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The funniest last words in history

By T.K. Randall
July 3, 2011 · Comment icon 32 comments

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Over the years several famous figures have been attributed with some rather amusing last words.
General John Sedgwick famously scoffed "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance" during the Civil War before being promptly sniped in front of all his men. Oscar Wilde was dying in his hotel bed in France when he muttered "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."
Steven Wright once said that he wished the first word he spoke was "quote. " Then, right before he died he could say, "Unquote. " While that would be the greatest last word ever uttered, we have to be realistic here and admit no one could be that cool, lest the universe implode.


Source: Asylum.co.uk | Comments (32)




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Comment icon #23 Posted by StarMountainKid 13 years ago
I can't just now remember the source or who it was, but before being hanged, and asked if he had any last words, the man said calmly, "Remind the tailors to knot their thread before they make the first stitch."
Comment icon #24 Posted by encouraged 13 years ago
Don't shoot, don't shoot: Gaddafi's last words! Yeah, right! That will happen...
Comment icon #25 Posted by Rafterman 13 years ago
"Where in the hell did all of these Indians come from," General George Armstrong Custer.
Comment icon #26 Posted by Corp 13 years ago
"I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees!" Emilano Zapata, right hand man of Poncho Villa. Compared to what Villa's last words were: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Comment icon #27 Posted by Wyrdlight 13 years ago
Voltaire has the best, by far. When asked, on his death bed by a preist if he would forsake the Devil, he replied "my dear man, given my current state, I dont think thats a terribly good idea" then died. brilliant. Or a French noble killed in the revolution whos final words, upon reading his death warrant were "my my, I seems you've made three spelling mistakes".
Comment icon #28 Posted by Rlyeh 13 years ago
“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.
Comment icon #29 Posted by Robbie333 13 years ago
Wonderful post SW, lovin it !!
Comment icon #30 Posted by Lilly 13 years ago
I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. ~Humphrey Bogart~
Comment icon #31 Posted by encouraged 13 years ago
The Lone Ranger looked up from the valley and noted the front of Indians getting into position along the ridge that surrounded the valley and he said, "Tonto, I think we are in trouble." Tonto replied, "Who is 'we' View: kemo sahbee?"* __________ * Ke-mo sah-bee (pronounced /?ki?mo?'s??bi?/; often spelled kemo sabe or kemosabe) is the term of endearment used by the intrepid and ever-faithful fictional Native American sidekick, Tonto, in the very successful American radio and television program The Lone Ranger. (The phrase is sometimes also used by the Lone Ranger himself.) It is sometimes tran... [More]
Comment icon #32 Posted by Lady_Mercury 13 years ago
Henry David Thoreau did not want a priest at his bedside as he lay dying. He opposed organized religion, but was a spiritual man. Someone summoned a priest nontheless, who quietly asked Thoreau, "Have you made your peace with God?" And Thoreau is said to have replied, "I was not aware that we had ever quarreled." Not sure if it was his last words, but well worth repeating. Nah, Thoreau's last words were 'Moose. Indian.' I like Walt Whitman's: 'Hold me up, I want to sh**'. Poignant.


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