The last words of people stay with their loved ones for a long time, but the memory sooner or later disappears, and what is carved in stone remains for many years. If you are not cremated after death and your remains are not placed in an urn, then they will be buried in the ground, which means the last chance to entertain those who will pass by. Here is a list of funny epitaphs on tombstones, proving that a sense of humor lives forever.
Christmas cookies from Mom. Cream: a cup of sugar, half a cup of margarine. Add two eggs, a teaspoon of vanilla, three cups of flour, three teaspoons of baking powder, a teaspoon of salt. Cool and roll out the dough. Bake at 180 degrees."
In the original - a rhymed quatrain. Subscript: "Uncle Walter loved spending money. As a result, I spent them all. But he had whiskey and he had a wife. And he was enjoying life."
The signature is a play on words, it can be read in two ways: "Arthur Spanks, his wife Katerina" or "Arthur spanks his wife Katerina".
"Free your body and soul. Open your powerful wings. Climb the highest mountains. Put your feet in the air. Now you can live forever—or return to Earth. Unless you don't like where you're at. From friends who miss you." The first letters of the lines add up to an obscene expression.
"That's it, guys" (the phrase that ended the Warner Bros. cartoons) This is the grave of actor Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices", who voiced many cartoon characters of this studio.
"Not far from this place, 80-year-old Samuel Whitemore killed three British soldiers on April 19, 1775. He was hit with a bayonet and left to die, but he recovered and lived to be 98 years old."