I'm leaving DU, due to my being dead.

[Robb]

It is with the utmost sadness I find myself forced to announce I'm dead. My passing has caused no one more grief than myself, I'm sure.

It was a sudden cessation of my life, and yet for all present seemed hopelessly dragged out. Indeed, while destined from birth to go, no one saw it coming.

Hopefully I will be remembered, eulogized and effigized appropriately here, in this Lounge, where I shuffled off.

Bit the dust.

Bought the farm.

Took the long dirt nap.

Joined the choir invisible.

Kicked the oxygen habit.

You get the picture. Anyhow, adios. Try not to fight over my crap. Date to be announced.

[u4ic]

1. Since you haven't kicked the bucket,

is that where we're supposed to store your ashes? :shrug:

[Cobalt-60]

18. just put them in a baggie-We'll use the Keith Richards method.

[LynneSin]

27. Is that a form of cannablism if you snort someone's ashes

:shrug:

[Cobalt-60]

47. I would say no

If you were to use the ashes in a dish, that would at least symbolically over the line.
But snorting them means they never pass through the digestive tract, excluding time in the throat, of course.
Perhaps I'm splitting hairs.

[Nica-Libre]

2. ...

Drat. Not used to posting pics on DU :(

[Fran Kubelik]

3. um....

???????

[LeftyMom]

4. You have CEASED TO BE?

Oh noes. :cry:

[Sanity Claws]

5. Any funeral plans?

[LeftyMom]

6. I call dibs on the dogs.

[qwertyMike]

7. You have joined the choir invisible

John Cleese

RIP


But I think you jest
W.Shakespeare

[rug]

8. Don't let the lid hit you.

[cwydro]

9. you are not dead

you are a dingbat.

eom.

[Ptah]

10. Again?

:shrug:

[philosophie_en_rose]

11. Who's got the will?

:shrug:

[Blue-Jay]

12. I'm farting "Taps"

or maybe it was "My Funny Valentine".

Whichever; I'm still farting.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Here lies Dingbat

RIP, you old reprobate....

[Whoa_Nelly]

14. Damn!

and I thought you were getting married!


...or is that the same thing? :shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

26. It's the same thing

I've been dead going on 11 years now.

RIP

[querelle]

15. RIP Dingbat

You will be missed.

Q

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Wait, are you a zombie or a ghost right now?

[Cobalt-60]

19. he's too eloquent to be a zombie

Yet keyboarding is difficult for a ghost.
It's got to be lycanthropy.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Wouldn't paws make it hard to type as well?

I think lycanthropy is out.

And they're not undead, anyway.

Hmmm...vampire, perhaps?

[Cobalt-60]

21. well certainly the animal vector wouldn't be typing

But they're not always in cuddly werewolf or bat form.
(At least according to my dusty old D&D monster manual)

[FuzzySlippers]

17. I'll take care of the effigizing part.

[catzies]

22. Are you spending some time dead for tax purposes?

You Dear Deceased Dingbat you.

[xchrom]

23. you mean i have to find a new hottie hunk to stalk?

damn it -- now i have to try to find a tasteful hat with veil for the funeral.

i wonder if louis vuiton makes a matching handbag and veiled hat?

[trof]

24. That's no excuse. Wimp.

Just because you're dead doesn't absolve you of your obligations here.
Or are you planning a resurrection at an appropriate time?
Like Sunday?

[trof]

41. I'm WAITING for an answer.

<foot tapping>

[Callalily]

25. You're not fooling me!

To quote Mark Twain, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

[deepthought42]

28. Are you spending a year dead for tax purposes?

;)

[Corgigal]

29. Oh, and right before the start

of the final season of the Soprano's. Talk about timing...gee


edit because I had to add final, which is so fitting to this thread.

[PassingFair]

30. Don't let the casket lid hit you on the way out....n/t

[TheBaldyMan]

31. you are a zombie dingat !

[hfojvt]

32. I have 30 more posts than you

neener, neener.

If you reply to everyone in this thread, you can pass me.

Did the coroner say anything about a cause of death? Was it an over-dose of kindness? That happens alot on this planet (and even more on DU).

[El Fuego]

33. Maybe you can start an Afterlife Group on DU.

[kwassa]

34. You're merely pinin for the fjords .....

Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

[Swede]

35. You look so natural.

Almost like you were sleeping.

[Serendipitous]

36. Can I snort your ahes?

[Robb]

37. In other news, Generalissimo Dingbato Dingbat is still dead.

I have to say, it rather becomes me.

Today I avoided a great many unpleasant things due to my demise. Not the least of which was taking out the trash. Can't have the dearly departed doing heavy lifting, what would the neighbors think.

Anyhow. Just a quick note from beyond the veil, I'm off to rattle things in parlors. :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

38. Say hi to Hotblack Desiato for me

We'll see you when you get back from being dead.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

39. We need to have a wake.

Can we expect you to attend, or will you be too busy being dead?

Oh, BTW, say "Hey" to Generalissimo Francisco Franco. I hear he's been dead for a while too.

[trof]

40. Sorry, this is a 'No Wake Zone'. Please throttle back.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

43. D'oh!!!

Since I can't wake, does that mean I'm dead too?

[supernova]

42. We'll roll away the stone

on Sunday Morning!

[Robb]

44. Shhh!!

:D

[Little Wing]

45. Can I have your bike?

[BuelahWitch]

46. So DU does not allow dead people?

As long as you're not obnoxious and we can't smell you, what's the problem? :shrug:

[Generic Brad]

48. That's a valid reason

See you at the seance.

[KamaAina]

49. Assumed room temperature.

Went West.

Kicked the bucket.

And so on. Oh well, at least you can still vote Dem, in Chicago. :P