What do you "assign" to the Shire?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I assign this:

I borrowed a book several months ago. After taking extreme care of it over spring break, I managed to forget it when I went back to school. I had my entire family search every corner of my room to no avail.

I got home and searched. I cleaned my room like crazy and searched. I called libraries, extended family members, cleaned out cars... just in case. My boyfriend helped me search again. No luck.

And tonight... tonight I spontaneously decided to take a flashlight and look in the one in space beneath my bookshelf and guess what book was there?

Rebel Yell by Lance Olsen. Great book. Y'all should read it.

But yes... I assign finding a book I thought I'd lost.

[Lhunardawen]

Realizing that an elective class you skipped lunch for, slaved over, and simply dreaded - three years ago - will come in handy after all.

[Kath]

The relief that comes from realising you haven't sneezed in 24 hours, after sneezing straight for the 24 hours before that!

Also jigsaws. They're so relaxing!

[Farael]

The Red River Ex! I'm still slightly dizzy and I have a rather bad bruise on my leg but it was definitely worth it!! And I feel so North American too, even if the girl I went with and her friends had their hearts set in trying to make me feel foreign

[Oddwen]

Fresh-picked strawberries, straight from the vine and still warm from the sun. Mmmmm.
Even if you do have to brush the sand off.

[Mithalwen]

Finding out that your beautiful, bright and beloved god-daughter has landed the perfect summer job (flexible hours, interesting work). She really deserves this break after 3 years of illness and having to restart sixth form in Sept.... Just hope she stays well

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Kath

Also jigsaws. They're so relaxing!

Near me, in Bakewell, there is a little toy shop that specialises in jigsaws. They have all the rooms upstairs stuffed full of just about any jigsaw you could imagine, plus any wall space is taken up with completed jigsaws hung up in frames. That's the kind of little shop you'd get in The Shire.

Bakewell also has a little cafe in the attic of an old cottage that sells Austrian sausages, mustards, and cakes, complete with an alpine decoration theme. I love it! And then there are all the lovely Pudding shops, too, and the river bank and hundreds of ducks to feed. Shame its a bit too expensive for us to live out there.

I send nice little towns with interesting shops and no big chain stores to The Shire.

[JennyHallu]

I assign the following argument with my husband:

N: You're an odd duck.

J: No, I'm not.

N: Yes, you are.

J: I'm not a duck.

N: Then what are you?

J: I'm a Jen.

N: If you're not an odd duck, then I think you're a bad egg.

J: I'm not an egg! I'm a Jen!

N: I think you were a bad egg that hatched into an odd duck.

J: Not an egg! Not a duck! I'm a Jen!

N: A Jen? What's that? Sounds...odd...

*fits of giggles all around*
*confused looks at the two of us from Gracie and Miles (the dog and cat, respectively)*

[Formendacil]

I assign the swift unravelling of a horrible knot of problems so that what for months made college admission a HUGE headache become so clear and simple... Knowing that you're leaving home in the Fall, for sure, feels great... definitely belongs in the Shire, homebodies though hobbits are.

[Lhunardawen]

My CWTS instructor. Never mind that his voice could very easily pass for a lullaby, but he's a member of the Philippine Tolkien Society, talks about quite irrelevant stuff pertaining to Middle Earth as if the entire class knows what he is talking about, and looks at me every now and then as if asking me if he says the right things. And I am the only one who understands him completely.