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hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
1. "Nice boy, but he's about as sharp as a bag of wet mice."
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:19 PM
Aug 2012

"Look at me, I say look at me when I'm talkin' to you, boy! Any of this gettin' through your noggin? Head, that is."

Foghorn was great!

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Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
6. Damn I tried to post linking to this but it was self deleted
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:38 PM
Aug 2012

see my other post... it really should be linked here.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
5. Years ago I decided I wanted Foghorn on my grave marker, along with
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:36 PM
Aug 2012

a paraphrasing of one of his lines.

Here Lies (Real Name)
April 23, 1963 - ?? ?? 20?? (date of final demise)
Fortunately, He Kept His Feathers Numbered For Just Such An Occasion




Maybe I should get around to designing it one of these days. I love the idea of someone walking through an old graveyard a hundred, or more, years from now and noticing it. I'm betting they would have no freaking idea what the hell it meant. That just makes me smile.


 

twizzler

(206 posts)
7. That would be a great tombstone
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:46 PM
Aug 2012

Kids nowadays have no idea who foghorn leghorn was. Some of my favorite cartoons where written and produced by Tex Avery, he really had a warped sense of humor.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
8. I can't have a real stone, just one of those little markers
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:50 PM
Aug 2012

I have my plot, have had it since I was a kid.


My parents have religious shit on theirs. You know, the sacred heart of Jesus / Mary ... that kinda shit. I just can't stand to do that so I thought something more existential would be appropriate.

I wonder if I can get away with it. It is a Catholic cemetery.
 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
10. ROFL, I found a site that will laser etch photos onto stones for $150.00
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 05:08 PM
Aug 2012

a 5 x 7 rectangle of Foghorn should do it.

OMG.. this is just hilarious to me.. I have it bookmarked now.

http://www.mikeslaseretching.com/laser_portraits.html
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