Treebeard Statue - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 03-05-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

Ha! Look at his head... he'd need a few traffic cones.

I wonder why students love traffic cones so. Will I develop a traffic cone obsession next year?

And his hand is just ripe for hanging one of those little yellow roadworks lanterns from...

Of course you will develop a traffic cone obsession when you become a student! It's the Law! Also beware of the following: collecting beermats, saving up all your empty beer bottles and cans to make 'sculpture' out of, buying a Che Guevara and/or Monet's Waterlillies poster in Freshers' Week.

I just hope they will also build a layby nearby as people will be wanting to stop and take photos of this sculpture!

Elmo · 03-05-2007, 08:40 AM

Why wait till your a student, much fun can be had with traffic cones when you're still at high school

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-05-2007, 08:51 AM

Back to the topic, please.

Mithalwen · 03-05-2007, 10:19 AM

I think the statue is wonderful ..though it looks slightly "bendable"

I think it is a bit unfair to suggest that CT is humourless... there is evidence of a rather dry sense of humour in some of his comments in HoME.... for example the origin of the name "Bingo" and it's possible connection to the family of toy koalas made me "lol". And on a French Tolkien website, someone who met him at a dinner party said he was absolutely charming and very amusing.

However given the nonsense he has to put up with I can understand if he was prone to sense of humour failure....

03-05-2007, 08:40 AM	#2
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	Why wait till your a student, much fun can be had with traffic cones when you're still at high school __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

03-05-2007, 08:51 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Back to the topic, please. __________________ '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...'

03-05-2007, 10:19 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I think the statue is wonderful ..though it looks slightly "bendable" I think it is a bit unfair to suggest that CT is humourless... there is evidence of a rather dry sense of humour in some of his comments in HoME.... for example the origin of the name "Bingo" and it's possible connection to the family of toy koalas made me "lol". And on a French Tolkien website, someone who met him at a dinner party said he was absolutely charming and very amusing. However given the nonsense he has to put up with I can understand if he was prone to sense of humour failure.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace