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

littlemanpoet · 08-14-2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Finduilas

Again poor fellow! So no broken bones? Aren't cuncussions bad?

Head split open in back actually. Stapled by the EMS folks. He'll survive and probably be much more cautious in the future.

Orominuialwen · 08-14-2007, 11:54 PM

60+-year-old men who wear very small cutoff shorts in public. They were far shorter than anything I, as a teenaged girl, have ever worn.

Ew.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-15-2007, 06:42 AM

Doorbells. I probably shouldn't hate them as much as I do, but they always, always ring at the most obnoxious times.

Lalaith · 08-15-2007, 12:45 PM

Staying with mothers who refuse to throw anything out of their fridges, ever...and the fizzy pickled herrings from last Christmas that you accidentally eat from therein....bleugh, bleugh and bleugh again.

Note to self....remember to check all sell-by dates on anything that comes from that fridge, before consuming....

Finduilas · 08-15-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalaith

Staying with mothers who refuse to throw anything out of their fridges, ever...and the fizzy pickled herrings from last Christmas that you accidentally eat from therein....bleugh, bleugh and bleugh again.

Note to self....remember to check all sell-by dates on anything that comes from that fridge, before consuming....

Must say I agree with that, except that it is my Grandma.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-21-2007, 01:19 PM

I assign heavy rains that flood basements, thereby providing an evening's entertainment of mopping up the water therein. Maybe the heat in Mordor would dry everything up nicely!

the guy who be short · 08-22-2007, 04:39 AM

I sympathise, Esty.

Parents: Let's extend the house! Yay! The garage can be moved to the bottom of this big ole slope here.

Clever move.

I also assign those constant debt adverts on daytime TV. "Hey, you, do you wanna get into EVEN MORE debt? Yeah? Call this number!" And why are they always on kids' TV, anyway? Do kids have debt...?

Finduilas · 08-23-2007, 09:40 AM

Snapping turtles. They eat ducklings..

the guy who be short · 08-23-2007, 11:52 AM

Erm... I eat ducks. Is that really so bad? (Do not answer if you are Fea).

Seeing as I'm here, I should probably assign something lest I be accused of chat... Mispronouncing French words in front of people who know French can go to Mordor. Happened at interviews, happened in front of my ex-teacher... it's just no fun.

Finduilas · 08-23-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

Erm... I eat ducks. Is that really so bad? (Do not answer if you are Fea).

Well, considering what I had for dinner just last night...

But it is somehow different when they are babies, and when it eats twenty in one year. Three of my female ducks had each had about 4 ducklings, and not a single one lived over a month. One of them tried raising another group, but they too were eaten. She wandered around for a few days, looking very confused, quacking mournfully. It is one of the saddest things I have ever seen an animal do. This year I am keeping the mother and her (at least) 10 ducklings in the barn till they are big enough not to be swallowed whole.

Rikae · 09-04-2007, 10:49 AM

Middle-aged female professors*.

I think, after an hour and a half of sitting in her classroom without a winter coat, I may be suffering from hypothermia... I certainly never looked quite so much like my avatar!

*no offense - hey, I'll be one myself someday.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 09-22-2007, 04:49 PM

Having completely written an entire paper, looking up the final citation that's supposed to blow away my readers with my brilliance (and finally swing an A from a professor who always gives me Cs)...

And discovering that I overlooked one single sentence fragment in the story ("their old debate, and indeed the only debate that ever happened in their country") that completely (and I mean completely) destroys my main support for my thesis. Fourteen words out of like a hundred pages and a third of my paper's trashed.

Annatar · 10-04-2007, 11:28 AM

I assign the animated LoTR and Hobbit movies to Mordor, as well as Christmas carols.

littlemanpoet · 10-06-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Annatar

I assign the animated LoTR and Hobbit movies to Mordor, as well as Christmas carols.

Okay, the movies I can understand. But Christmas carols????

Quempel · 10-09-2007, 02:07 PM

I would assign little yippy yappy dogs, but they are probably already in Mordor.

Farael · 10-11-2007, 10:30 PM

Rather than "writer's block" I'd like to postulate the "student's block" for a luxury, all expenses paid trip to the cozy fires of Mt. Doom.

Yes, the student's block... a term I just coined (though I'm sure it has been said before) for that moment where you feel that if you read just ONE more word about (insert topic of study here) your brain will turn into mush and drip out of your ears.

Volo · 10-15-2007, 12:51 PM

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To Mordor with different mobile phone models!

:/

Elfchick7 · 10-15-2007, 12:54 PM

confusing/inconsistent friendships.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-24-2007, 04:52 PM

war, people dying too young, people jumping out infront of trains. . .this month in general.

08-14-2007, 11:54 PM	#2
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	60+-year-old men who wear very small cutoff shorts in public. They were far shorter than anything I, as a teenaged girl, have ever worn. Ew. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

08-15-2007, 06:42 AM	#3
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Doorbells. I probably shouldn't hate them as much as I do, but they always, always ring at the most obnoxious times. __________________ peace

08-15-2007, 12:45 PM	#4
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Staying with mothers who refuse to throw anything out of their fridges, ever...and the fizzy pickled herrings from last Christmas that you accidentally eat from therein....bleugh, bleugh and bleugh again. Note to self....remember to check all sell-by dates on anything that comes from that fridge, before consuming.... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

08-21-2007, 01:19 PM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I assign heavy rains that flood basements, thereby providing an evening's entertainment of mopping up the water therein. Maybe the heat in Mordor would dry everything up nicely! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-23-2007, 09:40 AM	#8
Finduilas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard. Posts: 595	Snapping turtles. They eat ducklings.. __________________ One (1) book of rules and traffic regulations, which may not be bent or broken. ~ The Phantom Tollbooth

08-22-2007, 04:39 AM	#7
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I sympathise, Esty. Parents: Let's extend the house! Yay! The garage can be moved to the bottom of this big ole slope here. Clever move. I also assign those constant debt adverts on daytime TV. "Hey, you, do you wanna get into EVEN MORE debt? Yeah? Call this number!" And why are they always on kids' TV, anyway? Do kids have debt...?

08-23-2007, 11:52 AM	#9
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Erm... I eat ducks. Is that really so bad? (Do not answer if you are Fea). Seeing as I'm here, I should probably assign something lest I be accused of chat... Mispronouncing French words in front of people who know French can go to Mordor. Happened at interviews, happened in front of my ex-teacher... it's just no fun.

09-04-2007, 10:49 AM	#11
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Middle-aged female professors. I think, after an hour and a half of sitting in her classroom without a winter coat, I may be suffering from hypothermia... I certainly never looked quite so much like my avatar! no offense - hey, I'll be one myself someday.

09-22-2007, 04:49 PM	#12
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Having completely written an entire paper, looking up the final citation that's supposed to blow away my readers with my brilliance (and finally swing an A from a professor who always gives me Cs)... And discovering that I overlooked one single sentence fragment in the story ("their old debate, and indeed the only debate that ever happened in their country") that completely (and I mean completely) destroys my main support for my thesis. Fourteen words out of like a hundred pages and a third of my paper's trashed. __________________ peace

10-04-2007, 11:28 AM	#13
Annatar Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 22	I assign the animated LoTR and Hobbit movies to Mordor, as well as Christmas carols. Last edited by Annatar; 10-04-2007 at 11:33 AM.

10-09-2007, 02:07 PM	#15
Quempel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a flower Posts: 97	I would assign little yippy yappy dogs, but they are probably already in Mordor. __________________ Lurking behind Uncle Fester

10-11-2007, 10:30 PM	#16
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Rather than "writer's block" I'd like to postulate the "student's block" for a luxury, all expenses paid trip to the cozy fires of Mt. Doom. Yes, the student's block... a term I just coined (though I'm sure it has been said before) for that moment where you feel that if you read just ONE more word about (insert topic of study here) your brain will turn into mush and drip out of your ears. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

10-15-2007, 12:54 PM	#18
Elfchick7 Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the Greenwood Posts: 201	confusing/inconsistent friendships. __________________ "Yesterday is history. Tommorow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God. That's why it's called the PRESENT!"

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