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Your epitaphs are the best!

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Thank you!

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Brilliant! I needed a laugh out loud this morning. Cheers Greg ❤

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Cheers!

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This was so cathartic to read. So uplifting. Reminded me Ginni has replaced my obsession with Phyllis Schlafly. Who still doesn’t have the perfect epitaph yet in my mind.

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There once was a womxn named Ginni

Whose political thoughts ran willy nilly.

Epitaphists need to hunt

for a nice way to call her a...

(A lightening bolt struck the writer down mid epitaph)

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Oooh, ouch, Stephen...I like it!

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Her scarf is awful, for one thing...

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Wonderful irreverence on a Sunday morning! Thank You! Shared!

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Thank you!

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Excellent epitaphs Greg, a slice of humor on a Sunday morn is always welcome 🙏!

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We all need a laugh now and then...

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LOVED THIS! Well done👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Thank you!

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I’m not so sure about your iambic and trochaic usage… this seems to flow a little better:

The moment he died is truly when

He made America great again

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Too long.

Used "he" twice

Truly. Ugh.

The moment

he died

made

America greater

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It must rhyme, though.

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To cal's comment:

The moment he died is truly when

America was made great again

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

St 82. I'm confused

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

At 82 I'm really slow

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I was just trying to "fix" Stephen from Sunny Seattle's line above by taking out the second "he." Still too long, though.

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The problem is that his crappy slogan lacks poetical meter...

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Very good Greg.

I like the short one "Here Lies"

And

Don Juan

"Here lie the bones and ashes of the worst man the world had ever known."

Miguel de Manara

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Dorothy Parker: "Excuse my dust."

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Epitaph advice

"Don't Try"

Charles Bukowski

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Enjoyed your epitaphs! They are the epi-tomb-e' of deserved irreverence!

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Ha! Well played, Donna!

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Greg Olear!

(You know, you can say it backwards...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNRzc3hWvE

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

I got super

The rest is ???

Cant try backwards

No Utube

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YouTube link is the song about the word "super..." from the 1964 Mary Poppins movie. "backwards" is when she - Mary Poppins - says the super... word backwards. Here's the link through Bing, which is the same as the YouTube link.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=supercalifragilistic+expialidocious+meaning&docid=608053501434473496&mid=A9BC99D7FF615985C262A9BC99D7FF615985C262&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

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Now that song is in my head...

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Here: lies - absolutely the best! I'm still smiling at your epitaphs.

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Thanks! I wrote that when I was just about to hit publish. It suddenly came to me. And it's the best one for sure.

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Oct 2, 2022Liked by Greg Olear

Thanks.

I failed to see that film.

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Thanks Greg

This was fun

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Very nice, thanks.

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