Thursday, December 17, 2009

HE OVER STATES THE OBVIOUS

I have displayed more than a few shots on this web sight that were taken in cemeteries. They contain beautiful sculpture, touching verse, and the occasional oddity. The above shot defies convention. The dearly departed is sending a message to the living. Enlarge the photo and read the inscription in the lower right corner. Truer words were never spoken.
Posted by B SQUARED
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25 comments:

  1. Lee SpanglerDecember 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM

    It goes with the adage "If the dead could only speak...." I guess they do, so to speak.

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  2. Small City ScenesDecember 17, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    Too funny. I like it. I have hear of people saying "this (whatever) is what I want on my tombstone". I told ya so!!! MB

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  3. VPDecember 17, 2009 at 2:27 AM

    Funny and tragic at the same time! Excellent catch!

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  4. cieldequimperDecember 17, 2009 at 3:09 AM

    Oh lol, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it. Oddity indeed but fun!

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  5. Cezar and LéiaDecember 17, 2009 at 3:14 AM

    oh my gosh..."I told you I was sick"! It's really different!
    :)
    Léia

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  6. magiceyeDecember 17, 2009 at 3:27 AM

    :) great sense of humour!

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  7. brattcatDecember 17, 2009 at 7:33 AM

    You have a wonderful sense of humor, B. Squared, as did the family of B.P. Roberts.

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  8. PatDecember 17, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    Didn't have to enlarge to read that one. He had a sense of humor!!!

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  9. AndreeaDecember 17, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    :) Pretty funny.

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  10. HalcyonDecember 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    Funny! Thanks for giving me my laugh of the day!!

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  11. Three Rivers, MichiganDecember 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Yes, an entire family with a sense of humor. The bas relief of the chieftain looks pretty amused, too. Or shocked!

    Three Rivers Daily Photo

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  12. FrankDecember 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    You are on a roll of success. The world thought your octopus was beyond believability and we couldn't say enough about him.

    Then your dear backyard soldier-boy captured our attention...for sure.

    Now you've put us all on high alert for the wife's soft whisper that she's feeling a bit under the weather, "Do you think it's swine flu, honey?"..I TOLD you I was sick is beyond funny. I wonder how funny it was in 1929...loss of kid's inheritance??

    Great post, Master!

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  13. DarylDecember 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM

    Too brilliantly funny ...

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  14. VirginiaDecember 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    I'm LOL at that one. Good find. I"m going to a pet cemetery Paris. Lord only knows what I'll find there!!
    V

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  15. BirdmanDecember 17, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Bit morbid, if that is indeed mistletoe at the entrance. Ha!

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  16. UnknownDecember 17, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    This is so weird! LOL!

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  17. LowellDecember 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    I laughed out loud! Great capture, BS!

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  18. EG CameraGirlDecember 17, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    Tee hee! Hahaha! Yep, he told you so! :)

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  19. Mary Stebbins TaittDecember 17, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    LOL!

    I suppose it isn't really funny! BUT ha ha ha! I can't help it.

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  20. stromsjoDecember 17, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    Certainly defies convention. That's putting it mildly.

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  21. tapirgalDecember 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    LOL! A sense of humor that reaches beyond mortality. I love the one in the lower right, but I also chuckled at the one on top. This is a great find.

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  22. Louis la VacheDecember 18, 2009 at 1:17 AM

    Apparently, he wasn't kidding...maybe he was just dying to get to the cemetery...
    ;-)

    «Louis» has added a link to your blog in his right side bar.

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  23. KateDecember 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM

    This is a phrase that I've heard repeated as a joke for many years (I wonder the source? I think I'll google it) It seems surprising to me that it actually is used as an epitaph on a gravestone. To each his own! You are an alert photographer.

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  24. KateDecember 18, 2009 at 7:14 AM

    This family isn't the only one with a sense of humour re. death if I believe some of the others listed on Google. When I enlarged yours, I saw "I was just resting my eyes" that I had missed at my first view. What a family!

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  25. secret agent womanDecember 19, 2009 at 6:19 PM

    I like it.

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