Burn the Effigy

[[Syl]]

So, my birthday is 11 days from now (one day after Donaldson's, though he never sent me a birthday greeting). The big 35.

What do I want for my birthday? Glad you asked. I want a roast. As Foul has recently pointed out, I've been here for almost a decade. That's plenty of material.

Yes, I realize I have a tendency towards the self-righteous, but I promise, I give everyone free license to lampoon my foibles, my inconsistencies, and unnoticed or unrecognized character flaws. Mock my successes and celebrate my failures.

As the (admittedly very few) people who know me in real life can (hopefully) attest, I'm not much like [Syl], my acknowledgment of the difference between me and the perception of me evidenced by the brackets. I promise not to take it seriously. May Av ban me for a year if I break my word.

So friends, 'Tankers, GT-fanatics, lend me your jeers. If you have any regard for me, show me your disregard. Individual silences will be read as apathy or admission of not having a sense of humor.

(legal disclaimer: all posts subject to usual moderating and the rules and guidelines of KW. Try to keep it PG-13ish, though self-moderating the f***s and s***s is fine by me. I'm fine with anything, so long as it's funny. In the event that the mods don't like this idea, I will accept all roasts via PM. Anything after the 14th, though, and you're just being an a**hole )
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner

[aliantha]

[[Syl]]

No rush, Aliantha. You have 11 days.

Also, I will choose a personal favorite and award that person all my WGDs.
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner

[deer of the dawn]

[Syl], you suck.

(just to get myself in the game )
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[Ananda]

I think this is too subtle a topic for the people here, bracketboy. (see, I started already)
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Your kind of meat
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[Damelon]

[Worm of Despite]

A word from me would mean a lot, Syl, so:

FROM

There you go. Enjoy it.

[Menolly]

*hoping I'm not opening a can of worms*


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[Worm of Despite]

[Don Exnihilote]

Our friend [Syl], in a gesture obviously intended to convey absolute truth and complete reality, has selected a ruggedly handsome man of action brandishing an enormous pistol as his avatar for this site.

You may not know this, but [Syl] is a member of other message boards across the internet, and in honor of [Syl] I have collected some of these other avatars, that we all might appreciate the essence of [Syl]:

From a movie trivia site:


An international affairs discussion board:


Law enforcement issues forum:


Tactical site:


A photography forum:


A travel board:


A site dedicated to 19th century nostalgia:


[Syl], I'm not quite sure what exactly you're trying to tell us brother, but I think I'm beginning to get the message.

Happy birthday, man.
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"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position." – Gandhi

"It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds." – Don Quixote

*The poster formerly known as Exnihilo, Exnihilo2, Exnihilotto, Ron Burgunihilo, and counting...

[Avatar]

[sgt.null]

[Damelon]

[Avatar]

I know what they are. I'll be back as soon as I think of something humorously insulting.

(Wait...what was the deadline again? )

--A
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[[Syl]]

Last day. Just sayin'...
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner

[aliantha]

Face it, Sheriff. Your awesomeness simply precludes snarky comments.
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"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)

http://hearth-myth.blogspot.com/

[[Syl]]

I don't know about that; it's probably just not as fun when someone invites you to do it.
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner

[Worm of Despite]

A Syl thread....shouldn't this be "Burn the Hubris" instead of effigy?

ZING.

[ussusimiel]

I probably don't really know [Syl] well enough to do him justice, but:

[[Syl]]

Oh man. It's going to be hard to pick a winner now.
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"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner