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denouement

Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:25 am

de·noue·ment also dé·noue·ment (dn-mä)
n.
1.
a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.
b. The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.
2. The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.



[French dénouement, from Old French desnouement, an untying, from desnouer, to undo : des-, de- + nouer, to tie (from Latin ndre, from ndus, knot; see ned- in Indo-European roots).]

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Postby skinem » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:39 pm

Bailey,
I'm heading for mine as well, however, mine is in the context of definition #2. No drama or excitement here!
Sigh...

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Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:53 pm

well, Skinny we are all rushing to the end of our things. A sort of planned obsolescence that leaves all the final arrangements to those who are left. I know the drama for yours will be a great amount of sorrow and upheaval, although the departed shares in none of that excitement, eh? As children many of us liked to look forward and rush to get older.

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Postby gailr » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:28 pm

A sort of planned obsolescence that leaves all the final arrangements to those who are left. I know the drama for yours will be a great amount of sorrow and upheaval, although the departed shares in none of that excitement, eh?
According to family legends, some relatives take their sweet time coming to grips with their own denouement. Thus, I fully intend to enjoy my 'final arrangements'. I also plan to take note of those who did not attend for feeble reasons, and to haunt a specific male or two if they fail to throw themselves upon my casket in paroxisms of public grief. They had better be packing nice floral tributes, too. Mua ha ha...

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Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:56 pm

how exactly will this be accomplished?

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Postby Palewriter » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:55 pm

Surely, it must be everyone's ambition to get older. I'm certainly not a fan of the alternative.

I work primarily with 20- and 30-somthings, who seem constantly to be bemoaning their advanced years. Pshaw, is my only reply to that.

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Postby skinem » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:13 pm

Surely, it must be everyone's ambition to get older. I'm certainly not a fan of the alternative.

I work primarily with 20- and 30-somthings, who seem constantly to be bemoaning their advanced years. Pshaw, is my only reply to that.

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Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:44 pm

Surely, it must be everyone's ambition to get older. I'm certainly not a fan of the alternative.

I work primarily with 20- and 30-somthings, who seem constantly to be bemoaning their advanced years. Pshaw, is my only reply to that.

-- PW
to those disingenuous children who pretend to be in their dotage and are still babies, A COLLECTIVE *PSHAW*!

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Postby Perry » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:25 am

Being a very youthful 53 year old, I sanction those pshaws.
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