20 of the Funniest Last Words Uttered by Historical Figures
‘I shoot better!’
If you’re lucky, your last words will be “goodbye,” and if you’re decidedly unlucky, they’ll be something like, “HURGGHGLGGLGLLG.”
It appears that more than a few late historical figures decided they wanted to avoid the latter and go out with a spot-on bon mot, and the historians of Reddit continue to salute the ones who succeeded. Marquis de Favras, when presented with his death sentence warrant, said, “I see you have made three spelling errors,” which rules.
To that end, here’s a collection of some of historical figures’ funniest last words. Admittedly, it’s hard for me to believe they were really spur of the moment, and not scrawled on a scrap of paper in their pocket in preparation for their final hour.
