In Memoriam - Quote Graveyard

[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.

[The Saucepan Man]

SaucepanMan says too much, and really has no idea what he's doing.
- Durelin, Werewolf IIX

Ah, so true!

But it's time for a change.

Now that the Middle-earth Football World Cup finals have reached the second round, the competition is hotting up. So my new sig takes the opportunity to urge everyone here to get behing their local team.

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absolutum obseletum - if it works it's out of date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

[Lush]

Now I lay it down to sleep...

"My drink's my only remedy, For pain of losing family, But while I'm gone Shorty, Everything's gonna be alright, Everything's gonna be alright."

Mr. Wyclef Jean & Co. helped me through the grief of losing my cousin and my godfather's daughter this autumn. It's a beautiful version of "No Woman No Cry," and I highly recommend it.

[HerenIstarion]

...less doth yearning trouble him who knoweth many songs, or with his hands can touch the harp - his possesion is his gift of glee which God gave him...

Is laid to rest until better times, when I'm free to touch the harp more often than I do now

[Roa_Aoife]

Finals week is upon us. The thought of utopia has faded. The decay which this institution so loves has taken a toll on my already feeble carcass, in result of consuming repulsive dining hall rations. Survival is a dim hope...God help us all...

Putting this away till next semmester.

[Maeggaladiel]

All shall tolerate me and feel indifferent!

Retiring this one for now; maybe it'll come back later. I do so adore it.

[Bergil]

RIP

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.

christmas is over, and I now turn my eyes elsewhere (when I can spare them from my new books and video games). an election is coming, and I want my opinion known. I fear all the other Canadian wights will now want to lynch ME for ruining our reputation.

[The Saucepan Man]

I hereby lay to rest ...

Green sword on the shirt, Yellow boots are gleaming
Talking ‘bout Middle-earth, Keeps us all still dreaming
~ MEFWC: Support the Downs! ~

... now that all is done and dusted and the Barrow Downs team have claimed their rightful victory.

Instead, a quote from John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

I would arrest anybody who uses the word State (in any sense other than the inanimate realm of England and its inhabitants, a thing that has neither power, rights nor mind); and after a chance recantation, execute them if they remained obstinate!

One of my favourites of his, no less. Due credit and thanks to littlemanpoet for reminding me of it.

[Amanaduial the archer]

To put to rest my Christmassy one-liner...

O hush your noise, ye men of strife, and hear the angels sing...

I don't know, it has always been a favourite hymn line of mine. However, Christmas is past and although advent is still going, I shall put away Christmassy things from my signature at least. I yield it to a few lines from W.H. Auden, whose words were set to music in the lovely 'Hymn To St. Cecilia'. I can't help thinking of the music as I read the words...

Blessed Cecilia, appear in vision To all musicians, appear and inspire:
Translated Daughter, come down and startle Composing mortals with immortal fire.

[Garin]

'Tis indeed a shame that a change of your signature goes retro to past posts, I'd like to have a new one every post.
I quickly retired:

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. Matt Groening

[HerenIstarion]

RIP

Choose!© by Freedom® Ltd

[Dimturiel]

Christmas is over so it is high time I changed my signature.
This Christmas greeting that I send
Comes from a heart that's warm and true.
May gladness and contentement blend
To make a perfect day for you.

Farewell, you shall be missed.

[Orominuialwen]

Since it's now Epiphany and Christmas is officially over, I lay to rest my Christmas sig, from one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

O magnum mysterium / et admirabile sacramentum, / ut animalia viderent Dominum natum jacentem in praesepio. / O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt / portare Dominum Jesum Christum. / Alleluia!

Since the robotics season started yesterday morning, I'm going to use something more appropriate to that.

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

I'm retiring my current sig because it is old and I'm sick of it...

The old:

"Azaelia of Willowbottom: A bad feeling. I can't help it. Too innocent with all her cute little flowers."-Cailin, Werewolf IX

The New:

"Azaelia of Willowbottom: To live innocently for a few days, make some major voting mistakes and be lynched by an angry, ignorant mob in the end." ~Cailin, T-I-G Dream Team

The ironic thing is that the new one is old as well, posted sometime back in October. I liked it then, when I first read it, because it's pathetically true, but went on to forget it. I then stumbled across it again today while wandering through some older threads and decided it was time for a change.

[Bergil]

old Paul's stopped being quite so pathetic. I'm still not cheering for him, but I'll find another signature

R.I.P.

lynch ++Paul Martin
what, the liar said he wants votes?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

1. Balrogs are: a. acrophobic; b. winged; c. misunderstood.
   
   
2. Legolas is: a. the Jar-Jar Binks of The Lord of the Rings; b. blonde; c. misunderstood.
   
   
3. Daga is: a. short for 'Depressed Adults's Group Activity;' b. Filipino for 'mouse;' c. something you'll never find out.

Yep, couldn't resist the lure of multiple-choice questions. Unfortunately I ran out of steam and came up with only two . . . until daga'y who be short asked his fateful question. So, I had a third multiple-choice question.

Well, now I'll try to keep this non-Romeo Shakespeare line for as long as possible.

[Roa_Aoife]

Hail to the Redskins!

It's staying there till the Superbowl is over. Get used to it.

Next season, we will rule.

[Farael]

Originally Posted by Roa_Aoife

Next season, we will rule.

Maybe, but you are missing a "matter" (or perhaps maettr) in your siggie I believe.

And by the way, the Steelers rule NOW!! GO STEELERS!!!!

[Roa_Aoife]

Indeed I am. Thankyou Farael.

EDIT: East-coasters! WOOT!

[JennyHallu]

I love that sentence...the fun part is my dyslexic husband can't read it at all.

and...I don't care who won the Super Bowl, I wish I hadn't had so much to drink...

[gralin musicteeth]

No one gave me an answer to my question, so I guess I'll get a new signature. sigh,

Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

I guess nobody knows.

[Amanaduial the archer]

The silver swan, who living had no note,
As death approached, unlocked her silent throat,
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Sang her first, her last, and sang no more

Well, this was pretty short-lived, I guess, but Orlando Gibbons' 'The Silver Swan' goes to rest in favour of something shorter and rather less profound - and if anyone knows what this is from, I may love you forever. Well. Anyway.

Shpadoinkle!

[Envinyatar]

I couldn't resist. Alferd Packer is well known in the state I'm from.

Shpadoinkle

The sky is blue and all the leaves are green.
The sun's as warm as a baked potato.
I think I know precisely what I mean,
When I say it's a shpadoinkle day.

And as I ride with my girl,
She's my best friend in the whole world!
We'll move along, set our goals high
With eyes full of hope as we aim for the...

Sky is blue and all the leaves are green.
My heart's as full as a baked potato.
I think I know precisely what I mean,
When I say it's a shpadoinkle day!
When I say it's a happy-go-moinkaly lucky shpadoinklely...dayyyyyy.

- Cannibal - the Musical -

[Amanaduial the archer]

...you're amazing. Just...*sighs happily and turns on 'Cannibal! The Musical'*

Yup...

[Anguirel]

I abandon the splendidly arrogant motto of the de Coucys with much regret:

'Roi je ne suis,
Ne duc, ni comte aussi,
Je suis le sieur de Coucy.'

but since they were Frenchmen fighting under the banner of St Denis they're not appropriate today...to be replaced with

And euer as he rode, his hart did earne/To prove his puissance in battel brave
Upon his foe, and his new force to learne;/Vpon his foe, a Dragon horrible and stearne.

[HerenIstarion]

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

Therefore, it's time to change sigs, and I leave my Jesus Christ Superstar one to rest here:

Save tomorrow for tomorrow, think about today instead

[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

[Carnimírië]

I'm laying to rest

"When you talk, people can't tell if you're spelling the words right."

in favor of

Sister of The Elf Warrior

[Anguirel]

Farewell, Dantean Ulysses...

Considerate la vostra semenza:
fatti non foste a viver come bruti,
ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.