Wherever I go on vacation I visit the local cemeteries. It’s not a ghoulish thing – there are lessons to be learned. Long story short: A small cemetery in Galena, Illinois. Buried there are several victims of the cholera epidemic in 1833; two pastors dead, one in 1835, another in 1837. We tend to forget those things once happened, and can happen again..Same cemetery: A huge monument among many smaller ones. However, while the words can still be read on the small ones, nothing can be read on the big one – all eroded away. Sic transit gloria mundi..Another cemetery: Many small lamb-inscribed markers, badly eroded, where lie children who died in 1917 and 1918 – the great flu epidemic. Also there, a gravestone where the wife inscribed her husband’s name, left a blank for herself, got remarried and had herself buried with the other husband. .Cemeteries are more for the living than the dead. Such a contrast in people who visit: On a bright spring day, I see mourners in grief but also children playing among the monuments. And why not?.There’s a short story by Thurber that parodies “Tobacco Road.” The narrator mentions the dissipated patriarch of the clan has at that moment seven daughters lying in the cemetery – two of ‘em dead..Good job on these epitaph cartoons, Mr. Miller. How many total have you done so far?
Oh my! I just realized what Wiley did with the visuals! Check out the double rounds of the tomb stones, and the obelisk behind them. Very… ahem… virile! Can’t believe I missed it before. If it was a snake it would have, well, you know…
One trip to Canada turned into “the dead guy tour”, lots of interesting epitaphs and history. Of course in the Old west of Arizona one of my favorites was “Quickest gun in town, but couldn’t aim”.
Aussie Down Under over 11 years ago
They both just lost the plot.
Arianne over 11 years ago
Second hand stupid can be deadly.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Collateral damage.
Odd Dog Premium Member over 11 years ago
At least they went together
Tue Elung-Jensen over 11 years ago
“Come with me if you want to live.”
Varnes over 11 years ago
So they died doin’ it? Not a bad way to go….
AKHenderson Premium Member over 11 years ago
The right tombstone should have a built-in beer holder.
Stormrider2112 over 11 years ago
Alcohol, gasoline, and testosterone: the most explosive chemical combination known to man.
dlbrown over 11 years ago
This epitaph is second only to “hold my beer!”
pc368dude over 11 years ago
… one of the danger signs of testosterone poisoning.
Plods with ...™ over 11 years ago
Probably held his beer, too.
emptc12 over 11 years ago
Wherever I go on vacation I visit the local cemeteries. It’s not a ghoulish thing – there are lessons to be learned. Long story short: A small cemetery in Galena, Illinois. Buried there are several victims of the cholera epidemic in 1833; two pastors dead, one in 1835, another in 1837. We tend to forget those things once happened, and can happen again..Same cemetery: A huge monument among many smaller ones. However, while the words can still be read on the small ones, nothing can be read on the big one – all eroded away. Sic transit gloria mundi..Another cemetery: Many small lamb-inscribed markers, badly eroded, where lie children who died in 1917 and 1918 – the great flu epidemic. Also there, a gravestone where the wife inscribed her husband’s name, left a blank for herself, got remarried and had herself buried with the other husband. .Cemeteries are more for the living than the dead. Such a contrast in people who visit: On a bright spring day, I see mourners in grief but also children playing among the monuments. And why not?.There’s a short story by Thurber that parodies “Tobacco Road.” The narrator mentions the dissipated patriarch of the clan has at that moment seven daughters lying in the cemetery – two of ‘em dead..Good job on these epitaph cartoons, Mr. Miller. How many total have you done so far?
GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago
Is that really what you wanted on your tombstone> I wouldn’t want to admit it.
Beleck3 over 11 years ago
lighting that match wasn’t such a good idea afterall. yes Collateral damage, lol. another Darwin award winner
hariseldon59 over 11 years ago
That was Sledge Hammer’s catchphrase (if anyone else remembers that show).
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
I’m so glad we had this time together . Hum…
gordrogb Premium Member over 11 years ago
<==I’m STILL with stupid
Arianne over 11 years ago
Oh my! I just realized what Wiley did with the visuals! Check out the double rounds of the tomb stones, and the obelisk behind them. Very… ahem… virile! Can’t believe I missed it before. If it was a snake it would have, well, you know…
Varnes over 11 years ago
The other graves are probably their neighbors…
Varnes over 11 years ago
phtitzg, great reference…
Varnes over 11 years ago
BTW, a lot of Bozos on this site. Go ahead, squeeze the wheeze…Many people like to….
Rickapolis over 11 years ago
The redneck graveyard.
angusdad over 11 years ago
There’s nothing to worry about. I’m sure that I turned of the electricity.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
One trip to Canada turned into “the dead guy tour”, lots of interesting epitaphs and history. Of course in the Old west of Arizona one of my favorites was “Quickest gun in town, but couldn’t aim”.
natureboyfig4 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Inspector Sledge Hammer & his partner Dori Doreau?
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
I always liked the one that went “Watch this!”…..more on this subject tho…..did they implode or explode?
klunker rider over 11 years ago
That also applies to alcohol overload.