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

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-30-2005, 12:43 PM

Personally, I just love the excuse to eat and drink lots and get loads of presents.

I'll get me coat ...

the guy who be short · 11-30-2005, 01:14 PM

I send to the Shire raw, physical happiness. It's just as good as deeper, spiritual happiness, in my eyes. Happiness is happiness.

I also assign to the shire warm coats. So, SpM, if you are leaving, you'll have to do so without he coat.

And, finally, the healthy / environmentally friendly / feel-good feeling you get from switching from bus to bike, obtaining a recycling bin, or pledging to drink lots more water.

Dimturiel · 11-30-2005, 01:42 PM

Christmas defintely goes to the Shire, and so does decorating the Christmas tree, and so do carrols. I also send snowfalls there as I find nothing more relaxing than watching the snowflakes fall from the sky. It truly gives you a great feeling.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-30-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

I send to the Shire raw, physical happiness. It's just as good as deeper, spiritual happiness, in my eyes. Happiness is happiness.

Happiness is happiness? I never knew. I assign Aldous Huxley and the awesomeness that comes from chatting over his works with intelligent people.

Roa_Aoife · 11-30-2005, 04:51 PM

Assign to all good philosophical debates. You know, the ones that really get your mental juices flowing, excite the adrenal, and bend your brain in whole new ways. Even if you never reach a conclusion, you still feel a sense of satisfaction.

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-01-2005, 09:29 AM

I would like to add my voice to those who want to take their Christmas decorations with them to the Shire. I go all out with mine, and it takes the better part of several days to take down all the "normal" pictures and bric-a-brac and replace them with Christmas nativities, angels, stars - and quilt wall hangings on a combination of those themes. I've begun a series of blog entries showing some of the decorations, in case anyone wants to see - yes, the link is still there in my signature. Just look closely...

Lalwendë · 12-01-2005, 03:37 PM

Esty - you've got lovely decorations, and your candle arch is identical to mine! I hang star shaped lights above it in the window (or attempt to, as they invariably fall down), and my tree decorations are all silver and gold, with a lot of stars - I buy just one or two new ones each year and love getting the old trinkets out.

Well now I don't feel like I've begun too early now - though the full 'bedecking' will not begin til the 10th (when a certain someone is out of the house and unable to complain if I get into tinsel frenzy...

).

Lhunardawen · 12-02-2005, 01:07 AM

Oh, definitely Christmas. Its commercialization goes to that place far away to the East, though.

And the sudden enlightenment that came when my Calculus instructor taught us infinite limits a while ago. When we were taught that in high school last year I was totally lost (no offense to my teacher then, and may he rest in peace), but this time I began to get it. It's amazing.

11-30-2005, 12:43 PM	#1
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Personally, I just love the excuse to eat and drink lots and get loads of presents. I'll get me coat ... __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

11-30-2005, 01:42 PM	#3
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	Christmas defintely goes to the Shire, and so does decorating the Christmas tree, and so do carrols. I also send snowfalls there as I find nothing more relaxing than watching the snowflakes fall from the sky. It truly gives you a great feeling. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

11-30-2005, 04:51 PM	#5
Roa_Aoife Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Someday, I'll rule all of it. Posts: 1,696	Assign to all good philosophical debates. You know, the ones that really get your mental juices flowing, excite the adrenal, and bend your brain in whole new ways. Even if you never reach a conclusion, you still feel a sense of satisfaction. __________________ We can't all be Roas* when it comes to analysing...* -Lommy I didn't say you're evil, Roa, I said you're exasperating. -Nerwen

12-01-2005, 09:29 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	<--- Christmas star I would like to add my voice to those who want to take their Christmas decorations with them to the Shire. I go all out with mine, and it takes the better part of several days to take down all the "normal" pictures and bric-a-brac and replace them with Christmas nativities, angels, stars - and quilt wall hangings on a combination of those themes. I've begun a series of blog entries showing some of the decorations, in case anyone wants to see - yes, the link is still there in my signature. Just look closely... __________________ '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...'

12-01-2005, 03:37 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Esty - you've got lovely decorations, and your candle arch is identical to mine! I hang star shaped lights above it in the window (or attempt to, as they invariably fall down), and my tree decorations are all silver and gold, with a lot of stars - I buy just one or two new ones each year and love getting the old trinkets out. Well now I don't feel like I've begun too early now - though the full 'bedecking' will not begin til the 10th (when a certain someone is out of the house and unable to complain if I get into tinsel frenzy... ). __________________ Gordon's alive!

11-30-2005, 01:14 PM	#2
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I send to the Shire raw, physical happiness. It's just as good as deeper, spiritual happiness, in my eyes. Happiness is happiness. I also assign to the shire warm coats. So, SpM, if you are leaving, you'll have to do so without he coat. And, finally, the healthy / environmentally friendly / feel-good feeling you get from switching from bus to bike, obtaining a recycling bin, or pledging to drink lots more water.

12-02-2005, 01:07 AM	#8
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Oh, definitely Christmas. Its commercialization goes to that place far away to the East, though. And the sudden enlightenment that came when my Calculus instructor taught us infinite limits a while ago. When we were taught that in high school last year I was totally lost (no offense to my teacher then, and may he rest in peace), but this time I began to get it. It's amazing.