For Those Who Died Today... Happy Deathday! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-05-2008, 01:18 AM

Congratulations indeed, Mister Underhill! You've been a vital part of this website, whether posting in its early days (I still enjoy rereading those hilarious exchanges between you and Sharkey!) or quietly working in the background. May you continue to enjoy your life after death here.

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-05-2008, 11:41 PM

Thank you, ladies. It's hard to believe it's been such a long time since I first clapped eyes on the eerie green blade of the Downs. A lot of changes, a lot of water under the bridge, many friends found and many lost, and through it all, even as I've become more and more tree-ish, a click on the Downs has been nearly a daily ritual during that time.

I feel positively Elvish. Some day, I suppose, I'll sail West and leave the Downs behind me. But not today.

Inziladun · 09-06-2008, 07:54 AM

A belated congratulations, Mister U. It is good to know you are still lurking about. I had begun to fear you had indeed gone the way of the Eldar and left the Downs forever.

Groin Redbeard · 09-06-2008, 07:56 AM

Happy Deathday Mr. Underhill, I'm glad that you're still hanging around!

Kath · 09-06-2008, 08:46 AM

Looks like Mr Underhill is getting a little melancholy. Still, I suppose that's understandable after so many years in the wilderness. Many happy returns on your deathday, and come back to us.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-06-2008, 10:12 AM

Indeed. To me, Mister Underhill was always more like a shadow on the borders of old stories...Eight years, that's almost unbelievable, and the more to actually see him, I could say, walking on the green earth in the daylight... *shrugs* Happy Deathday...

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 09-06-2008, 10:31 AM

Happy Deathday to you indeed, Mister Underhill!

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-08-2008, 12:49 AM

Thanks, everyone, for the well-wishes!

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

A belated congratulations, Mister U.

Inziladun! Holy smokes! You are almost as well-preserved as myself. I didn't know you were still around either. Nice to see a face from the Elder days.

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Originally Posted by Kath

Looks like Mr Underhill is getting a little melancholy.

Aye, that happens sometimes when I think back on the first few years of the site. The fact that my old compadre HerenIstarion is currently in a war zone doesn't help my disposition.

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

To me, Mister Underhill was always more like a shadow on the borders of old stories...

Ai, has it come to that? I post from time to time in the hidden administrative sections of the Downs, pitching in to squash spammers or make sure the machinery continues to clank away behind the scenes, so I feel a little more active than I appear to the naked eye. But I'm actually rereading LotR for the first time in a few years, so maybe I'll dredge up a few new ideas for Books, and the Hobbit movies are sure to draw an opinion or three as well.

Anywho, thanks and regards to all.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-22-2008, 11:15 AM

Amazing!

Once again I managed to miss my own deathday. . . It is almost a tradition by now.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-22-2008, 11:28 AM

Well, happy belated deathday to you, Runne son of Bjarrne. Many Downer meetings for you in the future... even far more you had until now...

Thinlómien · 09-22-2008, 11:37 AM

Haha, Rune, happy deathday. Three years starst to sound rather venerable already... although I still remember it when you joined.

09-05-2008, 01:18 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Congratulations indeed, Mister Underhill! You've been a vital part of this website, whether posting in its early days (I still enjoy rereading those hilarious exchanges between you and Sharkey!) or quietly working in the background. May you continue to enjoy your life after death here. __________________ '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...'

09-06-2008, 07:54 AM	#3
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	A belated congratulations, Mister U. It is good to know you are still lurking about. I had begun to fear you had indeed gone the way of the Eldar and left the Downs forever. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

09-06-2008, 07:56 AM	#4
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	Happy Deathday Mr. Underhill, I'm glad that you're still hanging around! __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

09-06-2008, 08:46 AM	#5
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Looks like Mr Underhill is getting a little melancholy. Still, I suppose that's understandable after so many years in the wilderness. Many happy returns on your deathday, and come back to us. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-06-2008, 10:12 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Indeed. To me, Mister Underhill was always more like a shadow on the borders of old stories...Eight years, that's almost unbelievable, and the more to actually see him, I could say, walking on the green earth in the daylight... shrugs Happy Deathday... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-05-2008, 11:41 PM	#2
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Thank you, ladies. It's hard to believe it's been such a long time since I first clapped eyes on the eerie green blade of the Downs. A lot of changes, a lot of water under the bridge, many friends found and many lost, and through it all, even as I've become more and more tree-ish, a click on the Downs has been nearly a daily ritual during that time. I feel positively Elvish. Some day, I suppose, I'll sail West and leave the Downs behind me. But not today.

09-06-2008, 10:31 AM	#7
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	Happy Deathday to you indeed, Mister Underhill! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

09-22-2008, 11:28 AM	#10
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, happy belated deathday to you, Runne son of Bjarrne. Many Downer meetings for you in the future... even far more you had until now... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

09-22-2008, 11:37 AM	#11
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Haha, Rune, happy deathday. Three years starst to sound rather venerable already... although I still remember it when you joined. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris