Painterly frayed rope knotted around a wooden post beside a fallen red and cream jester hat.

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Bartholomew

When I am dead and have passed onto the next world, I want you to lower me from these gallows and... kiss my hairy buttocks!

— Almost Heroes · 1998

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a crude, comedic final request from someone facing execution, undercutting the solemnity of death with a rude punchline. Instead of profound last words, the speaker asks for a mocking, disrespectful gesture, using dark humor to defy the seriousness of his own impending death.

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