Interesting web site: A collection of famous last words, farewells, and last stands

A collection of famous last words, farewells, epithets, and last stands ^ | NA | Kurt A. Sanftleben

[zapiks44]

Interesting web site. Records last words, deeds, and wills of both real and fictional people.

Here are some examples:

Archimedes of Syracuse  (298-212 B.C.) "Wait 'till I have finished my problem!"

Astor, John Jacob, IV (1864-1912) "The ladies have to go first. . . .  Get in the lifeboat, to please me. . . .  Good-bye, dearie.  I'll see you later."

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) "Friends applaud, the comedy is over."

Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) "No."

Booth, John Wilkes (1839-1865) "Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country. . . .  useless . . . useless . . ."

[zapiks44]

Visit the site for much more. Highly reccommend it!

[Skwidd]

Looks like it got Freeped (temporarily).

[beckett]

Nothing, in my opinion, can top French grammarian Dominique Bouhours' last words:

"I am about to — or I am going to — die; either expression is used."

I'm going to check the site and see if they include him.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Try it again tomorrow.

Here's a thought: Since my ISP has no such bandwidth limitation, if I find it worthwhile, I'll host it up on my server and post the link tomorrow. Provided I can get access.

[Auntie Mame]

Flag me if you think of it. I'd like to see it.

[zapiks44]

That's odd, it was just working a few minutes ago.

[terilyn]

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[hole_n_one]

This one has got to make the list.....

Torricelli: "When did we become such an unforgiving people?"

[Billthedrill]

AUGH! We bombed the guy's site past its data transfer allocation in the middle of my search! DagNABBIT! I was looking for my own favorite last words, and now I'm gonna have to put out my begging bowl...

To Civil War (aka the War of Southern Aggression) scholars - (oops - do I hear a few veins popping? Hee hee...) - OK, folks, you know the answer and I can't remember for the life of me - who was the Union General who, upon viewing his opposition at a prohibitive distance, grandly pronounced "Don't worry boys, they couldn't hit an elephant at that dist---" and was promptly shot dead...???

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Will do. I hope it's slow at work tomorrow.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"Don't worry boys, they couldn't hit an elephant at that dist---" and was promptly shot dead...???

Damn! Those Rebs sure could shoot.

[The FRugitive]

Please flag me too!

[CJ Wolf]

Famous last words:
It's not loaded;
I'm a good driver;
don't worry honey...

Hold my beer!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

[IronJack]

I thought Archimedes' last words, as invading soldiers advanced on him in his study where he was sketching shapes in the sand, were "Don't disturb my circles."

[beckett]

Union General John Sedgwick, near Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia on the 9th of May, 1864.

[Billthedrill]

YES!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou...

In the good General's defense, it was supposedly one heckuva fine piece of marksmanship.

[SW6906]

But other than that, you're not sure.... ;o)

[SW6906]

You knew that off the top of your head, or did you look it up?