Epitaphs

As Nobody Owens wanders the graveyard in Neil Gaiman's __The Graveyard Book__, Nobody ("Bod" for short) interacts with its various ghostly inhabitants. Neil Gaiman includes epitaphs for these characters.

After going online to read examples of real epitaphs, we learned that there are many styles, ranging from trite expressions of sentiment to Bible verses, to double entendres and other plays on words. The sixth graders attempted to write their own.

G. L. D. 1998-∞ //I've seen better in a __coffin__ shop// //A. C. // // 1999-2111 // // Here lies Andrew, // // Who died in December, // // Who's very last words we will always remember, // // "I told you I was sick." //  C.D.A.  1998-2012  Brett Favre retired for the final time. The end of everything has come. N. A. G. 1999-2101  I ate at McDonalds for the first time M.C. 1999-2101  If I wake before I die  (which I did)  <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">please just get me some dye...  <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Wait... I'm alive,  <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">get me out of here! <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">NAG <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1999-2000  <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">ALL HAIL WOW