The Poe Toaster to appear on the 19th?

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[SunkenCiv]

The Poe Toaster
E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore

Since 1949, on the night of the anniversary of Poe's birth, a mysterious stranger has entered this cemetery and left as tribute a partial bottle of cognac and three roses on Poe's grave. The identity of the stranger, referred to affectionately as the Poe Toaster, is unknown. The significance of cognac is uncertain as it does not feature in Poe's works as would, for example, amontillado. The presumption for the three roses is that it represents the three persons whose remains are beneath the monument: Poe, his mother-in-law (Maria Clemm) and his wife Virginia. Out of respect, no attempt is made to stop or hinder him. Several of the bottles of cognac from prior years are on display in the Baltimore Poe House and Museum.

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"I never can hear a crowd of people singing and gesticulating, all together, at an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens, listening to that particular tragedy, by Sophocles, in which he introduces a full chorus of turkeys, who set about bewailing the death of Meleager." --Edgar Allan Poe

...One would think something more useful could be done with that cognac, wouldn't you?

[SunkenCiv]

Hmm... good point. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

I'm a little curious about Sophocles knowing about turkeys in the first place. ;')

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RE: "I'm a little curious about Sophocles knowing about turkeys in the first place. ;')"

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, you're probably right... ;')

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, kids! It's almost that time of the year AGAIN! And just for the sake of variety, I thought I'd ping everyone in plenty of time. :')

[singing] and the strangers say brandy, you're fine drink, what a good gift you would make, but alas, the guy is a goner, and a drunk...

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[WL-law]

My guess -- it's a representative of the "Raven Society", a very-secret student honor society at University of Virginia, who's headquarters are in Poe's old dorm room facing the old yard.

Only rhe very top students in the University are members, a very small and select group, and they maintain a lifelong allegience.

[lepton]

What?!? Why'd you ping me into a two year old thread?!? ;')

Isn't that what we do here? :P

[zeugma]

Is that leaderboard thing just for new contribs, or does it take into account previous monthly commitments?

[lepton]

Hey, kids! It's almost that time of the year AGAIN!

[Tulsa Brian]

I tend to think more than one person has been keeping the tradition alive.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Bernard Marx]

perhaps this has been going on for decades longer, but no one noticed for a long while.

I'll bet a gravedigger or two noticed the cognac bottles!

[uglybiker]

Poe Toaster?

Would that be anything like the ?

[bannie]

Leave a syringe of rabies vaccine.

[SunkenCiv]

Now *that's* what I call planning ahead! :')

[SunkenCiv]

The rough part is listening to that loud thudding noise...

[Domestic Church]

Lenore?

[Cogadh na Sith]

I wanna see the "Amityville Toaster"!

"Making breakfast spooky
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum...."

"Human hand."

(www.illwillpress.com)

[ADemocratNoMore]

> Poe Toaster?

Actually, the first thing that went through my mind when I read the headline was some sort of haunted breakfast appliance.