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ZenGum 08-20-2009 12:55 AM

... slap me anyway? You know you want to.

yourmeantome 08-20-2009 07:09 AM

Roadside Memorials
 
ZenGum:
No I am not a grammar fascist, I realize that the everyone seems to think that youremeantome should be the proper name. It is a inside joke of me and a select friend..

monster 08-20-2009 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 588908)
[grits teeth]mustnotbegrammarfascist[/teeth]

it makes it interesting ;)

Dingleschmutz 08-20-2009 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 588908)
[grits teeth]mustnotbegrammarfascist[/teeth]

...and thus prove the user name to be correct.

Spexxvet 08-20-2009 10:56 AM

I think I'm going to put up a memorial in the hospital room where my grandmother died.

monster 08-20-2009 11:02 AM

I think this may have been the story that prompted me to ask:

http://www.annarbor.com/news/mystery...tims-re-built/

clearly the relatives had differing opinions.

Apparently the girls in this case died beause they weren't wearing seatbelts. A memorial to stupidity. They should add a seatbelt to it.

I don't think I'd like a memorial to a relative of mine left there indefinitely, especially not the type with stuffed animals ..I find it unnecessarily morbid and somewhat distasteful. But that's just me. Imaging in a celeb chose to kill themselves on the public highway in front of your house. you'd be plagued by mouldy stuffed animals forever. Unless they got in the way of the mowing.

Shawnee123 08-20-2009 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by yourmeantome (Post 588934)
ZenGum:
No I am not a grammar fascist, I realize that the everyone seems to think that youremeantome should be the proper name. It is a inside joke of me and a select friend..

Quote:

[grits teeth]mustnotbegrammarfascist[/teeth]
Sorry, couldn't help it. Welcome to the Cellar. We won't always be mean to you. :)

monster 08-20-2009 12:37 PM

of course it could have been "your mean tome".

http://www.deltaforce.com/catalog/media/C-9124.jpg

monster 08-20-2009 12:44 PM

pssst Zen, I found the missing apostrophe! here:

http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=35

Shawnee123 08-20-2009 12:56 PM

Tomes can be so cruel sometimes!

Cicero 08-20-2009 01:02 PM

There was a memorial half a block down from me- commemorating the spot of a mans murder. I feel bad for the family and it was tastefully done. But on the flip-side...This dispels any illusion I might have had about being safe in my neighborhood. What it really means is that the neighborhood might be livable as a rental, but don't even think of buying there. It's on quite a lovely backroad until you imagine a murderer behind every lovely tree in the orchard.

Cloud 08-20-2009 01:19 PM

BTW, I think the actual answer is --- one year seems like a reasonable memorial period. Put it up after the demise, take it down on the anniversary.

Shawnee123 08-20-2009 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero (Post 589022)
There was a memorial half a block down from me- commemorating the spot of a mans murder. I feel bad for the family and it was tastefully done. But on the flip-side...This dispels any illusion I might have had about being safe in my neighborhood. What it really means is that the neighborhood might be livable as a rental, but don't even think of buying there. It's on quite a lovely backroad until you imagine a murderer behind every lovely tree in the orchard.

Yeah, that's kind of creepy.

"This is where my father Rick
Was brutally murdered by a TICK."

yourmeantome 08-20-2009 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero (Post 589022)
There was a memorial half a block down from me- commemorating the spot of a mans murder. I feel bad for the family and it was tastefully done. But on the flip-side...This dispels any illusion I might have had about being safe in my neighborhood. What it really means is that the neighborhood might be livable as a rental, but don't even think of buying there. It's on quite a lovely backroad until you imagine a murderer behind every lovely tree in the orchard.

I have to agree, they are nice but the problem is that it does remind you that the place is not the safest. It removes that comfort zone. But I also feel that if they died because of stupidity, it doesn’t need to be recognized or remembered,

TheMercenary 08-20-2009 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero (Post 589022)
There was a memorial half a block down from me- commemorating the spot of a mans murder. I feel bad for the family and it was tastefully done. But on the flip-side...This dispels any illusion I might have had about being safe in my neighborhood. What it really means is that the neighborhood might be livable as a rental, but don't even think of buying there. It's on quite a lovely backroad until you imagine a murderer behind every lovely tree in the orchard.

Cic, I think you have the opening paragraph to a new murder mystery book! Keep it going. Go with it...:D


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