Henry Beige (#37) wins Old Big-mouth's multiple landmark GAW

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I was expressing relief a while back at having made it to sixty years (such a landmark, I was sure something would go wrong), when it was pointed out that I'd hit 4000 posts the same day. Now I notice I've been hanging out here for five years (and three months).

So I'd be a churl not to do a GAW. "[Let it be] blown on conchimarian horns, down vistas of the reboantic norns!"

Knife: A Camillus C3, stained but not used, as far as I can see, with box and sheath which I believe to be original.

Rules:
Post "I'm in", or words to that effect.
Have no legal obstacle to receiving and possessing this knife.
Include a line of poetry or dialogue that you like for whatever reason.

Winner will be randomly selected (I'm not competent to judge your poetry.)

For example, I like the above line because it's terrible, and is also the sort of thing I might write. (Dr. Chivers must have loved the sound of his own voice as much as I do mine.)

Or I just saw Dark Angel on PBS, and liked this exchange just before the serial killer gets scragged: Stepfather: "What was it you wanted from us all?"
Dark Angel: "What every woman wants. More."

Pictures on their way.
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I'd love to be involved in this. Not sure why, but this one quote comes to mind, haha.

Tyler Durden: Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken. - Fight Club

Also congrats on the milestone, age is something we have no control over, but the knowledge and experiences we gain on the way make it all worthwhile.
 
I'd like to be in if that's Ok
Thank you
My line is a quote of one of Jack Nicholson's finest
"I have neither the time,or the inclination, to explain myself to a man, who rises and sleep under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner, in which I provide it". A Few Good Men

Take care
Graham
 
Not an entry, but congratulations and thanks for sharing here on the porch.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
 
im in ,back when my papa was was a boy here in the hills of southeastern ky,they were dirt poor,i have always heard them talk about cutting him out of the bed one winter,the cow had licked on his gown tail between the logs in the cabin,and it froze into a block of ice on the out side,and the had to cut the ice off before he could get out of bed,during canning time,everyones favorite saying(it will beat a snow ball)refering to any thing they could put in a jar for that winter to eat. steve
 
Jer you're kicking off a great GAW with a beautiful knife. I feel a little funny jumping in on a GAW after being gone so long so this is not an entry. Good luck to all.
 
I'm in.

"This is a real badge, I'm a real cop, and this is a real ******* gun!"
-Riggs
 
Very generous GAW Jer! Not an entry, please, but I have always liked this line of dialogue, although I don't know where it originated:

A man of great wit was once asked why he thought none of his opponents would debate him. The man of great wit replied: "Because one does not expect bologna to go willingly to the slicer." :)
 
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I'm in and to quote my favorite movie of all time tombstone
Wyatt Earp:
I spent my whole life not knowing what I want out of it, just chasing my tail. Now for the first time I know exactly what I want and who... that's the damnable misery of it.
 
I'm in!!

"I've always wanted to see the frontier...before it's gone."
-John Dunbar (Costner) Dances With Wolves
 
Many happy returns Jer.
I have been reading again a book about the hellfire club.The mid 1700s were a time of political upheaval between England and its empire .
Several notables were among the members of the club including Ben Franklin ,George the 3rd ,Sir Francis Dashwood , John Stuart- Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes.
The American revolution took place at a time these men held power. Political influence ,corruption and rivalry was more openly rife then than it is today (if thats possible).
Sandwich was lord of the admiralty and as such head of the royal navy -a proponent of military force to put down the colonists and their revolution. His political rival was Wilkes who sympathised with the colonists and did much to attempt to avoid open war with the American colonies(as they were). He was in effect an English revolutionary .
He was so popular among the colonists that many children were named after him- John Wilkes Booth is one. Wilkes -Barre PA is also named after him.
His rival Sandwich is known mostly for his marathon gambling session that prompted his servant to ask if he needed sustenance to which the Earl instructed him to bring two pieces of bread with sliced meat between so that he could continue the game at the table. This gave the name to "the sandwich".
In an exchange in parliament intended to discredit Wilkes and his sympathies Sandwich turned to Wilkes and shouted
"Sir ,you will either die on the gallows or of the pox!"
Wilkes rose and bowing politely retorted. "That,my Lord, depends on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
 
Not an entry, but I wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate you on all three recent milestones. I've been enjoying your posts for as long as I've been frequenting this forum and I look forward to continuing to enjoy them for a whole lot longer.

I hope the next year brings with it a wealth of wonderful experiences, both on and off the Porch.
 
Nice Camilus. Congrats on the milestones!

I'm in.



She's been runnin' half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin' with the very air she breathes

-Neil Young

Dude's a poet.
 
I'm in, that's a great looking knife.

The line I like is by Micah Fletcher:

“I, am alive.

I spat in the eye of hate and lived.

This is what we must do for one another

We must live for one another.”

Micah Fletcher is the 21 year old student poet who survived standing up to the white supremacist who was threatening the girls on the train in Portland the other day. The other two men that stood up died. Micah wrote that poem in the hospital. Article if you are interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/opinion/portland-train-attack-muslim.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0
 
The edge was sharp and bright as new
When first he did arrive,
The dusty track
The old outback
that called him out to drive.

So on that hill and o'er that brow,
Where the sun slipped in between
His eye did fix
on yonder sticks
and he scouted out his queen

His knife he whetted in the dark
As the fire cracked and popped,
The edge did shine,
a grey outline.
The trees waited to be lopped.

It's hefty frame and solid build,
was rooted in the sand
as he marked the bark
and felled it stark,
With axe held in his hand.

The timber made a solid bed,
and stood the test of time,
it built his shack
in the old out back
and a home he called it fine.



A poem of mine, and an entry. Thanks for the opportunity.
James.
 
Not an entry since I probably wouldn't use it, but very generous nonetheless. Congrats on your milestones!

I've always liked this one attributed to John Wayne:

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

~Chip
 
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