Spike Milligan's was a good one: I told you I was ill.
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> Behalf Of Kenneth Wolman
> Sent: 19 December 2005 14:35
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> Subject: Re: People as a broken objects reassembled
>
> Jon Corelis wrote:
>
> >But I shouldn't make an unrelievedly gloomy posting at this festive
> >season, so I append my favorite joke on "this:"
> >
> > Q: What do you want to be written on your tombstone?
> >
> > A: HE'S NOT HERE YET
> >
> >
> Hmmm. A throwback to the Quem Qaeretis (sp?).
>
> I picked my tombstone engraving long ago, or at least shortly
> after South Park went on the air:
>
> ":Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards!"
>
> The other possibility is a line from a another nasty cartoon,
> Duckman, featuring the voice of Jason Alexander:
>
> "What da hell are YOU lookin' at?!"
>
> It'll have to be a nondenomination cemetery, I guess
>
> Ken
>
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> Kenneth Wolman www.kenwolman.com
> kenwolman.blogspot.com
>
> 39. Not observing the imperfections of others, preserving
> silence and a continual communion with God will eradicate
> great imperfections from the soul and make it the possessor
> of great virtues.
> --St. John of the Cross, Maxims on Love
> (The Minor Works)
>
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