Thread: Need Help With Epitaph

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I'm getting ready to start a tombstone for my Dentist and was trying to think of something funny or catchy to put on it as he plans on displaying it in his office? Does anyone have any ideas? What about style, I have done a bunch of the foam style, any ideas there?

Thanks!

Well, there's always this classic (which is, apparently, a real epitaph, per this item from The New York Times, 1902:

Stranger, approach this tomb with gravity,
John Brown is filling his last cavity.

that's surprisingly hard, sitting here trying to think something up and failing miserably.

Perhaps keep it simple: D. Cay May he never return!

might be kinda cheesy but:

I was always dismayed
by a tooth decayed
and I'm still willing
to drill one more filling
but here I lie, alas
unable to give the gas
my end was full of pain
not helped by Novocain
But someday I'll be back
to resume my fight against plaque

I like all the ones posted. Here's another for the list:

Mya Tooth
Taken away before her time,
Done in by decay while in her prime.
If only I’d listened to that dentist chap,
My smile wouldn’t have this empty gap.
She shall be sorely missed!

I'd suggest going with one of the "classic" older tombstone styles. Hard to go wrong with them and everyone recognizes them instantly.