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inglor
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I personally think mine is quite clever (there goes my ego again, thank you ghetto  ) but I just read one in an email that had me howling.
Here's the siggy:
"Then Sauron stripped from them their disguise, and they stood before him naked and afraid." --The Silmarillion
Now to me at first glance it was not that funny, especially knowing the context of the line. But the fact that the author is a 1st Age slash writer who is unafraid of unusual pairings and completly fearless it became brilliantly funny.
Any other favorites?
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I remember reading about Edgar Rice Burrough's Martian series, written about 100 years ago and the debate over the word "naked." 
It seems that naked back then, or in the context of the Silmarillion c. 1917, means "without trousers."
Then there is that wonderful Nasmith painting of Niniel in the woods as Turin finds her! Quite...um...without trousers.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Funny Signatures |
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| inglor wrote: | I personally think mine is quite clever (there goes my ego again, thank you ghetto ) but I just read one in an email that had me howling.
Here's the siggy:
"Then Sauron stripped from them their disguise, and they stood before him naked and afraid." --The Silmarillion
Now to me at first glance it was not that funny, especially knowing the context of the line. But the fact that the author is a 1st Age slash writer who is unafraid of unusual pairings and completly fearless it became brilliantly funny.
Any other favorites?
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I distinctly remember two from a HoME book (I forget which one, though: )
"And Fëanor came in the night and aroused Curufin..."
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"Fëanor, Elven lord beloved of Aüle..."
Hee hee. Anyway, funny sigs? I'm actually quite partial to mine.
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Personally, when I'm not busy stroking Inglor's ego with feathers and pudding and stuff, I like to peruse the pages of Tolkien looking for ass references. My favorite will forever be:
"Glorfindel followed, holding up the rear manfully."
Legolas was a big rear man, especially in TT and Elladan did a lot of rear work with the grey company.
And if you're really bored you can start taking them out of context or switching them around and have Finrod and Finarfin going at the rear, or Legolas glancing back at his own rear longingly
And I can't remember who it was or even what book or age, but at some point someone is ensconsed in comfort in the rear. (I was a bored kid  )
And finally, if you're damn near suicidal, you can even find rear references in the song, or play spot the booty with gandalf and add up how many times the benevolent Istar called people "Ass" in the course of the books.
Off to get a life now...Yay for booty in Tolkien 
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 Freud would have a field day with you guys 
p.s. off topic: poke the penguin
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Can't think of any sigs I've found particularly memorable, although I enjoy most of them, but I LOVE Triss's new Avatar! So funny! I always thought that a questionable editorial moment of PJ's and to have it so captured just tickles me!
Sorry that's stretching the topic.
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| TrissMarigold wrote: | Freud would have a field day with you guys
p.s. off topic: poke the penguin |
404, not found.
Not polite to tease
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Now how did that happen? Sorry. 
Let's try again: http://fun.from.hell.pl/2002-06-12/poke_penguin.html
I 'ate' the 'l' from 'html' in the url, so the link didn't work. Sorry for the misspelling.
Thanks Nancy. The avvie is from Smicons; author: fireflowerlass.
Off topic again, something that I find hilarious (concerning misspelling):
"Bad spelling can be lethal. For example, the greedy Seriph of Al-Yabi was cursed by a badly-educated deity and for some days everything he touched turned to Glod, which happened to be the name of a small dwarf from a mountain community hundreds of miles away who found himself magically dragged to the kingdom and relentlessly duplicated. Some two thousand Glods later the spell wore off. These days, the people of Al-Yabi are renowned for being remarkably short and bad-tempered.-- (Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad)
Sorry, for being so terribly off topic.
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G, I must agree with you on this one. Glorfindel and his manful rear-holding abilities are pretty damn hilarious.
Ya think Tolkein would let me hold some of his manful rear?
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Don't know about Tolk, but Glorfindel's being a big man hoe over in TE, run over there grab a big handful! heheh 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject: Funny! |
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| ghettoelleth wrote: | | Don't know about Tolk, but Glorfindel's being a big man hoe over in TE, run over there grab a big handful! heheh |
Not sayin' nuthin'...
Just laughing over this!!
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i had one for a while that said as follows:
"Inside me there's a thin woman crying to get out but i can usually shut the b*tch up with cookies."
Let's see...*thinks* I saw one that said:
Fubu shirt: $50
Rocca Wear sweatshirt: $80
Sean John Hat: $30
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Manful rear-end
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inglor
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Another one from the same slash writer:
"And the elves put him in thongs" - The Hobbit
Worth a good chuckle. Or giggle, depending on your gender.
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| ArtanisOrangeBlossom wrote: |
Fubu shirt: $50
Rocca Wear sweatshirt: $80
Sean John Hat: $30
Realizing you're white: *Priceless* |
Reminds me of Steve Martin's scene in The Jerk when, upon finding out he was adopted by the African-American family asks, "You mean I'm gonna stay this color?"
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