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Historical Famous last words ….. before disaster

Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:19 pm
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
4452 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:19 pm
I’ll lead with three examples:

“Iceberg, right ahead!” (Frederick Fleet; Lookout HMS Titanic)

“Go throttle up…” (Mission Commander Francis Scobee, Space Shuttle CHALLENGER)

“ and now it’s on to Chicago and let’s win there…” (Robert Kennedy, Ambassador Hotel)
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104492 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:20 pm to
"Hold my beer!"
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
22284 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:21 pm to
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159147 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:21 pm to
"They couldn't hit anybody at this dist--" - Civil War general
Posted by dblwall
Member since Jul 2017
1993 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:22 pm to
Indians what effing Indians

Gen George Custer

Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20432 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:22 pm to
Mrs. Connally, wife of Gov. Connally of Texas telling JFK "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you" moments before he was killed in Dallas.
This post was edited on 7/9/26 at 9:25 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
178367 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:22 pm to
“Put it on red”

Jordan Jefferson, Harrah’s, January 8, 2012
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159147 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:25 pm to
I could post a joke about Crockett and Bowie at the Alamo, but I posted it before and was banned for 2 and a half months, so I think not
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
Member since Aug 2021
19285 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:27 pm to
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
25251 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:32 pm to
You to Brutus

Caesar
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
6775 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:33 pm to
Et tu Brute?

Okay not historically accurate, but famous.
Posted by SparkyWilson
Member since May 2026
294 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:34 pm to
That would be Sedgwick killed by a Whitworth rifle.
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
6775 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:34 pm to
Beat me to it, haha.
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
8848 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:34 pm to
It's fine, just pull out.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26390 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

The Baton Rouge area will NOT get this much rain... Serious... MAYBE 3-4 inches... The system will not get this far before going north...


- Peej

August 8, 2016
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
198204 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:36 pm to
Thinking of starting an LSU-based message board and charging nothing
Posted by Recognizable Poster
Geaux Tigers
Member since Mar 2026
1297 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:37 pm to
"What are you gonna do about it?"
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17643 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:38 pm to
quote:

“Go throttle up…” (Mission Commander Francis Scobee, Space Shuttle CHALLENGER)

I was in 4th grade. Learning decades later that they rode it in until they hit the ocean, no bueno.
Posted by LSU Delirium
Member since Aug 2013
518 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:38 pm to
“3.6 Roentgen, Not Great, Not Terrible.”
Posted by SlickRick55
Member since May 2016
2964 posts
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:42 pm to
“Go at throttle up”.
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