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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-11-2005, 03:25 PM
Replies: 64
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Posted By Lalwendė
We have rice cakes in the UK too. They are much...

We have rice cakes in the UK too. They are much beloved of women who sit and eat them at their desks with a look of pure disgust on their faces, and when you ask them what's the matter with their...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-11-2005, 03:28 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
The Isle of Man also has a strong Viking...

The Isle of Man also has a strong Viking heritage, and it has the oldest parliament in the world, the Tynwald (http://www.tynwald.org.im/). Manx is not a living language in the same way as Welsh and...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-06-2005, 01:36 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
:D Excellent, yes! Picture the scene at Bilbo's...

:D Excellent, yes! Picture the scene at Bilbo's birthday feast. Up to the table comes Rosie Cotton bearing a basket of bread rolls to be served with the soup. "Bread rolls," she shouts. "Who wants a...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-05-2005, 02:59 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
I don't see why Hobbits should not have had...

I don't see why Hobbits should not have had tomatoes. They had pipeweed, and tobacco, correct me if I'm wrong, is native to the Americas so why should they not also have tomatoes. They do of course...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-04-2005, 02:49 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
I think it was the colour of the gravy in those...

I think it was the colour of the gravy in those pictures that got to me, it was unnatural, gravy ought to be brown. And the only allowed 'extras' ought to be a bit of onion or some mushrooms. But if...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-03-2005, 10:45 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
Shall I confuse things even further? Very well......

Shall I confuse things even further? Very well... ;)

To me, it's neither a muffin nor an English muffin. It's an Oven Bottom Muffin. And it is a distinct item to your everyday bread...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-01-2005, 04:09 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
Scones are actually quite dry and dull in...

Scones are actually quite dry and dull in comparison to cake in Britain. You often see women turning down a cake dripping in cream and chocolate in favour of a dry, fat free scone. The only time they...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 03-01-2005, 03:14 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
I keep laughing thinking of a Dwarf scoffing a...

I keep laughing thinking of a Dwarf scoffing a huge birthday cake, which is not entirely without the realms of possibility; it certainly wouldn't be for a particularly greedy Hobbit. ;) No, but...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 02-28-2005, 04:09 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 17,914
Posted By Lalwendė
I thought a biscuit in the US was something you...

I thought a biscuit in the US was something you poured gravy on (we pour it on chips, but then your chips aren't big chunky greasy yet strangely tasty things are they?....). What the dwarves ate...
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