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famous last words

Post by pushpinpussy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:36 am

"**** it, it's a nice day, let's take the convertible. "

J.F Kennedy.

Any more..................

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Re: famous last words

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:48 am

Where are all those effing Indians coming from ?

General Custer. :D

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Re: famous last words

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:51 am

Mayor of Hiroshima -What the fu## was that ?

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Re: famous last words

Post by RammyClaret61 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:05 am

What’s relegation? - Venkys.

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Re: famous last words

Post by IanMcL » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:05 am

Burnley ticket office- why have we got all those empty seats, when we have sold out?

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Re: famous last words

Post by bfccrazy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:23 am

“Bolton are 10 years ahead of Burnley”

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Re: famous last words

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:28 am

“Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!”

Marshall Michel Ney ordering his own Firing Squad. Napoléon didn’t call him the Bravest of the Brave for nothing.
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Re: famous last words

Post by Bigvince » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:08 am

Et tu Brute
Julius Caesar (according to Shakespeare)

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Re: famous last words

Post by houseboy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:27 am

'Don't worry men, they couldn't hit a barn door at this dist.....'

An officer during the American civil war encouraging his men to leave the trench.
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Re: famous last words

Post by houseboy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:29 am

'What a stupid place to put a tree.'

Marc Bolan.

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Re: famous last words

Post by Claret Till I Die » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:38 am

Watch that, it'll have some f****rs eye out.

King Harold 1066

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Re: famous last words

Post by Foshiznik » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:19 am

"I've hidden £100,000 in cash in the..."

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Re: famous last words

Post by South West Claret. » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:31 am

I told you I was Ill- Spike Milligan on his tombstone.

...honestly ;)

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Re: famous last words

Post by Lauren12 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:09 pm

'we're gonna need a bigger boat'.....

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Re: famous last words

Post by iluva64 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:23 pm

who let that woman drive!

Space shuttle Columbia 2003

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Re: famous last words

Post by Goobs » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:48 pm

IanMcL wrote:Burnley ticket office- why have we got all those empty seats, when we have sold out?
Surely that should be "No we'll just take a handful of tickets as there won't be any demand for them when our team are chasing a European slot"

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Re: famous last words

Post by Vintage Claret » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:57 pm

"This ship is virtually unsinkable"

Bruce Ismay-Chairman, White Star line 1912

"I fancy a night off, let's go to the theatre"

Abraham Lincoln April 1865

"Looks like a spot of rain on the way dear"

Mrs Noah, approx. 3000 BC

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Re: famous last words

Post by bfcjg » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:58 pm

Foot down driver
Princess Diana.

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Re: famous last words

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:01 pm

bfcjg wrote:Foot down driver
Princess Diana.
Not true. According to her Bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, her final words were, “Oh Dodi, I’m so tired! I can’t wait for my head to hit that pillar.”
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Re: famous last words

Post by iowalan » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:02 pm

John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November15th,He sadly misses family and friends. His death announcement,
Very funny man.

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Re: famous last words

Post by houseboy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:27 pm

South West Claret. wrote:I told you I was Ill- Spike Milligan on his tombstone.

...honestly ;)
Absolutely true but apparently it's written in Gaelic.

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Re: famous last words

Post by houseboy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:31 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:Not true. According to her Bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, her final words were, “Oh Dodi, I’m so tired! I can’t wait for my head to hit that pillar.”
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: famous last words

Post by Foshiznik » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:43 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:Not true. According to her Bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, her final words were, “Oh Dodi, I’m so tired! I can’t wait for my head to hit that pillar.”
Just think of the meltdown on Mail online if you had posted that on their website!

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Re: famous last words

Post by RingoMcCartney » Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:26 pm

"Don't worry Yoko love. That's not a real gun" - John Lennon
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Re: famous last words

Post by bfcjg » Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:56 pm

Pass the Smarties Doc.
Michael Jackson.

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Re: famous last words

Post by pushpinpussy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:05 pm

“Is a tenner for a blowjob alright Mr Sutcliffe?” A Yorkshire prostitute

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Re: famous last words

Post by Wexford_Claret » Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:51 pm

‘Well, Lillie, hasn’t it been a full life and isn’t this a good end?’

James Connolly before being shot by a firing squad in 1916.

‘Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.’

Nostradamus.

‘Either I’m dead or my watch has stopped.’

Groucho Marx.

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Re: famous last words

Post by NRC » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:34 pm

Marie Antoinette stepped on the toe of the guillotine dude and actually said "pardonnez-moi, Monsieur!" She should have told him to go **** himself

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Re: famous last words

Post by IanMcL » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:35 pm

Before commencing the world cup...

"England will win the World Cup"

Mr Alf, later Sir Alfred Ramsey
1966

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Re: famous last words

Post by mdd2 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:05 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:Where are all those effing Indians coming from ?

General Custer. :D
Or
I just do not know what has got into those Indians, half an hour ago they were singing and dancing
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Re: famous last words

Post by mdd2 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:05 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:Where are all those effing Indians coming from ?

General Custer. :D
Or
I just do not know what has got into those Indians, half an hour ago they were singing and dancing

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Re: famous last words

Post by Lordlucan » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:17 pm

Kiss me Hardy

Lord Nelson or Stan Laurel

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Re: famous last words

Post by claretabroad » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:20 pm

On his deathbed the french philosopher Voltaire was asked to renounce satan by a priest.

he replied "Now is not the time to be making new enemies"
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Re: famous last words

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:35 pm

I've only had a babycham - Oliver Reed

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Re: famous last words

Post by piston broke » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:38 pm

Lordlucan wrote:Kiss me Hardy

Lord Nelson or Stan Laurel
Or was it “Kismet, Hardy”?

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Re: famous last words

Post by ALP » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:22 am

F@@K me a bus!!
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Re: famous last words

Post by IanMcL » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:27 am

Freeeeeeedom!
Mel Gibson as Sir William Wallace

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Re: famous last words

Post by tybfc » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:35 am

ALP wrote:F@@K me a bus!!
Or a Northern train
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Re: famous last words

Post by califclaret » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:12 am

Donald Trump. I said they would elect me and beat Hillary.

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Re: famous last words

Post by Dazzler » Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:05 am

My favourite:

When Voltaire was dying, a priest in attendance called upon him to renounce the devil. Voltaire considered this,but replied:
“This is no time to be making new enemies”.

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Re: famous last words

Post by Rowls » Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:26 am

Lord Palmerston: Die my dear doctor? Why that's the last thing I shall do

George V: Bugger Bognor!

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Re: famous last words

Post by Grimsdale » Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:16 am

"Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore."

Pablo Picasso

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Re: famous last words

Post by mdd2 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:04 am

Lord Palmerston to his doctor
"Die my dear doctor? That is the last thing I shall do" or words to that effect

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Re: famous last words

Post by mdd2 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:05 am

Oops sorry Rowls missed that, still bleary eyed
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Re: famous last words

Post by JohnMac » Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:05 am

'Let's Roll'

Todd Beamer 2001 - A act of heroism that tragically failed to change the outcome of Flight 93

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Re: famous last words

Post by JohnMac » Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:08 am

'Hallo, the bow is up… I'm going… I'm on my back… I've gone. Oh'.
Donald Campbell

'I'm bored with it all'.
Winston Spencer Churchill

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Re: famous last words

Post by houseboy » Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:55 am

mdd2 wrote:Or
I just do not know what has got into those Indians, half an hour ago they were singing and dancing
Priceless - I'm crying at that one. :lol:
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Re: famous last words

Post by Tribesmen » Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:35 pm

The nation holds it's breath .
George Hamilton said as David O'Leary scored the 5th penalty for Ireland in the shoot out in Italia 90 .
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Re: famous last words

Post by Rick_Muller » Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:44 pm

“It’s ok, we’re German, we always score in the last minute to win”

Joachim Low :D

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Re: famous last words

Post by JimmyRobbo » Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:45 pm

"A bit left, there.
How's the picture now Dear?
Dear?
Are you listening or what?
Don't make me come down to you or there'll be trouble!"

Rod Hull, 17th March 1999.

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