An Insightful Epitatgh

[mattw]

i saw on an old weathered tombstone of a teenage female from the late 1800's that went like this:

as you are now i once was
as i am now you will once be
prepare for death and follow me

wow.

[youtalkfunny]

One cool thing about growing up in Massachusetts is stumbling across the 1642 section of a cemetery. It seems that almost nobody lived past the age of 39 back then, and about half the stones were for people who didn't make it to their 13th birthday.

[mattw]

yes its sad to see old early deaths. i have also seen 4 graves beside each other, same family, all in the the teens.

[Ringo]

I think I heard something like that.. it went:

Remember friend as you walk by,
That as you are, so once was I
And as I am so you shall be,
Prepare theyself to follow me.

Chilling! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[youtalkfunny]

Frank Sinatra's stone reads: "The Best is Yet to Come"