Who's got the best signature?

[Gil-Galad]

anything for you Abercrombie

[Glirdan]

Wow this is rare!! Finding two sig's I like in one day!!!

"O woe-begotten spirit, fall now into dark oblivion, and forget for a while the dreadful doom of life!"

Deep Thin, very deep. Yet it touches me in away that's hard to explain (or is it!? ). Loving it!!

Well, I'll make it three sig's because I rather enjoy Gil's as well.

[Maeggaladiel]

I do so adore Gil-Galad's holiday sig:

I am KRINGUS, Demon-God of Christmas trees

So festive!

[the guy who be short]

How could I possibly not adore Encai's (I almost called her Wilhelmina )? It features me.

"Wilhelmina seemed by far the most pleasant member of the Offending Party... simply an old woman with a ferret in her hat." - TGWBS in Assigned to Mordor

[Sleepy Ranger]

The Guy Who Be Shot has a rather interesting signature.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Eonwe

Maikadilwen's sig sounds very familiar. Walt Witman, perhaps?

It is WB Yeats "He wishes for the cloths of heaven" - and is perhaps one of the most beautiful poems ever written. Since it is so short, I will post it in full.

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

[Eonwe]

i know i've read it, but my knowledge of peotry is not nearly great enough to know if walt witman is even a close guess.

indeed, a very beautiful poem.

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by the guy who be short

How could I possibly not adore Encai's (I almost called her Wilhelmina )? It features me.

But was it not you who said you imagined me as an old woman? Oh yes, it was here. So I guess that works.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Eonwe

my knowledge of peotry is not nearly great enough to know if walt witman is even a close guess.
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I would say the important thing is that you liked and responded to the poem not that you know who it is by and what else it is like. I don't say this to disparage the study of literature (that would be hypocritical since I did so) but that I think there is a danger of taking pleasure in correctly identifying a quote, or a piece of music or a painting rather in the thing itself. One can so easily become a cutural trainspotter.

Howver I am now going to check out Whitman - I have heard of him but I can't think of any of his poems

More generally, I do love the variety of sigs. One reminds you of a favourite poem, another sets a puzzle or makes you laugh. Some provide uncomfortable home truths (Mormegil's one about dysfunctional relationships being a good example..)

[wilwarin538]

The Guy Who Be Shot has a rather interesting signature.

I agree Sleepy, but I have a question. When/why did TGWBS get shot?

[Gil-Galad]

well remember that incidence with the pie... all i have to say is that i wanted that pie...

[Oddwen]

I just saw Maeg's -

All shall tolerate me and feel indifferent!

Ho-hum...I can live with it if you can I guess... ( )

And also Target Practice's -

The Turtle Moves!

Hoorah for Pratchett!

[Encaitare]

This one belongs to Pippin is Mine, a brand-new member whose signature made me chuckle:

In the begining there was nothing. Then God said "Let there be light." Then there was still nothing, but you could see it.

[Roa_Aoife]

Jeez, I thought you lot were supposed to be non-conformists! It seems Hollywood has addled your brains more than you claim...

Pirates
-Valesse
-Anguirel
-Eonwe
-Folwren
-Malkatoj
-The Only Real Estel
-Gralin Musicteeth
-Alcarillo
-Thinlomien
-Orominuialwen
-HerenIstarion
-Encaitare
-Holbytlass
-Roa_Aoife
-Wilwarin538
-The Guy who be Short

And those of a far superior intellect Ninjas
-Gil-Galad
-Rune Son of Bjarne
-AbercrombieofRohan
-Guest
-Mormegil

I am shocked! My Illusions has been shaterd!

I had such high thoughts about you people and then you go and vote for pirates.

My vote had nothing to with with Hollywood. I think Samurai out class ninja, and I hold a great respect for the priate captain Grace O'Malley, who was Queen of the Seas before England tried her and took all her assets and killed her sons. Queen Elizabeth I was the ruler at the time, and two actually met face to face.

[Gurthang]

Roa, being in the same boat, I really like your sig.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I agree, Roa. Just one left... I can do it... We can make it through... I have confidence in us all.

[Rimbaud]

Apparently mine says more than a thousand words. So there.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I like it, Rimsy. Nothing quite like a good block of silence to speak multitudes.

[Roa_Aoife]

Ah, yes, finals week. Enjoy the sig now- it'll be gone by Saturday. ('Cause I'm done! )

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Guuuuuuys, balrogs aren't evil! They're misunderstood.

~ Feanor of the Nutcases

TGWBS, you know well that anything that features me makes it onto my list of favorites. Even if you called either me or half-Elves nutcases. Tolkien must be rolling in his grave over Roggie of Morgoth being cast in Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Mithalwen]

Two more wonderful additions to the Barrow Downs Poetry Anthology (should be required reading on all Literature syllabuses)

Piosenniel's selection of "La belle Dame sans merci" (Keats)
Lalaith's choice "An Irish Airman.." (Yeats)

[piosenniel]

Thanks!

I've moved onto the second verse now. Lovely poem!

[Gothmog]

TGWBS:

Guuuuuuys, balrogs aren't evil! They're misunderstood.

Gotta love that, especially as I know I've said something like that a few times in the Silmarillion Survivor discussions... We are so misunderstood! Thank you for realizing that, ms nutcase

[Eonwe]

Originally Posted by Mithadan

"And tales and rumours arose along the shores of the sea concerning mariners and men forlorn upon the water who, by some fate or grace or favour of the Valar, had entered in upon the Straight Way and seen the face of the world sink below them..."

This is a perfect example of the beauty that marks much of Tolkien's writing. It gives you the shivers.

[The Only Real Estel]

Meneltarmacil's:

Two wrongs do not make a right. Two Wrights, however, did make an airplane.

I like it.

[Meneltarmacil]

I like yours too, Estel. Random comments rule!

Oh, and that trailer's pretty awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Just an interesting side note. Beowulf is now being filmed. For more information check it out at imdb.com

YAY! It was about time. (first reaction)

What! No Danes or Swedes among the actor's, then it cannot be good.

[Kuruharan]

Gothmog's current offering is excellent.

[Gothmog]

Well, thank you! But it's really the genius Adams that should be honoured. You know, having him as theme isn't very hard, he said and wrote so much good stuff that that the hard thing is to chose one quote! And, of course, fit it into the sig. Many quotes are just too big

I know I'm repeating what other's already have said, but I really enjoy Meneltarmacil's Wright-sig and the sig of Pippin is Mine (even if s/he him/herself seems to be absent):

In the begining there was nothing. Then God said "Let there be light." Then there was still nothing, but you could see it.

[Lalaith]

Rune, this version of Beowulf has plenty of Vikings among the cast....it was shown at a couple of festivals this year but not sure when it's coming out on general release...

[Bêthberry]

Esty's latest has me in stitches:

Originally Posted by The Ghosted Princess

PDQ Bach work of the week: Capriccio Espagnole for Charles III: "The Reign in Spain" (from: Notebook for Betty-Sue Bach)

Is Betty-Sue Bach the twin orphan sister of MeriSue Mozart?

[Thinlómien]

Ohtatyaro's sig caught my eye; not because it was particulary good, but because I've been reading so much Harry Potters lately. (That explains the latter part of my signature...)

Formendacil's is, err..., wolfish at least. That Mwahahahaa always reminds me of werewolves, and I don't wonder why...

[Elu Ancalime]

Mines from Fosters Home of Imaginary Friends, which I found to be a very commical show. Cheez, the crazy brother of Bloo, is speaking to Edwardo the mexican monster at the dinner table. It's not special or anything though.
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Medical marijuana strains

[Gurthang]

Well, I have to say I really like Menel's right now, but that is of course because that great quote is from me!

Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

But this shadow I speak of has a name. Starts with a Menel, ends with a macil, only has a tar in between; not that I'm naming names. -Gurthang, Werewolf XV

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

That is a very funny line, Gurthang. I'd forgotten just how much fun Werewolf signatures could be.

[The Only Real Estel]

I like Menel's as well, but I'm also a fan of Lhuna's:

This is not a diner! Let's not discuss who would make a best meal but who is most likely to be a hero.
-dancing spawn of ungoliant, Werewolf XV

Very nice.


EDIT: And I just noticed Bergil's:

"A little disorder of the stomach makes <my senses> cheats.You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more gravy then grave about you.
-Ebaneezer Scrooge."

Fantastic. Is that straight from the book or from Muppets Christmas Carol with Michael Crane (Alfred in Batman Begins)?

[Lhunardawen]

The ironic thing about my signature is, dancing spawn is herself a hero. Which makes it all the more brilliant.

[Encaitare]

Fea's:

...and while the seagulls are crying,
we fall, but our souls are flying...

The Decemberists are such a nifty band.

[Amanaduial the archer]

"A little disorder of the stomach makes <my senses> cheats.You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more gravy then grave about you.
-Ebaneezer Scrooge."

Fantastic. Is that straight from the book or from Muppets Christmas Carol with Michael Crane (Alfred in Batman Begins)?

Lol, yes indeed that is from the book - I did aural English coursework on it last year, the sole result of which is that my English teacher now has me laughing at that particular line immortalised on tape.

[Gil-Galad]

mine is just.. .well i got bored...