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Posted 3/2/2014 1:02 PM (GMT -5)
Compiler's got the right idea, let's lighten the mood a bit by having a little fun with something that is sort of related to his thread on tombstone epitaphs.

That is, there are so many humorous expressions in the language for the simple act of dying. For example, some that immediately come to mind are:

Buy the farm
Go belly up
Croak
Kick the bucket
Deep six
Cash in his chips
Check on out

That's a few for starters.

Is this a little too much dark humor? Personally I don't think so, as it seems to me interesting how this kind of creative use of language can actually help to diffuse mortality anxiety some. Sort of like us all thumbing our noses at the Grim Reaper, and saying "&%#$& you, death!"

So, anyone think of any other worthy additions to the list?
Posted 3/2/2014 1:22 PM (GMT -5)
pushing up daisies
pay the piper

or "another day above ground is a good day" I like to say.
Posted 3/2/2014 1:24 PM (GMT -5)
1. Worm buffet
2. To join the vast majority
3. At room temperature
4. Stiff (not to be confused with what we strive for while living yeah )
5. Buy a pine condo

Tom
Posted 3/2/2014 1:38 PM (GMT -5)
To go legs up
Shuffle off this mortal coil
Take a dirt nap
Start pushing up daisies
Go to ones reward
To depart for an unspecified destination
Posted 3/2/2014 11:27 PM (GMT -5)
Join the choir invisible.
Take the Big Sleep.
Go to Davy Jones Locker.
Posted 3/3/2014 12:34 AM (GMT -5)
Curiosity did not kill this cat.

There goes the neighborhood!

But, my favorite is that which is upon my little brother's headstone...
"Peace which surpasses understanding."
I really want to believe that.
Posted 3/3/2014 12:46 AM (GMT -5)
Getting your ticket punched
Meeting St Peter
Crossing the River Styx
Posted 3/3/2014 1:48 PM (GMT -5)
Celebrity epitaphs:
Merv Griffin: "I will not be right back after this message."
Mel Blanc: "That's All, Folks"
Billy Wilder: "I'm a writer, but then, nobody's perfect."
Robert Frost: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Jack Lemon "Jack Lemon in" (just over the earth)
DeeDee Ramone: "O.K...I gotta go now"
Posted 3/3/2014 11:29 PM (GMT -5)
Warren Zevon - My Ride's Here
Posted 3/4/2014 10:46 AM (GMT -5)
No more 'Green side of the Grass'........
Posted 3/4/2014 1:52 PM (GMT -5)
Needed some humor today as i sit with my babe in his hospice room. He literally has one foot in the grave, but the other here on earth. Couple of euphemisms come to mind
Not his time.....yet
Waiting for his last ride
Hanging on by a thread
He will be meeting his maker
And close to Ash Wednesday. Thou art dust......
Posted 3/4/2014 2:06 PM (GMT -5)
Pat,

We are severally thinking about, or praying for, you both as he "lays his burden down". We'll be here if we can help with yours.
Posted 3/4/2014 7:49 PM (GMT -5)
Buy the farm dates back to World War I. As part of their service, the soldiers were given the opportunity to purchase cheap life insurance. The benefit was enough to buy a decent sized parcel of land. Whenever a soldier was killed, his comrades would say that "Joe Blow just bought the farm." There's a little trivia for ya!

Paul
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