A VERB BEFORE DYING

Norma has a very interesting post on the euphemisms that are used by her local obit pages, among them:

• fell asleep in the Lord
• was promoted to Glory
• was welcomed into Heaven
• reunited with his beloved
• went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ

I invite my readers to submit their favorite standard or newly invented euphemisms, and then I'll post my favorites of those.

I'll start you off with a few oldies:

• was gathered to his people
• his spirit departed
• bought the farm
• went on permanent vacation
• went to that great golf course in the sky

And a few new ones:

• went to the land of free TiVos and flatscreens
• has joined Chris Farley and John Belushi for dinner and a speedball
• is dancing with Jessica Tandy
• is writing in the land where there are no deadlines
• is surfing to the end of the World Wide Web
• was handpicked for God's new reality series
• is dining at the restaurant where every dish has zero Points

Now it's your turn...