What do you assign to Orthanc? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elmo · 04-19-2007, 01:40 PM

How can you have a guilty pleasure in alarm clocks???

Kirsty Wark on the other hand...

littlemanpoet · 04-19-2007, 02:56 PM

I assign:

Coffee - lots of it

Giant chocolate bars .... with almonds

"She's a Brick House" by the Commodores (love dancing to it)

'Dancing With the Stars'

Being deeply involved in my church's inner workings because knowing secrets is fun.

Lalwendë · 04-19-2007, 03:02 PM

I assign not choccie but huge bacon butties with mushrooms and fried eggs on.

The look on the face of one of my cats after I released him from a day inadvertently shut in the attic - he glared at me and it wasn't me who shut the door! So wrong, but cute, especially as he had crossed his legs all day...

Giant chocolate bars with almonds? Is that not a Toblerone???

littlemanpoet · 04-19-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Giant chocolate bars with almonds? Is that not a Toblerone???

Not the version I eat. I'm just an American commoner and eat the 'Hersheys' version.

Speaking of breakfast, I love to make "scrambled breakfast" - gobs of hash, eggs, butter butter butter, ham/bacon/sausage, cheeeeeese, all fried up together - - stick to the ribs transfat heaven.

Lalaith · 04-21-2007, 08:49 AM

Those magazines that can be best described as "property porn".

We get loads of them through our door. All these amazing-looking flats and houses - so beautifully designed, so beautifully situated, so preposterously unaffordable....

littlemanpoet · 04-21-2007, 10:22 AM

Blogging.

That says it.

Roa_Aoife · 04-21-2007, 01:26 PM

I assign a moment at school to Orthanc. (Can I assign a moment?)

Allow me to elaborate *ahem* :

Girl A and Girl B are playing on the see-saw. Girl C wants Girl A's seat, so she tells the teachers that she was there first. We, the teachers don't buy it, since Girl C is known for such behavior, and had she truly been there first, Girl A would be sitting in her lap. (Girl A is about half the size of Girl C, so it's unlikely Girl C was forced out.)

Foiled, Girl C resorts to her next idea. She calls Girl B and convinces her to get off the see-saw to another part of the playground. Girl A, who was playing with Girl B, gets up to follow them. As soon as Girl A has moved, Girl C rushes back and takes her spot on the see-saw, and Girl B, not really caring who she plays with, gets back on as well.

On the one hand, that was a dirty trick. On the other hand, it was an impressive display of cunning and problem solving from a four year old.

And of course, we teachers were struggling between amusement and shock at the sheer brass of it all, and deciding how best to explain the word "manipulation" and why it's wrong.

04-19-2007, 01:40 PM	#1
Elmo Pittodrie Poltergeist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again Posts: 633	How can you have a guilty pleasure in alarm clocks??? Kirsty Wark on the other hand... __________________ As Beren looked into her eyes within the shadows of her hair, The trembling starlight of the skies he saw there mirrored shimmering.

04-19-2007, 03:02 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I assign not choccie but huge bacon butties with mushrooms and fried eggs on. The look on the face of one of my cats after I released him from a day inadvertently shut in the attic - he glared at me and it wasn't me who shut the door! So wrong, but cute, especially as he had crossed his legs all day... Giant chocolate bars with almonds? Is that not a Toblerone??? __________________ Gordon's alive!

04-21-2007, 08:49 AM	#5
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Those magazines that can be best described as "property porn". We get loads of them through our door. All these amazing-looking flats and houses - so beautifully designed, so beautifully situated, so preposterously unaffordable.... __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

04-21-2007, 01:26 PM	#7
Roa_Aoife Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Someday, I'll rule all of it. Posts: 1,696	I assign a moment at school to Orthanc. (Can I assign a moment?) Allow me to elaborate ahem : Girl A and Girl B are playing on the see-saw. Girl C wants Girl A's seat, so she tells the teachers that she was there first. We, the teachers don't buy it, since Girl C is known for such behavior, and had she truly been there first, Girl A would be sitting in her lap. (Girl A is about half the size of Girl C, so it's unlikely Girl C was forced out.) Foiled, Girl C resorts to her next idea. She calls Girl B and convinces her to get off the see-saw to another part of the playground. Girl A, who was playing with Girl B, gets up to follow them. As soon as Girl A has moved, Girl C rushes back and takes her spot on the see-saw, and Girl B, not really caring who she plays with, gets back on as well. On the one hand, that was a dirty trick. On the other hand, it was an impressive display of cunning and problem solving from a four year old. And of course, we teachers were struggling between amusement and shock at the sheer brass of it all, and deciding how best to explain the word "manipulation" and why it's wrong. __________________ We can't all be Roas* when it comes to analysing...* -Lommy I didn't say you're evil, Roa, I said you're exasperating. -Nerwen

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04-19-2007, 02:56 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I assign: Coffee - lots of it Giant chocolate bars .... with almonds "She's a Brick House" by the Commodores (love dancing to it) 'Dancing With the Stars' Being deeply involved in my church's inner workings because knowing secrets is fun.

04-21-2007, 10:22 AM	#6
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Blogging. That says it.