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Rimbaud · 11-07-2002, 09:35 AM

*Rimbaud declares bankruptcy on behalf of the 'Finance' thread*

VanimaEdhel · 11-07-2002, 06:07 PM

Well, I must have been an Ent in my past life because boy can I streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch anything I'm saying out. Just be glad I did that without stretching out the screen [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (I wouldn't do that: I hate it when people post words so long it stretches the screen).

No, this hasn't jetted off-topic...

Elenna · 11-07-2002, 06:54 PM

Grr - still can't find that 1000th post. Reward offered!

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 11-07-2002, 09:04 PM

Is the reward - two cents?

I'm in the mon-ey, I'm in the mon-ey! Here it is:

Elenna's 1000th post

Since it was recent I combed through your 'view recent posts,' did a little math, and let my fingers do the walking in the Cirith Ungol discussion thread. I'll take that in cash, please.

-Maril [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Mintyztwin · 11-07-2002, 09:05 PM

I am still confused to what this thread is exactly about. And I even read it carefully!!! But I did have a reply to what somebody said about people apoligizing for what they say. (Which I do all the time. Heh.)

"No one likes to go out on a limb without a safety line." Even if I think it's hilarious, there is a big chance lots of people don't. ('Specially considering my sense of humor [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ) So by adding a disclaimer, such as "Lame!" or whatever, is a safety line. Or several.

If I made anyone mad I'm so sorry! This post was so lame! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

BTW (I'll try not to disclaim myself anymore.)

HerenIstarion · 11-08-2002, 01:42 AM

WELL,
Such a disclaimer may be used as a preliminary preparation for a start. I mean, usually I have no problem with the whole bulk of a thread, but one needs something to clutch attention of supposed reader-to-be. Though, being just very modest as I am, I never make an apology in the beginning [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] , but use the word 'well' [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (Excellent tool, may be used in every post, boo)

Susan Delgado · 11-08-2002, 01:56 AM

Well,
That's a good way to start a post, HI. It allows the reader to gather his or her thoughts before plunging in. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

My 1000th post was a great disappointment at the time (and still is)

Susan's 1000th post

It's the doubled one in the middle. The second one was the important one. I was going to mark it specially, but when I posted the 999th, the site hiccuped and I ended up with two of the same post. Normally I'd have deleted the second as redundant, but I left it because it was my 1000th, annoying or not.

VanimaEdhel · 11-08-2002, 06:00 PM

Mari: I'll give you $0.02 and a big Elfy hug if you can find mine...

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 11-22-2002, 02:24 PM

Vanima, I'm afraid I won't be able to. It was 500 posts ago for you. I guess I'll have to forego my Elfy hug.

Rimbaud, if you would like to exercize your cringing muscles, get into practice for the holidays, read the 'Arrogance of the Rings' thread in the Movie section. The pennies are piling up at an appalling rate. It has to be read to be believed.

I've gathered some of those paper tubes from the bank. Penny rolls, anyone?

-Maril

Rimbaud · 11-22-2002, 04:22 PM

Maril,

Yes, a grim display. Just something that irks me, but one of many. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Especially since many of the people claiming the worthless nature of there own comments are not of humble disposition...

~Rimbaud

HerenIstarion · 07-07-2004, 04:38 AM

two cents tuppenced in, if I'm allowed to coin an expression...

Kuruharan · 07-11-2004, 04:49 PM

I'd noticed that this habit had been making a bit of an unfortunate comeback in some places.

Earendilyon · 11-06-2004, 03:06 PM

I've sometimes the feeling this addition of 'just my 2 cents' (or a variation on it) is a fake humility. The writer seems to think (hope) that people will think that his/her post isn't that worthless at all, but worth the read. Maybe they even hope to be praised for their post and their supposed humility, I don't know. So, it's not just this faux humilité but rather a hidden query for praise.

Lindolirian · 11-06-2004, 11:01 PM

Ah! How I wish I had seen this thread earlier!
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...56&postcount=5

THE Ka · 11-21-2004, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marileangorifurnimaluim

I suppose I was the only person who heard that *hic!* at the end of Rimbaud's post?

*Maril picks up an empty beer bottle from the collection rolling about Rim's feet. Tsk-tsk, frogs just can't hold their liquor (unlike the French)...*

What's wrong with a philosophical drunk? ok, i might be wrong but, at least they mean to make a point...

THE Ka · 11-21-2004, 06:52 PM

Surprisingly, i think i know what this author is trying to point out. If i am right in any sense, the author wishes to make a connection between first, 'greed' second, 'money, 'wealth' (of a material reference) and three, their role within the lord of the rings? Or, do they wish to connect this with our world?

It was a guess, but at least I tried.

~Pondering Ka~

Rimbaud · 11-23-2004, 04:17 AM

Actually, now this has resurfaced, I have seen some pretty grim degradations based on this financial theme. I don't want anyone's cents! (Esopecially at the current exchange rate). I might value an opinion, or even an idea. But not metaphysical money.

As BW has said above somewhere, this also goes for other get-out clauses, such as 'I'm really tired today, so I'll just post this anyway...'.

~Rimbaud the Truculent

Kuruharan · 02-04-2005, 08:37 AM

I'm starting to see this habit crop up again.

I hope in my own little way to pour some water on that fire...

peral · 02-04-2005, 07:20 PM

Too intellectual (?) for me. I shall not even bother to pretend that I am not thoroughly and utterly bamboozled

Formendacil · 02-04-2005, 08:27 PM

I almost have to wonder if I'm not responsible for this thread's current active status. Right before it got bounced back to the top of the forum in the last few days, I ended a post with, what else?, something about my "2 cents worth".

Of course, that might be somewhat too arrogant of me to think that, so I really ought to counter with a dose of "humility" and end this post now.

Just my 2 cents worth!

Mithalwen · 02-06-2005, 02:50 PM

I am surprised that noone has yet mentioned the British equivalent - not as HI assumes "tuppence" but "ten pennorth" which appears to come from wartime food rationing (WW1), but also in my extreme youth would buy you a portion of chips.....

So at current exchange rates, does this mean that the contributions of UK resident downers are almost 20 times more valuable than those of their US counterparts?

And well if we compare with Australian, NZ, Canadian and Singaporean cents ... well the situation gets better ..or worse ...

Kuruharan · 02-06-2005, 10:11 PM

What will the expression become if you go to the euro?

ohtatyaro · 02-07-2005, 01:08 AM

Quote:

What will the expression become if you go to the euro

My two eurocents in?

Kuruharan · 02-07-2005, 07:52 AM

*sigh* That just does not have the same ring to it...

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 02-08-2005, 10:27 PM

Ran across a post today in which "IMO" was used, not once, not twice, but three times. We know it's your opinion. Nobody's going to be all that offended, state your opinions with some confidence.

Signed,

Sophia the Cranky Storming Lady

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-08-2005, 10:53 PM

That's better than IMHO, for as H-I said it:

Quote:

IMO (without H inside, of course, for what is the worth of having humble opinion?) (H-I)

Mithalwen · 02-09-2005, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

What will the expression become if you go to the euro?

Well that is quite a big "If" but considering the inflation in many of the Euroland countries ....... it will probably be "my eurosworth" ...... in reality, I imagine we will still say ten pennorth ..... for a long time. After all my father took a good 25 years to adapt to decimal currency.

Also I expect that people would start to refer to euros as quids.... and cents as pence regardless of what it says on the coins...especially since we use "plastic money" increasingly. Of course children who do use coins and have never known anything else will look at there elders either as hopelessly backward or amusingly quaint...... but then there is always something which will inspire these opinions ....so no change there :P

11-07-2002, 09:35 AM	#41
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Rimbaud declares bankruptcy on behalf of the 'Finance' thread __________________ And all the rest is literature

11-07-2002, 06:07 PM	#42
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Well, I must have been an Ent in my past life because boy can I streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch anything I'm saying out. Just be glad I did that without stretching out the screen [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (I wouldn't do that: I hate it when people post words so long it stretches the screen). No, this hasn't jetted off-topic... __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

11-07-2002, 06:54 PM	#43
Elenna A Ghostly Light Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My private bubble of innocence Posts: 563	Grr - still can't find that 1000th post. Reward offered! __________________ If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

11-07-2002, 09:04 PM	#44
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	Is the reward - two cents? I'm in the mon-ey, I'm in the mon-ey! Here it is: Elenna's 1000th post Since it was recent I combed through your 'view recent posts,' did a little math, and let my fingers do the walking in the Cirith Ungol discussion thread. I'll take that in cash, please. -Maril [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?

11-07-2002, 09:05 PM	#45
Mintyztwin Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The other side of crazy Posts: 212	I am still confused to what this thread is exactly about. And I even read it carefully!!! But I did have a reply to what somebody said about people apoligizing for what they say. (Which I do all the time. Heh.) "No one likes to go out on a limb without a safety line." Even if I think it's hilarious, there is a big chance lots of people don't. ('Specially considering my sense of humor [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] ) So by adding a disclaimer, such as "Lame!" or whatever, is a safety line. Or several. If I made anyone mad I'm so sorry! This post was so lame! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] BTW (I'll try not to disclaim myself anymore.) __________________ So, where are we going? But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:2

11-08-2002, 01:42 AM	#46
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	WELL, Such a disclaimer may be used as a preliminary preparation for a start. I mean, usually I have no problem with the whole bulk of a thread, but one needs something to clutch attention of supposed reader-to-be. Though, being just very modest as I am, I never make an apology in the beginning [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] , but use the word 'well' [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (Excellent tool, may be used in every post, boo) __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-08-2002, 01:56 AM	#47
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Well, That's a good way to start a post, HI. It allows the reader to gather his or her thoughts before plunging in. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] My 1000th post was a great disappointment at the time (and still is) Susan's 1000th post It's the doubled one in the middle. The second one was the important one. I was going to mark it specially, but when I posted the 999th, the site hiccuped and I ended up with two of the same post. Normally I'd have deleted the second as redundant, but I left it because it was my 1000th, annoying or not. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

11-08-2002, 06:00 PM	#48
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Mari: I'll give you $0.02 and a big Elfy hug if you can find mine... __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

11-22-2002, 02:24 PM	#49
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	Vanima, I'm afraid I won't be able to. It was 500 posts ago for you. I guess I'll have to forego my Elfy hug. Rimbaud, if you would like to exercize your cringing muscles, get into practice for the holidays, read the 'Arrogance of the Rings' thread in the Movie section. The pennies are piling up at an appalling rate. It has to be read to be believed. I've gathered some of those paper tubes from the bank. Penny rolls, anyone? -Maril __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?

11-22-2002, 04:22 PM	#50
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Maril, Yes, a grim display. Just something that irks me, but one of many. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Especially since many of the people claiming the worthless nature of there own comments are not of humble disposition... ~Rimbaud __________________ And all the rest is literature Last edited by Rimbaud; 11-10-2004 at 04:19 AM.

07-07-2004, 04:38 AM	#51
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Bringing it up for the look of the thing... two cents tuppenced in, if I'm allowed to coin an expression... __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 11-23-2004 at 07:10 AM. Reason: it's a tautology. to have coins coined in. Firs ocurrence replaced with cents ;)

07-11-2004, 04:49 PM	#52
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,591	I'd wondered where this thread had gone... I'd noticed that this habit had been making a bit of an unfortunate comeback in some places. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

11-06-2004, 03:06 PM	#53
Earendilyon Wight Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 166	I've sometimes the feeling this addition of 'just my 2 cents' (or a variation on it) is a fake humility. The writer seems to think (hope) that people will think that his/her post isn't that worthless at all, but worth the read. Maybe they even hope to be praised for their post and their supposed humility, I don't know. So, it's not just this faux humilité but rather a hidden query for praise. __________________ "For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me." Dominus Anulorum TolkienGateway - large Tolkien encyclopedia.

11-06-2004, 11:01 PM	#54
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Ah! How I wish I had seen this thread earlier! http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...56&postcount=5 __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

11-21-2004, 06:52 PM	#56
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	What is THE Ka up to now?! Surprisingly, i think i know what this author is trying to point out. If i am right in any sense, the author wishes to make a connection between first, 'greed' second, 'money, 'wealth' (of a material reference) and three, their role within the lord of the rings? Or, do they wish to connect this with our world? It was a guess, but at least I tried. ~Pondering Ka~ __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

11-23-2004, 04:17 AM	#57
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Actually, now this has resurfaced, I have seen some pretty grim degradations based on this financial theme. I don't want anyone's cents! (Esopecially at the current exchange rate). I might value an opinion, or even an idea. But not metaphysical money. As BW has said above somewhere, this also goes for other get-out clauses, such as 'I'm really tired today, so I'll just post this anyway...'. ~Rimbaud the Truculent __________________ And all the rest is literature

02-04-2005, 08:37 AM	#58
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,591	AHHH!!! They're at it again!!! I'm starting to see this habit crop up again. I hope in my own little way to pour some water on that fire... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

02-04-2005, 07:20 PM	#59
peral Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Locked in an ivory tower Posts: 32	Too intellectual (?) for me. I shall not even bother to pretend that I am not thoroughly and utterly bamboozled

02-04-2005, 08:27 PM	#60
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,326	I almost have to wonder if I'm not responsible for this thread's current active status. Right before it got bounced back to the top of the forum in the last few days, I ended a post with, what else?, something about my "2 cents worth". Of course, that might be somewhat too arrogant of me to think that, so I really ought to counter with a dose of "humility" and end this post now. Just my 2 cents worth! __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

02-06-2005, 02:50 PM	#61
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	I am surprised that noone has yet mentioned the British equivalent - not as HI assumes "tuppence" but "ten pennorth" which appears to come from wartime food rationing (WW1), but also in my extreme youth would buy you a portion of chips..... So at current exchange rates, does this mean that the contributions of UK resident downers are almost 20 times more valuable than those of their US counterparts? And well if we compare with Australian, NZ, Canadian and Singaporean cents ... well the situation gets better ..or worse ... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-06-2005, 10:11 PM	#62
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,591	What will the expression become if you go to the euro? __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

02-07-2005, 07:52 AM	#64
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,591	sigh That just does not have the same ring to it... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

02-08-2005, 10:27 PM	#65
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Ran across a post today in which "IMO" was used, not once, not twice, but three times. We know it's your opinion. Nobody's going to be all that offended, state your opinions with some confidence. Signed, Sophia the Cranky Storming Lady __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!