What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 18 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-23-2006, 04:20 PM

I happily assign my mother. I love my mother. A lot. Because she very intentionally started pulling food out of the grocery bags. The first thing was a half pound of turkey. Eew, dead bird. The second was a half pound of roast beef. Eew, dead mammal. And then... and then...

Whole wheat wraps, hummus, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and bean sprouts! Mmm... *drool*

I also assign finding and purchasing cheap plane tickets (yay!) and the word 'Reykjavik' at 2:30 AM.

Kath · 06-24-2006, 04:45 AM

Sleep! It's a wonderful thing.

Also, finding the copy of the statement your teachers sent to universities about you and reading it for the first time in months. After the trials of Wednesday it was a lovely boost of confidence.

Mithalwen · 06-24-2006, 09:46 AM

you watch a play with the sea as a backdrop and the stars as lighting.

No I haven't been ... Apart from a flying visit, I haven't been to Cornwall since childhood when the Poldark mine and the Seal sanctuary were the order of the day. This place can join Heligan and the Eden project on my "to do" list for the visit I have been promising myself for years....

It sounds like it belongs a bit west of the shire and forms part of Mithlond's leisure facilities...

Lalwendë · 06-24-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

you watch a play with the sea as a backdrop and the stars as lighting.

No I haven't been ... Apart from a flying visit, I haven't been to Cornwall since childhood when the Poldark mine and the Seal sanctuary were the order of the day. This place can join Heligan and the Eden project on my "to do" list for the visit I have been promising myself for years....

It sounds like it belongs a bit west of the shire and forms part of Mithlond's leisure facilities...

Much of Cornwall belongs West of The Shire. I've not been for 16 years (long drive from oop North), but there are so many truly magical places like St Michael's Mount, the fairy palace which rises from a tiny island in the blue waters of Mounts Bay; they even have the grave of a Giant's heart on there. Then there are fogous, stone circles and iron age villages. Tintagel. The Goonhilly Downs. Godrevy Lighthouse. And the mystery of Land's End, the last bit of England.

Not quite in The Shire, but not in Valinor either. Maybe in the environs of The Grey Havens?

Cailín · 06-27-2006, 04:09 AM

Returning from an exam you know you passed, even though you answered question 9a (name the three most common types of ordeals mentioned in early Irish law) with:

Quote:

*A duel. God would aid the hand of the truthful one.
*A physical ordeal i.e. putting your hand in a cauldron filled with boiling water without getting hurt.

Um, um

*A psychological ordeal i.e. being forced to watch Free Willy I, II & III in rapid succession.

(I found out that the correct answer should be casting lots, but I personally like my suggestion better).

Elonve · 06-27-2006, 06:41 AM

Football!

It gives us an excuse to eat, drink cold beer in front of televisons. Rant, rave, cuss, curse and cry. And give gifts to each other (Opps! That's Christmas at our house

)
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the guy who be short · 06-29-2006, 12:20 PM

I assign the city of Oxford. So nuzzletastically good. History all around you. Wonderful lawns. Colleges everywhere. The libraries!

Mithalwen · 06-29-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

I assign the city of Oxford. So nuzzletastically good. History all around you. Wonderful lawns. Colleges everywhere. The libraries!

Ooh yes ... And the Bodleian with it's wonderfully absurd requirement that you solemnly promise not to burn the place down in order to get your ticket (which seems to fit in with the strange requirements of Hobbit wills).... it was very hard not to laugh as I recited:

"I hereby undertake .... not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library."

I mean, the thought had never occurred until they suggested it. Then I felt sympathy with the girl who said that the 10 Commandments were unfair because they just put ideas in your head.... I hardly used my card lest I be seized by an uncontrollable urge to hold a fondue party in the Radcliffe Camera...

I also love the fact that the Cathedral resolutely runs on Oxford time not London time. As I am perpetually five minutes late, this suited me perfectly and meant I didn't have to sneak in during the processional.... The Shire keeps its own reckoning so I am sure they would approve - though maybe not of all the related book learning....

Kath · 06-29-2006, 03:13 PM

Having spent a day with friends who you haven't seen all together at once in a long time, and realising with some sadness that this summer will probably be the last time the friendship you have now will ever be experienced, and being determined to make the most of it.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-30-2006, 10:26 PM

I assign post-work dinner at midnight that involves grapes, chai, and the following directly quoted advice for curing hiccups:

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Originally Posted by my little brother via AIM

punch yourself in the right temple while reciting the pledge of allegeance. it helps. you know youre cured when you loose consiousness right around "under god"

Elonve · 07-01-2006, 03:21 AM

I assign the invention of new words to the Shire.
We should start a Barrow-Downs Lexicon.

(sorry that was a little off topic...)
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Orominuialwen · 07-01-2006, 07:58 PM

Discovering that the fireworks you thought you would miss due to a lack of a ride have been rescheduled due to severe thunderstorms. Now maybe I'll be able to go after all!

Kath · 07-02-2006, 05:54 AM

Decisiveness - I'm not used to it!

Lalwendë · 07-02-2006, 02:44 PM

Really big thunderstorms. We haven't had one in ages and just had two in quick succession and its brewing up for a third.

And froggies. I just went out when the rain eased from torrential to merely heavy to assess the garden damage (it is extensive

) and found this big frog sitting right by the doorstep. I had to chase him off under the comfrey so he would be safe, and would find those pesky snails to eat.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 07-02-2006, 05:57 PM

Roger Waters. . .

He Rocks ! ! !

Celuien · 07-02-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

And froggies.

Yes! Froggies! How could they not have been assigned before?

Kath · 07-03-2006, 11:23 AM

I'll third the froggie assignation, I love them

For myself I'll assign spending one whole day with your family just generally being together, and then the next day with all your friends having a whale of a time.

Also the pride I feel over my new phone because I've managed to figure out how it works all by myself!

Farael · 07-03-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Roger Waters. . .

He Rocks ! ! !

I second that assignation and I assign Pink Floyd too... they can't be mad at each other if they are in The Shire!!!

Then I assign Rune and myself to watch them play.

JennyHallu · 07-03-2006, 12:30 PM

Getting off work early when you didn't expect it.

Encaitare · 07-04-2006, 10:46 AM

My friends. Occasionally they drive me mad with all the drama, but they're some of the most caring, thoughtful, and fun people in the world.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-04-2006, 12:31 PM

Painting. Though if I had any canvases, I'd be having at it with them, painting furniture is a very fun alternative. Especially when I have every inclination to turn each piece into something ultra original and fun.

Encaitare · 07-06-2006, 09:50 AM

When after you and a friend go through a rough patch, everything's cool again and you remember why you were such great friends in the first place.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-06-2006, 12:45 PM

Amazing people that make life seem so much more... possible. Hearing somebody that understands me perfectly say "Love, you have options." in a tone that implies that if anybody tells me that I don't have options, she will, all 4'11" of her, get in their faces, tell them where they can stick those options that they think I can't have, and then give me some at her and their expense.

Valier · 07-06-2006, 12:53 PM

I assign.....Summer Laziness.......enough said.

Lhunardawen · 07-09-2006, 04:21 AM

Relationships that are not restored to normal, but renewed.

Lhunardawen · 07-09-2006, 11:39 PM

This wouldn't count as double-posting, would it?

I assign meeting with your bestest best friend after a month of not seeing and barely communicating with each other, picking up where you left off, and finding out that you can still finish each other's sentences.

And, of course, the fact that having no Bio lab class at that time made it possible.

Orominuialwen · 07-12-2006, 04:03 PM

Very amusing webcomics.

Beading. My mom and I finally got our bead collection organized (some of the beads date back to when she was in high school) and I've made a lot of wire and bead jewelry in the last few days. What fun!

Going to my first baseball game of the season. It makes me feel like summer's finally started. Ditto for my first time at the pool this year.

Lhunardawen · 07-13-2006, 01:58 AM

Being perfectly happy with a purchase.

The things one gets to do and not to do when classes are suspended.

Rainy, windy days spent at home.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-13-2006, 08:09 AM

People that like me. *looks bemused*

And piracy. Gar.

THE Ka · 07-13-2006, 11:44 AM

Frida Kahlo, that great lady of art has taught me so much.

~ Aesthete

JennyHallu · 07-13-2006, 11:50 AM

Frida Kahlo had issues. Her stuff can get very very disturbing. Like Hieronymus Bosch (sp? Attack me with your trout, Rimbaud, I dare you!) disturbing.

Anyway...nice friendly helpful insurance people. My car got damaged in a parking lot the other day and my insurance company just rocks. That's the one thing about auto insurance: since you buy it on your own, and can shop around, they actually have to earn your business.

Anguirel · 07-13-2006, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Frida Kahlo had issues. Her stuff can get very very disturbing...

Anyway...nice friendly helpful insurance people.

Arrrgh! Jenny! Your priorities on comparative scariness are horribly twisted!

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-13-2006, 12:23 PM

Friendly old men that calmly inform you what the meaning of life is while you're at work.

Kath · 07-13-2006, 04:40 PM

Word games. Who would have thought trying to get as many words as possible from the word 'chocolately' could be so fun?

Farael · 07-13-2006, 06:01 PM

The girl you are dating being back from Europe

and getting presents too!!

Encaitare · 07-14-2006, 02:28 PM

When it rains and you can smell the ocean. Definitely Shire-worthy; the Havens weren't too far away.

THE Ka · 07-14-2006, 04:11 PM

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Like Hieronymus Bosch

Mr. Bosch was a drunk, religious zealot... But he is also the father of modern fantasy art, and we owe much to him.

... And yes, his works too are on my wall at home.

Miss Khalo broke open the doors of the highly gender segregated doors of modern art (in her era), gave a new meaning to being truly one's own person, and blossomed the surrealist movement. So there was issues, really, everyone has them. ...And you would too if you had 32 surgeries within your lifetime and doctors made you take morphine to help you forget the pain...

~ Aesthete

Taralphiel · 07-14-2006, 09:06 PM

Hopefully I'll be one of those 'nice friendly helpful insurance people' types, Jenny!

I assign rainy Saturday mornings. For one it waters my garden (any hopefully the state's dams). It also makes the house seem cosier. :3

It's very comforting locking yourself in the house and hiding after a long, LONG week in the bustling city.

- Tara

**The Saucepan Man** · 07-16-2006, 11:28 AM

A sunny day at Lord's, watching the cricket with good company and a couple of bottles of wine.

Orominuialwen · 07-18-2006, 10:39 AM

Summer camp. I'm having an absolutely wonderful time, even with the heat. Plus, the classes are really fun and the people are extremely nice.

06-23-2006, 04:20 PM	#681
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I happily assign my mother. I love my mother. A lot. Because she very intentionally started pulling food out of the grocery bags. The first thing was a half pound of turkey. Eew, dead bird. The second was a half pound of roast beef. Eew, dead mammal. And then... and then... Whole wheat wraps, hummus, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and bean sprouts! Mmm... drool I also assign finding and purchasing cheap plane tickets (yay!) and the word 'Reykjavik' at 2:30 AM. __________________ peace Last edited by Feanor of the Peredhil; 06-24-2006 at 12:31 AM.

06-24-2006, 04:45 AM	#682
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Sleep! It's a wonderful thing. Also, finding the copy of the statement your teachers sent to universities about you and reading it for the first time in months. After the trials of Wednesday it was a lovely boost of confidence. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-24-2006, 09:46 AM	#683
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	you watch a play with the sea as a backdrop and the stars as lighting. No I haven't been ... Apart from a flying visit, I haven't been to Cornwall since childhood when the Poldark mine and the Seal sanctuary were the order of the day. This place can join Heligan and the Eden project on my "to do" list for the visit I have been promising myself for years.... It sounds like it belongs a bit west of the shire and forms part of Mithlond's leisure facilities... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-27-2006, 06:41 AM	#686
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	Football! It gives us an excuse to eat, drink cold beer in front of televisons. Rant, rave, cuss, curse and cry. And give gifts to each other (Opps! That's Christmas at our house ) ________ Vaporite the solo review Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 06:18 PM.

06-29-2006, 03:13 PM	#689
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Having spent a day with friends who you haven't seen all together at once in a long time, and realising with some sadness that this summer will probably be the last time the friendship you have now will ever be experienced, and being determined to make the most of it. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” Last edited by Kath; 06-29-2006 at 03:17 PM.

06-29-2006, 12:20 PM	#687
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I assign the city of Oxford. So nuzzletastically good. History all around you. Wonderful lawns. Colleges everywhere. The libraries!

07-01-2006, 03:21 AM	#691
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	I assign the invention of new words to the Shire. We should start a Barrow-Downs Lexicon. (sorry that was a little off topic...) ________ CHEAP UTG DELUXE TACTICAL HOLSTER LEFT HANDED Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 06:19 PM.

07-01-2006, 07:58 PM	#692
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Discovering that the fireworks you thought you would miss due to a lack of a ride have been rescheduled due to severe thunderstorms. Now maybe I'll be able to go after all! __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

07-02-2006, 05:54 AM	#693
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Decisiveness - I'm not used to it! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-02-2006, 02:44 PM	#694
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Really big thunderstorms. We haven't had one in ages and just had two in quick succession and its brewing up for a third. And froggies. I just went out when the rain eased from torrential to merely heavy to assess the garden damage (it is extensive ) and found this big frog sitting right by the doorstep. I had to chase him off under the comfrey so he would be safe, and would find those pesky snails to eat. __________________ Gordon's alive!

07-03-2006, 11:23 AM	#697
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I'll third the froggie assignation, I love them For myself I'll assign spending one whole day with your family just generally being together, and then the next day with all your friends having a whale of a time. Also the pride I feel over my new phone because I've managed to figure out how it works all by myself! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-03-2006, 12:30 PM	#699
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Getting off work early when you didn't expect it. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

07-04-2006, 10:46 AM	#700
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	My friends. Occasionally they drive me mad with all the drama, but they're some of the most caring, thoughtful, and fun people in the world.

07-04-2006, 12:31 PM	#701
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Painting. Though if I had any canvases, I'd be having at it with them, painting furniture is a very fun alternative. Especially when I have every inclination to turn each piece into something ultra original and fun. __________________ peace

07-06-2006, 09:50 AM	#702
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Hurrah for reconciliation! When after you and a friend go through a rough patch, everything's cool again and you remember why you were such great friends in the first place.

07-06-2006, 12:45 PM	#703
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Amazing people that make life seem so much more... possible. Hearing somebody that understands me perfectly say "Love, you have options." in a tone that implies that if anybody tells me that I don't have options, she will, all 4'11" of her, get in their faces, tell them where they can stick those options that they think I can't have, and then give me some at her and their expense. __________________ peace

07-06-2006, 12:53 PM	#704
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	I assign.....Summer Laziness.......enough said. __________________ grand return?........

07-09-2006, 04:21 AM	#705
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Relationships that are not restored to normal, but renewed.

07-09-2006, 11:39 PM	#706
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	This wouldn't count as double-posting, would it? I assign meeting with your bestest best friend after a month of not seeing and barely communicating with each other, picking up where you left off, and finding out that you can still finish each other's sentences. And, of course, the fact that having no Bio lab class at that time made it possible.

07-12-2006, 04:03 PM	#707
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Very amusing webcomics. Beading. My mom and I finally got our bead collection organized (some of the beads date back to when she was in high school) and I've made a lot of wire and bead jewelry in the last few days. What fun! Going to my first baseball game of the season. It makes me feel like summer's finally started. Ditto for my first time at the pool this year. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.) Last edited by Orominuialwen; 07-12-2006 at 04:13 PM. Reason: First parallelism, then a typo

07-13-2006, 01:58 AM	#708
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Being perfectly happy with a purchase. The things one gets to do and not to do when classes are suspended. Rainy, windy days spent at home.

07-13-2006, 08:09 AM	#709
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	People that like me. looks bemused And piracy. Gar. __________________ peace

07-13-2006, 11:44 AM	#710
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Frida Kahlo, that great lady of art has taught me so much. ~ Aesthete __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

07-13-2006, 11:50 AM	#711
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Frida Kahlo had issues. Her stuff can get very very disturbing. Like Hieronymus Bosch (sp? Attack me with your trout, Rimbaud, I dare you!) disturbing. Anyway...nice friendly helpful insurance people. My car got damaged in a parking lot the other day and my insurance company just rocks. That's the one thing about auto insurance: since you buy it on your own, and can shop around, they actually have to earn your business. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

07-13-2006, 12:23 PM	#713
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Friendly old men that calmly inform you what the meaning of life is while you're at work. __________________ peace

07-13-2006, 04:40 PM	#714
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Word games. Who would have thought trying to get as many words as possible from the word 'chocolately' could be so fun? __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

07-13-2006, 06:01 PM	#715
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	The girl you are dating being back from Europe and getting presents too!! __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

07-14-2006, 02:28 PM	#716
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	When it rains and you can smell the ocean. Definitely Shire-worthy; the Havens weren't too far away.

07-14-2006, 09:06 PM	#718
Taralphiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Swan Wood Posts: 649	Hopefully I'll be one of those 'nice friendly helpful insurance people' types, Jenny! I assign rainy Saturday mornings. For one it waters my garden (any hopefully the state's dams). It also makes the house seem cosier. :3 It's very comforting locking yourself in the house and hiding after a long, LONG week in the bustling city. - Tara

07-16-2006, 11:28 AM	#719
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	A sunny day at Lord's, watching the cricket with good company and a couple of bottles of wine. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

07-18-2006, 10:39 AM	#720
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Florida! And Tolkien! And Lewis! Summer camp. I'm having an absolutely wonderful time, even with the heat. Plus, the classes are really fun and the people are extremely nice. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)