Famous Last Words

History is littered with famous last words. Nelson’s “Kiss me Hardy” earned him a place in the history books under the ‘eh?’ category, for example, or Milligan’s desire to breathe ‘I told you I was ill’.

Not that I’m intending to crash or anything, but driving along the motorway I couldn’t help reflecting on the topic of last words. Should God’s great Wilder beast deputise for the Reaper of Grim and step out in front of me, I’d hope to spout forth something meaningful, lasting, poignant and witty. Of course it’s unlikely anyone would hear them, and even more unlikely that they’d have the foresight to write them down and email or text them to my Facebook Status bar before we’re both splattered across the carriageway.

To be honest, it’s more likely the content would be something along the lines of, “Opps”, or “Bugger”, or worse still “Oooh, look! A wilder beast with an axe and Scream mask”.

To that end, I am intending to train my brain. I’m putting the words in my head with indelible thoughts…

“That was unexpected…” seems to fit just about any situation…