Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00078)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Smith" <aupanishad@m...> 
wrote:
> I can't forget my personal favorite as written in Chinese 
characters at his monks' request before he died: He wrote the symbol 
for "Dream."

If you are ever in Arizona swing by Tomnbstone (that is the name of a 
town, believe it or not) and visit Boot Hill. The people buried 
there are almost all old west gunfighters who were killed in their 
teens and their attitude toward death was more than slightly 
cavalier. They would write down their preferred epitaph and keep it 
in their shirt pocket. Then when they died the thing would be put on 
their gravce marker. It is probably the world's only hilarious 
cemetery. I only remember two of the epitaphs:

Don't laugh at me as you walk by
For as you are now, so once was I
And as I am now, you woon will be.
Remember me!

Most of them said "Stomped to death, 1883" or something like that. 
But one fellow wrote:

Blessed is he who spares these stones
And cursed is he who moves my bones.

Of course cemeteries were a lot spookier then than they are now. 
There is an old TWILIGHT ZONE episode called "Tge Grave" whiich 
really brings that home. I dunno if it is availavle on DVD or not. 
There is no violence in it at all. The effect is created entirely 
with superb acting. Scariest damn thing I ever saw.