Woman: Ok, so it's not always romantic to pass on together...
Cemetery door sign reads: Last Words Cemetery.
Two large stone heads read: You need to be more careful! That really doesn't help now.
Passed on, is no more, ceased to be, expired, gone to meet his maker, a stiff, bereft of life, resting in peace, pushing up the daisies, his metabolic processes are now history, kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible — (paraphrased from Monty Python’s Dead Parrot Sketch)
I had to do most of the Parrot Sketch when my mother passed away and I tried to get that across to the call center at Dish Network. They couldn’t seem to grasp the concept that I wasn’t just trying to change her service to a different address.
Well, then those who are cream(ated)…they are never letdown…. Togetherness….that’s no fun…..Of course, there are those in war who are killed in unison. Or are we really being morbid?
Bought the farm was what we used in Vietnam. But I for one prefer the old tried and true phrase, dead or he/she died. No euphemism Just tell the truth. For some reason people in general, in almost every society, don’t even want to admit to themselves that they are going to die. However, no matter how much people want to deny the truth, every single mothers son/daughter is going to die.For some reason my family- Norweigen, second generation-with records going back over 1000 years, does not in talking or writing pretend that people don’t die. We are all very forthright about the subject of death and dying.Just remember, no one is going to escape, everybody dies
If I ever “pass away” instead of die, I hope to go to a land where volcanoes spout beer nonstop and stripper factories abound. Most likely though, I’ll just be underground thinking, “It’s dark in here.”
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Tandem sky diving. Never nag when the chute’s being packed.
Pointspread over 8 years ago
No longer among the living.
john.kalter over 8 years ago
Passed on, is no more, ceased to be, expired, gone to meet his maker, a stiff, bereft of life, resting in peace, pushing up the daisies, his metabolic processes are now history, kicked the bucket, shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible — (paraphrased from Monty Python’s Dead Parrot Sketch)
dadoctah over 8 years ago
I had to do most of the Parrot Sketch when my mother passed away and I tried to get that across to the call center at Dish Network. They couldn’t seem to grasp the concept that I wasn’t just trying to change her service to a different address.
SkyFisher over 8 years ago
They’re pineing for the fjords
whiteheron over 8 years ago
Wasn’t that the same conversation they had before they had their first born?
dabugger over 8 years ago
Well, then those who are cream(ated)…they are never letdown…. Togetherness….that’s no fun…..Of course, there are those in war who are killed in unison. Or are we really being morbid?
janetelsen5 over 8 years ago
She’s Dead
Fibbermcgee Premium Member over 8 years ago
A Python classic.
Linguist over 8 years ago
At least he got in the last word.
Fan o’ Lio. over 8 years ago
I prefer to be “Pushin’ up Daiseys”.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Bought the farm was what we used in Vietnam. But I for one prefer the old tried and true phrase, dead or he/she died. No euphemism Just tell the truth. For some reason people in general, in almost every society, don’t even want to admit to themselves that they are going to die. However, no matter how much people want to deny the truth, every single mothers son/daughter is going to die.For some reason my family- Norweigen, second generation-with records going back over 1000 years, does not in talking or writing pretend that people don’t die. We are all very forthright about the subject of death and dying.Just remember, no one is going to escape, everybody dies
KEA over 8 years ago
…but personally, my favorite is from ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’: Merge with the Infinite.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 8 years ago
My, my, my. How civilized this site has become. All these comments about death and not one mention Prince.
unca jim over 8 years ago
When mentioning my genealogy stuff, I mention that "he went underground (fill in date) which repulses some, giggles others and gets the point across.
luvdafuneez over 8 years ago
“Pulled the croak-chain” (Bart Simpson)
JP Steve Premium Member over 8 years ago
Or, in the language of Terry Pratchett, “inhumed.”
finnygirl Premium Member over 8 years ago
I agree completely. I want to ask things like “passed gas”, “passed out”, “passed go and collected 200 dollars?”
finnygirl Premium Member over 8 years ago
I agree completely. I want to ask things like “passed gas”, “passed out”, “passed go and collected 200 dollars?”
kaffekup over 8 years ago
“Toes up”, “room temperature”, “dirt nap”…
ManOfSteelMan over 8 years ago
If I ever “pass away” instead of die, I hope to go to a land where volcanoes spout beer nonstop and stripper factories abound. Most likely though, I’ll just be underground thinking, “It’s dark in here.”