What do you assign to Mordor? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lhunardawen · 03-15-2006, 12:56 AM

Those irritating tiny red things that pop out of your face to inform you that you're not getting enough sleep or you're worrying too much. Hello?! Finals week is coming up quick and I don't need anything to remind me of that, thank you very much. Get out of my face and stick yourself onto the nearest Nazgûl, will ya?

And forgetting things. You're talking animatedly with someone and you give him/her a chance to speak and come up with something different to say while he/she's speaking, then when it's your turn to talk you forget all about it. And what's worse is that it gets lodged in your mind and nags you let it out but you don't even know what it is. Frustrating.

Lalaith · 03-15-2006, 03:39 AM

I've assigned my own stubborness to Mordor, now I'd like to add vanity and poor sense of time.
Twenty four minutes left on the parking meter? Easily enough time to go to the bank and the fishmonger...oh and of course to pop into the shoe shop to try on a couple of pairs of boots in the sale, and that dress they had in the window of the designer shop, I wonder if I could get away with the smaller size...try on both to make sure....
Result = Parking Ticket, Cost £40. Thoroughly deserved.
At least I didn't buy anything other than fish, in the end, so I can afford to pay for the ticket....

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-15-2006, 06:26 AM

Snow! It was nearly 70* two days ago. I wore a skirt and a light shirt. And last night there was snow! Grr to spring. It should be consistently warmer and warmer, not temptingly beautiful changing quickly to cold. The crocuses will die.

JennyHallu · 03-15-2006, 08:40 AM

Lalaith...please don't tell me you walked through these boutiques carrying a package of fish...

Thank goodness for good, old-fashioned American supermarkets.

But I'm going to assign them to Mordor anyway. Meijer, at least.

There is a product manufactured by Heinz 57 called "Salad Cream" that is only marketed and sold in Europe. (Europeans, do you know what I'm talking about?) Meijer has several aisles of imported food products, and you can get the most delightful things, including this product, which is delicious. I love the international foods aisles, and every time I have ever been in a Meijer I walk through and always find some interesting and unusual thing I'm excited to try.

Now I have moved to a new city, and guess what? No Meijers, and none of the supermarkets or grocery stores here have any international foods beyond a small section of hispanic foods. So naturally, and logically, I am assigning Meijer Corporation to Mordor for not anticipating my move and adjusting their long term plans to fit the details of my life.

Lalaith · 03-15-2006, 10:40 AM

Yes, I know all about salad cream...and I'm sorry to say I loathe it. But my brothers loved it and missed it dreadfully after moving abroad....it's one of those Shire/Mordor things, like Marmite (another AtM for me, but I know it has its passionate fans here on the Downs...)

And no, I didn't take the fish into the boutiques...like a true girl, I did shoes first, fish later.

Valier · 03-15-2006, 10:44 AM

I hereby send ALL ESSAY'S to Mordor! They are dreadful and horrid! Why? Oh why? must there be SO MANY!!!

Kath · 03-15-2006, 04:29 PM

I assign my printer, who for some unknown reason decided that it would be really fun to print my entire essay out in yellow.

Celuien · 03-15-2006, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Snow! It was nearly 70* two days ago. I wore a skirt and a light shirt. And last night there was snow! Grr to spring. It should be consistently warmer and warmer, not temptingly beautiful changing quickly to cold. The crocuses will die.

It was 78 here the day before yesterday. And it snowed this morning, but nothing stayed. It was sunny again (but cold) by late afternoon.

Stupid weather shifts. The poor flowers and budding trees don't need to be confused.

Lhunardawen · 03-16-2006, 07:24 AM

The combination of an oil-slicked floor, slippery-soled shoes, and the force of gravity. And public transport.

Cailín · 03-16-2006, 12:50 PM

*whimpers* Alcohol.

And exams. Especially the combination of those two evils, I suppose.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-16-2006, 02:31 PM

Truthfulness. It always gets you in trouble. Especially if you tell people you're a werewolf.

03-15-2006, 03:39 AM	#2
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	I've assigned my own stubborness to Mordor, now I'd like to add vanity and poor sense of time. Twenty four minutes left on the parking meter? Easily enough time to go to the bank and the fishmonger...oh and of course to pop into the shoe shop to try on a couple of pairs of boots in the sale, and that dress they had in the window of the designer shop, I wonder if I could get away with the smaller size...try on both to make sure.... Result = Parking Ticket, Cost £40. Thoroughly deserved. At least I didn't buy anything other than fish, in the end, so I can afford to pay for the ticket.... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

03-15-2006, 06:26 AM	#3
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Snow! It was nearly 70* two days ago. I wore a skirt and a light shirt. And last night there was snow! Grr to spring. It should be consistently warmer and warmer, not temptingly beautiful changing quickly to cold. The crocuses will die. __________________ peace

03-15-2006, 08:40 AM	#4
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Lalaith...please don't tell me you walked through these boutiques carrying a package of fish... Thank goodness for good, old-fashioned American supermarkets. But I'm going to assign them to Mordor anyway. Meijer, at least. There is a product manufactured by Heinz 57 called "Salad Cream" that is only marketed and sold in Europe. (Europeans, do you know what I'm talking about?) Meijer has several aisles of imported food products, and you can get the most delightful things, including this product, which is delicious. I love the international foods aisles, and every time I have ever been in a Meijer I walk through and always find some interesting and unusual thing I'm excited to try. Now I have moved to a new city, and guess what? No Meijers, and none of the supermarkets or grocery stores here have any international foods beyond a small section of hispanic foods. So naturally, and logically, I am assigning Meijer Corporation to Mordor for not anticipating my move and adjusting their long term plans to fit the details of my life. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-15-2006, 10:40 AM	#5
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Yes, I know all about salad cream...and I'm sorry to say I loathe it. But my brothers loved it and missed it dreadfully after moving abroad....it's one of those Shire/Mordor things, like Marmite (another AtM for me, but I know it has its passionate fans here on the Downs...) And no, I didn't take the fish into the boutiques...like a true girl, I did shoes first, fish later. __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

03-15-2006, 10:44 AM	#6
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	I hereby send ALL ESSAY'S to Mordor! They are dreadful and horrid! Why? Oh why? must there be SO MANY!!! __________________ grand return?........

03-15-2006, 12:56 AM	#1
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Those irritating tiny red things that pop out of your face to inform you that you're not getting enough sleep or you're worrying too much. Hello?! Finals week is coming up quick and I don't need anything to remind me of that, thank you very much. Get out of my face and stick yourself onto the nearest Nazgûl, will ya? And forgetting things. You're talking animatedly with someone and you give him/her a chance to speak and come up with something different to say while he/she's speaking, then when it's your turn to talk you forget all about it. And what's worse is that it gets lodged in your mind and nags you let it out but you don't even know what it is. Frustrating.

03-15-2006, 04:29 PM	#7
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I assign my printer, who for some unknown reason decided that it would be really fun to print my entire essay out in yellow. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-16-2006, 07:24 AM	#9
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	The combination of an oil-slicked floor, slippery-soled shoes, and the force of gravity. And public transport.

03-16-2006, 12:50 PM	#10
Cailín Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lurking in the shadows. Posts: 711	whimpers Alcohol. And exams. Especially the combination of those two evils, I suppose.

03-16-2006, 02:31 PM	#11
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Truthfulness. It always gets you in trouble. Especially if you tell people you're a werewolf. __________________ peace

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