Taken by death

Trevor @ Monday January 7th 2008 10:39

The famous “Kiss of death / PetĂł de la mort” memorial sculpture in Poble Nou cemetery, photo by the excellent izarbeltza, regularly visited on this Barcelona walk:
peto_de_la_mort

A more earthy interpretation, from a Chinese shop, also in Barcelona:
death_chinese

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  1. Colin Davies
    January 7th 2008 11:18

    I’ve seen skinnier women in Spain. So the question arises, Which one is Death?

  2. Trevor ap Simon
    January 7th 2008 11:57

    Death is the one you don’t see coming.

  3. Charles Butler
    January 7th 2008 17:45

    You’re talking about the come shot, I guess.

  4. Trevor ap Simon
    January 8th 2008 10:27

    Your words, Mr B

  5. Colin Davies
    January 8th 2008 11:27

    I knew a woman once who had 13 children when she’d only wanted 1 or 2. Trouble was, she was profoundly deaf and couldn’t hear her husband coming.

    Old but good. Just like my women . . .

  6. Trevor ap Simon
    January 8th 2008 11:35

    If you only knew her once, who were the other guys?

  7. Charles Butler
    January 8th 2008 16:58

    A little knowledge is a…

  8. Colin Davies
    January 8th 2008 17:58

    different thing entirely from knowledge of a little.

  9. Colin Davies
    January 8th 2008 17:59

    Epithetically speaking.

    Though not necessarily on a tombstone.

  10. Charles Butler
    January 9th 2008 23:54

    Oh, come now.

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    October 27th 2008 20:03

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