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28 August 2006

This past weekend I visited Princeton Cemetery, the final resting place of Aaron Burr, Grover Cleveland, John O'Hara, Jose and Kitty Menendez, and many others. Unfortunately, it started raining shortly after my arrival so I had to cut my visit short. I plan to go back and take some more photos, but I doubt I will find an epitaph cooler than this one.→[More:]I'm not sure if Mr. Hahn was going for funny or bitter. I'm hoping funny.

post by: amro at: 18:13 | 16 comments

I can't believe that's a real epitaph... I love it!!

posted by BoringPostcards 28 August | 18:22

Could be inspired by this other one in the Key West cemetery (it's a year older, but same message). Their cemetery is famous for oddball epitaphs, like "At Least I Know Where He's Sleeping Tonight".

posted by Miko 28 August | 18:38

amro--you were in my neighborhood! I live about a ninety-second walk away from that cemetery.

posted by Prospero 28 August | 19:00

Ha, so do I Prospero (I moved here at the end of May). We'll have to organize a Princeton meetup!

posted by amro 28 August | 19:06

(Which I suspect would just be the two of us.)

posted by amro 28 August | 19:10

No, Princeton is just under an hour from me! And Amro, my heart beats faster to find someone else who enjoys cemeteries and hunting for epitaphs. I have to visit that cemetery one of these days. I have tons of pictures of stones, and I'v been collecting epitaphs for ages.

posted by redvixen 28 August | 19:48

We could have a meetup in the cemetery! That would be a first.

posted by amro 28 August | 19:58

*swoons*

posted by redvixen 28 August | 20:00

amro--if you've just gotten here at the end of May, you haven't quite experienced the town yet. (I'm not sure I mean that in a good way.) Anyhow, the undergrads are due back next week, I think. (God help us.)

As for meetups--I approve, since I've been too lazy to cart myself into NYC for the meetups that seemingly happen there every single weekend. I'm up for an impromptu after-work drink in town as well, most evenings. E-mail's in profile.

posted by Prospero 28 August | 20:02

Sundays are good for me, or a Tuesday, as I'm usually off then. My e-mail's also in my profile.

posted by redvixen 28 August | 20:10

I used to tell people that L. Ron Hubbard was buried in that cemetery. I would point to a big ol' spherical monument on a stand that just said "HUBBARD" as proof.

No idea who's actually under that stone, and I haven't lived in Jersey for almost a decade so I may not be remembering it correctly.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 28 August | 20:42

Prospero and redvixen, look for an email from me!

posted by amro 28 August | 20:45

I have heard of the epitaph; I just didn't realize it was on a stone right around the corner.

posted by caddis 28 August | 20:49

I think Mr. Hahn's epitaph was meant to be funny: the apocryphal tale of that epitaph has been around a lot longer than since 1980.

posted by warbaby 29 August | 00:15

Wow - there's an etymology I didn't know existed.
I'd always attributed the quote to Spike Milligan (from the '50s), but a bit of digging around shows that the idea has been around for a while. I can't find a proper attribution though.

posted by seanyboy 29 August | 07:16

Shit, I didn't know you moved from Cleveland. Heh.

posted by sciurus 29 August | 07:58

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