Best Bad*** Last Words Uttered

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by tater

I think he arranged a meeting in the wrong place.

Depends on which side you stand on i guess.


"God save Germany!", Joachim von Ribbentrop, one second before he was hanged.

[Feuer Frei!]

"Is it the fourth?"
- Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826

[Jimbuna]

No! I didn't come here to make a speech. I came here to die.
Crawford Goldsby, aka Cherokee Bill, when asked if he had anything to say before he was hanged.

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

"He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh... "

Joseph of Aramathia


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[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

... I also notice that there are many references here to "famous last lines" that, while funny, could hardly be considered bad@$$.

Ya I noticed the same thing too.

But in this case while the words may sound just 'famous'. Anyone who is a student of history and higher learning, such as myself, would know when Joseph of Aramathea wrote these last words he was at the same time fighting the Black Beast.

[Sailor Steve]

Then of course there's legendary American spy Nathan Hale, who told his British hangmen:

"I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I also notice that there are many references here to "famous last lines" that, while funny, could hardly be considered bad@$$.

"Take her down!"
~ CDR H. Gilmore, proving that even after being machine-gunned, sub captains go out fighting.

[Jimbuna]

"What the hell was that noise!!?"

The Mayor of Hiroshima

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Then of course there's legendary American spy Nathan Hale, who told his British hangmen:

"I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Always one to pick a nit until it bleeds, that quote came from William Hull who was a friend of Nathan Hale, but was not present at his execution.

According to the diary of Captain Frederick Mackenzie who WAS present at Hale's execution, Hale's last words were “It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.”

Which to me still qualifies as kick butt last words.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Always one to pick a nit until it bleeds, that quote came from William Hull who was a friend of Nathan Hale, but was not present at his execution.

According to the diary of Captain Frederick Mackenzie who WAS present at Hale's execution, Hale's last words were “It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.”

Which to me still qualifies as kick butt last words.

On the other hand, how many famous last words are verified? But point taken.

[Factor]

"If things go right, I'll be there about a week, and if things don't go right, I'll be there about an hour and a half".

Rodney Dangerfield before entering the hospital for heart valve replacement surgery.

[Jimbuna]

In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first -- attempted suicide.
30-year-old anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck, who, on July 15, 1974, during technical difficulties during a broadcast, said these words on-air before producing a revolver and shooting herself in the head. She was pronounced dead in hospital fourteen hours later.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

"Is it the fourth?"
- Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826

"Thomas Jefferson...still survives!"
-John Adams
October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826

[MaddogK]

Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973) "Drink to me."
O. Henry, (1862-1910) "Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark."
Jack Daniel (1846-1911) “One last drink, please.”

[krashkart]

"Look at what I brought! Baked potatoes!" - Mickey Rooney, Ambush Bay