Who's got the best signature?

[Bywaters]

Lots of planets have a north

Dr Who? per chance?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

What do we want? Procrastination
When do we want it? Next week

Ah, Mithalwen... if only I had seen your wonderful quote in time to stage some April Foolery. Can you only imagine what a lovely half-***ed strike that would have been? With hastily made signs (only half done), people playing gameboys as they chant... Ah, the glory of it.

Fea

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Ah, Mithalwen... if only I had seen your wonderful quote in time to stage some April Foolery. Can you only imagine what a lovely half-***ed strike that would have been? With hastily made signs (only half done), people playing gameboys as they chant... Ah, the glory of it.

Fea

I should credit the marvellous Simon Drew whose quirky take on the world brings me much joy and comfort....

http://www.simondrew.co.uk/index.html

[Lalwendë]

Ah 'lots of planets have a north' is indeed from Doctor Who.

The new series is eminently quotable! I liked one from last week but it might not be suitable for a signature, alas. He said "do you mind not ****ing* while I'm trying to save the world?" Splendid.

* what you do after eating beans...

[the phantom]

Great sig, Mith.

[Bywaters]

The new series is eminently quotable! I liked one from last week but it might not be suitable for a signature, alas. He said "do you mind not ****ing* while I'm trying to save the world?" Splendid.

Cool! I missed last weeks due to being down the pub. It was on in there but there was no sound. Bring on the Daleks!!!

[Lhunardawen]

Mithalwen's

What do we want? Procrastination
When do we want it? Next week

Ouch. Right through the heart.

[Encaitare]

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

That is profound. I like that. Hooray for being unreasonable!

[Ainaserkewen]

'The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water & breeds reptiles of the mind'...William Blake

Oh, I just love davem's. How picturesque! Basically we are always the same person, and over time we don't change, we just become ourselves more...that's what Anne Rice said anyway. Great quote davem. It kind of sums up why I'm voting for a dark horse in the provincials in a couple weeks.

[Mithalwen]

Poetry is like hermits - No point freezing your nadgers off while communing with the Infinite unless you could rely on a lot of impressionable young women to come along occasionally and say Gosh

I am nominating HerenIstarion's partly becasue it made me goggle at the screen.
Facing the reality our erudite, charming, depressingly fluent in so many languages (who else could think giving us Russian minus Cyrillic script was the kinder, easier option?), Jerome Kapka Kerome aficionado using an expression as crude as "Freezing your nadgers off", made me think the world was slightly out of kilter.. (or had been replaced by a replica - does anyone know if the dolphins are still with us?).

[HerenIstarion]

That soon? I'm honoured, and flattered, and well pleased!

Welly well, I'm [re]reading my Pratchett and eating my greens (it's still fast down our way, soon'll be Easter, and I'll have an omelette! (probably I'll settle to read some sonnets* too, while I'm at it (at eat?)), it does me good.

The original was about good ambition of independence, as professed by Granny Weatherwax (but you probably got that ):

Of course, Granny Weatherwax made a great play of her independence and self reliance. But the point about that kind of stuff was that you needed someone around to be proudly independent and self reliant at. People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.
It was like hermits There was no point freezing your nadgers off on top of some mountain while communing with the Infinite unless you could rely on a lot of impressionable young women to come along occasionally and say 'Gosh'

It (the second half, that is) runs well with almost anything one can think of. It has to be shortened for 250 characters rule's sake, though.

P.S. Kilter, as far as I am any judge, proceeds from kilt, does it not? (Though my MW confesses as to 'origin unknown') As good a garment for freezing said parts off as one can dream of for the sake of communing with Infinite...

P.P.S And to bring this lengthy monologue (I may be prolix, I know) back to the dart-throwing distance of Tolkien, let me announce that Pratchett has something of Tolkien to his writing, even if it amounts to gentle mockery (like, Gimlet son of Groin persona of a dwarf-delicatessen proprietor, or strange slimy creature climbing up passing boats in a tunnel to announce it's their birthday, only to be smacked with an oar by the boaters )

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* link provided so readers may get a reference. Just so

[Mithalwen]

Well as you know I esteem Mr P. highly both as a writer and as a person (as far as can be deduced from a book signing -anyone who can be that charming and painstaking with the 300th or so person in a queue of twice as many is a good egg) and so I did get the quote.. Maskerade is a favourite...

Kilter hmm tricksy:


http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kil3.htm

As for Kilts .. we all knowwho is the expert on those they are quite warm though ...lots of thick woolly material .... but they are scratchy ...... getting dermatitis just thinking about it....

You see ... "prolix" that is a much more usual HI type word .. one that sends native speakers scurrying for their dictionaries..

[HerenIstarion]

You see ... "prolix" that is a much more usual HI type word .. one that sends native speakers scurrying for their dictionaries..

Or sends them slumbering happily in a minute or two... . The problem is, some words I employ I originally looked up in said book of worth (or digital version, that is, ABBY Lingvo). At a time, I had no means of knowing wheather the word I was memorizing had a high-brow tint to it or was 'common as muck', as Nanny was referred to in Maskerade (one of the personal favourites as well. I like Granny/Nanny and Agnes/Perdita tandem).

Thanks for the link , I have bookmarked it for future reference.

P.S Tolkien dart-throwing distance again - Agnes' left arm, operated by Perdita, may have been at least partly inspired by Frodo and his [independently] creeping arm. Though it is his right arm trying to grasp the Ring, if I'm not mistaken, in LoTR.

P.P.S Here is the instance were I follow the letter of the law rather than its spirit

[Encaitare]

You see ... "prolix" that is a much more usual HI type word .. one that sends native speakers scurrying for their dictionaries..

*scurries, returns, likes new word*

A very nifty sig you have indeed, HI. Still laughworthy even after reading it several times.

[Encaitare]

"How can you have any puddin' if you don't eat yer meat?" - Pink Floyd

Awesome, Abercrombie. I was actually thinking about making that my sig sometime.

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Gracias, I love that quote, the guy who says it is fantastic!

[ElementFire]

I like Mithalwen's siggy.
-EF

[Ainaserkewen]

I'd like to discuss the profound, philisophical meanings in Oddwen's quote:

16 hour drum solo!!

FLOOR TOMMED!!!

Now, I adore this quote because of how it symbolises the current struggle in the Middle-East. If you think about it deep enough and consider all possible options then you will clearly see that the Western World has been there to long and it is high time that someone came along and "Floor tommed" them, or possibly "Step Momed" them or maybe, if desperately needed "Pom Pomed" them, but only if nessesary.

You can also connect this quote to our current situation up in Canada where 12 years of power have corrupted the Liberals.

But of course, the real reason this quote is so thoughtfully expressive especially for this site is that it is an Allegory for the Elves of Middle Earth. If they stay somewhere too long, they move.

I think you will see my points and I thank Oddwen for bringing such a quote of many colours into my attention. That, and I just loved that "Teen Girl Squad" episode, but that has nothing to do with it. But if you wish to view the cartoon, which is even more full of philisophical ideas, here it is:Teen Girl Squad #8

[Nimrodel_9]

I quite like Feanor's.

Let those that love us love us. And for those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He does not turn their hearts, then may He turn their ankles, so we will know them by their limping.

Terrible....

[Encaitare]

Formendacil's:

For as we are obliged by Christian truth to acknowledge every Person [of the Trinity] singly to be God and Lord, so too are we forbidden by the Catholic religion to say that there are three Gods or Lords.

-The Athanasian Creed

I think it's interesting because it's a contradiction that has baffled me for quite some time.

[elronds_daughter]

I must admit I'm fond of the link in Nimmy's sig.... The Llama Song! I've watched it about twelve times too many........ "Llama, llama, cheesecake, llama, tablet, brick, potato, llama....."

Imladris's signature is very familiar to me. The reason why is buried so deeply in my mind that I can't find it..... Wait a minute. I think I've got it! Hamlet, right?

[Shelob]

Wait a minute. I think I've got it! Hamlet, right?

"By the pricking of my thumbs/something wicked this way comes" is from Macbeth..."Something wicked this way comes" is also the name of a book (and later a movie based upon it) by Ray Bradbury...

[wilwarin538]

I just saw the Llama Song in Nimmy's sig and it is the funniest thing ever. Especially the parts with the duck.

[Firefoot]

How it is that I always get beaten to my nominations, I'll never know... anyway, I'll second Fea's:

Let those that love us love us. And for those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He does not turn their hearts, then may He turn their ankles, so we will know them by their limping.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Aww... with all these nominations, I feel a little bad that I changed my quote. But my new one is from The Boondock Saints. Just before they tap Papa Joe in the courtroom. Such a great scene...

[Ainaserkewen]

Let those that love us love us. And for those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He does not turn their hearts, then may He turn their ankles, so we will know them by their limping.

Heh, I used to have that one. Great taste, is it not Fea?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Excellent taste, Aina, especially seeing as how I had the song you've so ironically posted in your signature in my head for a number of days. You wouldn't happen to know the translation, would you? It's terrible having words you don't know running through your head for so long...

[Ainaserkewen]

Yay! Somebody noticed! *note, I totally just greeted you at the party Fea*

Here are the translations for the song: Dragostea Din Tei. You can find anything on google. I think they're available in Hebrew too...go figure!?

[Nimrodel_9]

I must admit I'm fond of the link in Nimmy's sig.... The Llama Song! I've watched it about twelve times too many........ "Llama, llama, cheesecake, llama, tablet, brick, potato, llama....."

I just saw the Llama Song in Nimmy's sig and it is the funniest thing ever. Especially the parts with the duck.

I also love the duck. The Sawyer Song (for any Lost fans) is also quite fun.
I love yours Aina! ABS is a fun website. (Though Numa numa is on several different sites.)

[Evisse the Blue]

Originally Posted by Ainaserkewen

Yay! Somebody noticed! *note, I totally just greeted you at the party Fea*

Here are the translations for the song: Dragostea Din Tei. You can find anything on google. I think they're available in Hebrew too...go figure!?

*mutters*: "Dragostea din tei" = "The love from the lime tree". Can you say that with a straight face?

*seconds (thirds?) the nomination for Imladris's sig.

[Encaitare]

The site Aina gave translates it as "Love from the linden trees," which is much nicer. Also, it reminds me of the Lay of Leithian, "light as leaf on linden tree" and all that, which is nice too.

[Ainaserkewen]

(Though Numa numa is on several different sites.)

I just tried to find sites that would play the flash when you opened the page. I'm trying to convert people to a) Numa Numa domination and b) become Napoleon Dynamite Disco Dance addicts so if you have to click something twice that you don't know what it is, you lose interest.

The site Aina gave translates it as "Love from the linden trees," which is much nicer. Also, it reminds me of the Lay of Leithian, "light as leaf on linden tree" and all that, which is nice too.

Yes! Don't you love it when random things apply to a particular thing that they should've even when you didn't mean them to? I think I'll keep this sig for awhile, I rather like the instant access to Napoleon dancing, don't you?

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by ElementFire

I like Mithalwen's siggy.
-EF

Tahnk you - do you know where it is from ?

[The Only Real Estel]

do you know where it is from?

Upon some hither shore?

p.s. ending a sentence with a preposition!? what are you doing that for?

[elronds_daughter]

I'm fond of Oddwen's:

Here's to you, Mr. Barrow-Wight
Angband holds a place for those who prey
Hey-hey-hey

An excellent parody of a classic song.
It caught my attention quickly, as the song was running through my head at the time.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

Upon some hither shore?

p.s. ending a sentence with a preposition!? what are you doing that for?

Because I am a descriptive not a prescriptive linguistician and refuse to force the English language into the unsuitable confines of Latin grammar rules. And to quote someone whose mastery of the English language I cannot hope to emulate, "That is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put!".

However my sig comes from "Gosford Park"

[The Only Real Estel]

Because I am a descriptive not a prescriptive linguistician and refuse to force the English language into the unsuitable confines of Latin grammar rules. And to quote someone whose mastery of the English language I cannot hope to emulate, "That is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put!".

I will give the same reason for why I don't care about prepositions either...although the fact that I just don't care is probably closer to the truth.

ElementFire's: He who stands on toilet is high on pot.

[elronds_daughter]

ElementFire's: He who stands on toilet is high on pot

Good gracious, that one nearly made me fall of my chair! <commences laughing fit> Um, yes. I'll stop now.

[The Only Real Estel]

ElementFire's: He who stands on toilet is high on pot.

Good gracious, that one nearly made me fall of my chair! <commences laughing fit> Um, yes. I'll stop now.

It almost made me fall of the toilet I was standing on--I mean, uh...yeah it was funny.

[Lush]

Ainaserkewen's signature rocks; I've been addicted to Dragostea Din Tei since last summer.