Tolkien Events 2009 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-09-2009, 03:27 PM

Have a cookie, Helen! Yes, that poem did inevitably occur to me.

It's less than three weeks till the concert, and I am excited to hear what the Tolkien Ensemble will perform. I'll certainly report afterwards.

Bêthberry · 03-09-2009, 03:57 PM

Just so you know, I gave up cookies for Lent. And chocolate for Ramadan.

mark12_30 · 03-09-2009, 06:55 PM

Translation: she only ate the chocolate at Night, and, she had to type in her password every doggone time she logged onto the Downs. Now that's devotion.

What shall TOlkien Ensemble do for THe Hobbit, we wonders, preciouss, we wonders? Shall they sing Tra Lala Lally?

Shall they! Oh, do, she cried, jumping up and down and clapping excitedly. Do, do, tralalala!

And you must, you really must, sing Roll Roll Rolling down the hole! Heave ho, splash plump! Oh, hurrah!

Gaffer William Gamgee continues his rant:

I have answered three questions and that is enough!
Said his father: Don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off! Or I'll kick you downstairs!

Lalwendë · 03-10-2009, 06:33 AM

I'm sorely tempted to risk a day out to Sarehole...I wonder if it's on a bus route into Brum city centre - it's feasible to bring ye Childe for a couple of hours if I can get him onto a train. Course, he'll have to be able to crawl around once he gets there...

Mithalwen · 03-10-2009, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I'm sorely tempted to risk a day out to Sarehole...I wonder if it's on a bus route into Brum city centre - it's feasible to bring ye Childe for a couple of hours if I can get him onto a train. Course, he'll have to be able to crawl around once he gets there...

I am torn for there are special exhibition matched at Wimbledon that day to try out the centrecourt cover and I am sore tempted for the sake fo seeing Agassi play again... However this does sound fun (despite Morris Dancers). This site gives some transport links

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Generat...E=0&MENU_ID=26

And I think Birmingham public transport was quite efficiet as I recall....

Lalwendë · 03-10-2009, 02:46 PM

I'd have to bring the Childe because extracting babysitting from his grandparents is nigh on impossible. We only managed to extract a few hours for our first cinema trip since he was born this last Sunday!

What's up with Morris Dancers?

Mithalwen · 03-10-2009, 03:35 PM

Actually can't believe how it is little more than an hour by train. And he will be 18 months+ by then and will love a train trip I bet . Will probably take me as long to get from Rugby if I visit the hobbit folk

. Actually can't believe that I have never been since it is close to where my Dad's family lived... but they aren't interested...

Oh Morris Dancers are scary - though possibly not as scary as the other entertainment if Oxonmoot is a guide...

Bêthberry · 03-10-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I'd have to bring the Childe because extracting babysitting from his grandparents is nigh on impossible. We only managed to extract a few hours for our first cinema trip since he was born this last Sunday!

What's up with Morris Dancers?

And Ye Childe cannot stay home with Genitor Familias and let Mum have a weekend off with some friends? Or is davem wanting along on the trip?

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-10-2009, 06:58 AM

For Helen (and other possible fans of Carroll's nonsense poetry): that reminds me - almost seven years ago I wrote an LotR parody of that very poem! Here it is: You are old...

It begins:

Quote:

‘You are old, Uncle Bilbo,’ young Frodo said,
‘And your age should be showing by now;
Yet you look well-preserved besides being well-fed,
Just what is your secret, say how?’

That whole thread is well worth re-reading - so much fun stuff!

03-09-2009, 03:27 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Have a cookie, Helen! Yes, that poem did inevitably occur to me. It's less than three weeks till the concert, and I am excited to hear what the Tolkien Ensemble will perform. I'll certainly report afterwards. __________________ '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...'

03-09-2009, 03:57 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Just so you know, I gave up cookies for Lent. And chocolate for Ramadan. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

03-09-2009, 06:55 PM	#3
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Translation: she only ate the chocolate at Night, and, she had to type in her password every doggone time she logged onto the Downs. Now that's devotion. What shall TOlkien Ensemble do for THe Hobbit, we wonders, preciouss, we wonders? Shall they sing Tra Lala Lally? Shall they! Oh, do, she cried, jumping up and down and clapping excitedly. Do, do, tralalala! And you must, you really must, sing Roll Roll Rolling down the hole! Heave ho, splash plump! Oh, hurrah! Gaffer William Gamgee continues his rant: I have answered three questions and that is enough! Said his father: Don't give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off! Or I'll kick you downstairs! __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

03-10-2009, 06:33 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I'm sorely tempted to risk a day out to Sarehole...I wonder if it's on a bus route into Brum city centre - it's feasible to bring ye Childe for a couple of hours if I can get him onto a train. Course, he'll have to be able to crawl around once he gets there... __________________ Gordon's alive!

03-10-2009, 02:46 PM	#6
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I'd have to bring the Childe because extracting babysitting from his grandparents is nigh on impossible. We only managed to extract a few hours for our first cinema trip since he was born this last Sunday! What's up with Morris Dancers? __________________ Gordon's alive!

03-10-2009, 03:35 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Actually can't believe how it is little more than an hour by train. And he will be 18 months+ by then and will love a train trip I bet . Will probably take me as long to get from Rugby if I visit the hobbit folk . Actually can't believe that I have never been since it is close to where my Dad's family lived... but they aren't interested... Oh Morris Dancers are scary - though possibly not as scary as the other entertainment if Oxonmoot is a guide... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-10-2009 at 03:45 PM.

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