Worried that after death, someone more famous will steal the testiment which graces your gravestone as a final publicity stunt? Saddened that this will detract from your loved ones' memories? Then register today!-- yamahito, May 07 2002 Unique Epitaph http://www.snopes2.com/photos/grave.htm [emaveneau, May 09 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004] Sorry...these are already taken. http://www.thedeadletter.com/My favorite: There IS a wrong way to eat a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. [Lucky_Setzer, May 13 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004] Patents and copyrights on literature lasts only fifty years after the writters death, so your headston will be unique for fifty years only.-- [ sctld ], May 07 2002 I was thinking that, whilst the patents would work in a qualitatively similar way, original epitaphs would have a longer copyright - say 100, 150 years. Long enough for your survivors to have finished surviving.
Now don't go ruining another one of my naff ideas with your sensible solutions, y'hear?-- yamahito, May 07 2002 I'm not ruining it! I haven't even voted yet.
BTW, its good to see a newbie-baker standing up for his/her self.-- [ sctld ], May 07 2002 Heaven help you if [scuttled] gets to inscribe your tombstone. "Here lies po, who livd a gud lif and alweys tride her beste. gave meny croisents and nay too meny a fishe."-- po, May 07 2002 Ta, sctld. Btw, it *was* tongue in cheek.. although you did do in my tonal language pretty conclusively ;op-- yamahito, May 07 2002 And efficiently!-- [ sctld ], May 07 2002 <warm glow of acceptance>
Well, after the admonition to contain myself, I felt that a rejoinder was in order :)
My old housemate scared me, too..-- yamahito, May 07 2002 I can dig it. Nice one, yamahito.-- iuvare, May 08 2002 Something about having a little copywright circle on your tombstone is just a little weird to me.
I feel a round of poetic epitaph invention coming up...
'Here lies Christa McAuliffe. And over there. And over there...'
// Not yet, please. I haven't even written the epitaph! //
That'll do nicely. Scribe it.
'The End. To be continued...'
'Back in 5...'-- RayfordSteele, May 13 2002 I wonder if a certain musical performer might grab the rights to "Here lies the artist formerly known as living". Or an actor/director "That's a wrap".-- half, May 13 2002 And his last words were...
Not yet, please. I haven't even written the epitaph!-- pashute, Oct 02 2002 random, halfbakery