What do you assign to Mordor?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

On the subject of medicine and anything pertaining to it all, I assign a hospital's ability to lose my insurance information and then send me a bill amounting to several hundred dollars more than it should have been. :mad:

[Elonve]

I send making beds to Mordor. Why make it when you're going to sleep in it again?

Strapless dresses. Okay they look good but I don't want to keep checking every few minites if it's still on me!

Dates that look down your blouse/top. :eek:
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[Lhunardawen]

Waking up with a sore throat and finding out a bit later that you're losing your voice, especially at a time when it's fun to just belt out a random line from a random song, and what you hear is "Squawk, squawk" and your siblings' laughter. No, that hasn't happened yet, but I can feel it coming.

Assign, consign, schmensign.

[Taralphiel]

I assign the multiple mirrors in department store change rooms. The alternate angles just don't do anything for my figure, to put it lightly *sigh*

I also assign being 'in between sizes' and how difficult it is to buy a decent work suit. Shopping for such things leaves me very tired and cranky... :(

- Tara

[Celuien]

One way ticket to Mordor, please, for the random creepy-looking guy who passed me in an empty hallway between the cafeteria and central supply late the other night and said, "Hey, no ring. Not married? What's your phone number?"

Also assigned to Mordor is that it only seems to be the random creepy guys who ask. :mad:

[littlemanpoet]

Dates that look down your blouse/top. :eek:

Also assigned to Mordor is that it only seems to be the random creepy guys who ask. :mad:

I in turn assign the shame and taboo that has become part of the deal such that men can't affirm and celebrate the God-given beauty of women without being considered, or feeling like, lechers.
:mad:

[The Saucepan Man]

"Hey, no ring. Not married? What's your phone number?" But you are married, Cel. ;)

I in turn assign the shame and taboo that has become part of the deal such that men can't affirm and celebrate the God-given beauty of women without being considered, or feeling like, lechers. I thoroughly agree. Unfortunately, Mrs Saucepan doesn't quite see it the same way ... :rolleyes: :D

[Celuien]

But you are married, Cel. ;)
No posthumous divorce after all? ;) Lovely.

[Cailín]

my reputation.

Though it's not my fault. It's all prejudice.

[Formendacil]

I herewith assign giving someone positive rep when you VERY much meant to give them Negative Rep to Mordor. And, let's face it, I have considerable rep to give either way. This has me really irked- and the bounds of decency are such that I can't even say who it was for here without shaming myself as well as the recipient.

YOU know who you are! My words have a serious tone, are disapproving, and are in no way humourous. If only I could hope that you read this thread.

*IRKED*

[davem]

I herewith assign giving someone positive rep when you VERY much meant to give them Negative Rep to Mordor. And, let's face it, I have considerable rep to give either way. This has me really irked- and the bounds of decency are such that I can't even say who it was for here without shaming myself as well as the recipient.

YOU know who you are! My words have a serious tone, are disapproving, and are in no way humourous. If only I could hope that you read this thread.

*IRKED*

Going to annoy Formy here, but I assign giving negative rep to Mordor. I've never done it & never will.

I also assign not giving out enough positive rep - which is something I'm guilty of. Must try harder :(

[Elonve]

(When going shopping for Unmentionables)
Clerks that kind of mill around you and say things like, " I think Miss will like this one." Pulls out some thing horrid, lacy and orange.
Or measuring your bust over and over again and saying things like, "Miss has grown a bit...I suggest a 38C."

So I send akward situations while shopping for unmentionables and clerks that mill around you to a fiery end at Mount Doom. :o :eek: :(
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[the guy who be short]

When going shopping for Unmentionables38C Trousers?! What weird customs you Yanks have. :p

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign the obscene level of humidity that has my final project incomplete though I finished it last night. It's a book... my very last addition to it was a title, written neatly in the bottom corner in ink. The ink flatly refuses to dry. If I touch it, it will smear. :mad: Oh, and PS, it's due at 10:00.

[Lhunardawen]

I conassign things that seem so fair yet feel so foul somehow, and leave me questioning my soundness of mind - apart, of course, from the fact that I am insane. Confusing things, things that don't make sense...

And no, the latter doesn't include this conassignment. I swear it makes sense.

[Formendacil]

Going to annoy Formy here, but I assign giving negative rep to Mordor. I've never done it & never will.

I also assign not giving out enough positive rep - which is something I'm guilty of. Must try harder :(

A noble quest... and one I'd agree with in most cases. 'tis a rare occurence indeed when I do neg-rep somebody... but occassionally people need a wakeup call.

And, anyway, the assignment here was of giving positive rep instead of negative rep. For the sake of completeness, I'll assign the opposite: giving negative rep when positive rep is meant. I've been the repicient of that, but never the guilty giver.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Temperatures on moving day that exceed 100 degrees. *feels melted*

[Diamond18]

Also assigned to Mordor is that it only seems to be the random creepy guys who ask. :mad:

Amen to that, sista. I assign the fact that guys who hit on me are almost always at least ten years older than me and not even close to being anything resembling my prefered type. (Which is -- around my age, not overly creepy, and without a girlfriend... or wife and children, thank you. Pretty simple, one would think, and one would be wrong.)

I would also assign the fact that whenever I go out to concerts with a friend of mine, she's the one guys always hit on -- but really, it's kind of nice. It's like she's my sheild, as long as she's around the creepy drunk guys will go after her. Part of me, the ego part, is saying, "Am I invisible or what?" and the other part, the smart part, is going, "Invisibility! Score!"

On a more serious note, I'd like to assign the woman who got really snotty and called me stupid last week when I told her that the book she wanted was checked out. She asked me if it was on the first or second floor and I told her that since it was checked out it wasn't actually in the building, and she said "If it was, helloooo," and then went on a mutter rant about stupid librarians who don't know anything. I refrained, just barely, from saying that if she had half a brain she could very well figure out for herself that since all non-fiction books are shelved upstairs the non-fiction book she wanted would be shelved upstairs, hypothetically speaking, if it were not checked out and was actually in the building. Helloooo. Get thee to Mordor, thou harpy.

[Oddwen]

Also assigned to Mordor is that it only seems to be the random creepy guys who ask.
Or octegenarians. Or women.

I've decided on a comeback, and am waiting to use it again - "Can I have your number?" "I'm number one!" "No, your seven digit number." "A million dollars!"

Temperatures on moving day that exceed 100 degrees. *feels melted*
Try working in fast food, in a building where the air conditioners don't work. I send to Mordor nearly fainting into a Whopper sandwich.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign myself. I deserve to be there.

[Macalaure]

In Germany, we have an institution called the TÜV (Technischer Überwachungsverein ≈ Technical Supervision Association). Every two years you have to take your car to the TÜV and let them check it (you aren't allowed to drive it if you don't).

Now this TÜV deserves to be assigned into the deepest, very deepest fiery pits of Morrdorr for not letting my sweet, little Peugeot pass this time.

I have to take it to an auto garage to have it fixed (for an amount of money that makes my stomach cramp...) and let them check it again afterwards.

:mad:

[Roa_Aoife]

We have something like that in the US. It's called the DMV- Department of Motorvehicles- and if it hasn't already been assigned to Mordor, then it very well should be. The DMV is pure evil. Everyone who works there is sadistic. They have to be. It's one of the job requirements that you have to meet when you apply. It's an institution of pain and suffering, and fits perfectly in Mordor. The orcs will just love working there.

[JennyHallu]

It's called something different in every state, actually, and while some are awful, others aren't so bad. The one in Georgia can go to Mordor, though, and I hope it gets stepped on by a Balrog while it's there.

I also assign assignations done for no other reason than to use something in an AtM RP. That's not the point!

[Formendacil]

It's called something different in every state, actually, and while some are awful, others aren't so bad. The one in Georgia can go to Mordor, though, and I hope it gets stepped on by a Balrog while it's there.

I also assign assignations done for no other reason than to use something in an AtM RP. That's not the point!

Seconded and seconded. 'twas annoying last time around because those of us not RPGing were being intruded upon with what are technically offtopic posts (the topic is what things, in real life, belong in Mordor- not what things do you WANT in Mordor for a game there). 'tis annoying this time around because people are, essentially, cheating.

[Lalwendë]

We have something like that in the US. It's called the DMV- Department of Motorvehicles- and if it hasn't already been assigned to Mordor, then it very well should be. The DMV is pure evil. Everyone who works there is sadistic. They have to be. It's one of the job requirements that you have to meet when you apply. It's an institution of pain and suffering, and fits perfectly in Mordor. The orcs will just love working there.

Haha! Civil servants assigned to Mordor, eh? Well, let me tell you, many things about a civil servant's daily working life can go to Mordor too. Like the abuses of the English language in the name of business-speak. Ministerial Correspondence which seems to arrive with shorter and shorter deadlines every week - it used to be that you would have a few weeks to answer a letter or do a briefing, but now you have a day or even a few hours. And the way Ministers insist on their staff travelling to London for meetings and won't have one over the phone or by video. Oh, and the obsession with status and grade. :mad:

But the holidays and the hours are too good to pass up. :p

Anyway, think yourselves lucky. In the UK cars have to have an MOT every year, and you can almost guarantee that your local garage will find something wrong as its a good little earner for them in repairs.

I also assign to Mordor trying to fit as much as is possible into one little suitcase. You have to pack loads when you are dealing with the capricious English weather. You have to pack and repack to make sure everything fits. Even women find it difficult, who are trained in the fine art of cramming as much as is humanly possible into one handbag. And then you go out of the room for five minutes and when you come back both of your cats have curled up for a sleep on all your clean clothes.

[Diamond18]

Seconded and seconded. 'twas annoying last time around because those of us not RPGing were being intruded upon with what are technically offtopic posts (the topic is what things, in real life, belong in Mordor- not what things do you WANT in Mordor for a game there). 'tis annoying this time around because people are, essentially, cheating.

I was not aware that we were only supposed to use anakronisms assigned in this thread. Therefore I find it superfluous to assign things purely for that. However, if I'm not supposed to be using switchblades unless they've been assigend here, then, uh, I assign them. :rolleyes:

Now, because I'm feeling generous, in my mother's name I assign the springly task of having to dismantle and clean the wood burning stove (fireplace insert.) She's been complaining about it quite vocally. :) (And don't say, 'go help her, Di,' I already risked death-by-falling-from-roof and blindness-by-disentergrating-fiberglass-insulation -- not to mention encountered 4 spiders -- doing my part.)

[Elonve]

When waitressing

customers who don't tip well or at all. (gasp!)
rude comments.
getting yelled at ("I ordered Low-fat cream damn it!").
spilling things. :(
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[Taralphiel]

I assign 5: 30 AM wakeups. It's takes so long to get used to them. Yes, I'm lazy...*giggles*

I assign having two small days to do almost everything, and knowing before they begin you'll probably not have time to fit enough in. *sigh*

Such if life. ;)

- Tara

[Celuien]

With few exceptions, almost any movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger belongs in Mordor for crimes against plot and character development.

Stereotyping is hereby assigned again. Very frustrating.

Signs on the turnpike that inform you erroneously that all traffic has to exit because the turnpike is closed for construction. :eek: Whoever turned the sign on forgot to add the detail that the closure was scheduled for June 11, not the 9th. I didn't make the mistake of getting off the road, but still, that sign could have caused problems.

[the guy who be short]

I'll assign film-stars-turned-politicians. Ugh.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Being cold in June. I'm not supposed to be cold in June. I assign weather that should be hot and sunny and pool-worthy (and I don't even like getting wet!)being, rather, cold and wet and rather October-ish.

I assign having to go to work on days when it is far more preferable to curl up in pjs under a warm blanket with a book. I also assign having to go on days where, though it is not preferable, one would like the option to attend the funeral of an old friend's grandfather that you've known since childhood. :(

[Kath]

Revision :(

If that hasn't been assigned before then I'll be amazed but even if it has it deserves a reassignation.

The prospect of going in to school tomorrow for pretty much normal hours unless I get bored early and go home is really not appealing to me right now.

[the guy who be short]

Ah, but Kath, our particular blend of procrastination and revision merits special mention.

I hereby assign not bothering to revise until two days before an exam. In conjunction, I also assign those two days.

Will we never learn?

[Kath]

Will we never learn?
Nope :D

I also assign biting you nails, and biting them so far back that it actually hurts to put pressure on your thumb. Damn Doctor Who and it's nerve wracking scenes!

[Orominuialwen]

People who send you an invitation to their graduation party by e-mail a mere matter of hours before it actually starts. I would have liked to go, but I didn't find out about it until today, two days later. :rolleyes:

[littlemanpoet]

I assign taking oneself too seriously. :rolleyes:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Poor Elempi... don't worry, I do it all the time.

I assign snakes and my unreasonable fear of them. I only saw two and one was dead! And they were both small and completely harmless. I tell myself this and it doesn't work. *shivers helplessly*

[the guy who be short]

I assign using the phrase *nuzzle* as an MSN greeting when the recipient is not whom you intended it to be. Why don't I stick to hi?

[Lalwendë]

When you get ultra sticky snails that you just can't pick up and remove from the plants. UGH! I just tried to pick one up and it was huge and so sticky I thought I was going to pull it out of its shell, and now I feel like scrubbing my fingernails with carbolic soap... And its still in the plants, the blighter. My front garden path is covered in the things. :eek:

[JennyHallu]

The last ten minutes of the workday...

*dddrrrrrraaaaaagggggggg*

[littlemanpoet]

I assign a predatory penal system that feeds on the ruined lives of black men in the USA; and the culture the attitudes of which can create and encourage it. Very bureaucratic, very orcish.

Context: I have a new friend who's trying to get out of the 'hood. Very focused, very committed; I can't believe all the obstacles that have been set in his way over the last five weeks that I've had to help him around, through, back-away-from, etc., just in order to try to live a normal life! A whole lot of people (including me) ought to feel very ashamed.

Arrested for littering! He denies it. Throw on a charge of disorderly conduct. And false identity while we're at it. Arraignment results in release after a weekend in jail; and the car, impounded, costs $185 that he doesn't have, to get out of its own slammer. Disgusting. Orcs everywhere, and all of it beneath the human seeming skin. It ain't right.

[Celuien]

Not right at all, lmp. :( What's wrong with people?

Second the assignment.

[Kath]

Somehow losing all your notes and the great essay you wrote the night before you have to recreate the information in an exam.

Then, after contacting countless friends to get the information . . . you find it :mad:

[the guy who be short]

Oversleeping. Stupid sleep debt. I think I missed a very important registration, and my first A2 French lesson, on Molière.

I also assign First Capital Connect, who have taken over Thameslink as my local rail providers. They have introduced a new peak time between 4:30 and 7:00 pm. This is utterly ridiculous. I can no longer buy cheap tickets and come back between those hours. Spontaneous outings, with no clear arrival or departure times, are unfeasible due to the new journey-ban, as I think of it. And seeing as most of my friends live in a suburb miles away, trains are vital. *Hatehatehate* Stupid public transport. How do Britons manage to run such inefficient, hideously expensive trains? Why doesn't the government subsidise fuel to public transport if it's so eco-friendly? Why doesn't it just take over and make things WORK again. Stupid privatised idiotic late-running oft-cancelled three-together public transport. *Fumes*

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Realising that you have been away for more that half of your baby-brothers life.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

The prospect of informing the boss you've had for only a week that not only do you have to leave early tomorrow and can't come in Friday, but that for three days a week for the next month, you can't come in until what, likelihood tells you, is a good two hours AFTER he'll want you.

[Kath]

Oversleeping. Stupid sleep debt. I think I missed a very important registration, and my first A2 French lesson, on Molière.
Mwahaha! Guy has to go back to schoooool :p I'm allowed to laugh, I had to do it last year. Don't worry though, you have a whole year to catch up on it - joy!

I'm going to assign my bruised middle finger. Due to a full week of consistent note writing for revision and essay writing for exams mixed with the way I hold my pen, the pad of my finger is internally bruised. Seriously! You can't see it but if I put any pressure on it at the moment it feels like lots of little pins are being stabbed into it :(

[Lhunardawen]

Whatever causes palms to go so rough. Like sportclimbing. It almost feels like my face would bleed whenever I rub my palms against it... :(

[Oddwen]

Whatever causes palms to go so rough.
Or your heels...seriously, I should just send feet to Mordor, except then how would I use my bass drum pedal? :(

What I send my feet to Mordor for:
Dry, cracked heels
Callouses in between my toes (how can that physically happen?)
Those stupid pinkie toes that are twisting outward
That stupid broken toe that won't bend and hurts to wear sandals with
The smell

I would also like to send ugly toes to Mordor. Nothing turns my stomach like ugly toes. And thick toenails. *shudder*

[davem]

You're writing a post you're really pleased with (on whether Frodo or Sam is the real hero of LotR) which is long, brilliantly argued ;), with quotes & stuff, & it disappears when you click back onto the reply box to finish it :mad: ('cos although Firefox is a great browser it doesn't retain stuff when you click 'back' like Safari does) & you just can't face doing it over :( .

I also assign people who inflict their moans about trivial things on other people just to get it out of their system.

Anyway, suffice to say that i proved beyond doubt that Sam is not a 'hero'.....

[davem]

Y
I also assign people who inflict their moans about trivial things on other people just to get it out of their system.


Just to clarify - I was having a dig at myself there :rolleyes:

BTW Wiscott has just said more or less what I was saying on that particular thread.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign getting notified that the price of lodging for an already expensive trip this summer has just doubled.

Physical therapy and the muscle spasms that were annoying before but are downright scary now. Try to calmly slice onions while the hand holding a really large and sharp knife is spasming every thirty seconds or so.

[Encaitare]

I assign sunburns... at present, I find my sunburned back pretty funny because there are still pale parts in the perfect shape of the way my bathing suit ties in the back. However, I suspect that in a few days the pain and peeling will set in, and it won't be so funny anymore. :eek: :rolleyes:

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign laziness that causses you to miss out on a festival (http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?code=1) with ROGER WATERS who is preforming THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
GUNS N’ ROSES, KAIZERS ORCHESTRA, BOB DYLAN, KASHMIR, THE STROKES and FRANZ FERDINAND

[Farael]

I assign laziness that causses you to miss out on a festival (http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?code=1) with ROGER WATERS who is preforming THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
GUNS N’ ROSES, KAIZERS ORCHESTRA, BOB DYLAN, KASHMIR, THE STROKES and FRANZ FERDINAND
And I assign Rune, how could you miss that, man???????

Also, I assign muggy weather and mosquitoes... and that sadness deep inside that tries to make you stay home when you know that you shouldn't .... and yet... and yet.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I just decidet to wait buying the ticket, because I did not know wether to buy a ticket for the whole festival or only for the days where the big stages are open. (the first days there is only a small stages with unknown bands) Normaly I always buy my ticket months in advance. But since the festival has not been sold out in the last 8 years or so, I was in no hurry. :(

[Lhunardawen]

Unpredictability. Changing plans. Having no choice but to swallow them all.

[the guy who be short]

Finding out the the religious far-right controls your ancestral homeland. In Gujarat, anybody who isn't Hindu is now classed as a foreigner, and there's an automatic 14 year prison sentence for killing a cow. And - this is the best one - English nursery rhymes are banned.

Intrusively pious members of society should go to Mordor.

[Lalaith]

Feeling your pain on the festival front, Rune.

I could have gone to see the Strokes on Wednesday at a festival in Hyde Park. I just found out they were playing, and then I found out there were tickets left...I was so excited...and then I realised it was the night my cousin was in town and I'd promised to see him. My cousin is definitely a fine-wine-and-cigars rather than festival kind of guy, so I'm going to have to give it a miss.
To make things even more annoying, my brother came to see me this weekend, and he's very much a festival type, so the timing of these visits was just infuriatingly wrong.
So I send to Mordor much-loved family members coming to see you In Totally The Wrong Order.

[Lalwendë]

HELP!

davem has just this minute put an old pack of kippers out of the back of the freezer into the microwave and they smell like death. Oh, it's utterly rank. :eek:

These things are going to have to go into the wheelie bin until its emptied on Tuesday too. Oh the neighbours are going to love me! :(

What's even worse is I was going to cook fish for tea, and now I'm seriously put off the thought of it.

EYUW!

[Farael]

Nasty weather that might just ruin your hang-out at a the fair with the girl you are dating...

[JennyHallu]

Cute shoes.

You know, the gorgeous, stylish, perfect shoes that make your feet look small and dainty, and have just enough heel...

...and take three days of foot pampering to recover from the horrible pain and blisters that result from wearing them.

Must go soak feet...

[Orominuialwen]

Not being able to go to an event you'd love to attend because it's a fundraiser for a charity that does work you don't approve of. :( :( :(

[Lhunardawen]

Not being able to completely follow a Bio lecture because of the prof's projector problems and rapid, unclear speaking. :rolleyes:

[Firefoot]

Writer's block.

[the guy who be short]

Missing a match you really want to watch because of a subject you don't need to study.

[Lhunardawen]

Waiting a long, long time for the chloroplasts of Hydrilla to undergo cyclosis...but they just wouldn't. It's eyestraining to look into a microscope with both eyes open for several minutes nonstop, y'know.

[Holbytlass]

Husbands who think it's a great idea to "surprise" the family with a puppy.
Now the wife is cleaning up poopy from "that dog" and the 2 year old who thinks the floor is better than the diaper.



BTW, congratulations on your puppy, SaucepanMan, and how is Mrs. SpM doing? Or is she smarter than me and has you do it.

[JennyHallu]

Holby...go to Petsmart (or your local pet supply retailer ;) ) and get some of the blue housetraining pads, if you haven't got them already. They have an enzyme that encourages the puppy to do his business there, and once he's got the hang of that, you just start placing the pads out of doors. Can make the training process easier. They also carry some enzymatic cleaners that are very good at getting odors and stains off your flooring...who knows, they might help with the child!

As for the two year old...

You're on your own there...have fun.

[Mithalwen]

Husbands who think it's a great idea to "surprise" the family with a puppy.
Now the wife is cleaning up poopy from "that dog" and the 2 year old who thinks the floor is better than the diaper.



Just get rid - they are annoying creatures that smell and have unpleasant habits... :p

[Kath]

The husband or the dog? ;)

I assign sore throats and headaches. In fact just having a cold really, especially right in the middle of the exam period!

[JennyHallu]

That has to refer to the husband.

[Anguirel]

You're both wrong-it's the two-year-old...

[JennyHallu]

I assign feminism. (Yes, I'm a girl.) It just seems that feminism as a political movement has gone beyond striving for equality to rampant man-hating. I can't stand it! And women who think their marriages are or ought to be an "equal partnership"...even if you're striving for it, there's just no such thing. Not in a group of two: when you disagree, someone has to have the deciding vote, whichever one of you that may be. That's just the way life works. In my marriage, my husband makes the final decision, and I am in no way ashamed of that, nor will I let feminists tell me I ought to be in the name of "equality".

[Anguirel]

Feminism is fine in my book, but I could do with a spot more recognition of the movement of masculinism. At present, the unfortunate demographic of men who hate football and like wearing pink trousers and non-bling jewellery are sorely oppressed.

So, I assign the concepts of rigid femininity and masculinity. Sa-ha.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Let's just simplify the matter and assign anything that ends with an 'ism'. Look at it with an uncaring eye and you'll notice that everything of that nature reverts to one thing: fanaticism.

[Anguirel]

A bit too broad. Literary criticism? Monarchism? Liberalism? Hedonism? Poeticism? I like some of these...I'm going to hang about busily reassigning things...

EDIT: Okay, poeticism is stretching it. I'll replace it with epicureanism and mysticism...

[the guy who be short]

I would like to second the assignment of rigid concepts of masculinity and femininity, though I'd like to remove the word rigid from the sentence. Masculinity and femininity should not stretch beyond gender. The rest is pure conditioning by culture.

[Anguirel]

Again, I wouldn't go that far. Masculinity and femininity have led to an awful lot of good poetry.

[Formendacil]

I assign chatting on the Assigned to Mordor thread to Mordor.

I also assign losing the Stanley Cup... again.... to Mordor. :(

And driving in the dark, in the rain, in our car, to Mordor. Poor visibility will fit in fine there.

However, I must off the the Assigned the Shire thread...

[Kath]

Getting hooked on football when I'm supposed to be learning an essay.

I've decided I like Peter Crouch, it's just too amusing when he has to duck so he doesn't accidentally hit the ball with his head :D

[Lalaith]

Seconding Ang here, and adding some other isms, including the great English traditions of Romanticism and empiricism... these are things I hold dear and even you, Fea, shall not be allowed to send them to Mordor.

Oh, and where is Lush when you need her...we need a strong phalanx of men-loving feminists to prove Jenny wrong...;)

[Mithalwen]

Oh, and where is Lush when you need her...we need a strong phalanx of men-loving feminists to prove Jenny wrong...;)

Wherever she is I bet you she isn't bare-foot, pregnant and in the kitchen.....

Feminism means I got an education that my foremothers couldn't dream of.
Feminism means that my choices are not dictated by my chromosomes.
Feminism means that I can take it for granted that can get a mortgage in my own name and have equal rights at work, which women a generation older couldn't.
Feminism means I can vote, for which right women a hundred year older died for.
Feminism doesn't belong in Mordor; it belongs in Valinor

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I would like to humbly change the phrasing of my tart response given that Mithalwen is SO RIGHT!:

Extremism being attached to any other 'ism' is what ruins it. Ergo, rather than assigning an 'ism', I'll merely assign all rabid fans. :)

*basks in her higher level education and lack of arranged marriage*

[Formendacil]

Extremism being attached to any other 'ism' is what ruins it. Ergo, rather than assigning an 'ism', I'll merely assign all rabid fans. :)

I fear I'm Assigning myself to Mordor here... but by Assigning rabid fans, you've just sent most of the 'Downs to Mordor, my dear. Not that we haven't been assigned there for one reason or another already...

And, in a paltry attempt to justify this post and put it back on topic, I'd like Assign people not being online when they should to Mordor... there are those with whom I like to think I needs must talk. :p

[Celuien]

Oh, and where is Lush when you need her...we need a strong phalanx of men-loving feminists to prove Jenny wrong...
Can I join the phalanx? I agree with Mith's post right down the line. And I fit the other membership requirement as well. :D
And women who think their marriages are or ought to be an "equal partnership."
Back to Mordor I go. :rolleyes:

I assign parking garages with too small spaces. Said spaces are tight even for my fairly small car.

[Orominuialwen]

The blisters associated with lawn-mowing. Ouch!

My own lack of motivation. There are plenty of things I'd like to do, but I just can't seem to overcome my inertia and start them. :rolleyes:

[Kath]

Knowing you need to memorise something and attempting to, but getting distracted by anything and everything and, bizzarely, ending up recalling the mini-essay you memorised for your German oral 2 years ago!

[JennyHallu]

Hey Hey...I'm not that backwards people! And while I am barefoot, that is because my cute shoes ripped up my feet Saturday.

I have no problem with feminism in as much as it strives to create opportunities for women. It's Andrea Dworkin and militant feminists who irritate me.

And I stand by the equal partnership thing :) Whether it's the guy or the girl, someone has to have the final say. Anything else, as Spocku would no doubt tell us, is a logical fallacy.

(Boy do I love taking unpopular positions:p )

[The Saucepan Man]

I assign feminism.Come now, JennyH, don't be so cruel. Mordor is no place for ladies. It would give them such a fright with no strong men there to protect them. And they might break a nail or something.

*Ducks volley of feminist literature and burning bras*

:rolleyes: ;)

I assign being an England football fan and having to endure, rather than enjoy, matches. It's a lifelong sentence that, given my time again, I would seriously consider avoiding. :(

[Encaitare]

At present, the unfortunate demographic of men who hate football and like wearing pink trousers and non-bling jewellery are sorely oppressed.

I assign guys who wear pink. It just doesn't sit well with me. Then again, maybe that's just because I prefer my guys to be clad in black. :cool:

[Celuien]

Just remember, my dear SPM, that you have also been Assigned to Mordor. Frequently... So you'll be surrounded by our phalanx. :p ;)

*tosses a heavy sheaf of papers in SPM's direction*

I assign ambiguous directions. I can't make head or tail of some of the items on this review sheet I'm trying not to study.

[Lhunardawen]

I assign guys who wear pink. It just doesn't sit well with me. Then again, maybe that's just because I prefer my guys to be clad in black. :cool:
Have you ever seen a "Tough Guys Wear Pink" shirt? Needless to say, it's always pink. I find it amusing.

Anyways, I assign whatever the reason one has to miss people to Mordor.

And my lack of drawing skills, again. And unnecessary activities that remind me of it.

[Lalwendë]

I assign guys who wear pink. It just doesn't sit well with me. Then again, maybe that's just because I prefer my guys to be clad in black. :cool:

I assign the hordes of young men who wear pink leisure tops with trendy mini-mullets which look like the back end of a wet dog and chunky gold jewellery. It is sooo not a good look, lads. Though it is useful, as it helps you avoid people in the street who are likely to be an idiot.

I also assign my urge to write a piece on why people have misunderstood the true importance of feminism, as it will likely be long and rambling and grossly off-topic.

But I cannot resist a paragraph and so will assign the intellectual and weak feminism which I encountered at college, where young women studying Arts spent many hours bemoaning the fact that most young women study Arts instead of Sciences. I also assign the assumption that women have only gained the 'right' to work in the latter half of this century. I'm sure my poor foremothers would have had something to say about that as they worked to feed the family.

And anyway, in a partnership it is always best if someone has the upper hand. The woman. :p

[Lalaith]

I assign the unhealthy obsession otherwise delightful adult males develop with The One True and Righteous Way to Stack a Dishwasher.

[Mithalwen]

*Ducks volley of feminist literature and burning bras*



I assign being an England football fan and having to endure, rather than enjoy, matches. It's a lifelong sentence that, given my time again, I would seriously consider avoiding. :(


Sauce, while I frequently need to get things of my chest it is never my bra to burn.... at least it gives me genuine support which is more than can be said of some men :D

And it is not too late to repent of the foot ball.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I assign to Mordor the posts (mind you, not the members who post them, just the posts themselves) that are filled with chat content, thereby forcing the poor moderator to exercise administrative functions to ensure that the forum is in line with its policies. Come on, people, is it really that hard to comply? I know this thread lends itself to off-topic posting, but please don't turn it into a feminism debate or a free-for-all chat!

[Orominuialwen]

Driving instructors who make you more nervous about you upcoming driver's test than you were before. Come on, the lesson is supposed to make me feel more confident, not less!

[Thinlómien]

Can I join the phalanx?Me too.

Jenny, maybe we could assign militant feminists to Mordor?

(I hereby assign myself to Mordor for continuing a discussion the moderator has expressed hope of being stopped...)

[JennyHallu]

Militant feminism is hereby assigned (specifically) to Mordor. I can live with that.


I assign unexpected unforeseen opportunities that fulfill all the things you thought you wanted...but require a sacrifice you're not sure you should make. Granted, I don't have enough details to even know if it's a real opportunity yet, but life right now is so secure, and maybe I haven't had my priorities quite where they ought to be. I don't know. I'm scared about it and want to talk to my mom. Stupid workday...another six hours until I can call her.

Ack...a few details so this makes some sense to my friends here.

I'm living 800 miles from home and family, and I've been terribly homesick. My husband is working at a job that may or may not go anywhere, and that doesn't challenge or engage him, and that is taking a hefty physical toll on him.

We're making more money than we ever thought we'd be able to this soon, and getting our debts paid off, and we're comfortable and secure. We live in a beautiful area of the country, and the distance from family has built our relationship with eachother into something so much stronger than we had when we were married, just shy of a year ago. We have a nice apartment, and are looking at being able to own our own home in only a couple years. We're buying a car, and the payments won't be a hardship.

Last night, my father-in-law called my husband with news of a possible job opportunity. The job would involve teaching (Neal's life-long dream) his specialty at a local community college, in our home state. Neal would easily be able to get the job.

It would not pay well.

It would not be easy for me to find a job, and impossible to find one like I have here.

I don't know what to think. I don't know what to do. I thought an opportunity like this was everything I wanted, and I'm faced with the realization that the security of life down here might be more important.

I'm having a terrible time concentrating on work. :( :rolleyes:

Those of you who feel it appropriate, please pray that Neal and I make the right decision.

[the guy who be short]

I assign guys who wear pink.I assign the hordes of young men who wear pink leisure topsI would just like to ascertain that the wearing of purple has not been sent to Mordor. Nor the riding of purple bikes. Nor a fondness of purple.

And, while I'm here, I shall send Britain's utterly ridiculous education system. Why is the annotation of poems compulsory? It's a ridiculous attempt to emulate France and inject some sort of culture into the Godforsaken little island. Why is Religious studies compulsory? Why is history taught so inconsistently? Just... why?

So, here's my plan. Psychology should be compulsory from primary school. A child learns better if it knows about itself. English should only be compulsory up to an understanding of the grammar and workings of the language. At least one language should be compulsory. History should be taught from beginning to end, consistently. Religious studies should be scrapped and replaced by Philosophy-government.

Am I really the only one who sees all of this?

[Oddwen]

People who hold yard/garage sales, but don't remove their signs! :mad:
Also people who use teeny tiny signs, with teeny tiny print, or have a nice bright piece of paper with pencilled writing, one stake in windy weather, and/or no/false directing arrows.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Little old couples. That instead of eating the nice meal you bought them 45 minutes before the end of your shift, sit and read the paper as it cools. And then, once it's cool, instead of eating it at a speed appropriate for somebody that is, I would think, human, they chew with all of the enthusiasm of a tree sloth on muscle relaxants in order, one could guess, to preserve the perfection and location of dentures. And that don't leave until 45 minutes after you should have been home.

I also assign people that think they have musical talent and choose to share that thought with the neighborhood at far more decibels than strictly necessary with the aid of an amp and electric guitar.

:mad: :D

[Lhunardawen]

Hiccups that simply won't quit. Oh yes, they wait for you to fall asleep before they do.

[Celuien]

Drunk drivers. :(

[Farael]

Reaching a point past-caring about the only course you are taking and feeling so emotionally worn out that where once an A+ looked very possible with a moderate effort, now to get there I'd have to learn two weeks worth of spring-course work (About a month of normal time course work) in one day.... and yet, not caring to even make the effort.

[Elonve]

hangovers.
especially when you're stupid enough to mix the wrong drinks.... :(
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[Encaitare]

People. Present company excluded, of course. ;)

[JennyHallu]

Heat and humidity in combination so intense that you get in your car after work, and your glasses immediately fog over completely.

[Lhunardawen]

Being so powerless to resist the temptation of staying up until almost midnight to read a book when there's a need to get up at five in the morning.

[Orominuialwen]

Boredom. I hate feeling like there's nothing to do all day but listen to the radio and go on the computer. It's a little bit sad when talking to my brother (who was in the next room) and his best friend was the most exciting thing that happened all day. (It was fun, though. My brother's friend is pretty cool. He played us music over the phone.)

[Elonve]

And, while I'm here, I shall send Britain's utterly ridiculous education system. Why is the annotation of poems compulsory? It's a ridiculous attempt to emulate France and inject some sort of culture into the Godforsaken little island. Why is Religious studies compulsory? Why is history taught so inconsistently? Just... why?

So, here's my plan. Psychology should be compulsory from primary school. A child learns better if it knows about itself. English should only be compulsory up to an understanding of the grammar and workings of the language. At least one language should be compulsory. History should be taught from beginning to end, consistently. Religious studies should be scrapped and replaced by Philosophy-government.

Am I really the only one who sees all of this?

Hey! Ay! Oye've! I absotivly pause-olutley agree with you on this! Three cheers for TGWBS! :D

No more Latin! No more French! My life would be so much easier with out irregular French verbs.
Sending Irregular verbs to Mordor!
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[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign flooding. My local streams are flooded... it looks like chocolate milk pouring over little waterfalls (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35539929/), and fields (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35540192/) are ponds... there are entire trees floating in a formerly waist-high creek... This is just run-off from a summer storm, though, as opposed to where (http://downtownbinghamton.com/) one of my good friends lives. And my school lies in a flood plain scheduled to get another few days of rain. :( I really like rain, but that's a bit much.

Edit: 6:37 PM. It's raining again. How droll.

[Cailín]

Sending Irregular verbs to Mordor!

Why?! Why?! My life and career would be over.

I am assigning to Mordor:

* The new cleaning schedule my roommates came up with (behind my back). It has absolutely ridiculous rules and it's apparently written for an audience of toddlers. I hate being talked down to.

And it doesn't even have gold stars.

Well, I am just going to play rebellious adolescent and see if it works as well with people my age as it did with my parents.

* The lingering insecurity and that nice lady of the International Office who keeps repeating: "I know it's hard."

Of course it's hard. DO something. I've been waiting since October and it does happen to affect my future a great deal.

[The Saucepan Man]

Penalty shoot-outs. :rolleyes:

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I'll assign the disconcerting nature of stumbling sleepily downstairs for a shower only to find my parents sitting in the kitchen with an inclination to learn where I was, who I was with, what I did, and how and when I got home last night. I'd just woken up! Inquisitions at times like those are just plain mean. They're practiced at this parenting thing. :rolleyes:

[Mithalwen]

I had promised myself to try not to send trivial things to Mordor but one is justified since althought my own case is trivial it has caused enough discomfort to make my heart go out to those who suffer more seriously and more often.

So to Mordor with Eczema.

[Kath]

So to Mordor with Eczema.
Agreed! I had that really badly when I was little, had to wear mittens and everything. It's so not fun.

I assign not being brave enough to do something you really want to.

[Mithalwen]

Agreed! I had that really badly when I was little, had to wear mittens and everything. It's so not fun.

I assign not being brave enough to do something you really want to.

You poor lamb, I am lucky I have had it just a couple of times as an adult and this time isn't nearly as bad as last time but I can't believe how much I want to tear myself apart.

[Macalaure]

High temperatures.

Assigning high temperatures to Mordor might look a little like carrying owls to Athens, but the sweating remnants of myself have to do this, just in case they're not already there.

[Lhunardawen]

High temperatures.

Assigning high temperatures to Mordor might look a little like carrying owls to Athens, but the sweating remnants of myself have to do this, just in case they're not already there.
Ooh! Ooh! Heartily seconded.

And high humidity, too. Yes, they come hand in hand. My poor overworked sweat glands.

[the guy who be short]

I assign missing Head Boy application.

Also, summer storms. They flood our garage, and then I have to help move things and generally unflood it. Ugh.

Also, annoying little girls at train stations who say things like "Argh! Thunder! Lightning! I'm so scared" Wah!" How are light and noise far up in the sky in any way scary? Why are they so squeaky and annoying? *Grumble*

Missing University open days.

Finally, coming across as a lot grumpier than you really are. :p

[Kath]

Hayfever :( Having a headache purely because of blocked sinuses is just grrr.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

What she just said, just Allergies instead. . .

[Celuien]

The depressing atmosphere of this dorm.

Linoleum tile flooring that looks like it was salvaged from a dingy supermarket. Bare, tan walls and doors in one of the rare shades of pale green that's actually ugly. Cracks in the wall. Fluorescent lighting. And the place is almost deserted. On top of it all, IM is blocked, so I can't even chat with my friends or family, other than by cell phone.

And dorm bathrooms. Nuff said.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Your mother labeling half your room as junk and throwing it out, including your map over Beleriand ! ! ! :eek: :mad: :(
(yes I am weeping)

[Encaitare]

Aww, poor Rune! :eek: :(

[THE Ka]

It's motherly things like that which make me despise my mother still... Especially when she will come by, and draw all over my work, trying to make 'corrections'.

I'm sorry Rune, I hope you can get another map, and most of your room back.

~Ka

[Lalwendë]

That there will be no more Doctor Who until Christmas! And they leave us with an episode that was just mind-bendingly fantastic so it makes the torture of having to wait even more horrible. :eek:

[Kath]

And mind-bendingly depressing! I don't think I've ever been so close to crying due to a TV programme. Ugh, I hate when you get so attached to characters, that can go to Mordor too.

[Lalwendë]

I still can't get my head around just how close some of this was to His Dark Materials! :eek:

[Encaitare]

Evil, EVIL cliffhangers! Those who have seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will know exactly what I mean.

[Lhunardawen]

Aww, poor dear Rune... :(

Ugh, I hate when you get so attached to characters, that can go to Mordor too.
I would second this, but I AM too attached to the characters to whom I'm attached! *wails*

Now let me send shtoopid network computer games to Mordor, because they are simply hateful. Also, I assign Paris Hilton's shtoopid new song and whoever finds it likeable. Thank goodness that wouldn't include any of the BDers...I think.

[Celuien]

Confusion, lack of clarity, and indecision.

[Kath]

Evil, EVIL cliffhangers! Those who have seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will know exactly what I mean.
Yup! And agree absoutely. But it will be fun guessing what's going to happen for the next year :D

[Lalwendë]

Evil, EVIL cliffhangers! Those who have seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will know exactly what I mean.

Argh! Yes! I don't think I'll be able to stand it! :( I might have to go and put my pirate flags up in the garden soon. ;)

And I send to Mordor the 'cinema idiot'. Today it was the least expected person. Not the 'lads' sat next to us, nor the huge gang of 8 year old boys on the other side, nor the tots who came in and I thought would scream all the way through. No it was man who must have been in his 50s sat behind us, who was today's 'cinema idiot', who spent most of the film kicking the backs of our seats so much that I now have a sore neck. And he ate his mountain of junk food with all the manners of a truffle pig.

[Farael]

I assign missing someone you care lots about who happens to be on a lovely trip to Europe :( and knowing that you can't tell them you miss them so much because they'll feel bad and you might just ruin one of the mere ten days they have overseas.

[Lalaith]

Going to the opera with the wrong people.
Now, I'm not generally one of those snotty people who think they're too grand for small talk. But when I am watching my favourite opera, with both song and music almost as perfect as you could hope for, and I've been weeping profusely throughout act two with the joy of the thing, I would like to spend the interval either talking about said opera or just left in silence with my thoughts. I don't really feel like nattering aimlessly about fishing and childrens' parties.

[Lalwendë]

I'm assigning to Mordor the fact that there isn't a thread to celebrate those things which are flippin' brilliant but which quite clearly would not be at all appropriate in The Shire.

These are fabulous things like driving the car very fast on a big empty road with noisy music on the stereo, or freshly laid smooth tarmac, or records that have loads of unhinged screaming in them, or eating slightly toxic chilli for a dare and feeling proud of yourself, or the crisp chemical smell of windscreen wiper fluid and the boxes that you get new VHS tapes in.

Where can such guilty, not quite PC (that's PC on M-E) pleasures go?

Isengard?

Maybe Saruman with his Third Way would appreciate things like that?

[Mithalwen]

I would assign my god-daughter for missing the flight - off which I should be meeting her even now - following her first (and I would expect last for a while) solo trip abroad ... were it not for the fact that I suspect that Mordor has nothing to match maternal wrath born of fear and anxiety :p

[littlemanpoet]

Where can such guilty, not quite PC (that's PC on M-E) pleasures go?Heck, assign them to Mordor anyway, just do it in a different way. Like, say, put "Wicked Pleassure" in the title field. We'll all get it.

[Macalaure]

Thinking too complicated.

Doesn't serve making life more easy...

[the guy who be short]

...leaving a group that used to be under my control after the people who dissed me by leaving in protest...Seeing a man you respect very much using ghetto slang. What has the world come to?

[Thinlómien]

Being too much away from the 'Downs. :(

[Lalwendë]

Right, if it's Wicked Pleasure time then I had a good one today. ;) Having a member of the Cabinet overhear you say "I'm going to be a pixie today". Its not my fault, I didn't know he would come and stand by me while I was saying this. Tee-hee. I might get a chance to embarrass myself again later in the week too. Goody! :D

[Elonve]

Mean roommates who are fake.
She's horrid to me.
Just because I am younger.
Just because she was the "fat" kid at school everyone was mean to her. She dosen't know what friendship is. I mean I feel bad for her. I try I really do but shes got some Complex or something. She snaps at mean and she's rude.
I am trying really hard! I avoid her actually. So that we don't fight or get yellled at.
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[littlemanpoet]

Seeing a man you respect very much using ghetto slang. What has the world come to?
Ya mean I da man?
Jus' thot I'd do some kickin'.
I ain' from de hood; I be de hood. ;) (not really, but I've had a few experiences lately)

Anyway, to answer your assignment: I assign the refusal to respect whole dialects of English just because they appear to contain incorrect English grammar. Fact is, 'Ebonics' (the language of the ghetto if you must), follow grammatical constructions from African languages quite closely.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign grammatical constructions from African languages :p

[littlemanpoet]

I assign grammatical constructions from African languages :p
I assign "contrary" assignments. :p :D

[the guy who be short]

Anyway, to answer your assignment: I assign the refusal to respect whole dialects of English just because they appear to contain incorrect English grammar. Fact is, 'Ebonics' (the language of the ghetto if you must), follow grammatical constructions from African languages quite closely.That's all well and good. I don't understand why white British kids are using Ghetto language. Their ghetto is not one with Africa roots.

Still, who am I to complain. They can keep their language without assignation. Only you, LMP, are forbidden from using it. :p

[Kath]

Feeling guilty. I hate it! Especially when there really isn't much you can do to stop yourself feeling it.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign feeling left out last night do to my lovingly obsessive distaste for personal use of the phrase "I seen"... Dialectical difference is a knife that cuts both ways, for those of you discussing slang right now.

[Firefoot]

Hot, muggy, disgusting days just after it rains.

[Mithalwen]

Vertigo... mine is sporadic and triggered by onlt certain "high up" situations (like when I feel I have nothing in front of me). Unfortunately the lower flight of stairs from where I work since we had the office change around has not only open steps but no supporting wall and very open rails. I was coping alone but now the receptionists have twigged that I often pause, gulp and grip onto both rails if possible before descending carefully and feel the need to "talk me down" which is really sweet but does make me more self conscious which is less helpful. At least it isn't as bad as when I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life up the amphitheatre in Verona. I was fine going up and looking out over the city with a nice solid wall in front of me ..then I turned around...

[Firefoot]

I would be surprised if this hadn't already been assinged but it deserves re-assignation:

Tetanus shots. And other shots. And in both shoulders at the same time...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Imagine my enthusiasm at the prospect of three casual after-hours meetings wherein I listen to published authors read their works, discuss literature and writing with a bunch of writers, and enjoy live music.

Now picture how happy I was discovering that two of the three nights will take place in bars into which I will not be able to get because I'm only 18 and I'm not willing to carry a fake ID. Unfair.

[Kath]

Perhaps Fea you should assign those stringent rules in the USA. Being only 18 isn't a problem here.

[Celuien]

Garbage trucks beeping and crashing outside the window three times a week...at 2 in the morning.

'Renovations' in the dorm that mean I'll have to change rooms twice in four weeks. I was here last time this place had renovations. Couldn't tell what they did afterward. I doubt they'll make any difference this time either. But maybe I'll be lucky enough to at least be moved to a room that isn't over the alley with the dumpsters. :rolleyes:

[MatthewM]

What do I assign to Mordor? Many things, and only some will find their ways on this list.

1) People who do not SIGNAL before turning. MORONS.
2) Trucks that are slow and on the highway. Trucks that drop things from their dirty haul.
3) 75-80+ year old people driving. Give it up, it has now become dangerous.
4) Drugs.
5) Gasoline prices.
6) Bush's Middle-Eastern thirst for blood.
7) Drinking age 21+.

[Celuien]

I suppose this is more of a 'wicked pleasure' than something for Shire assignment.

Finding the most incredibly unhealthy but tasty dinner at the hospital cafeteria last night. Six hot and spicy chicken wings with a plate of spicy curly fries and Diet Coke.

The soda was probably the healthiest part of dinner...other than the half-piece of corn on the cob. :D

[JennyHallu]

Power outages. And thunderstorms that pop up out of nowhere when you're trying to go swimming.

[the guy who be short]

4) Drugs.Please stay away from my local hospital. :)

As for me, I shall send growing up. A child forever... a teen in fact. That would be perfect.

[littlemanpoet]

I assign old wounds reopened, and people who actually like each other aplenty, managing to hurt each other over and over again. :(

Oh, and while I'm at it, I assign Big Oil Companies that use all kinds of fibbish reasons for raising prices. Mid-East tensions, my foot; sure, they're there, but you're just raising the prices because you're greedy! Admit it! Not that we in the U.S. don't deserve to pay as much as our friends across the Water, but at least the BOCs could be honest about it. Yeah, I know, who am I kidding? So that's why they belong in Mordor. Right, SPM? :)

[The Saucepan Man]

Oh, and while I'm at it, I assign Big Oil Companies that use all kinds of fibbish reasons for raising prices. Mid-East tensions, my foot; sure, they're there, but you're just raising the prices because you're greedy! Admit it! Not that we in the U.S. don't deserve to pay as much as our friends across the Water, but at least the BOCs could be honest about it. Yeah, I know, who am I kidding? So that's why they belong in Mordor. Right, SPM?Actually, in the UK at least, the BOCs do not make a significant profit from petrol stations. The larger part of their profit comes from their wider commercial activities. So, the price of petrol is largely dictated by world oil prices plus government-imposed taxes. The latter is the reason for the traditionally higher prices this side of the ocean and may, I suspect, be the reason for the recent price hike in the US.

But inequitable taxes have (I think) already been dispatched to Mordor ...

[Celuien]

Mid-East tensions

Since you mentioned it, I'll assign Mideast tensions...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Bats!

Understand that my house is at least two hundred years old. Bats in the attic are no new occurence. But three bats getting into the main house in the past two days has taught me a very valuable lesson about myself: I'm terrified of them.

[The Saucepan Man]

Bats!Oh, we have bats in the attic of our new house. It's a new experience for me and I rather like it. In fact, on the whole, I rather like the whole "being closer to nature" thing that moving out from the city entails.

There are, however, certain consequent developments worthy of consignment to Mordor, viz:

A murder of crows, which has recently taken up residence in our garden and is systematically seeking to drive off all other bird life. :(

The increased prevalence of insects and arachnids, all keen to gain entry through the windows left open due to the incredibly hot weather (especially at night, when the lights are on inside ... :eek: ).

The alarming multiplication of wasps nests in the brick-work of our house. We've already had the exterminator round to deal with one, and now his services are required for a further two (and probably others as yet undiscovered).

(Apologies to all those who hold to the belief that all life is sacred. I generally agree, but draw the line at wasps and mosquitos. :D )

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

(Apologies to all those who hold to the belief that all life is sacred. I generally agree, but draw the line at wasps and mosquitos. :D )Ah, that would be me. Begging, through the closed and locked doors behind which I am frozen and shaking in terror, that my big brothers remove the bats without killing them. :)

[Lalwendë]

I love bats! Its illegal to do anything to harm them in the UK, and that includes 'disturbing' their roosts, so no noisy music in a house with bats then. ;)

I'm assigning this hot weather to Mordor. I much prefer cold weather, and I hate having to be at work when its like this as I just feel listless and ill. I've had a pounding headache all evening and don't feel very well at all. Time for a raindance!

[Kath]

My recent strange aversion to hugs.

[Child of the 7th Age]

AC that breaks down when your temperature is in the high 90's!

[Firefoot]

Having to work late shifts and then not being able to sleep afterwards... it's one in the morning now (and maybe some of you are night owls, but that's inordinately late... early... for me), and my mind is so busy. Just... want... sleep...

[Encaitare]

People who flame your work on Fanfiction.net/FictionPress.com are certainly Mordor-worthy. I'd assign them to the Shire because they amuse me, but I don't want to disturb the peace of the Shire with that sort of people. :p

EDIT: Nope. They can go to Mordor and stay there.

[Orominuialwen]

The increased prevalence of insects and arachnids, all keen to gain entry through the windows left open due to the incredibly hot weather (especially at night, when the lights are on inside ... :eek: ).
Do you not have screen? I remember there being none when I went to England several years ago, but I wasn't sure if that was just a peculiarity of the house I was staying in or if it was a common occurance in the country.

I assign mosquitoes and whatever biting insects have been conspiring to devour me while I'm here in Florida. I'm tired of itching!

And getting saltwater up my nose while swimming in the Gulf can go to Mordor too. I used to think there was nothing worse to get up your nose than lake water (wait, I take that back, when I inhaled a piece of bratwurst due to laughing while eating, that was way worse than lake water), but I was wrong.

[Kath]

No we don't have screens. Since our summer season is generally rather short we don't bother with them. Might be an idea to start though!

I assign being hungry, but having no idea what you want to eat.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign being hungry, but having no idea what you want to eat.

I second that! I feel like that 80% of the time I am awake. . . Like that ---> :confused:

[Lalaith]

I'm with Lalwende on sending insane heatwaves to Mordor.
Although they are accompanied by a wicked pleassure assignment...
....all the handsome young Polish builders working round my neighbourhood have had to take their shirts off this week.

[Lhunardawen]

I assign being hungry, but having no idea what you want to eat.
Thirded.

Also, I assign tough crowds. Not the people themselves, mind - I'm not that misanthropic.

[Mithalwen]

Paying over £8 for superior a cinema seat but still having to park your feet in the aisle or hang legs over (vacant!) seat in front due to lack of legroom...

[Kath]

Having to go to the dentist when you have an ever increasing phobia of the place.

[Lalwendë]

Do you not have screen? I remember there being none when I went to England several years ago, but I wasn't sure if that was just a peculiarity of the house I was staying in or if it was a common occurance in the country.


I don't need screens, I have cats! They greedily hunt down and eat any unfortunate bug that gets into the house. ;)

I'm assigning the carbon monoxide monitor that went off this morning at home which saw me ringing first Transco (the gas national grid) and then British Gas to look at the boiler (which was very expensive and I've only just finished paying for after 4 years). Thankfully there was nothing wrong. But I've had to sit home in sweltering heat as they had to turn the central heating on full to test the system! Its taken hours for the house to cool down to merely boiling temperature. :(

Having to go to the dentist when you have an ever increasing phobia of the place.

I conquered my dentist fears by having very bad toothache and I realised that going to the dentist actually helped me to avoid the very worst pain imaginable! He now has to get the dental books out sometimes to show me pictures of different procedures due to my pestering, but its a two way thing as apparently he looks forward to doing my teeth as they are 'interesting' due to the triple roots!

[Kath]

Thanks for trying Lalwendë but I've been to the dentist with toothache, and they've cured me, and it still hasn't helped the phobia :(

I'll assign this heat though. Mum just took the fan away so I've realised how hot it really is! I may be sleeping in the cellar tonight.

[Lhunardawen]

I assign whistles. Not policeman whistles, not kettle whistles...those whistles that are conjured by mischievous lips with cells bearing Y-chromosomes owned by human beings who really need to get a life. :rolleyes:

[JennyHallu]

Oh, I like those, Lhuna. Lets me know I'm doing something right.


I assign Saturday's catastrophic air conditioning leak. It has destroyed either my cable modem or my router. Not sure which. But I have no internet at home until we figure it out and repair it.

[the guy who be short]

I assign being unable to whistle!

In fact I assign my tongue (http://www.entcolumbia.org/tongue.htm). Don't worry, that's not a photo (:p), it's a description of the stupid disorder I have that leaves me unable to whistle, french kiss, lick my lips, or pronounce the "th" or "sts" sound.

Edit: I thought you would like to know, I also can't stick my tongue out at people or lick ice cream...

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign not beeing able to estimate peoples ages.

It is simply annoying!

[Kath]

The smell of hospitals. It makes me feel sick every time.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Universitys which does not accept you !

[Formendacil]

Hands which are cut open and really slow down your typing... This paltry post not only is taking forever, it hurts to use the wrong buttons...

[Firefoot]

Flat tires. I leave on vacation (not in my car) and when I got home the tire was flat. And wouldn't you know it... on the very day that the three months was up after which I can drive other minors around. :rolleyes:

[Kath]

Roads. In general really. An hours drive took three hours because there was just accident after accident and the traffic was crawling. On such a hot day it was really not fun.

[Lhunardawen]

People behind wheels who drive on puddles so carelessly without even thinking that maybe - just maybe - they're splattering water all over the innocent person on the sidewalk.

[Mithalwen]

My Uncle got prosecuted for doing that - it wasn't on purpose but his passenger laughed at the unfortunate wet person who took the registration... :(

Anyway I assign having to search in an archive with ceilings about 5"6 high when you are 5"10..... it is definitely a hobbit sized archive....

[Kath]

This little bit of skin that feels like I've a bit of food stuck just where my wisdom tooth is coming through. It's driving me mad that I can't get rid of it.

[Oddwen]

I assign snapping turtles. *shudder* They are knobby, algae-y, and can snap toes off. They never stop growing, they are the among the ugliest creatures on the planet, and they can snap toes off. They have a horrible snakey tail, and they have a horrid beak-like mouth that can snap toes off.

I also hate swimming in lakes and rivers where I've seen snapping turtles. It's not very fun to feel like you have to lie flat on the top three inches of water to keep from losing toes.

I personally have never (knowingly) gone within a fifty feet radius of an adult snapping turtle, unless you count watching the same one lay eggs in the same spot in the road every year.

I also assign the fact that I've never taken a walk downtown. I strolled hurriedly for a couple of blocks once, and glanced in the shops as I passed, but I've never had whole hours to spend shopping at all the neat little shops & cafes there.

[Celuien]

Making the trip from the Pittsburgh exit of the PA turnpike (mile marker 57) to the Downingtown exit (mile marker 312) in a little less than 3.5 hours.

And no, I didn't get a ticket. :p Speed limit is 65 mph, so I really wasn't speeding that much.

I'm absolutely certain that this will get me reassigned to Mordor again, and probably with just cause. But I was still far from the fastest driver on the road.

[the guy who be short]

Snapping turtles?

http://pbskids.org/backyardjungle/files.php/279728_discovery_f.jpg

All together now: Awwww.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign people who throw rubbish in the streets!

Copenhagen these days have so much rubbish lying around, that I feel the need to appologies for the state of our otherwise marvouless city to the turists.
All I am asking for is that people carry their rubbish, 100 meters or so to the next rubbish bin.

[Oddwen]

All together now: Awwww. Ha! Having raised baby snapping turtles, I am impervious to your attack!
Ewww, see, they're even black and spikey when they're little. Like little Orcs, burarum.

Yes, we dug up the nest of the abovesaid laying turtle one year, and hatched a batch in a fishtank. Then we released them all in the sinkhole (http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=482966&postcount=730) next to our house.

The property the sinkhole was on was sold and a house built near it. I'll assign to Mordor that we can no longer hunt for frogs there. :( And the fact that the shoreline was changed, and now when I look for a certain little nook or ithsmus, it's no longer there.

[Lhunardawen]

Tears of anger. Tears should not be an expression of anger. The object of the anger is more likely to interpret it that the angry person is hurt, and show sympathy, or worse, condescension; and that's not a good thing if the angry person wants the object of the anger to melt in fear at the sight of the angry person. If that made sense.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

It made sence. . . although I am having trouble imagining people melting of fear of you, Lhuna!

I assign that a person who has always been full of life, charming and fun, has to spend the last years of his very short life in a more or less vegetable state.

[Lhunardawen]

Patches of water on a floor. Footwear with too little friction. Dozens of strangers and one of the last guys around whom you'd want to be caught in anything embarassing. Gravity. The concerned looks on same strangers' and guy's faces. Paranoia that whispers the presence of a laugh behind those concerned looks. :o

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Choices that I can make, but that are too hard to make. When I want both options more than anything, and both seem the obvious thing to do. It sucks. I want to be a kid again at times like these, and let my mom do the choosing for me.

[Mirkgirl]

Everyone who approves of the soon-to-become practice of firing and/or not hiring people who smoke (not a regular smoker myself, but how come we claim to destroy discrimination by simply moving it to new territories?)

[Lalwendë]

I'll send to Mordor passing out. I did it today having some blood taken for tests and it was horrible. It was as though I was outside the surgery in the road, and then coming round it felt like I was trying not to drown, and I was thrashing and shouting and I bit my tongue. Plus it felt like my head was going to burst. Not nice.

And I'm sending when cats aren't well. Mine keep being sick after their meat. :(

[Elonve]

King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Three words for you: Boring, dull, dreary.
________
Marijuana Medical (http://medicalmarijuana.us/)

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign the sort of bedroom situation in which you look suddenly around you to discover that at some point in the past three weeks, half, at least, of which you've spent out of state, your room exploded.

Okay, so the canvases on my floor are my fault. They never actually found a home. And yes, I set those two bags down when I got home from Vermont. But seriously... where did the rest of this stuff come from?

[Farael]

Love



need I say more? :(

[Kath]

Death. It really, really sucks.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Death. It really, really sucks.

I wouldn't know, I have never tried it. . . .

I assign the thought of aproaching death

[Lhunardawen]

I wouldn't know, I have never tried it. . . .
Lord Voldemort...is that...you...?


On-topicness: I conassign losing momentum. And centripetal force.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign people not writting to you on msn. . .

Like if I often start conversations with people, but they never take the initiative to start one with me. Then I start to wonder if they don't like me or if I am to klingy. . .Maybe I am really assigning lack of online confidence.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign that a kid at the party I was at for a few minutes last night was throwing up while passed out and everyone else was too drunk to think "This is bad."

There's a good reason for the 21 drinking age. It's these kids that prove 'adults' right. :(

[Valier]

I assign people who hate their birthdays...(see assign to the Shire ;) )

[THE Ka]

Okay, so the canvases on my floor are my fault. They never actually found a home.

I second that... I try to rid of the big and small annoyances, but my friends say they have too many already. :rolleyes:

~ Ka

[Orominuialwen]

I assign people not writting to you on msn. . .

Like if I often start conversations with people, but they never take the initiative to start one with me. Then I start to wonder if they don't like me or if I am to klingy. . .Maybe I am really assigning lack of online confidence.
I don't think it's a reflection on on you Rune. I know that I always love to talk to people online, but I rarely remember to look at who else is online when I go on the internet because my instant messenger program starts up automatically when I turn on the computer, so I don't think about it. I'm not sure how much sense that made, but if the people you talk to online are anything like me, then they don't mean anything towards you by not initiating conversations.

To stay on topic, I assign mold and mildew. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl, so you can imagine my horror when I discovered a plastic bag with several items of damp and moldy/mildewed clothing hding in my room! I'm not sure why or when I put them in the bag in the first place, but they were obviously there long enough to gain a horrid collection of fuzzy-looking blak dots all over them. Eeeeeeeeeeew! :eek: Fortunately the clothes have lost all traces of whatever was growing on them after several days of soaking in a bucket of diluted bleach.

[Lalwendë]

I'm assigning something Very Horrible I'd forgotten about. Piranha Fish! When I was a kid I used to get books from the library about foreign countries (always been a firm armchair traveller ;) ) and one had lots of lurid tales about people eaten by Piranhas. I've always been afraid of them ever since - when I was 10 we went to Liverpool Museum and I was transfixed by the tank of Piranhas, then the guard saw me tapping the glass and told me they'd all get out and bite me! I've just seen a TV show where a man was fishing for them in Guyana and they were huge! He had to hit the thing on the head to stun it. I've just had a childhood fear reawakened :eek:

Finally I'm assigning the traffic on my street because the Premiership starts here in 2 hours and its already busy. Can't they catch the bus for once?! Or even walk, as its only five minutes from the station! Argh! But I'll bet Sean Bean will be in the pub down the road later! :cool:

[Encaitare]

Piranha Fish!

My dad used to have piranhas when he was a kid... he'd stick his arm in the tank and charge people to watch. The secret? Feeding them plenty of food beforehand so they wouldn't be driven to a feeding frenzy. Still kinda scary, though.

Now, to be on topic, I assign illness. Not fun, not even a little bit. Especially when there's nothing on TV.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I assign people salting their food before even tasting it. I think it is an insult to the person cooking.

[littlemanpoet]

I assign people salting their food before even tasting it. I think it is an insult to the person cooking.
Well, there I go to Mordor yet again. But I like salt! That's like saying "How dare you put cinnamon on your sugar and buttered toast; it's an insult to the sugar!" With all due respect: :rolleyes: :p

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

How are you to know how much salt the cook has put in that food? For all you know it could taste like the Dead Sea !

[littlemanpoet]

How are you to know how much salt the cook has put in that food? For all you know it could taste like the Dead Sea !
Ah but the primary cook for my food is notorious for a lack of salt (in my most humble opinion), and she complains about the very same thing! I always end up adding salt, even after doing her the courtesy of tasting her (not savory enough) meats etc. And at restaurants, if I order it salty so it comes, and I don't have to worry about it.

By the by, you DID assign PEOPLE who salt their foods, not the action.

So anyway, I (con)assign PEOPLE who make huge generalized assignments to Mordor based on personal taste. Nya nya nya! :D

[the guy who be short]

I would like to deepen this new rift between the Downers by also assigning those who pepper their food before tasting it. Salt and Pepper detract from Flavour by replacing it with their own.

[littlemanpoet]

Only if you use it wrongly. Salt and pepper are meant to enhance, so don't heap it on. Sheesh. Just like any other spice.

So I assign all the ninnies who don't know how to properly use spices with their foods. :p

[Celuien]

Playing the other side of the issue, I'll assign cooks who oversalt the food. :p

For the record, I taste first.

Conassigned to Mordor: delays at work that put you 3 hours behind schedule.

[JennyHallu]

I assign people who reach across the table and pepper other people's food. Dad always used to do that when we had cottage cheese. Don't get me wrong, I like a little fresh-ground pepper on my cottage cheese. I just like to put it there myself.

[Volo]

Buss 79 drivers.

[the guy who be short]

I assign people who reach across the table and pepper other people's food. Dad always used to do that when we had cottage cheese. Don't get me wrong, I like a little fresh-ground pepper on my cottage cheese. I just like to put it there myself.Horrendous memories... Father... salt... pepper... lemon juice... MY FOOD.

I agree completely. Parents, your taste does not apply to your children. Keep this is mind.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I agree completely. Parents, your taste does not apply to your children. Keep this is mind.
Same goes for preference in times to wake up. Why is it that every morning my mother wants to speak to me at 7:30? Why can't she do it the night before? Even better, why can't she call me from work? My alarm was set for 8:30. Surely that's a reasonable time to get up? Why, mother, why? :)

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

LOL

oh.....this is an interesting thread. ;)

I agree. Parents' tastes don't apply to their kids. hmph.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Ah but the primary cook for my food is notorious for a lack of salt (in my most humble opinion), and she complains about the very same thing! I always end up adding salt, even after doing her the courtesy of tasting her (not savory enough) meats etc. And at restaurants, if I order it salty so it comes, and I don't have to worry about it.


Your "Cook" asks you not to salt the food before tasting and you refuse! I never thought that about you LMP. . .

[Lalwendë]

Ah, they only do it because they think they're spoiling you. My grandad used to 'sneak' a spoonful of sugar in my mug of tea (even though Nanna had forbidden it); I have always hated sugar in tea but I used to let him do it just because he was Grandad, and he was allowed to do that kind of thing. :)

Just be aware that even when you get to 35 they wll continue to do this.

Only if you use it wrongly. Salt and pepper are meant to enhance, so don't heap it on. Sheesh. Just like any other spice.

So I assign all the ninnies who don't know how to properly use spices with their foods.

Just be careful next time you visit Yorkshire when asking for 'spice' to add to your meal. I'm having visions of the waitress covering your meat 'n' tater pie and gravy with spoonfuls of Licquorice Allsorts, Smarties and Coconut Mushrooms. ;)

[Eonwe]

Lets see. I assign ear infections, first off.

Shallow bodies of water taht are advertised in their names as 'rivers', but are in actuallity mere creeks.

Waxing cars. Who knew that it could be such strenuous work?

Forgeting all the Calculus I that you slaved over last semester.

Woaw, this list is in desending order!

[Lhunardawen]

Forgeting all the Calculus I that you slaved over last semester. Hear, hear! *wails*

[Eonwe]

I stayed up till 12 studying last night. My dreams were filled with rolicing chain rules, quotiant rules, product rules, substitution rules, and inverse trig fuctions. :eek:

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

gooey nail polish. :mad:

[Kath]

Rain.

Dismal, dreary, wet, damp-causing, cold rain! Theme parks are fun, but not so much when experienced around torrential downpours. It wouldn't have been so bad if I could have gone home and had a bath straight after but no, I had to spend 4 hours on a train. Ick.

[Eonwe]

Kath, there is a rule to be aware of when attempting the visitation of theme parks.

"If you go, there will be rain. If you do not go, there will be no rain."

This rule has been proved correct exactly four of four times in my expierences with theme parks. :p

[Volo]

I actually like to be in a place like that when it rains, no queues. You get much more worth the money!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

"If you go, there will be rain. If you do not go, there will be no rain."

Sounds like Murphy's Law to me... ;)

To keep on topic, I assign cold August weather - no sunny afternoons or warm evenings sitting on the patio, July's tan fades rapidly, the days grow shorter anyway, and winter seems to draw closer more quickly when the days are gray.

[Volo]

To keep on topic, I assign cold August weather - no sunny afternoons or warm evenings sitting on the patio, July's tan fades rapidly, the days grow shorter anyway, and winter seems to draw closer more quickly when the days are gray.

:rolleyes: and here in Finland it's too hot to sleep... At the moment it feels like I'll be wearing a T-shirt (not the same one ;)) until year 2007. If you ask me, it could be colder here... thank you very much.

So, I assign hot August weather to Mordor!

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

To keep on topic, I assign cold August weather - no sunny afternoons or warm evenings sitting on the patio, July's tan fades rapidly, the days grow shorter anyway, and winter seems to draw closer more quickly when the days are gray.
But ST, the end of August... the beginning of autumn... it's so bitterly beautiful. The fading brightness of summer green, the weeping blossoms doomed to sleep... The crimson and golden of singing leaves in the trees who keep rhythm with the windblown brush of branches... The shivers from the winds of change, the unpredictable storms, the promise of snows to come so long from now, but still so soon, and the resurrection of sweaters and an excuse to snuggle indoors beneath quilts and throws with a good book and good tea. The smell of hot soup simmering to ward off the chills that come with the season... How could you assign the end of summer when it heralds the coming of fall? :eek:

[Kath]

I think it was just bad luck in my case Eonwe. The last time we went to Alton Towers it was a gorgeous day. Sorry you've had so many disasters though!

I actually like to be in a place like that when it rains, no queues. You get much more worth the money!
Nu uh. Going to have to disagree with you there. If anything the queues were worse because everyone went on the rides to escape the rain for a few minutes, even those who would normally just watch.

But, on another topic, I assign my brother until he learns to stop winding people up.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

But ST, the end of August... How could you assign the end of summer when it heralds the coming of fall?
I've nothing against the end of summer if it actually takes place at the end of August. But it's been cold and rainy since the beginning of the month!

[Lhunardawen]

Being in a partly closed room reeking of cigarette smoke, and having no choice but to live with it (at least for an hour or so). Never mind that it smells awful; I feel like my life span's shortening by the moment. Hold on, my poor respiratory tract. :mad:

[Lalwendë]

I've nothing against the end of summer if it actually takes place at the end of August. But it's been cold and rainy since the beginning of the month!

I've noticed the shift in the seasons this year in my garden. The honeysuckle started flowering in June (and is still going strong) when it only usually flowers in September. The Petunias and Lobelia are in their end of season state of collapse. The lavender has flowered and gone. The trees in the city are now starting to turn to autumn colours, including the one outside my house. The trees at the City Farm are covered in cherries and apples and ripe elderberries. At this rate it will be snowing in October. And August temperatures in July?

It said on the news the other day that there is now evidence that the seasons have shifted to start earlier.

I send global climate change to Mordor.

Very, very scary. :(

[Kath]

The horrible, pointless death of a child.

She's not my child, she's not even related to me, she's the little sister of one of my closest friends, but the sadness of it permeates everything. When someone old dies it isn't right or good but at least you can say they've had a full life, that they've lived. How can you say that with someone who never even reached their tenth birthday?

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

Kath, that really hurts. Why? WHY???

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Spending my last two days home until late November at work. Eew.

[Mithalwen]

The fact that this thread has twice as many posts as assigned to the Shire... we are clearly glass half empty people..... :(