Britney Spears’ Obit
News today that Associated Press has prepared Britney Spears’ obituary. I guess they figure if she pulls a full-on Anna Nicole Smith, they want to be ready. Now media outlets often prepare obits in advance, but usually not until celebrities are elderly or sick. I don’t know why you would have to go out of your way to prepare something special, though. Surely you would already have an updated profile and all would do is change a few verb tenses (sad, but true) and tack on the funeral arrangements, but what do I know?
You don’t usually see creative obituaries, but I have seen some pretty witty epitaphs. Like this one from Boot Hill Cemetery, just outside of Tombstone, AZ:
So it got me thinking, what would I want on my epitaph?
Here lies Carly, who put the “class” in Klassen.
But with my luck, there would be a typo and this is what I would have to lie under for all eternity:
Here lies Carly, who put the “ass” in Klassen.
What would you want on your epitaph? Leave your comments in the space below. And don’t forget to go back and check responses on previous blog postings. Today’s Jack Nation bonus code is LESTERMOORE. It’s valid until midnight on January 19th.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Poor Brittney!! Too bad there is no course to go from nothing-ness to mega star because she may have done better if it were available.
She keeps topping herself for stupidness but perhaps the press did that to her. I am sure she thinks she can do no wrong after all she is Brittney Spears.
Have a good weekend Carly!! DL
Carly’s Note: I think it’s a classic case of negative attention is better than no attention at all. Sad, really.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
aka. the shortest poem in history something i learned in high school and still remember about lester moore
Carly’s Note: It was cool to see the epitaph in real life. There are some funny ones in that graveyard, some of them not very politically correct.
January 18th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Well, since you have such a nice…. the alteration can’t be that bad.
Mine could be ‘here lies Rick, he was a real….’.
My ex will fill in the blanks.
Actually, I’d like mine to say ‘life isn’t fair, I’m buried here’.
Or some other smart-assed comment. Actually I don’t think it would matter much to me ’cause I wouldn’t be around to comment.
Carly’s Note: I don’t think any of us would want our exes filling in our epitaphs!
January 19th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Here Lies Michael F Leonard-If You Can Read this, That Means The Grim Reaper Finally Caught Me, & Since I’m Already Dead
January 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Alternative epitaph for Lester Moore: Les is Moore.
My epitaph: Here lies Rohan Jayasekera, who will come back to haunt you if you misspell his name here.
Carly’s Note: You must be surprised when people spell it right on the first try.
January 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
” I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK..!”
January 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Hi Carly,
I like it - funny typo indeed.
Everyone can’t help it - even though it sooooo old,
but they would say :
” Here lies Rob, Found On Road Dead ”
Rob (Ford)
Carly’s Note: That’ll work! Although I hope that’s not your real fate.