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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)
Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-24-2005 01:30 PM
Rated G ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Grave Stones...
On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, Nova Scotia: Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. The Good Die Young.
In a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: Here lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me 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.
In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: Anna Wallace: The children of Israel wanted bread, And the Lord sent them manna. Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.
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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)
Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-23-2007 05:22 PM
Rated G Lorraine
One day when poet Charles Lamb* was little more than a toddler, his sister Mary took him for a stroll through a cemetery. As they passed the tombstones, the precocious young boy read the laudatory epitaphs denoting the deceased as "charitable," "virtuous," "beloved," and so on.
Returning home some time later, Lamb suddenly turned to his sister. "Mary," he asked, "where are all the naughty people buried?"
* Charles Lamb Designed and was the Architect for most of the early Trans-Lux Theatres in the 1930's: Added by Bob M.
Trans-Lux 85th Street (Madison)
Trans-Lux 52nd Street (Lexington)
Trans-Lux Broadway (49th Street)
Trans-Lux 60th Street (Madison Avenue)
Trans-Lux Crest - Bronx NY
Trans-Lux Hastings - Hastings NY
Trans-Lux Dobbs Ferry - New York
Trans-Lux Philadelphia - 15th and Chestnut
Trans-Lux Washington - 14th and H Streets Washington D.C.
Trans -Lux State - Boston, Ma.
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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)
Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
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posted 01-31-2008 09:25 AM
Rated G Ed in Aurora, Ont.Browsing Old Cemeteries
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.
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In a Thurmont, Maryland , cemetery:
Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no
place to go.
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On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in
East Dalhousie Cemetery , Nova Scotia :
Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only The
Good Die Young.
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In a London , England cemetery:
Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid
but died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767
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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.
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In a Ruidoso, New Mexico , cemetery:
Here lies Johnny Yeast... Pardon me
for not rising.
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In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania , cemetery:
Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake.
Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
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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.
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A lawyer's epitaph in England :
Sir John Strange.
Here lies an honest lawyer,
and that is Strange.
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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.
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In a cemetery in Hartscombe , England :
On the 22nd of June, Jonathan Fiddle went
out of tune.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Bob Maar
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posted 03-16-2008 05:45 PM
Rated G B.B.
An elderly man took his grandson on a walk through the local cemetery one day. Pausing in front of one gravestone, he told the boy, "Here lies an honest man. He died owing me $50, but he The pair walked on a bit farther and paused before another grave marker. The old man pointed to the headstone and said, "Now here's a different type of man altogether. He owes me $60 astruggled to the end to pay it back. I suspect that man is in heaven."
nd he died without ever once trying to pay me back. It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn he is in hell."
As the two of them were walking home, the boy says to his grandfather, "You know, Grandpa, you're a pretty lucky guy."
"How's that?" Grandpa asks.
"No matter which place you end up in, you'll have some money coming to you!" :DE
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Bob Maar
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Posts: 28608
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posted 04-25-2008 06:51 PM
Rated G lbp
A woman in KY, an avid cemetery hunter did what no gal should do. She had heard about a cemetery in the woods long sought after and went by herself . It was way off the beaten path.
She found the cemetery and was getting ready to mark the names and dates down when she heard a click on either side of her. She was on her hands and knees.
She looked up and saw a fellow on either side of her with a rifle, cocked. In her excitement, she had been pulling up grass and weeds to clear the stones. When she glanced down, she saw what she had been pulling...their "crop" ready for harvesting - the illegal type of hemp!
Thinking quickly (and likely praying a lot!) she turned on the tears and said "Oh, I hope I'm not trespassing ... I'm just so happy .... THERE'S GRANDPA!" "I've hunted for his grave for years (sob, sob), and there he is, oh Grandpa! "They took one look at her and just walked away.
Never go cemetery hunting alone!!! By the way, she didn't have the foggiest idea of who was buried there, but bet her real grandpa was proud of her! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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