The joke’s on us
A few centuries back, it was normal for people to pass away before their time. This happened in 1832 to a 33 year old Welshman who died, and unfortunately left behind a wife, two sons, and the mystery of a lifetime! (Pun intended). No one knew his name! After all, a person’s name must be written on the gravestone, right? Wrong. The man had engraved, instead of his name, a 285 letter crossword puzzle that is said to have been designed by him.
Yet, it is not as complicated as it looks at first glance. If you trace the letters, no matter which direction you take, the message spells: Here lies John Renie. Can you imagine just how much it took him to make that puzzle? What is even more baffling and makes this situation extremely funny is that John Reine is NOT buried there.
That might be the true mystery of the gravestone, not the puzzle. And the joke’s truly on us all!
Great, humor.
This is the best, In my opinion, must be a genius.
The funniest I have seen is at the Tombstone Cemetery, in Tombstone AZ. It goes something like this:
“Here lies Les Moore. Cut down from two slugs from a .44. No Les, no more”
It really reads: Here lies Lester Moore , 4 slugs from a .44 No Les, no more
Why not, “The farts are now buried”?
Now this is a good one.
love this one..lol
You need new material.
where are they ?????
I grew up watching Looney Tunes and, therefore, listening to the master’s wonderful work. All I can say about his epitaph is that it could not be any more appropriate! 😁
These are all very funny but the funniest one I ever saw was Rodney Dangerfield’s stone. He is buried in the same cemetery as Jack Lemmon and Merv Griffin but his says, “There goes the neighborhood.”
Well Shit, THAT didn’t work !
Merv was never the host of Jeopardy!. Art Fleming hosted from 1964 to 1979; Alex Trebek hosted the revival from 1984 to 2020; and then Ken Jennings followed a group of host wannabes to take the reins of the show in the early 2020’s.