What do you assign to Mordor?

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by lalwende

When you ask a colleague if they will check over something you have written to see that they understand it and they feel the need to stand over you suggesting where commas and capital letters ought to go.

Uh-oh... that sounds a lot like me. *hides under table with red pen*

And I think I am not alone when I say that Valentine's Day is worthy of Mordorian exile.

[Firefoot]

Speaking of snow plow drivers, how about all the ones in my town? It's not like we live in some southern place where snow is unheard of and we have no idea what to do with it - or at least we should know what to do with it. It's pretty sad when, after it's been snowing pretty heavily since 4:00 yesterday evening to find that there is still about a foot of snow on all the roads except the most main ones, and even those are pretty pathetically done. So maybe it's more of the town than the snow plow drivers themselves.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

No, 'Cai, you aren't alone. I co-assign Valentine's Day and all related activities, such as expected smooches, giving gifts, spending loads of money you don't have on people you should be appreciating year round, the fact that it's loosely translated to Singles Awareness Day and even though I'm not single, it's that much worse because of it.

You know why it's that much worse? Because you're apparently not allowed to loathe the romance holiday as passionately as I do when you have A Boy. You know why? Because your single friends (all of whom apparently love the lame teddy bears, chocolates, and flowers I'm allergic to anyhow) get mad at you.

I assign every person who asked me what I bought my guy for Valentine's Day and told me I was a bad girlfriend for refusing to participate in the stupid tradition. It's not even a sweet cuddly holiday in the first place. Saint Valentine + really violent death does NOT = ooh, let's cuddle.

No, 'Cai, you aren't alone.

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Encai

And I think I am not alone when I say that Valentine's Day is worthy of Mordorian exile.

Nomination thirded. Valentine's Day is not a real holiday, just another reason to go out and spend money on silly greeting cards. And the Singles Awareness Day aspect of the whole irritating spectacle definitely makes it worse for me.

[Lathriel]

I will fourth that since it always makes me so aware of being single and because it is so materialistic.

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Encaitare

I think I am not alone when I say that Valentine's Day is worthy of Mordorian exile.

Originally Posted by Feanor

No, 'Cai, you aren't alone.

Originally Posted by Celuien

Nomination thirded.

Originally Posted by Lathriel

I will fourth that since it always makes me so aware of being single and because it is so materialistic.

Hmmm..... it appears we have a prime candidate for inclusion in ATM2.

Oh! I'm posting! Quick, something to assign! Umm....... how about ...... high gas bills. Best I can come up with.

[Oddwen]

I want to see assigned...the Beach Boys. I hate their music. Hatehatehate. My brother likes them. He plays them. All. The. Time. I would also like to send people who play/sing music just because they know you hate it. There ya go, Sam, have fun. *punt*

Also, the other bands I can't stand, if I haven't mentioned them already.

Weezer
Green Day
Blink182
Creed/Scott Staph
Starland Vocal Band
The Rolling Stones
AC/DC
Dream Academy
English Tea Set
Foo Fighters
Fall Out Boy
Go Fish
Michael W. Smith
Mark Heard/Ideola

I hope y'all in Mordor have a nice concert.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Hmmm..... it appears we have a prime candidate for inclusion in ATM2.

So it does. I'll ponder a bit while I should be doing homework.

Speaking of that, I assign homework. College would be a lot more fun without it.

[Lhunardawen]

Oh, geesh. I knew I should have sent Valentine's Day earlier. But thanks, Enca.

Anyone with me (and whoever I got this idea from ) wearing black on February 14, and laughing at those wearing red? Should be fun.

Hmm...I also conassign losing the food you just bought to the force of gravity, and when you buy the same thing again, you get it in a lesser quality. Bleh.

[Lalwendë]

You should all get yourselves to Asda, the UK supermarket selling the 8p Valentine's day card (and it's a pretty dull kind of greeting card, let me tell you) . I bet they sell out in Yorkshire... They also do £60 wedding dresses. Wonder if they'll start to make £9.99 wedding rings that make your finger turn green too? Love on the Dole, eh?

Oddwen, I like some of those bands, so I'll have to go to Mordor too then..... But on a 'musical' theme I assign to Mordor the UK pap pop band Girls Aloud. I see one of them has been saying she will not attend the Brit awards as their group was not nominated but Madonna was. Oh dear. Sour grapes. In fact I send to Mordor any pop music which comes off the back of these horrible 'talent shows'. And I also send to Mordor shops which blast it out of their speakers making you not want to shop there any longer. Why can't shops just be quiet?

[JennyHallu]

Oh, come now, children. Don't get petty about Valentine's day...

I will come right out and say it, this is the second perfect Valentine's day I have ever had. Or so I anticipate it being...but then, even this one may have a hard time beating last year's...Last year, my boyfriend proposed at a party on the 12th (which is what happened to be a Saturday) and sent a dozen red roses to my home on the actual day.

So sorry, guys, but I feel I must assign to Mordor those bitter people who take satisfaction in being bitter about the happiness of others on Valentine's Day.

Besides, keep the glass half-ful....a friend of mine takes herself and other single friends out to eat and to a movie every February 14th, no couples allowed, in celebration of National Singles Awareness Day.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I'll be petty if I want to be. The day was a lot cooler when it was still centered on Lupercalia... before the Church got involved... and then before capitalism took its toll. Just like Halloween.

I assign cost differences in camera models. The film camera I want? About $200. The digital version of the same model? Closer to $1000. And I need both. I assign the fiasco it's going to be trying to convince my parents that I actually need them too... I'm sure that'll go over well. "Hey M&D, I'm transferring colleges to one that's probably going to cost more and I'm doing it because I'm switching to a major that has a lot less likelihood of securing a career right after college, oh, and I need to spend a few grand on photography stuff." Assign, assign, assign.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by JennyHallu

Oh, come now, children. Don't get petty about Valentine's day...

I will come right out and say it, this is the second perfect Valentine's day I have ever had. Or so I anticipate it being...but then, even this one may have a hard time beating last year's...Last year, my boyfriend proposed at a party on the 12th (which is what happened to be a Saturday) and sent a dozen red roses to my home on the actual day.

So sorry, guys, but I feel I must assign to Mordor those bitter people who take satisfaction in being bitter about the happiness of others on Valentine's Day.

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Get thee to the Shire and let us Bridget Jones be bitter in peace then you smug married person I have just discovered that the Valentine I spent all weekend crafting in certainty that the recipient would find it amusing will in fact be completely insensitive and unwelcome ... so I happily assign the wretched festival and quite possibly the object of my affection to Mordor...but I thnk he would like it there