What do you "assign" to the Shire? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lhunardawen · 10-02-2005, 07:45 AM

Take home Geography finals (gives a big

to Nilp)

Not having to travel two hours to pass the said final exam, thanks to E-mail

Idle days

Semestral breaks! Yay!

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-03-2005, 07:17 AM

Good friends, good food, good times.

And knowing that in five days, you will be home for the first time since Uni began. And knowing that once there, you have a wedding to go to... the perfect excuse to wear the perfect dress you so serendipitously discovered in your size and that fits you like it was made in your honor.

That sort of thing belongs in the Shire.

littlemanpoet · 10-07-2005, 07:03 PM

Uffington Castle; The Vale of the White Horse; and Wayland's Smithy; ... and a fresh breeze blowing over that hill on a cool morning as the ubiquitous sheep graze absolutely everywhere outside of London.

A great English Pub, just down the valley from the White Horse, called The White Horse by the way, that does bed and breakfast, and offers great English Rarebit. Yum!

Oh! Well, these two are so close to Oxford they probably ARE in Tolkien's Shire.

Villages called Wootton, Buckland, and Wood End, all within 30 miles of Oxford.

The North York Moors. Yes, I realize that they seem more like Forodwaith or maybe Fornost, but you're just so high up, the wind blowing at gale force, nobody else anywhere near, it's 8 Celsius (about 45 F) not including the wind chill (brrr!), and you're out on the moors looking at the oldest man-shaped stones you've ever seen. The sun is close to setting and York is an hour south and far below, and you feel like you're literally at the top of the world, even though it's only about 1,000 feet above see level, nothing but purpling heather ... and sheep .... and the world sloping away in every direction.

mormegil · 10-10-2005, 12:45 PM

This is one of those rare occasions when I'll admit the Brits have a better word than we do.

"Adverts"

I absolutely adore this word and when said in conjuction with that british accent it makes me oddly excited. This is a shire word if there ever was one even though the actual adverts have been banished to Mordor the word belongs here.

Lhunardawen · 10-12-2005, 11:41 PM

Exemptions from Asian History exams. Especially when you've been given all the time in the world to study for it, but because of the relentless hold of procrastination in your system you just did the night before, and all you think about as you sleep is "Manichaeism...Yuan Dynasty...Fujiwara Clan..." and stuff like that, and the moment you wake up you've been gripped by a fear that this time you're really done, and you arrive in the university a few minutes late, only to find out you have an option not to take the exam.

Gandalf_the _white · 10-16-2005, 09:15 AM

i would send my worst enemy to the shire so they could learn the good things in life, (and so they were out of my way lol

)

Glirdan · 10-16-2005, 10:27 AM

Hmmm.... I send the arts to the Shire. Music, art, drama, dancing all that stuff. It makes one feel happy inside, does it not?

10-03-2005, 07:17 AM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Good friends, good food, good times. And knowing that in five days, you will be home for the first time since Uni began. And knowing that once there, you have a wedding to go to... the perfect excuse to wear the perfect dress you so serendipitously discovered in your size and that fits you like it was made in your honor. That sort of thing belongs in the Shire. __________________ peace

10-10-2005, 12:45 PM	#4
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	This is one of those rare occasions when I'll admit the Brits have a better word than we do. "Adverts" I absolutely adore this word and when said in conjuction with that british accent it makes me oddly excited. This is a shire word if there ever was one even though the actual adverts have been banished to Mordor the word belongs here. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-16-2005, 10:27 AM	#7
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Hmmm.... I send the arts to the Shire. Music, art, drama, dancing all that stuff. It makes one feel happy inside, does it not? __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

10-02-2005, 07:45 AM	#1
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Take home Geography finals (gives a big to Nilp) Not having to travel two hours to pass the said final exam, thanks to E-mail Idle days Semestral breaks! Yay!

10-07-2005, 07:03 PM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Uffington Castle; The Vale of the White Horse; and Wayland's Smithy; ... and a fresh breeze blowing over that hill on a cool morning as the ubiquitous sheep graze absolutely everywhere outside of London. A great English Pub, just down the valley from the White Horse, called The White Horse by the way, that does bed and breakfast, and offers great English Rarebit. Yum! Oh! Well, these two are so close to Oxford they probably ARE in Tolkien's Shire. Villages called Wootton, Buckland, and Wood End, all within 30 miles of Oxford. The North York Moors. Yes, I realize that they seem more like Forodwaith or maybe Fornost, but you're just so high up, the wind blowing at gale force, nobody else anywhere near, it's 8 Celsius (about 45 F) not including the wind chill (brrr!), and you're out on the moors looking at the oldest man-shaped stones you've ever seen. The sun is close to setting and York is an hour south and far below, and you feel like you're literally at the top of the world, even though it's only about 1,000 feet above see level, nothing but purpling heather ... and sheep .... and the world sloping away in every direction.

10-12-2005, 11:41 PM	#5
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Exemptions from Asian History exams. Especially when you've been given all the time in the world to study for it, but because of the relentless hold of procrastination in your system you just did the night before, and all you think about as you sleep is "Manichaeism...Yuan Dynasty...Fujiwara Clan..." and stuff like that, and the moment you wake up you've been gripped by a fear that this time you're really done, and you arrive in the university a few minutes late, only to find out you have an option not to take the exam.

10-16-2005, 09:15 AM	#6
Gandalf_the _white Wight Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In crazy captions waving an angry fist at the outside world Posts: 155	i would send my worst enemy to the shire so they could learn the good things in life, (and so they were out of my way lol )