Strange A lawyer named Strange died. His friend asked the tombstone maker to inscribe on his tombstone, "Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a lawyer." The inscriber insisted that such inscription would be confusing, for passersby would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone. However he suggested an alternative: "Here lies a man who was both honest and a lawyer." "That way, whenever anyone walked by the tombstone and read it, they would be certain to remark: "That's Strange!"