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 EpitaphLet ’s gather around and playA game called epitaph The object of the gameIs to choose a pithy inscriptionFor your headstone withoutUsing any names (especially your own)Or bracketed sets of numbers.How do you answer?What would you say?Something heartfelt and banal like:He loved his family and did his best?An incantation from a witch ' s curse?Maybe your favorite Bible verse?Maybe an inside joke. Something ironic.   The last thing you saw, a half drunk gin and tonicI ’ve narrowed my choices down to 3:Currently not available for comment. Please check back laterDrank too much, ate too littleHere lies the act before the acheHonorable mention goes to maybe I ’ll do better as soil and grassAutomatic disqualification for etchingYour notion of the meaning of lifeNobody really knows thatOtherwise every headstoneWould read the sameThe winner is the one Who leaves his blank.Not to make some sort of inscrutableExistential eastern mystical statement.More likely, he just ran out of time, Panicked, and now is too deadTo enjoy his hard earned victory10/13/22

Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 13, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs