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-one years ago)

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

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

or "a la ali" if you prefer.

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

"Carpe skatos!"

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

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

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

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

Mine is ‘Onward And Downward.’

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

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

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

Which is why I love my job.

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

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

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

That's not very original.

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

Pète ce que pourras

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

Fart what you can

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

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