Look! It’s a cement sofa!
I hope you mentally pronounced that see-mint, just like on the Beverly Hillbillies.
The plaque reads:
On this site stood the Littlestone Lifeboat Station
Erected in 1871 to the memory of
John Hatton, M.D.
Demolished in 1940 under military defense orders
This freehold was presented
to the Kent Rivers Catchment Board
by Major M. Teichman Derville, O.B.E., D.L., J.P.
Bailiff of Romney March
MCMXLIX
The things the military did to this area during the war – oof!
When I lived in Providence, I used to cut through a cemetery with some interesting grave markers. One in particular featured a pink poofy granite sofa across from a pink poofy granite armchair and, right where the television would be in this livingroom suite, the tombstone.
It’s like he thought his loved ones were going to come watch him like the Late Show.
Posted: October 6th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 5
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Comment from Uncle Badger
Time: October 6, 2025, 6:47 pm
Oi! It sez ‘defence’ not ‘defense’.
Mutter, grumble, growl…
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: October 6, 2025, 11:21 pm
@Uncle B — You did it! It’s FIXED! YAY!
This is good. The misspelling was quite offencive.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: October 7, 2025, 2:13 am
I can’t tell you how amused we were to hear our oldest son say “yeah, just back the truck up to the edge of the see-ment and we can load up there.”
I couldn’t resist…”Okay Jethro”.
And funnier than the time, at age 6, he opened the freezer, looked it over, closed it, and said “where’s the f@#$ing ice cream”, and then strolled out of the kitchen.
Dead silence for a minute as we slowly turned to look at each other.
“Did he just say….”
“Yes, he did.”
It’s funny now, not so much then.
Comment from aelf
Time: October 7, 2025, 12:01 pm
“It’s like he thought his loved ones were going to come watch him like the Late Show.”
Or he was having a last laugh.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: October 7, 2025, 2:35 pm
For most of my adult life, I said that I wanted to be cremated. Then I started working on the family genealogies and had to rethink the idea of a headstone.
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