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how can we answer someone telling us " famous last words" ?how do we respond in order to prove them wrong?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Every sentence begins with a capital letter. When you don't do that, it's like giving a speech with your fly open and your shirttail sticking out a little.

richard the thirhow can we answer someone telling us " famous last words" ?

I can only guess what you mean. You have said something, and the other person's comment on what you said is "Famous last words", meaning that you will fail.

richard the thirhow do we respond in order to prove them wrong?

It depends on what you said in the first place, I guess. There is no stock reply for that that I am aware of. Let me try to invent one: "Baby's first words."

AlpheccaStars · Answer

richard the thir someone telling us their " famous last words"

Well, there can be no conversational response because if these truly are the person's last words, the person is dead after speaking them. Only history will tell whether the words are famous or not, so there is no response for that either.

richard the thir How do we respond in order to prove them wrong?

That may be very easy. After one or two minutes, look at them. If they are not dead or close to death, just say, "You are still alive."

Here are some famous last words:

Nostradamus predicted, “Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.” He was right.

Author Herman Melville died saying, “*** bless Captain Vere!” referencing his then-unpublished novel Billy Budd, found in a breadbox after he died.

Leonardo da Vinci was also overly modest, saying, “I have offended *** and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” The Mona Lisa isn’t good enough?

Drummer Buddy Rich died after surgery in 1987. As he was being prepped for surgery, a nurse asked him, “Is there anything you can’t take?” Rich replied, “Yeah, country music.”

There are also infamous last words.

Murderer James W. Rodgers, given the death sentence, was put in front of a firing squad in Utah and asked if he had a last request. He replied, “Bring me a bullet-proof vest.”

Spenkelink was executed in Florida in 1979. He spent his final days writing these last words on various pieces of mail: “Capital punishment means those without the capital get the punishment.”

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richard the thirHow can we answer someone telling us "famous last words"?

What do you mean by "famous last words"? Whose words? Is someone telling you the last words of Socrates were "Play it again, Sam", and you want to prove that those were not the last words of Socrates before he died?

richard the thirHow do we respond in order to prove them wrong?

Use the same methods you use to prove anything wrong. Find the contrary evidence and present it to the person who is misinformed.

CJ

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