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Climbing the Towering Stairway- Ascendance of a Bookworm
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I've seen it said a few times(ex. Pt2 Vol4 pg 224), but what does it mean exactly. "Climbing the towering staircase" I can imagine it has something to do with being overly ambitious, does anyone know?
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@RahTheShah said in Climbing the Towering Stairway- Ascendance of a Bookworm:
I've seen it said a few times(ex. Pt2 Vol4 pg 224), but what does it mean exactly. "Climbing the towering staircase" I can imagine it has something to do with being overly ambitious, does anyone know?
I almost hate to answer, as I worry I might be spoiling something for you. I recommend reading to the end of P3V1 (including the POV chapters) because the phrase will definitely come up again and then its meaning should be clear. If you are already that far and still want to know...
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They allude to it a bunch of times, but they don't explicitly say what it is until literally a post from two or three weeks ago (Epilogue in P3V2?). Unknown's spoiler is right.
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@RahTheShah It means Going the way of the dodo, hanging up the tennis shoes, being taken by the clown, expiring, going to the great beyond, resting 6 ft under, etc...
In short, it means the person is DEAD
I wanted to have a witty signature once I saw some of the ones some guys on the Bookworm forums had but None of the ones I thought felt witty enough...
The solution: Fuck it, I'll go Commando! -
Indeed. To quote Monty Python, if your parrot has climbed the towering stairway, then...
He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch, he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' Choir Invisible! THIS! IS AN EX! PARROT!
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@alfonso_rd_36 said in Climbing the Towering Stairway- Ascendance of a Bookworm:
...resting 3 ft under, etc..
6ft under?
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This might just be my interpretation, but it also seems to have connotations of meeting a violent/tragic end since it's been used to describe two executions and suicide (not sure if more than that) and they say being in the high garden, or something, to be a more positive euphamism for death (like Karstadt's second wife).
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@TheGrimLich Haha my favorite explanation
