It's your day! Happy Birthday! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 07-04-2006, 08:04 AM

In days of old I would have axed this topic in a heartbeat as being off-topic. This time, I am only holding the axe high, pondering the various reason that similar threads have been beheaded in their youth.

The number one reason is, of course, that there is no relation to JRRT or Middle-earth in such a topic. Secondly, besides being non-Tolkien, birthday (and other) greetings become extremely chatty, something frowned upon here on the Downs. Thirdly, if we allow a birthday thread, someone will open an anniversary thread, then a (insert cool occasion here) thread, etc. We definitely cannot have that.

I'll put my axe back in the shed and leave this topic alive for now, but only under a few condiitons:

Each post in his topic must contain:
(1) NO CHATTING
(2) A Middle-earth reference of some kind, anything from a "this day in Middle-earth" kind of thing to a lengthy treatise on mathoms.
(3) NO CHATTING

If you want to say a simple happy birthday, send a PM. But if you want to make a big production of it, do it here and do it Tolkien.

Happy Happy Birthdaying,

07-04-2006, 08:04 AM	#8
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Birthdays? ----- Bah-humbug! In days of old I would have axed this topic in a heartbeat as being off-topic. This time, I am only holding the axe high, pondering the various reason that similar threads have been beheaded in their youth. The number one reason is, of course, that there is no relation to JRRT or Middle-earth in such a topic. Secondly, besides being non-Tolkien, birthday (and other) greetings become extremely chatty, something frowned upon here on the Downs. Thirdly, if we allow a birthday thread, someone will open an anniversary thread, then a (insert cool occasion here) thread, etc. We definitely cannot have that. I'll put my axe back in the shed and leave this topic alive for now, but only under a few condiitons: Each post in his topic must contain: (1) NO CHATTING (2) A Middle-earth reference of some kind, anything from a "this day in Middle-earth" kind of thing to a lengthy treatise on mathoms. (3) NO CHATTING If you want to say a simple happy birthday, send a PM. But if you want to make a big production of it, do it here and do it Tolkien. Happy Happy Birthdaying, __________________ The Barrow-Wight