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[BrilloPad]

I did try 'brutally murdered' but to get it to fit the text was then too small to read.

Presumably "cut down in its prime" was too big too?

[RichardCranium]

Fair enough. It was the line 'brutally killed aged four' that I thought was iffy, rather than the gravestone itself but hey it must just be me.

I did try 'brutally murdered' but to get it to fit the text was then too small to read.

[George Parr]

It had not dawned on me that it might be, no.

Fair enough. It was the line 'brutally killed aged four' that I thought was iffy, rather than the gravestone itself but hey it must just be me.

Should I have gone for the gold text on black stone?

No, too chavvy.

[NickFitz]

I wish I could come up with something as cool. I'm thinking "If Death comes near me I'll rip his tits off!!!" or just the standard "Game Over. Do you wish to continue?"

GAME OVER

YOU HAVE ACHIEVED
A HIGH SCORE!

[TheFaQQer]

Very thoughtful, but it won't look so dignified when it's a dusty old relic on a skip in five years.

I hope not - it's got his ashes in it!

As a memorial, his friends and colleagues left messages on post it's stuck to the front of it (or posted through the floppy drive slot). And apparently the "Beam me up, Scotty" line was one of the last things that he said.

I wish I could come up with something as cool. I'm thinking "If Death comes near me I'll rip his tits off!!!" or just the standard "Game Over. Do you wish to continue?"

[OwlHoot]

Reminds me of this one.

Very thoughtful, but it won't look so dignified when it's a dusty old relic on a skip in five years.

[TheFaQQer]

Maybe an adornment of some kind?

Reminds me of this one.

[TheFaQQer]

Changing the subject completely, RC you're a good chap but do you not think your new avatar is in questionable taste?

No, it's not.

I can change mine back to the "lightbulb" that I had the other day if that would cheer you up.

[cojak]

It had not dawned on me that it might be, no.

Should I have gone for the gold text on black stone?

Maybe an adornment of some kind?

[NickFitz]

It had not dawned on me that it might be, no.

Do you think it is?

Poll?

I think GP's assertion is ludicrous - there is a long and honourable tradition in British visual humour of using gravestones. They turn up pretty regularly in the cartoons in Private Eye for example, and there have been innumerable examples in TV shows, such as the episode of One Foot in the Grave where a friend of Victor Meldrew surprises him with an unexpected gift - a ready-engraved headstone with the date of death left blank.

[realityhack]

It had not dawned on me that it might be, no.

Do you think it is?

Nope.

I normally have avatars switched off, but, on this occasion, I turned them on to see what all the fuss is about.

Very good.

[RichardCranium]

Changing the subject completely, RC you're a good chap but do you not think your new avatar is in questionable taste?

It had not dawned on me that it might be, no.

Should I have gone for the gold text on black stone?

[George Parr]

Changing the subject slightly, presumably there's now a v4 vBulletin licence going cheap on eBay?

Changing the subject completely, RC you're a good chap but do you not think your new avatar is in questionable taste?

[NickFitz]

Changing the subject slightly, presumably there's now a v4 vBulletin licence going cheap on eBay?

Although administrator didn't post in TPD I've tracked down a post in one of those other threads which refers to the closure of TPD as a short term measure.

If it had been posted in TPD, people might have known what was going on

[RichardCranium]

Changing the subject slightly, presumably there's now a v4 vBulletin licence going cheap on eBay?