What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legolas in spandex · 03-07-2006, 03:04 PM

songs of travel and adventure.

Kath · 03-07-2006, 04:32 PM

Knowing you don't have to got to school tomorrow! And so knowing that you'll get to lie in til 10 (not long enough but hey it's something). Also having the reason for this being a visit to the uni you're sure you want to go to, and knowing you're going to have a good day.

Eonwe · 03-07-2006, 08:42 PM

In a similar vien, spring break. And sleeping...

Orominuialwen · 03-08-2006, 06:59 PM

Snow days. Especially when it's the first one in five years and long overdue.

Entering a French pronunciation contest and doing well in it. It's wonderful to have teachers compliment you on your accent!

Spring break being only two days away.

Getting nearly nine hours of sleep on a school night, even if it means not finishing any of your homework.

Teachers who write their hall passes in pencil, and being able to successfully forge a pass because of this by erasing everything but the signature. (Don't worry, it was only so my friend and I could go see a teacher during lunch when we weren't supposed to be in the halls. We weren't doing anything terribly illegal.

)

Samwise · 04-16-2006, 08:44 PM

Meeting someone new.
Keeping a friends Library book by accident.
Reading through Two Towers in one night.
Reading the second book first !??!
First being known as Sam.

The Sixth Wizard · 05-01-2006, 12:30 AM

People with ale and wine, yet not drunk just intoxicated.

My grandma.

My grandma's farm.

My grandma's cooking.

Things that aren't related to television.

People that can rhyme effortlessly.

People that never run out of ideas.

(I am not one of them and thus this post ends.)

Kath · 05-01-2006, 05:01 AM

Disney songs! Come on, anyone that can rhyme 'hotter' with 'water' definitely deserves to be sent to the Shire

Celuien · 05-01-2006, 06:49 PM

Kittens. Soft, fuzzy, sweet little kittens.

Though kitty-cat's having just claimed my right arm as a napping spot is making typing difficult, you can probably guess that I don't mind.

Taralphiel · 05-01-2006, 08:02 PM

I was a child dreaming of living with 'The Bare (of Bear) Necessities' Kath , so I second that assignment!

I also assign the wonderful cards and letters people have sent to our Lord Wight! *grins* I'm having lots of fun reading them!

And finally, I assign Cranberry, Raspberry & Strawberry infused herbal tea. Can't seem to wake up without it this week!

Tara

Lhunardawen · 05-01-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

Kittens. Soft, fuzzy, sweet little kittens.

Seconded.

What's not to love about them? Let's not ask those with asthma, of course.

08-08-2006, 09:49 AM

all my friends that i know
from school,and where i live

Lalwendë · 08-08-2006, 02:30 PM

The smell of honeysuckle. For once, mine is covered in flowers and as soon as you open the garden door the lovely smell of it hits you.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 08-09-2006, 02:31 PM

When a series of rather unfortunate events leaves me relieved and hopeful for the future instead of depressed. Am I, Eru forbid, becoming an optimist?

I assign optimism. Seriously... I could get used to looking on the bright side of things.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 08-13-2006, 03:33 PM

I assign having a father that travels alot and brings you pressents. . . I know own a football shirt with Montreal Impact. (and my sister has the Canadian National Team jersey)

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 04-06-2010, 08:23 PM

Having a sweetheart of a husband who gave me an Easter basket the day after Easter with an iPad (complete with LotR and TS in the Books library) in it. I know he's the real technogeek in this house, but he always likes me to try things out first. What a guy.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 05-03-2010, 02:43 PM

England. I assign England. Lauri and I are hollidaying in Britain and it is grand! I love this place. All of my years of Anglophilia paying off! And, we have the opportunity to meet Downers too!

Student of War · 05-04-2010, 06:45 AM

To the Shire I would like to assign an old wooden toad stool that I acquired at the last birthday party I attended. This is the second time I have unwillingly but politely accepted it in less that 5 years. Used to milk fat cows it has the tendency to grab your trousers when standing up. I must give it up this way so I wont have to wait until my birthday party next year to give it away again.

Pitchwife · 05-05-2010, 01:01 PM

That sounds like a true mathom, SoW! Definitely belongs in the Shire.

And welcome to the Downs, by the way. Enjoy being dead!

Rhod the Red · 06-27-2010, 02:44 AM

The Shire makes me think of the Merry England myth, no doubt it has some influence on Tolkien.

Nerwen · 06-27-2010, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhod the Red

The Shire makes me think of the Merry England myth, no doubt it has some influence on Tolkien.

So... you just assigned the Shire to the Shire?

Eönwë · 06-27-2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerwen

So... you just assigned the Shire to the Shire?

Well, that's where it belongs, isn't it?

Rhod the Red · 06-27-2010, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerwen

So... you just assigned the Shire to the Shire?

No, don't put words in my mouth please

Nerwen · 06-28-2010, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhod the Red

No, don't put words in my mouth please

I wasn't. It just sounded funny, that's all.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 05-02-2012, 09:22 AM

Elves. Can't forget to give those. Sam Gamgee would cry, otherwise!

Galadriel55 · 06-05-2012, 12:03 PM

I assign exams.

Yes, you've heard me right. And I didn't mix up the threads. We only has six (

) of them, and they are stretched out over 2 weeks, and they only take about 4 hours including the transportation to/from school and etc. So I have so much free time now! I'm less stressed now than I was a month ago.

I guess all this will change once exams will be "real". Like, real real. I'm taking in every moment of this time, though. I don't think I'll get away that easy next year (hmm... I say that every year...)

MCRmyGirl4eva · 06-06-2012, 01:01 PM

I assign Ms. Girard (Erm... Mrs. Buckley... she got married last summer... Sorry Lady Buckles!)

Seroiously, Latin Softball is the most fun thing in the UNIVERSE! (Especially when the teacher plays too and you make her translate "Servus verbat alterum servum baculo" [The slave beats the other slave with a stick])

Galadriel55 · 07-09-2012, 02:54 PM

Sailboats and boating. Though it might not be the most common thing in the Shire, the hobbits prefering breakfast and warm baths, I'm sure there are a few Basso Boffins that would enjoy a trip on a yacht.

Lollipop010900 · 08-21-2012, 12:38 AM

Tolkein and all his books,

Every other fantasy book,

More books...

And a nice shady tree under which i can read all those books.

You can tell i like books

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-05-2012, 07:26 AM

All Sherlock Holmes stories, and Student Assisting in the school library

Galadriel55 · 10-08-2012, 12:56 PM

O. Henry's short stories. They are something I could imagine hobbits telling each other over a pint of mead. Except that you'd have to move the stories back 4 ages...

I also assign silence. I think that many people underestimate it. It is sometimes so good just not to listen to anything, not to have any noise in the background.

Lollipop010900 · 10-08-2012, 10:40 PM

Books,

My friends,

Books,

Tolkien and everything he wrote,

Books,

Puppies,

and finally...

More books

Oddwen · 10-24-2012, 05:33 PM

I assign the hollow noise that apples and thick books make.

Gilnaur · 12-16-2012, 03:46 PM

Good food
Flowers blooming in the garden
Gentle rain showers
Fresh air
Peace and Quiet
Books
a good pub
a sense of community

Galadriel55 · 12-29-2012, 12:13 PM

Snow.

Eldar14 · 03-19-2006, 02:26 PM

People who hold the door for other people.

the guy who be short · 03-19-2006, 02:36 PM

France.

How I'd love to live in a country where people aren't afraid to defend their rights.

I think I'll actually send Germany, too, for similar reasons. I quote my German friend:

"Shopkeepers can't limit the number of schoolchildren entering a shop. It's discriminating and stereotyping. Imagine if they said only three gays could enter at a time."

Mithalwen · 03-20-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by the guy who be short

France.

How I'd love to live in a country where peopel aren't afraid to defend their rights.

It is less amusing when the transport workers go on strike with no warning and leave you stranded

Let alone the sheep.... and it is no coincidence that bureaucracy is a French word...... but even so I might go back....

littlemanpoet · 03-20-2006, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the guy who be short

France.

How I'd love to live in a country where people aren't afraid to defend their rights.

I think I'll actually send Germany, too, for similar reasons. I quote my German friend:

"Shopkeepers can't limit the number of schoolchildren entering a shop. It's discriminating and stereotyping. Imagine if they said only three gays could enter at a time."

So that means that the shopkeeper is at the mercy of a whole squadron of schoolkids, the numbers of whom are beyond her or his ability to keep an eye on for the threat of shoplifting. How is this a good thing? Or are shoplifters protected under French law too? Can a French shopkeeper "discriminate" against squatters? vandals? spitters in the shop? Or are they all protected by French law too?

Okay, I'm being a bit testy, but this law looks to me like it belongs in Mordor. Doesn't the shopkeeper own the shop? Does the French law actually prohibit the owner of the place from deciding who can be there?

If that's the case, then it's the French gov't that actually owns the shop. I suppose a socialist approves?

Lathriel · 03-21-2006, 03:55 PM

I will send the last day of this semester to the Shire. It will be here in about three weeks and then FREEDOM. well...not exactly but close.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 03-21-2006, 04:32 PM

I'll send the clichèd light at the end of the tunnel... or is it the top of the well? Whatever it is that hits you when you least expect and makes everything exponentially better. That's Shire-worthy if anything is.

03-07-2006, 03:04 PM	#1
Legolas in spandex Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 102	songs of travel and adventure. __________________ "I want to die in my sleep, like my grandfather... not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

03-07-2006, 04:32 PM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Knowing you don't have to got to school tomorrow! And so knowing that you'll get to lie in til 10 (not long enough but hey it's something). Also having the reason for this being a visit to the uni you're sure you want to go to, and knowing you're going to have a good day. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

03-07-2006, 08:42 PM	#3
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 678	In a similar vien, spring break. And sleeping... __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

03-08-2006, 06:59 PM	#4
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Some long-overdue assignments Snow days. Especially when it's the first one in five years and long overdue. Entering a French pronunciation contest and doing well in it. It's wonderful to have teachers compliment you on your accent! Spring break being only two days away. Getting nearly nine hours of sleep on a school night, even if it means not finishing any of your homework. Teachers who write their hall passes in pencil, and being able to successfully forge a pass because of this by erasing everything but the signature. (Don't worry, it was only so my friend and I could go see a teacher during lunch when we weren't supposed to be in the halls. We weren't doing anything terribly illegal. ) __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

04-16-2006, 08:44 PM	#5
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Meeting someone new. Keeping a friends Library book by accident. Reading through Two Towers in one night. Reading the second book first !??! First being known as Sam. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

05-01-2006, 12:30 AM	#6
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	People with ale and wine, yet not drunk just intoxicated. My grandma. My grandma's farm. My grandma's cooking. Things that aren't related to television. People that can rhyme effortlessly. People that never run out of ideas. (I am not one of them and thus this post ends.)

05-01-2006, 05:01 AM	#7
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Disney songs! Come on, anyone that can rhyme 'hotter' with 'water' definitely deserves to be sent to the Shire __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

05-01-2006, 06:49 PM	#8
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Kittens. Soft, fuzzy, sweet little kittens. Though kitty-cat's having just claimed my right arm as a napping spot is making typing difficult, you can probably guess that I don't mind. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

05-01-2006, 08:02 PM	#9
Taralphiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Swan Wood Posts: 649	I was a child dreaming of living with 'The Bare (of Bear) Necessities' Kath , so I second that assignment! I also assign the wonderful cards and letters people have sent to our Lord Wight! grins I'm having lots of fun reading them! And finally, I assign Cranberry, Raspberry & Strawberry infused herbal tea. Can't seem to wake up without it this week! Tara

08-08-2006, 09:49 AM	#11
eveseh Guest Posts: n/a	all my friends that i know from school,and where i live

08-08-2006, 02:30 PM	#12
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	The smell of honeysuckle. For once, mine is covered in flowers and as soon as you open the garden door the lovely smell of it hits you. __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-09-2006, 02:31 PM	#13
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	When a series of rather unfortunate events leaves me relieved and hopeful for the future instead of depressed. Am I, Eru forbid, becoming an optimist? I assign optimism. Seriously... I could get used to looking on the bright side of things. __________________ peace

04-06-2010, 08:23 PM	#15
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 733	Having a sweetheart of a husband who gave me an Easter basket the day after Easter with an iPad (complete with LotR and TS in the Books library) in it. I know he's the real technogeek in this house, but he always likes me to try things out first. What a guy. __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill

05-03-2010, 02:43 PM	#16
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	England. I assign England. Lauri and I are hollidaying in Britain and it is grand! I love this place. All of my years of Anglophilia paying off! And, we have the opportunity to meet Downers too! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

05-04-2010, 06:45 AM	#17
Student of War Newly Deceased Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4	To the Shire I would like to assign an old wooden toad stool that I acquired at the last birthday party I attended. This is the second time I have unwillingly but politely accepted it in less that 5 years. Used to milk fat cows it has the tendency to grab your trousers when standing up. I must give it up this way so I wont have to wait until my birthday party next year to give it away again.

05-05-2010, 01:01 PM	#18
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	That sounds like a true mathom, SoW! Definitely belongs in the Shire. And welcome to the Downs, by the way. Enjoy being dead! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

06-27-2010, 02:44 AM	#19
Rhod the Red Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 257	The Shire makes me think of the Merry England myth, no doubt it has some influence on Tolkien. __________________ Head of the Fifth Order of the Istari Tenure: Fourth Age(Year 1) - Present Currently operating in Melbourne, Australia

05-02-2012, 09:22 AM	#24
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	Elves. Can't forget to give those. Sam Gamgee would cry, otherwise! __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

06-05-2012, 12:03 PM	#25
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,517	I assign exams. Yes, you've heard me right. And I didn't mix up the threads. We only has six () of them, and they are stretched out over 2 weeks, and they only take about 4 hours including the transportation to/from school and etc. So I have so much free time now! I'm less stressed now than I was a month ago. I guess all this will change once exams will be "real". Like, real real. I'm taking in every moment of this time, though. I don't think I'll get away that easy next year (hmm... I say that every year...) __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-06-2012, 01:01 PM	#26
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	I assign Ms. Girard (Erm... Mrs. Buckley... she got married last summer... Sorry Lady Buckles!) Seroiously, Latin Softball is the most fun thing in the UNIVERSE! (Especially when the teacher plays too and you make her translate "Servus verbat alterum servum baculo" [The slave beats the other slave with a stick]) __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

07-09-2012, 02:54 PM	#27
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,517	Sailboats and boating. Though it might not be the most common thing in the Shire, the hobbits prefering breakfast and warm baths, I'm sure there are a few Basso Boffins that would enjoy a trip on a yacht. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-21-2012, 12:38 AM	#28
Lollipop010900 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 47	Tolkein and all his books, Every other fantasy book, More books... And a nice shady tree under which i can read all those books. You can tell i like books __________________ “That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get." - Sam

09-05-2012, 07:26 AM	#29
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	All Sherlock Holmes stories, and Student Assisting in the school library __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

10-08-2012, 12:56 PM	#30
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,517	O. Henry's short stories. They are something I could imagine hobbits telling each other over a pint of mead. Except that you'd have to move the stories back 4 ages... I also assign silence. I think that many people underestimate it. It is sometimes so good just not to listen to anything, not to have any noise in the background. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-08-2012, 10:40 PM	#31
Lollipop010900 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 47	Books, My friends, Books, Tolkien and everything he wrote, Books, Puppies, and finally... More books __________________ “That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get." - Sam

10-24-2012, 05:33 PM	#32
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I assign the hollow noise that apples and thick books make. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

12-16-2012, 03:46 PM	#33
Gilnaur Newly Deceased Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 6	Good food Flowers blooming in the garden Gentle rain showers Fresh air Peace and Quiet Books a good pub a sense of community

12-29-2012, 12:13 PM	#34
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,517	Snow. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-19-2006, 02:26 PM	#35
Eldar14 Wight Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: the Cottage of Lost Play Posts: 182	People who hold the door for other people. __________________ "Come away! Let the cowards keep this city!" -- Fëanor to the Noldor

03-19-2006, 02:36 PM	#36
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	France. How I'd love to live in a country where people aren't afraid to defend their rights. I think I'll actually send Germany, too, for similar reasons. I quote my German friend: "Shopkeepers can't limit the number of schoolchildren entering a shop. It's discriminating and stereotyping. Imagine if they said only three gays could enter at a time." Last edited by the guy who be short; 03-20-2006 at 12:33 PM. Reason: "speeling"

03-21-2006, 03:55 PM	#39
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I will send the last day of this semester to the Shire. It will be here in about three weeks and then FREEDOM. well...not exactly but close. __________________ Back again

03-21-2006, 04:32 PM	#40
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I'll send the clichèd light at the end of the tunnel... or is it the top of the well? Whatever it is that hits you when you least expect and makes everything exponentially better. That's Shire-worthy if anything is.