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Old Sitting Man, his leg broken, sang his death song in the snow, until a soldier blew out his brains. White Antelope had done so much as he had,

Nothing lives long /
Only the earth and mountains.

Arms folded, and sat; to know ever more a true sorrow the world had known; time passed, stretched them over the saddle-bows and wore them over their hats while riding in the ranks went ghoulish trophies, unspeakable things. The day was seized by the fallen --

we live to sing the day's praises as we do descend from those with the intent. Eat the savage. Carpe diem.

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Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
 
I'm not too fond of the movie either. Even if I did go to a vaguely similar boarding school where I met my non-conformist English teacher; the most intelligent and well read man I know.

Also, I think true happiness isn't seized on impulse, but earned through hard work and achievement.
 

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Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
 
Carpe Carp - Seize the fish.

If you can seize the chips too, so much the better.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
Carp? Ewww...
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
Seconded.

I didnt think carp were all that edible.

Maybe Carpe Trout, or Carpe Mahi Mahi.
 

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Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
 
Carp in demin: Fish in pants.
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
Crappy Diem... Been having more and more of those...
 

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Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
 
Carpe Noctum


I made a shirt that says that. It's amazing how many people have no idea what it means.
 

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Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
 
Wouldn't wearing such a shirt help to preclude the successfull achievement of its statement?
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 

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Carpe Noctum

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I don't think that means what you think it means.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
Carpe Nostrum:

Ancient Roman DEA motto.


 

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Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
 
Inconcievable!

Also, if I lived any day as if it were my last, that would probably facilitate the day actually being my last.
 

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Posted by Kacie_lala33 (Member # 9784) on :
 
It is true we should do what we can...

but it is also true that some people sit around all the time.. doing nothing.

My point is that I wouldn't want to die tomorrow and not have done what I could... I would like to be satisfied with the things I have accomplished and to be able to say that the people I love and care about know my feelings for them.

But if I am dead I can't talk so I don't think I will be saying any of that
 

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Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
 
Yeah, that's definitely true. But doing nothing has its benefits that you might not be seeing. Buddha certainly thought it was worth doing.

Sometimes a couple days of doing nothing are just what you need. Even if you're just sitting around watching TV, you still end up reflecting on things and getting time to relax.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
While I strongly advocate sitting around and doing nothing, watching TV does not qualify.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
I have to agree. Watching TV is doing something. It's doing something passive, but I suspect it's still more than Buddha had in mind.

I never got the "live each day as if it were your last" routine anyway. Why would I want to spend each day in a corner, whimpering?

Oh, and "Carpe puellam", I always say.
 

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Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove:
Carpe Noctum

I made a shirt that says that. It's amazing how many people have no idea what it means.

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Originally posted by RunningBear:

I didnt think carp were all that edible.

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They are if grown in clean water.
 

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Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
 
Carp is the traditional Czech Christmas dinner. Or at least that's what I was told when *having* Christmas dinner in Prague. They may not have had anything else.

Fried carp and 2 different types of potato salad. Actually VERY yummy!
 

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Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
 
"Carp is the traditional Czech Christmas dinner."

So I've heard, too. I think it also applies to Germany.
 

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Posted by stihl1 (Member # 1562) on :
 
I'm pretty dedicated to living life to it's least. That way I'm never disappointed.
 

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Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
 
"Noctem is the spelling I'm familiar with for "night". "

'Noctum' is the genetive plural, and 'noctem' is the accusative singular.

"Oh, and "Carpe puellam", I always say. "

I know some people who may argue that "carpe puellas" trumps even that.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 
That can be fun, too. But I figure, you know, why be greedy?
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
Carpe Mortem

 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Seize the dead?

Sounds like something out of Monty Python.
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
Hehe...it was the name of a goth music company that some friends of mine ran.
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
Not that I ever picked up much in high school latin, but wouldn't it be puellae not puellas?
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Nah. Puellae is nominative - it would have to be the subject. When it is the direct object, it is puellas.
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
Thanks. I had forgotten there was an S ending and thought it was just an americanization.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 

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Originally posted by ReikoDemosthenes:
'Noctum' is the genetive plural, and 'noctem' is the accusative singular.

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