In Memoriam - Quote Graveyard

[Orominuialwen]

Goodbye to my beloved drinking song:

We be soldiers three
Pardonnez-moi, je vous en prie
Lately come forth from the Low Country
With never a penny of money.

I am replacing it with something I have planned on doing for a long time.

[Bêthberry]

Some lines must be commemorated:

My new siggie, courtesy of the phantom's latest Werewolf game:

Originally Posted by the phantom

When you read my posts in Werewolf X (I was a wolf in that game) you will find that I barely lied at all.

The key is to tell truths that don't lead to the truth.
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TOL-IN-GAURHOTH XII, Erbar Telamarth

which puts to rest a little bit of Tolkien reception history:

Originally Posted by Bb's previous sig

I went to the children's room of the library . . . and asked for The Hobbit; and the librarian told me, 'Oh, we keep that only in the adult collection; we don't feel that escapism is good for children.' Ursula K Le Guin

Thank you, Ursula LeGuin

[Dimturiel]

I am now laying to rest this beautiful HP quote :

Let us step out into the night and pursue that flightly temptress, adventure.

[Thinlómien]

[I]"Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning
or behold the flowing years from the sea returning?"

Rohirrim definitely are great poets, but I wanted a new sig.

[Nurumaiel]

I was attached to this quote, and will probably return it, but I wanted a time with the new sweet one I found, so fare thee well for a little while....

A child of seven is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door and saw a dragon. But a child of three is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door. ---Ethics of Elfland, G.K. Chesterton

[Bêthberry]

Enough of this paen to ThePantom! I lay to rest this quote.

Originally Posted by retired sig

When you read my posts in Werewolf X (I was a wolf in that game) you will find that I barely lied at all. The key is to tell truths that don't lead to the truth.~~
--the phantom, TOL-IN-GAURHOTH XII, Erbar Telamarth

In honour of the season I offer this. Interpret its use as you will....

Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled . . . .

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I thank Kath for encouraging foolery such as

morir, dormir... dormir, talvez soñar

but I must now lay it to rest in favor of something a bit more fun.

[Maeggaladiel]

I loved you, Red Mage, but I believe I love Jack Sparrow more. I shall lay thee to rest now.

My plans are ALWAYS practical! It's the laws of physics that get in the way of my success! ~Red Mage, 8-Bit Theatre

To be replaced by...

Elizabeth is safe, just like I promised. She's set to marry Norrington, just like she promised, and you get to die for her, just like you promised. So you see we're all men of our words... Except for Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman. ~Jack Sparrow

I watched that movie again last night and remembered how much I love that little miscreant.

[Bergil]

So I obviously must stop using one

R.I.P.

absolutum obseletum - if it works it's out of date

I'm bringing in something for christmas.

EDIT: now that's gone, too.

[Orominuialwen]

I now say goodbye to a sig I quite enjoyed:

For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance.

It's from The Fiddler of Dooney, by W.B. Yeates, and rather expresses my outlook on things. The band I linked to in it (which is one of my absolute favorites) recites the whole poem on one of their CDs, and I really love it.

Seeing as it's already getting on to the third Sunday in Advent, it's time I changed to my Christmas sig.

[Dimturiel]

I'm hearing images,/I'm seeing songs/No poet has yet ever painted- ABBA, I let the music speak.

Farewell! Time to replace you with something more appropriate with the season.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Refuse to be thrown in a can.
What do I mean?

I refuse to believe that nobody reacted! It's utter refuse!

[Laiudanama]

Finally, though I own it for some time, I've managed to actually read Thud!

Oh, it's fantastic, isn't it? The Vimes books are still the best - I mean, the witches make a close second, but Vimes will always be the best

This seems as good a place as any to put my very first signature:

"Tell them I came, and no one answered, that I kept my word," he said.
Never the least stir made the listeners, though every word he spake
Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house from the one man left awake

It's the feeling that there must be some unknown story behind the poem that is so intriguing... A very brief extract from Walter de La Mare's 'The Listeners' - lovely poem, not sure why I like it so much, but it is one of my favourite poems.

[Holbytlass]

It is done. I now retire my
Have you wished someone a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today?!

Fitting to me I started with Durelin and ended with Gurthang a couple of my werewolf playing buddies. I looked at the calendars so much that sometimes I thought people were changing their birthdates on me, a nod to Sleepy Ranger who actually did and fessed up to it!

Doing this for a year was not only to make my mark but an exercise in goalkeeping. I wondered if I could do it for a whole year. I did my best. Sometimes the process became tedious and other times it's what got me popping out of bed. I fretted when I had to go on holiday and didn't have access and I cursed the six weeks when my computer was down (end of April all of May) even though it was beyond my control I felt like I tripped at the finish line.

The Barrow-Wight may be a bit humbuggish about birthdays but to have a glorious death there must be a birth, a beginning for that end. And this is my end. Anyone wishing to pick up this torch I give you my blessings and my sympathies!

[The Elf-warrior]

I'm replacing this bit of wisdom from James Madison:

"The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."

with a Groucho Marx quote

"Well, all the jokes can't be good! You've got to expect that once in a while."~Captain Spaulding in Animal Crackers