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

Mithalwen · 08-19-2012, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I would assign the stores/shops that write $x.99 instead of just rounding it up a penny and having a nice round number. Why do they have to write $4.99 instead of $5.00?

Except that if I would assign that, all the shopping would be done in Mordor.

Apart from Marks and Spencer (but that is not JUST a shop

). They realised that we aren't stupit and did away with that a long time ago. Also here the ticket price is what you pay unless it is somewhere which deals mainly with trade where they may show ex-VAT price.

So when I first went to the states and was ignorant of Sales Tax I thought it was rip off a tourist time..

Galadriel55 · 08-19-2012, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

So when I first went to the states and was ignorant of Sales Tax I thought it was rip off a tourist time..

Haha, yes, here if it says it costs $0.99 they really mean around $1.12.

crescendo. · 08-20-2012, 01:29 AM

I assign people who say that they are fat when they are skinny. You wanna know fat, look at me! I am fat... not you

Galadriel55 · 08-20-2012, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by crescendo.

I assign people who say that they are fat when they are skinny. You wanna know fat, look at me! I am fat... not you

I do agree about skinny people complaining all the time that they are fat. I have a feeling they do that just to hear that they are not, in fact, fat.

On a similar note, I want to assign people who complain endlessly about being fat (with or without basis), but do nothing about it; continue eating sweets instead of proper food, continue not doing any physical exersize, etc.

Boromir88 · 08-20-2012, 11:55 AM

You just need to know gentlemen like me who will approach it logically.

"Do we accept that I am lean? Oh we do...great. Give me one of your skirts and shirts, if I wear this around all day, you must agree never to say you're fat again in my presense. Deal?"

(Yes this did work with a friend...not sure what I would have done if the clothes didn't fit, but they were actually kind of perfectly comfortable)

littlemanpoet · 08-21-2012, 10:41 AM

Thing about skinny people saying, "I'm fat," two things are going on at once: (1) they are allowing the predominant culture to dictate the terms of their worth; (2) they are actually saying, "I don't like myself."

Mithalwen · 08-23-2012, 03:38 PM

Realisin that the lyrics of Gilgalad was an elven king which I love in the Stephen Oliver setting, fit almost perfectly to the anodyne theme tune of a fairly dire sitcom and getting it as an earworm
http://youtu.be/aHtBUeXoyv4

MCRmyGirl4eva · 08-25-2012, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I do agree about skinny people complaining all the time that they are fat. I have a feeling they do that just to hear that they are not, in fact, fat.

On a similar note, I want to assign people who complain endlessly about being fat (with or without basis), but do nothing about it; continue eating sweets instead of proper food, continue not doing any physical exersize, etc.

My sister is going to Mordor? Okay.. I'll have a room to myself, then.

Meneltarmacil · 09-03-2012, 08:43 PM

Having just started a new semester in college, I've already decided that Calculus needs to be sent straight to Mount Doom.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-04-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Meneltarmacil

Having just started a new semester in college, I've already decided that Calculus needs to be sent straight to Mount Doom.

G55 doesn't allow math to be sent to Mordor, or else I'd send every math teacher above Grade 5

08-20-2012, 01:29 AM	#3
crescendo. Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 41	I assign people who say that they are fat when they are skinny. You wanna know fat, look at me! I am fat... not you __________________ "There's nothing wrong with you. There's a lot wrong with the world you live in." - Chris Colfer

08-20-2012, 11:55 AM	#5
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	You just need to know gentlemen like me who will approach it logically. "Do we accept that I am lean? Oh we do...great. Give me one of your skirts and shirts, if I wear this around all day, you must agree never to say you're fat again in my presense. Deal?" (Yes this did work with a friend...not sure what I would have done if the clothes didn't fit, but they were actually kind of perfectly comfortable) __________________ Fenris Penguin

08-23-2012, 03:38 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	One song to the tune of another... Realisin that the lyrics of Gilgalad was an elven king which I love in the Stephen Oliver setting, fit almost perfectly to the anodyne theme tune of a fairly dire sitcom and getting it as an earworm http://youtu.be/aHtBUeXoyv4 __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-03-2012, 08:43 PM	#9
Meneltarmacil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid Posts: 2,254	Having just started a new semester in college, I've already decided that Calculus needs to be sent straight to Mount Doom. __________________ I ♣ baby seals.

08-21-2012, 10:41 AM	#6
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Thing about skinny people saying, "I'm fat," two things are going on at once: (1) they are allowing the predominant culture to dictate the terms of their worth; (2) they are actually saying, "I don't like myself."