Roadside Memorials: How long? - Page 3

ZenGum · 08-20-2009, 12:55 AM

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

yourmeantome · 08-20-2009, 07:09 AM

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

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

[grits teeth]mustnotbegrammarfascist[/teeth]

it makes it interesting

Dingleschmutz · 08-20-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

[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

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".

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

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

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Originally Posted by Cicero

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

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Originally Posted by Cicero

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...

08-20-2009, 12:55 AM	#31
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	... slap me anyway? You know you want to. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-20-2009, 07:09 AM	#32
yourmeantome Layperson Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fort Knox Ky Posts: 13	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..

08-20-2009, 10:56 AM	#35
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I think I'm going to put up a memorial in the hospital room where my grandmother died. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-20-2009, 11:02 AM	#36
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-20-2009, 12:37 PM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	of course it could have been "your mean tome". __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-20-2009, 12:44 PM	#39
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	pssst Zen, I found the missing apostrophe! here: http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=35 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-20-2009, 12:56 PM	#40
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Tomes can be so cruel sometimes! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-20-2009, 01:02 PM	#41
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	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. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 08-20-2009 at 01:23 PM.

08-20-2009, 01:19 PM	#42
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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