009 "When I die bury me deep, put two speakers at my feet, pair of ear phones on my head, and always play The Grateful Dead." That had to do with the Obama campaign and the fundraiser they played at State College? Art I know someone knows the rest of this one ! "WHEN I DIE BURY ME DEEP PUT MY REFFERS AT MY FEET" SURLEY YOU KNOW RAY..... : Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 29, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) I really haven't thought too much about this one What makes you bring this all up Ray - feeling some age? No, I'm old enough not to worry if I get a bit older - in fact I'll regard a few more years as an achievement! I just saw a feature in the UK press about epitaphs and decided that I would be happy enough if mine simply said: "He didn't do much harm". It made me wonder what the leatherworking wits would make of it all. Now I know! The following tombstone is just down the road from me in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Here lies the body of Martha Dias, Who was always uneasy, and not over pious; She lived to the age of three score and ten, And gave that to the worms she refused to the men. Edited April 29, 2009 by UKRay Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Contributing Member barra Posted April 29, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 29, 2009 I don't think I'll worry about a headstone. Some skanky leatherworker will only knock it off to stamp leather. Barra Quote "If You're not behind the Troops, please feel free to stand in front of them"
Members jbird Posted April 29, 2009 Members Report Posted April 29, 2009 He had the courage to live, any one can die. I like that Josh Quote Josh Dusty Chaps Leather & Seven O Saddle Shop 801-809-8456 Keep moving forward! On a horse. Hebrews 4:12 My link
Contributing Member Jordan Posted April 29, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 29, 2009 I think I would like it if in thinking of me after I am gone, it puts a smile on someones face. Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 29, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted April 29, 2009 Badger took one look at my tooling slab and called it a tombstone. Most unfair! It is a huge lump of highly polished green flecked granite that I scrounged from a monumental mason who had cut it the wrong size and it didn't quite fit with the rest of a set of grave furniture. I was actually going to ask him to put my name and an inscription on the back but it seemed somehow a bit... well, you know what I mean... ...tempting fate! I don't think I'll worry about a headstone. Some skanky leatherworker will only knock it off to stamp leather.Barra Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Suze Posted April 29, 2009 Report Posted April 29, 2009 Well Ray you could always leave instructions that your piece of stone be used for you marker. after all you have been together for a lot of years - why not make it permanant? >ducking and running now< Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members TexasJack Posted April 30, 2009 Members Report Posted April 30, 2009 I've always like Shakespeare's quote: "Golden lads and girls all must As chimney sweeps return to dust" There is an old Boot Hill Cemetery quote: "He was right and we was wrong But we strung him up and now he's gone." When I was a kid, there was a cemetery in another town that had a tombstone made like a chair. I can't remember the inscription, but it was something about if you sit in the chair you will be dead in a year. Of course, all the teens in the area made trips to test their 'courage' after a beer or two. My own personal preference is not to take up a plot of land. When you're dead, the body is just worm food. (The Bible says, .."ashes to ashes, dust to dust..") I'd prefer to be cremated and fertilize some field. In Texas. I just hope that my death doesn't make too many people happy!! Quote
Bree Posted May 1, 2009 Report Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) I always liked the little diddy that goes like this: When I'm in a sober mood, I worry, work, and think. When I'm in a drunken mood, I gamble, screw, and drink. But when my moods are over and my time has come to pass... I hope they bury me upside down so the world can kiss my ass! That would look nice on my gravestone. :wtf: Edited May 1, 2009 by Bree Quote Ride Safe! Bree 2003 Dyna Wide Glide Memberships: Iron Butt Association, Niagara Falls HOG, Wild Fire HOG NRA, Niagara County Sportsman's Association
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