Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest man,
And that is Strange.
--A lawyer's tombstone in England
Strange，一个奇怪的姓氏，滑稽而又无情地“否定”了这位律师的美德。

Reader if cash thou art
In want of any
Dig 4 feet deep
And thou wilt find a Penny
--John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery
“看官，您若缺钱，不妨掘地四尺，就会发现一便士。”果真如此，“便士”兄弟的玩笑可就开大了。

Here lies Ann Mann
Who lived an old maid
But died an old Mann
--Dec.8,1767
又是姓氏弄人！她孤独地死去，还被改了性别，变成了man（与Mann谐音）！

Gone away Owin' more （与owing more谐音）
Than he could pay
--Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England
人们在借给Owen Moore先生钱的时候，会不会因为他的名字而有所犹豫呢？

Here lies
Johnny Yeast
Pardon me
For not rising
--In Ruidoso, New Mexico
入土也不忘客气，真是一位gentleman。

Here lies the body of our Anna
Done to death by a banana
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low
But the skin of the thing that made her go.
--Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont (佛蒙特州伊诺斯堡福尔斯市）
Anna真是不幸，她被一块香蕉皮夺去了生命。转念想想，这一跤难道与伊诺斯堡福尔斯市的名字（Falls）有关？