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11. Ain't that the truth

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:04 PM

Dec 28

Obits are opportunities for literary excellence. I read them every opportunity, hoping, praying for jocularity, wit and wisdom. Most are interchangeable. They are mostly last minute boilerplate.

WRITE YOUR OWN OBITUARY. MAKE A NIKE COMMERCIAL.

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Something I tend to do a lot, as well as a confession. [View all] LuckyCharms Dec 28 OP

make a tontine with someone! ret5hd Dec 28 #1

But my worry is that... LuckyCharms Dec 28 #3

Worry BOSSHOG Dec 28 #10

How you lived your life is how you will be remembered Grim Chieftain Dec 28 #21

To me, is has to be in writing to be valid. LuckyCharms Dec 28 #22

Well that's depressing. marble falls Dec 28 #29

Not if you lived your life well Grim Chieftain Dec 28 #31

Could you write a letter to the warden, please? There's a pack of cigarettes in it for you. marble falls Dec 28 #32

Gladly, friend Grim Chieftain Dec 28 #34

Sure, we can vouch for each other! Save on a stamp. marble falls Dec 28 #36

HAAAAAA! LuckyCharms Dec 28 #37

Considering the scope of "eternity" safe to figure just about all of us will eventually get over any pique we may have. Attilatheblond Dec 28 #30

What if you go together? marble falls Dec 28 #28

I wrote mine. multigraincracker Dec 28 #2

Did you seriously write yours? LuckyCharms Dec 28 #4

Yep. Gave it to my wife to post. I read a lot multigraincracker Dec 28 #5

Ain't that the truth BOSSHOG Dec 28 #11

I'll tell you something that is kind of eating me up with guilt... LuckyCharms Dec 28 #12

It can be incredibly difficult to get anyone's phone number these days. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 28 #41

Say what you will about this method. OldBaldy1701E Dec 29 #45

Does it really matter since you will be dead and won't know the difference Bluestocking Dec 28 #6

Oh, I'll know alright. LuckyCharms Dec 28 #14

Have a number of dead friends who wrote theirs. cachukis Dec 28 #7

What a great idea. Who could write your obit. better than you? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 28 #8

I felt your post. LuckyCharms Dec 28 #15

Life just sucks, sometimes. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 28 #20

We're about the same age? I'm 67. LuckyCharms Dec 28 #23

Yeah, I'm turning 73, OAITW r.2.0 Dec 28 #24

I've grown old, but I've never... LuckyCharms Dec 28 #25

If only the really young ones knew how juvenile we really are.... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 28 #33

I'm online enough to where I'm trying to talk like people much younger than me... LuckyCharms Dec 28 #35

It's like Yogi Berra said (kinda): rsdsharp Dec 28 #9

When you come to a fork in a cemetary, take it? BOSSHOG Dec 28 #13

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. rsdsharp Dec 28 #16

If you don't go to your friends funeral BOSSHOG Dec 28 #18

I looked up my name and I'm happy to report I'm anonymous kimbutgar Dec 28 #17

My name is more common than i expected... LuckyCharms Dec 28 #19

I wrote mine, too. quaint Dec 28 #26

Here's to many more birthdays for you, quaint. LuckyCharms Dec 28 #27

An auto-obituarty. CrispyQ Dec 28 #38

Some decades ago I took a Thanatology class, death and dying. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 28 #42

If you want something done right.... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 28 #39

Roger Taney* will NEVER escape his obituary..... lastlib Dec 28 #40

I'm a lot more concerned about my jewelry than my obit. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 28 #43

If you kick off before I do, I'll be sure to write something but I'm pretty sure you won't have any opinion of it... NNadir Dec 28 #44