The apotheosis of pith

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As the years go by I find more and more that the motto on the family coat-of-arms, "If you lived here, you'd be home by now", fails to reflect the full nuance and complexity of my ideals. Therefore I have resolved to adopt a personal motto. Preferably something muscular and memorable. Something with pith, verve and thrust. Something, in short, that is short.

I have been toying with a number of candidates:

"Though the pen be mighty, I carry a cosh."
"All for honor and duty-free."
"Pray there are pigs in heaven."
"Apes can climb, but snakes still look down on them."
"Where there is sleep, there is hope."

I am curious if any of you have personal or family mottos.

― Aimless, Friday, 29 August 2003 13:29 (twenty-three years ago)

how better than a al ali: "me, whee!"

― hurley (hurley), Friday, 29 August 2003 13:33 (twenty-three years ago)

or "a la ali" if you prefer.

― hurley (hurley), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"Carpe skatos!"

"Balls! If you got 'em, flaunt 'em!"

― Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Friday, 29 August 2003 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Life's a bitch and then you die.

Mr. Jones told me that.

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Friday, 29 August 2003 18:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Mr. Jones might have known something was happening, but he didn't know what it was.

― Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Friday, 29 August 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I've always lived hard by the motto "sorry, what?"

― Matt (Matt), Saturday, 30 August 2003 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Mine is ‘Onward And Downward.’

― Rex (Rex), Saturday, 30 August 2003 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

How about a motto of "Repression, Regression, Depression!" with a coat of arms which would feature a lion impaling himself on the horn of a unicorn while the oblivious unicorn watched Jerry Springer on a television sinister?

― C J (C J), Saturday, 30 August 2003 06:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The best drinks in life are free...and alcoholic.

― brg30 (brg30), Monday, 1 September 2003 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Which is why I love my job.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 1 September 2003 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Did you ever choose a motto for yourself, Mr Aimless?

― C J (C J), Thursday, 7 April 2005 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Aimless HAS a motto: It's "Aimless".

― Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Thursday, 7 April 2005 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

That's not very original.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 7 April 2005 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Aim less and splatter your trousers.

Don't be original; just plagiarise.

I loved the idea of the coat of arms where the lion is impaled on the unicorn's horn. But rather than Americanising it with Jerry Springer (who, lets face it, is already a distant memory (and thank gawd)), why not have a monkey with sword for a penis, flying out of the unicorn's bum, a snake swallowing the sword, and a cocker-spaniel humping the lion's leg. Just imagine the lovely colours we could work into this uplifting image. Do you think we need to work a goat into this scheme?

― MSW (MSW), Thursday, 7 April 2005 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Pète ce que pourras

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 7 April 2005 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

twelve years pass...

Not being francophone, I requested Google to translate M. White's motto for me. It produced:

"What"

― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 23 September 2017 04:48 (eight years ago)

Fart what you can

― Et Dieu crea l' (Michael White), Sunday, 24 September 2017 15:29 (eight years ago)

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