“When I die, I want the Mets to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time”
“When I die, I want (X) to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time” is a popular meme on many images. That ‘X” is often a sports player or sports team. “I want Roy Williams to be a pallbearer at my funeral. That way he can let me down one last time” was cited on Twitter on April 1, 2008. “When I die I want the (Dallas—ed.) cowboys to be my palbearers cause they can let me down one last time!!!!!!!!!” was cited on Twitter on October 11, 2009. A dying Cleveland Browns fan actually made this request in 2013.
“When I die, I would like the people I did group projects with to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time” went viral on Twitter on August 26, 2014. This line has also been printed on many images.
Twitter
K Dub
@porqchop
Seen on the Web - “I want Roy Williams to be a pallbearer at my funeral. That way he can let me down one last time.”
8:26 PM - 1 Apr 2008
Google Groups: alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks
Quote from a Sharks fan
Scott Bennie
4/27/09
Saw this on another forum, about their play in the current series:
“I want the sharks to carry my casket when I die so they can let me down a final time.”
Twitter
Jayla Crane
@yeaitsjayla
BEST LINE EVER! “clayton: When I die I want Thornton to be my pallbearer… So he can let me down one last time…”
10:37 PM - 27 Aug 2009
Twitter
Joseph Munoz
@jmunoz02
When I die I want the cowboys to be my palbearers cause they can let me down one last time!!!!!!!!! ... http://lnk.ms/3983j
2:09 PM - 11 Oct 2009
Daily Norseman (Minnesota Vikings)
Heard Any Good (Vikings) Jokes Lately?
By Eric J. Thompson @eric_j_thompson on Oct 6, 2011, 12:53a
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The old go-to jokes like “When I die, I want the Vikings to be my pall bearers so they can let me down one last time” will be appreciated, but probably avoided. Be original.
Twitter
Joseph Cammarata
@OprasMinch
When I die I want the Mets to be my paulbearers so they can let me down for one last time
8:12 AM - 25 Nov 2011
Twitter
SoapShortFilm
@SoapShortFilm
When I die I want the @Giants players to be my pallbearers so they get let me down one last time!! #stillhurts
6:13 PM - 29 Nov 2011
Twitter
Chris Trevino
@CLeeTrev
When I die I want the Rangers to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time! #baseballpissed @tweetgrubes @AndrewTrevino
11:14 PM - 4 Jun 2012
Twitter
Matthew Shepherd
@mattsheepherd
When I die I want the Jets to be my pallbearers; so they can let me down one more time.
11:54 AM - 9 Sep 2012
CBS Sports
Man wants Browns pallbearers so team ‘can let him down one last time’
By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
July 8, 2013 11:27 am ET
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“He respectfully requests six Cleveland Browns pall bearers so the Browns can let him down one last time.”
Oh, Browns. You even managed to get beat by the deceased.
Twitter
BasedPaco
@BasedPaco
When I die I want the Knicks to carry my casket so they can let me down one last time.
8:12 PM - 16 Jan 2014
Fox Sports
Tony Romo, Dez Bryant respond to ‘Mean Tweets’ about Cowboys
The Cowboys decided to respond to some of the haters on Twitter in a video released Friday called “Mean Tweets” on DallasCowboys.com
By Louis Ojeda Jr.
Jun 27, 2014 at 1:24p ET
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Steffan Busch @SteffanBusch8
I want the Dallas Cowboys to be the pallbearers at my funeral, so they can let me down one last time 😔
11:41 PM - 29 Dec 2013
Twitter
Stefan K
@svk_07
When I die, I would like the people I did group projects with to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time.
7:46 PM - 26 Aug 2014
Twitter
SuperDuperKyle
@KyleFrayIsTaken
When I die, I would like the people I did group projects with to lower me in to my grave so they can let me down one last time.
8:04 PM - 26 Aug 2014
InsideBayArea (CA)
Cleveland fan to Warriors fan: Shut up, you don’t know misery
By Howard .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
POSTED: 05/31/2015 01:04:08 PM PDT
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Northeastern Ohio cemeteries are filled with people who gasped their last breath without witnessing one of their sports teams win anything. There was the Ohioan who famously included a line in his obituary about wanting a Cleveland Brown to serve as pallbearer so “they can let me down one more time.”
Google Books
Future Brain:
The 12 Keys to Create Your High-Performance Brain
By Jenny Brockis
Milton Qld: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
2016
Pg. 184:
‘When I die, I want the people I did group projects with to lower me into my grave, so they can let me down one last time.’
Anonymous
Triad City Beat (Greensboro/Winston-Salem’High Point, NC)
Paw Prints, Super Bowl 50: Tears
Posted by Anthony Harrison on Monday, February 8, 2016
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There’s an old joke amongst sports fans which goes, “When I die, I want my favorite team to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time.”