|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981
Pooh-Bah
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981 |
Keiva. You have been told before. You came amongst a rational bunch of human beings and sought to divide and rule. You have played "Survivor" style alliance games. You have used weasel words. To those who do not know you, your posts look like those of a person under attack. Many of the people who have been moved to say such things are not strangers to you, in fact some of them would have counted you amongst their friends. The strength of their words shows the extent to which they feel let down by you. I have a short memory and I do not tend to hold grudges. You leave me shocked and stunned. All of your workings are under the surface. You have made it impossible for me to have any respect for you whatsoever. I have never in my whole life been moved to say such words to another human being and I hope that it will never be necessary again. If I had been asked to leave, I would have gone.
No reply necessary.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Dear Keiva: Go away. You are not welcome here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981 |
Dear Keiva: Go away. You are not welcome here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
In support of Dr. Bill's request:
You, sir, Keiva, have long since condemned yourself here to the Ogden Nashing of teeth...
TO KEIVA, WHO INSISTS ON PASSING TIME BETTER LEFT UNPASSED
by Ogden Nash (in parody)
O Keiva with the Flaming Flair,
Why do you play at solitaire?
What imp, what demon misanthrope,
Prompted this session of lonely hope?
What boredom drives you, and great Lord!
How can such as you be bored?
The gleaming world awaits your eye
While you essay futility.
That mouth is shaped for livelier sport
Than paging of a pasteboard court-
Why, even the red knave longing lingers,
While Black Queens wait, in those white fingers.
See now the joy that lights your face
Squandered on some fortuitous ace,
Where formerly dark anger burned
When a five perverse would not be turned.
O, know you not, that darkling frown
Could topple Caesar’s empire down;
That quick, bright joy, if flashed on men,
Could sudden build it up again?
Get up! Get up! Throw down the pack!
Rise in your gown of shining black!
Withdraw now, sir, while you are able
The slender feet from ‘neath the table;
Remove from the regretful baize
The elbows curved in cunning ways.
Is there no game that pleasure brings
But fretting over painted things?
No gay, ecstatic end in view
But shuffle and begin anew?
Get up, I tell you, man, get up!
Wine keeps not ever in the cup;
Even love immortal, love undying,
Finds the loved one’s Patience trying.
When two-and-fifty rivals hiss you-
For God’s sake, Keiva, leave the milieu!
[no riposte required; it's all there, courtesy of Mr. Nash]
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605 |
[it's all there, courtesy of Mr. Nash]Not quite "all-Nash", Whit; you've changed the last couple of lines and changed the meaning 180 degrees.  Here it is accurately, with a bit of the prior text for context: .....Even love unending, love undying,
.....Finds the loved one’s Patience trying.
.....Let two-and-fifty rivals hiss me-
.....For God’s sake, girl, come here and kiss me!But Whit, in your case please forego kissing me, thank you!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
a parody...all changes intentional.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605 |
...all changes intentional
Ah, Whit. But I don't have to change Nash a bit (let alone 180%) for his words to apply to the posts of some people at Anu's word-banquet:
.....Seeing who sat next to who
.....Your face fell one inch; mine fell two.
.....Yet over our hostess's well meant food
.....Did I refrain from being rude,
.....A minor courtesy which I grieve
.....To note that you did not achieve.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
I'm not playing Dueling Poems (the content of the poem is the point, in parody or in originality):
Did I refrain from being rude...yes, again, you are the sanctimonious sacrosant...you've never spoken an unpleasant word...you're God, the Pope, and Ronald Reagan ("There you go again!") all put together, aren't you?
Please, Keiva, leave this board, you know you are not welcome here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
Keiva: go away. You are not welcome here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
You are not welcome here.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,351
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
775
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
