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   Aidan Kehoe to All   
   Re: Plan Your Epitaph Day (2 November)   
   03 Nov 24 16:50:05   
   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an triú lá de mí na Samhain, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > Created by American "epitaph artist" Lance Hardie, 1995.   
    > Oh well, anything to drum up a little more business.   
    > Crystal quotes Benjamin Franklin:   
    >   
    > "The Body of B.Franklin, Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, Its   
    > Contents torn out. And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food   
    > for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost; For it will, as he   
    > believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and   
    > amended By the Author."   
      
   I’d like my epitaph to have my name and date of death.   
      
   Lee Marvin’s is great:   
      
                                         LEE   
                                       MARVIN   
                                         PFC   
                                   US MARINE CORPS   
                                    WORLD WAR II   
                                     FEB 19 1924   
                                     AUG 29 1987   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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