Last line challenge

[Eluard]

Here is a challenge with a difference. The challenge is to complete the poem below by supplying a last line (which is currenly missing).

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
. . .

 

[Tathagata]

Here is a challenge with a difference. The challenge is to complete the poem below by supplying a last line (which is currenly missing).

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
hey nanni nanni and a hoo cha cha



it just came to me
sorry

 

[Angeline]

Here is a challenge with a difference. The challenge is to complete the poem below by supplying a last line (which is currenly missing).

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
hey nanni nanni and a hoo cha cha



it just came to me
sorry

It's a blues, right?

 

[Tathagata]

It's a blues, right?

Howlin' Groucho Marx

 

[unpredictablebijou]

*giggling madly *

stop that. I was trying to be serious about this.

have to come back later when i calm down.

 

[Angeline]

Howlin' Groucho Marx

Eluard could do a lot worse than the one and only Groucho. I think I found the source for your line.

Monkey Business of course.

 

[Tathagata]

Eluard could do a lot worse than the one and only Groucho. I think I found the source for your line.

Monkey Business of course.

I love that
actually here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igzuBVqP88g

 

[The_Fool]

Tath, pass the Scotch...

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Here is a challenge with a difference. The challenge is to complete the poem below by supplying a last line (which is currenly missing).

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
. . .

I have banged my head against this for a while.
I'm having a lot of trouble with the syntax in the first section; with listening to something that makes no sound, and with the roles of the clouds and stars within the sentence. However, when I tried to guess at where you were trying to go, I came up with this.


how to tell you then that sound
is only created when something breaks.

or something like that. Best I can offer.

 

[The_Fool]

Reminded me of "Wild Nights" by Emily Dickinson for some reason.

 

[Tathagata]

Tath, pass the Scotch...

Laphroaig , 15 ,
soda or water on the side?

I've been passing the scotch all day but i don't think thats what you meant

 

[The_Fool]

Laphroaig , 15 ,
soda or water on the side?

I've been passing the scotch all day but i don't think thats what you meant

I am a neat or ice person myself. I know, so American of me.

 

[Tathagata]

I am a neat or ice person myself. I know, so American of me.

I'm an ice man myself for most
Bowmore with a cube or two is friggin heaven

 

[The_Fool]

I'm an ice man myself for most
Bowmore with a cube or two is friggin heaven

If you get the chance try Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish on the rocks.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

If you get the chance try Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish on the rocks.

On the rocks?

Heretic.

 

[The_Fool]

On the rocks?

Heretic.

Absolutely.....


ETA: I also never use a cigar cutter, I bite the end off the bastards.

 

[DeeZire]

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
. . .makes me want to pee?
______

 

[Eluard]

I'm an ice man myself for most
Bowmore with a cube or two is friggin heaven

Laphroig, Lagavulin, and Bowmores I'm completely with you here. But what is this crap of putting ice in it. You're just diluting it. Take it straight — goddammit. If you were at my house, I'd refuse to give it to you if you were going to ruin it with ice.

 

[Tathagata]

Laphroig, Lagavulin, and Bowmores I'm completely with you here. But what is this crap of putting ice in it. You're just diluting it. Take it straight — goddammit. If you were at my house, I'd refuse to give it to you if you were going to ruin it with ice.

all scotchs need a bit of water to dilute the concentrated oils and/ or characteristics of the aging
thats a given,

http://www.scotchdoc.com/tsd/ask/index.html

and

ADDING WATER


Whether or not you should add water to your whisky is entirely about personal taste. Many who drink their whisky neat say they do not want to spoil the taste by adding water to it.


However, there are just as many whisky drinkers who say that adding a touch of water, especially soft still spring water will enhance the aroma and flavor of a whisky and bring out the whiskies hidden characteristics. It is worth noting that tap water can contain high levels chlorine and would spoil rather than complement your whisky, if this is the case with your tap water it is best avoided.


The true lover of whisky will drink their whisky as the professionals do, with a little clear water. Adding a little water to whisky before drinking will prevent the strength of the whisky numbing your senses and reducing your enjoyment of the whisky. It is widely said that you should dilute your whisky with a fifth water. Everyone's tastes varies, so its worth adding just a little water at a time to see what you prefer. Some whiskies are best without any water added.

ice ,i will admit, is a travesty, but it tastes fuckin good


"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: Never tell an Irishman how to drink his whiskey"

Ok so I altered it a bit but it's late and I'm watching the Red Sox fuck people from LA

 

[Eluard]

all scotchs need a bit of water to dilute the concentrated oils and/ or characteristics of the aging
thats a given,

http://www.scotchdoc.com/tsd/ask/index.html

and



ice ,i will admit, is a travesty, but it tastes fuckin good


"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: Never tell an Irishman how to drink his whiskey"

Ok so I altered it a bit but it's late and I'm watching the Red Sox fuck people from LA

Yes, but there's the rub. If you can find very pure spring water then a few drops is not going to hurt. But tap water is never that pure. And ice cubes contain a) too much water and b) are usually made from tap water, and c) chill the scotch down so that you lose some of the natural taste.

But I see that you're a man of taste and discernment — since you favour the Islay malts in the first place — so I don't see any need to fall out over a few ice cubes.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Listen my love to those waves
Far out at sea
Listen how they make no sound
But pass silently
Like clouds
Ministers of the sea's great hope
To walk alone under the
Unjoined stars.

Only at the shore
Do they finally break their
Long silence
Aching with white desire
They break
And break in an unending roar.
How to tell you then that sound
. . .makes me want to pee?
______

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who came up with seventeen irreverent answers before I got anything worthwhile.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Yes, but there's the rub. If you can find very pure spring water then a few drops is not going to hurt. But tap water is never that pure. And ice cubes contain a) too much water and b) are usually made from tap water, and c) chill the scotch down so that you lose some of the natural taste.

But I see that you're a man of taste and discernment — since you favour the Islay malts in the first place — so I don't see any need to fall out over a few ice cubes.

I'll go this far. Make an ice cube out of pure spiring water - or the water from my well, which is even better. Dip it in for 30 seconds. Take it back out. Suck on it so you don't lose any scotch. Then drink. In a Kansas August, "room temperature" really isn't. So I've had to resort to that once or twice.

I like a Balvenie 20. Sexiest single malt in the world.

bijou

 

[Eluard]

I'll go this far. Make an ice cube out of pure spiring water - or the water from my well, which is even better. Dip it in for 30 seconds. Take it back out. Suck on it so you don't lose any scotch. Then drink. In a Kansas August, "room temperature" really isn't. So I've had to resort to that once or twice.

I like a Balvenie 20. Sexiest single malt in the world.

bijou

Yes, this question about "room temperature" is also a problem here and affects wine drinking as well. In summer scotch is all vapour and not much taste.

I assume Balvenie is a Highland single malt?

 

[Liar]

How to tell you then that sound
is not solid, but just another wave?

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Absolutely.....


ETA: I also never use a cigar cutter, I bite the end off the bastards.

Yeah, me too.