Famous Last Words

[Pat494]

Thought I would kick off this new thread with the immortal words of Julius Caesar when he got whacked by his buddies

Et tu Brute

 

[Pat494]

A horse, a horse my Kingdom for a horse
( Richard 111 at Battle of Bosworth )

 

[trendie]

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . .
Killed in battle during US Civil War.
~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864

 

[rols]

Excellent ones here

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/dying.html

I like Bing Crosby's and Dylan Thomas' a lot!

 

[Pat494]

A guy throws himself off the Empire State building. As he passes the window cleaners on the 120th floor he shouts " So far so good "

 

[rols]

Socrates' last words...

'Crito, we owe a c o c k to Asclepius. Do pay it. Don't forget.'

 

[TheBramble]

A horse, a horse my Kingdom for a horse
( Richard 111 at Battle of Bosworth )

Not sure that's quite accurate. I'm fairly certain it was along the lines of "Stanley, you b*astards...come back"

 

[grantx]

Bramble,

I think that was Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea.

Grant.

 

[Lightning McQueen]

"I don't suppose its gonna rain then?"... Joan of Arc.

"oh alright then let the woman drive"... Commander of Space Shuttle Challenger.

 

[Pat494]

Kiss me Hardy
( Nelson's last snog at Trafalgar )

 

[jacinto]

3 mexican lies (second one intentionally left blank or i will have to ban myself for inapropriate language):

a) right, one last pint and then we go home

b)

c) thanks mate, i'll pay you back tomorrow

 

[Charlton]

Doing what they loved doing

Kiss me Hardy
( Nelson's last snog at Trafalgar )

I came across these last words of Marcel Proust - "I feel like a cold beer". Just goes to show where all that lost time went to

In the same article where I found that, there was another very poignant description of the last words of the cyclist Tommy Simpson who died during the Tour de France.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199707/ai_n8777231

Charlton

 

[Directional]

"its bound to come back into profits if i just give it some breathing room and move my stop..."

 

[grantx]

"Put that down before you have somebody's eye out"

King Harold.

 

[Pat494]

Of course I love you baby! You know I do! What do I have to do to prove it ?
And turn that light off

 

[Pat494]

It'll be alright on the night

 

[acronym]

"Of course it's not loaded! You think I'm stupid?"

 

[acronym]

"Were not lost, I know this place like the back of my hand. Look, if it will make you happy, let's check the map. You said you had the map, yeah?"

 

[Pat494]

Beam me up Scotty

 

[shadowninja]

"Put that down before you have somebody's eye out"

King Harold.

More like, "Watch out or some ****er's gonna get it in the eye!" (Also, first recorded use of the word, "****".)



"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Titanic

"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Lucitania

"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Herald of Free Enterprise

"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Belgrano

"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Princess of Stars ferry

"Ships like this don't sink." Captain of the Prestige oil tanker

Something for us all to learn in trading: it just goes to show that when you're complacent, ship happens.



Something closer to home:
"Just use a large stop."