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Hungry Ghoul
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Re: The red!
Some reasons why I took this alias I have:
- it's orcish, and I like orcs
- it means "Old Man", and age is something I respect greatly
- "Old Man" is somehow ironic for my person
- "Old Man" has an air of wisdom, and still decrepitude, infirmity, so to say
- it sounds nicely grim
- it refers to Saruman, one of the most interesting characters, and also a rebel
- it is a clear Tolkien reference, but not as obvious as others
Put "in nuce", it is a nóme de guerre, a war-mask like a dwarf's; not a shiny-happy one. Not that I feel like at war here, but when I put on a mask it needn't be one which smiles and covers a face which is also smiling. <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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Besides, it might be taken as politically questionable if I followed red's example and called myself "brown"....
<h6> Be still, O wand'rer! / Dost thou not hear the sad song of night? / How the wind does beckon thee to rest for a while / and to lend him thine ear? / What woeful tale does it tell tonight? / What tragedy of old? </h6></p>