Happy Birthday To The Barrow-downs! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ainaserkewen · 05-03-2004, 01:48 PM

K, last year I was at the party with bells on my feet. This year I couldn't get on until today, the last day of the party!!! Grrr. Oh well, I got one post in.

Balin999 · 05-03-2004, 01:57 PM

Happy Deathday Barrow Downs!
The fourth death-day for you, and the fourth death day for me. Though I can't say that I've been here regurlarly recently.
Anyway, all the best wishes to the moderators and our beloved Barrow-Wight.
Balin

Lord of Angmar · 05-03-2004, 05:30 PM

It has been four years, and I salute everyone involved in the creation and maintenance of this fine website. Though I myself have only been a member for just shy of a year, I have grown to really love this site and the discussions that take place on it. Just when you think that you have seen everything there is to discuss about Middle-earth, a relative newbie (I use the terms in the most respectful way, I assure you) like Fordim Hedgethistle can come along and shake things up with a marvelous topic like 'Canonicity': The Book or The Reader.

Break out the Old Winyards and toast the Barrow-downs!

I wonder when we'll be able to start calling The Barrow-Wight "the Old Gaffer"?

Galadrie1 · 05-04-2004, 02:23 PM

Happy birthday, Barrow-downs! I missed the party (

) but I probably would have felt out of place since I haven't been around much lately. Ah well; happy birthday anyway, with, hopefully, many more to come!

Lalaith · 05-05-2004, 08:35 AM

I couldn't make the party either, but offer up my best deathday wishes to the Wight and all the restless spirits who haunt his Downs.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-06-2004, 03:34 AM

Thanks to Pio

for editing into my post the poem I wrote too late for the party´s deadline. Since probably no one will go back to mid-page 3 to read it,

(especially now that the thread has been moved to storage in Elvenhome) I´m putting it here where it will hopefully find an audience. After all, I did put time and thought into it!

Bee-Dubbya is a forum king,
and of the Downs its members sing:
A Tolkien realm that’s fair, flame-free,
With book discussions and RPG.

Some threads are long, debate is keen,
With shining reputations seen;
And countless quotes in lengthy posts
Do testify of well-read hosts.

Some threads are funny, more or less;
On others, answers must be guessed
To questions easy or riddles tough.
The posters there can’t get enough!

Some threads do deal with movie lore,
And whether the characters should have been more
Like they were in the book - more noble, less weak.
Could PJ have done better? These answers they seek.

Some threads are stories, told anew
In Shire and Rohan, Gondor too.
Many Middle-earth gamers gather there
To write the adventures their characters share.

Four years ago the forum began:
The Barrow, idea of one Tolkien fan,
Became a virtual meeting place
For many - some, even, face to face!

Long ago we surfed this way
and now we dwell here; dead, so to say,
For into darkness we fell, deep and far,
In the Barrow-Downs where the Ghost Princes are.

Lift your glasses now all, in a toast to him
Whose vision, though green, is never dim.
Happy Birthday, dear Downs, and enjoy being dead,
All you Skeletons, Wights, and especially our Head!

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 05-06-2004, 04:24 PM

Much better, I think, than my attempt at adapting a poem to my purposes. Very nice!

05-03-2004, 01:48 PM	#1
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	K, last year I was at the party with bells on my feet. This year I couldn't get on until today, the last day of the party!!! Grrr. Oh well, I got one post in. __________________ Solus... I'm eating chicken again. I ate chicken yesterday and the day before... will I be eating chicken again tomorrow? Why am I always eating chicken?

05-03-2004, 01:57 PM	#2
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	Happy Deathday! Happy Deathday Barrow Downs! The fourth death-day for you, and the fourth death day for me. Though I can't say that I've been here regurlarly recently. Anyway, all the best wishes to the moderators and our beloved Barrow-Wight. Balin __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

05-03-2004, 05:30 PM	#3
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	It has been four years, and I salute everyone involved in the creation and maintenance of this fine website. Though I myself have only been a member for just shy of a year, I have grown to really love this site and the discussions that take place on it. Just when you think that you have seen everything there is to discuss about Middle-earth, a relative newbie (I use the terms in the most respectful way, I assure you) like Fordim Hedgethistle can come along and shake things up with a marvelous topic like 'Canonicity': The Book or The Reader. Break out the Old Winyards and toast the Barrow-downs! I wonder when we'll be able to start calling The Barrow-Wight "the Old Gaffer"? __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

05-04-2004, 02:23 PM	#4
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Happy birthday, Barrow-downs! I missed the party ( ) but I probably would have felt out of place since I haven't been around much lately. Ah well; happy birthday anyway, with, hopefully, many more to come! __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel." Last edited by Galadrie1; 05-05-2004 at 02:05 PM.

05-06-2004, 03:34 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thanks to Pio for editing into my post the poem I wrote too late for the party´s deadline. Since probably no one will go back to mid-page 3 to read it, (especially now that the thread has been moved to storage in Elvenhome) I´m putting it here where it will hopefully find an audience. After all, I did put time and thought into it! Bee-Dubbya is a forum king, and of the Downs its members sing: A Tolkien realm that’s fair, flame-free, With book discussions and RPG. Some threads are long, debate is keen, With shining reputations seen; And countless quotes in lengthy posts Do testify of well-read hosts. Some threads are funny, more or less; On others, answers must be guessed To questions easy or riddles tough. The posters there can’t get enough! Some threads do deal with movie lore, And whether the characters should have been more Like they were in the book - more noble, less weak. Could PJ have done better? These answers they seek. Some threads are stories, told anew In Shire and Rohan, Gondor too. Many Middle-earth gamers gather there To write the adventures their characters share. Four years ago the forum began: The Barrow, idea of one Tolkien fan, Became a virtual meeting place For many - some, even, face to face! Long ago we surfed this way and now we dwell here; dead, so to say, For into darkness we fell, deep and far, In the Barrow-Downs where the Ghost Princes are. Lift your glasses now all, in a toast to him Whose vision, though green, is never dim. Happy Birthday, dear Downs, and enjoy being dead, All you Skeletons, Wights, and especially our Head! __________________ '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...'

05-05-2004, 08:35 AM	#5
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	I couldn't make the party either, but offer up my best deathday wishes to the Wight and all the restless spirits who haunt his Downs.

05-06-2004, 04:24 PM	#7
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	*applauds* Much better, I think, than my attempt at adapting a poem to my purposes. Very nice! __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

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