Off topic but the list is quiet and we need a good laugh Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk A truly Happy Person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour: And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries... Some fascinating things on old tombstones! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany , New York : Born 1903--Died 1942. Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. ============================ In a Thurmont, Maryland , cemetery: Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go ============================ On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery , Nova Scotia : Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only The Good Die Young. ============================ In a London , England cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid but died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 ============================ In a Ribbesford, England , cemetery: Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Clark Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. ============================== In a Ruidoso, New Mexico , cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast.... Pardon him for not rising. ============================== In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania , cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on the gas instead of the brake. ============================= In a Silver City , Nevada , cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger But slow on the draw. =============================== A lawyer's epitaph in England : Sir John Strange. Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange. ================================ John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England , cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art in want of any, Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny. ================================= In a cemetery in Hartscombe , England : On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune. ================================= Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls , Vermont : Here lies the body of our Anna, Done to death by a banana. It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. ================================= On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket , Massachusetts : Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod.. Pease shelled out and went to God.. ================================= In a cemetery in England : Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I As I am now, so shall you be. Remember this and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent. Until I know which way you went. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm

Too funny! Thanks for sharing. Debi Coe ---- Chris & Caroline <crhayles@btinternet.com> wrote: > Off topic but the list is quiet and we need a good laugh > > Chris > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > History of the villages of > Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight > http://southernlife.org.uk > > A truly Happy Person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour: > And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries... > Some fascinating things on old tombstones! > > > > Harry Edsel Smith of Albany , New York : > > Born 1903--Died 1942. > > Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the > > car was on the way down. It was. > > ============================ > In a Thurmont, Maryland , cemetery: > > Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no > > place to go > > ============================ > On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in > > East Dalhousie Cemetery , Nova Scotia : > > Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only The > > Good Die Young. > > ============================ > In a London , England cemetery: > > Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid > > but died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 > > ============================ > In a Ribbesford, England , cemetery: > > Anna Wallace > > The children of Israel wanted bread, And > > the Lord sent them manna. Clark Wallace > > wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. > > ============================== > In a Ruidoso, New Mexico , cemetery: > > Here lies Johnny Yeast.... Pardon him > > for not rising. > > ============================== > In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania , cemetery: > > Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. > > Stepped on the gas instead of the brake. > > ============================= > In a Silver City , Nevada , cemetery: > > Here lays The Kid. > > We planted him raw. > > He was quick on the trigger > > But slow on the draw. > > =============================== > A lawyer's epitaph in England : > > Sir John Strange. > > Here lies an honest lawyer, > > and that is Strange. > > ================================ > John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, > > England , cemetery: > > Reader, if cash thou art in want of any, > > Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny. > > ================================= > In a cemetery in Hartscombe , England : > > On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went > > out of tune. > > ================================= > Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls , > > Vermont : > > Here lies the body of our Anna, > > Done to death by a banana. > > It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, > > But the skin of the thing that made her go. > > ================================= > On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket , > > Massachusetts : > > Under the sod and under the trees, > > Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. > > He is not here, there's only the pod.. > > Pease shelled out and went to God.. > > ================================= > In a cemetery in England : > > Remember man, as you walk by, > > As you are now, so once was I > > As I am now, so shall you be. > > Remember this and follow me. > > To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: > > To follow you I'll not consent. > > Until I know which way you went.

Thanks Chris!! I have two little books of epitaphs: "I Told You I Was Sick" a Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs by Nigel Rees (ISBN 0 304 36803 2). The book contains the carefully chosen words to commemorate diverse people and animals: from 1960's rock star Jim Morisson's much visited grave in the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris to a little known memorial stone in the Church of the Holy Cross in Hartwhistle, Northumberland (which translates from the Latin "After a short, difficult, and useless life, here rests in the Lord, Robert Tweddle") and from the grave of a "tiny marmoset" near Henley on Thames, to the resting place of an army mule, Maggie, somewhere in France, "who in her time kicked two colonels, four majors, ten captains.... and one Mills bomb. and "The Little Book of Epitaphs", edited by Esme Hawes (ISBN 0 75252 858 0), a further look at epitaphs, the contents arranged in four sections: 1. Dearly beloved 2. Untimely deaths 3. The Great and the Good 4. Funny (and peculiar) Sally-Ann ________________________________ From: Chris & Caroline <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com; Isle-of-Wight List <Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com>; hampshire-life <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 10 July, 2010 0:34:29 Subject: [IoW] a bit of cemetery humour Off topic but the list is quiet and we need a good laugh Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk A truly Happy Person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour: And, one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries... Some fascinating things on old tombstones! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany , New York : Born 1903--Died 1942. Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. ============================ In a Thurmont, Maryland , cemetery: Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go ============================ On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery , Nova Scotia : Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only The Good Die Young. ============================ In a London , England cemetery: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid but died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767 ============================ In a Ribbesford, England , cemetery: Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Clark Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. ============================== In a Ruidoso, New Mexico , cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast.... Pardon him for not rising. ============================== In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania , cemetery: Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on the gas instead of the brake. ============================= In a Silver City , Nevada , cemetery: Here lays The Kid. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger But slow on the draw. =============================== A lawyer's epitaph in England : Sir John Strange. Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange. ================================ John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England , cemetery: Reader, if cash thou art in want of any, Dig 6 feet deep and thou wilt find a Penny. ================================= In a cemetery in Hartscombe , England : On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune. ================================= Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls , Vermont : Here lies the body of our Anna, Done to death by a banana. It wasn't the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go. ================================= On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket , Massachusetts : Under the sod and under the trees, Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. He is not here, there's only the pod.. Pease shelled out and went to God.. ================================= In a cemetery in England : Remember man, as you walk by, As you are now, so once was I As I am now, so shall you be. Remember this and follow me. To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: To follow you I'll not consent. Until I know which way you went. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message