What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 3 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ninja91 · 06-05-2006, 12:16 PM

Truly, nature needs to be preserved. I assign that and manga to the Shire.

ArathorofBarahir · 06-06-2006, 05:49 PM

Home, and the ideal place to live.

Kath · 06-07-2006, 07:24 AM

Friends who let you copy up half their notes because yours have mysteriously disappeared since this time last year.

Teachers who willingly give up their whole morning to teach you an entire course in 3 hours.

Taralphiel · 06-10-2006, 12:54 AM

I assign logging on to The Downs after a long week. It's been too long for me, and I'm enjoying catching up on all the RPG's.

I also assign some other anonymous reputations. I am grateful

- Tara

the guy who be short · 06-10-2006, 09:54 AM

Barbeques. And scorching heat. Mmm, scorchy.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 06-10-2006, 10:34 AM

Rejoining The Barrow-Downs

Galadriel · 05-13-2010, 04:18 AM

People who don't give up, no matter what, even when they know they will not get any appreciation for it. That, in my opinion, is a hero.

People who treat others as equals, not as superiors or inferiors.

Pitchwife · 05-26-2010, 05:22 AM

I assign the little duckling we helped out of its egg three days ago. It had fallen out of the nest, and Mom decided she was busy sitting on the remaining eggs and couldn't be bothered. We took it inside and put it in a cage with a lightbulb and hot-water bottle for warmth; after taking a night to make up its mind, it decided it was going to live and promptly adopted my wife as its new Mom. Since yesterday it's got a sibling who suffered a similar fate shortly after hatching to keep it company, and they're both happily chirping away now.

Mithalwen · 05-26-2010, 05:43 AM

so cute..and in a few months so tasty with pancakes spring onion and hoisin sauce

Aganzir · 05-26-2010, 05:55 AM

Mith you are evil!

Those are so cute Pitch!

Are you planning to keep them as pets?

Pitchwife · 05-26-2010, 10:13 AM

Just wait a while, and you may yet see me assign roast duck à la Mithalwen to the Shire...

Generally, our ducks are not so much pets as slug police. As of now, we have four adults and three ducklings hatched a few weeks ago, in addition to the two little ones. Some of those will have to go (surplus drakes first, lest there be gang bang). We'd prefer to find a new home for them, but if there's no buyer, the frying pan is the alternative; same for the chickens (and believe me, home-grown poultry beats anything you can get from the supermarket!).

Not for these two, however (relax, Agan!). Don't know whether they'll stay as tame once they share the garden with the others, but they're bound to be stayers - at least the perky yellow one for whom Mrs Pitch acted as midwife.

Galadriel55 · 11-16-2014, 09:41 AM

Snow!!!

(NOT the Barazinbar kind)

Tar-Jêx · 11-17-2014, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Snow!!!

(NOT the Barazinbar kind)

So, the disgusting watery and dirty stuff that's sitting at the side of the road?

I like to assign Howard Shore for obvious reasons.

Inziladun · 11-19-2014, 06:07 PM

I want to take a moment to assign this forum.

There's a non-Tolkien forum devoted to computer gaming that I've never posted on, but have followed for many years. Today I saw that it had apparently imploded, with a former admin running amok, and the forum owner deciding to discontinue running it.

I am very much appreciative of this little island of sanity here, and the efforts of The Barrow-Wight for making it all happen and keeping it virtually the same as when I joined all those years ago.

Mithalwen · 07-22-2015, 10:24 AM

Testing your limited childcare skills by baking chocolate cake with ten year old mildly autistic twin boys and Armageddon not happening. Just a dropped egg and some spilled batter.

Galadriel55 · 08-06-2015, 07:50 PM

The fact that after the Great Blackout you have things to assign to the Addicted to Barrow Downs / LOTR threads, and the fact that you had even more things to assign but forgot them.

Galadriel55 · 08-10-2015, 04:18 PM

I assign new posts, especially on threads that have been long dormant.

Inziladun · 08-25-2015, 07:04 AM

Taking a Vacation day, "just because".

Galadriel55 · 09-04-2015, 06:49 PM

Having the floor to yourself for a week before your floormate came back.

Inziladun · 03-26-2016, 10:33 AM

Timely blessings that remind me that I worry too much.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 03-28-2016, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

Timely blessings that remind me that I worry too much.

I will have to second that.

I often have to remind my self not to worry so much, and when I succeed, it makes life so much more bearable.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 04-08-2016, 08:00 PM

I was chatting with a coworker today about the difference between geeks and nerds and I mentioned my membership at this here bunch o barrows. He said, "The Barrow-downs?" and I took it as him not knowing about it. Turns out he has read the book and we discussed Tom Bombadil at length. It was fun and I'm so glad that we could chat. That, I will assign to the Shire any day

Galadriel55 · 04-11-2016, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I was chatting with a coworker today about the difference between geeks and nerds and I mentioned my membership at this here bunch o barrows. He said, "The Barrow-downs?" and I took it as him not knowing about it. Turns out he has read the book and we discussed Tom Bombadil at length. It was fun and I'm so glad that we could chat. That, I will assign to the Shire any day

I second that with a great second!

I also add those times when you can just come up and chat with complete strangers because you share a common nerddom. Recently, I got acquainted with a guy who was wearing a Game of Thrones shirt and a couple girls who were discussing Doctor Who monsters. Sharing nerd (or geek) obsessions makes you instant friends, and makes it easier to strike up conversations. So I assign geeks to the Shire any day, and geeks who show it I assign twice!

Pitchwife · 04-12-2016, 12:49 PM

I'll third it with great third (and fourth it with great quart, if need be)! Bonding with random strangers over shared geekdom is cool, I've had such moments with students across the circulation desk at the library where I work. One sported a bag the shape and colour of the Tardis, and it turned out she had been to The Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff in her holidays. Imagine my envy!

I also third what Zil and Rune said upthread about worrying too much. I do that too far too often, but fortunately I'm unlearning the habit under the beneficial influence of my happy-go-lucky wife.

Galadriel55 · 07-02-2021, 10:29 PM

I assign the street names in my new town. I recently moved here, and it's so entertaining to pass through this one neighbourhood. I swear, whoever was in charge of naming these streets was having a field day. Here we have Camelot, Avalon, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, a version of Vivian, Shallot (okay, not quite Shalott, so maybe it's the vegetable after all). And then there's Ivanhoe, which goes with them about as well as a rock in a shoe, but I suppose it has Richard to keep it company.

Alassë Estel · 06-24-2023, 03:58 PM

The birds singing cheerily when they finally return from the South in the Springtime.

Catching fireflies on a late Summer's eve, with the stars overhead.

Campfires on Autumn nights, with juicy fat sausages and sticky marshmallows.

And those still, silent mornings of Winter, after a blanket of snow has fallen during the night, and there are rabbit tracks all over.

06-06-2006, 05:49 PM	#2
ArathorofBarahir Wight Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Crickhallow Posts: 247	Home, and the ideal place to live. __________________ King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass. Aragorn: You will suffer me.

06-07-2006, 07:24 AM	#3
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Friends who let you copy up half their notes because yours have mysteriously disappeared since this time last year. Teachers who willingly give up their whole morning to teach you an entire course in 3 hours. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

05-13-2010, 04:18 AM	#7
Galadriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion Posts: 551	People who don't give up, no matter what, even when they know they will not get any appreciation for it. That, in my opinion, is a hero. People who treat others as equals, not as superiors or inferiors. __________________ "Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?" – Tom Bombadil

05-26-2010, 05:22 AM	#8
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	I assign the little duckling we helped out of its egg three days ago. It had fallen out of the nest, and Mom decided she was busy sitting on the remaining eggs and couldn't be bothered. We took it inside and put it in a cage with a lightbulb and hot-water bottle for warmth; after taking a night to make up its mind, it decided it was going to live and promptly adopted my wife as its new Mom. Since yesterday it's got a sibling who suffered a similar fate shortly after hatching to keep it company, and they're both happily chirping away now. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

05-26-2010, 05:55 AM	#10
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Mith you are evil! Those are so cute Pitch! Are you planning to keep them as pets? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

06-10-2006, 12:54 AM	#4
Taralphiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Swan Wood Posts: 649	I assign logging on to The Downs after a long week. It's been too long for me, and I'm enjoying catching up on all the RPG's. I also assign some other anonymous reputations. I am grateful - Tara

06-10-2006, 09:54 AM	#5
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Barbeques. And scorching heat. Mmm, scorchy.

05-26-2010, 05:43 AM	#9
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	so cute..and in a few months so tasty with pancakes spring onion and hoisin sauce

05-26-2010, 10:13 AM	#11
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	Just wait a while, and you may yet see me assign roast duck à la Mithalwen to the Shire... Generally, our ducks are not so much pets as slug police. As of now, we have four adults and three ducklings hatched a few weeks ago, in addition to the two little ones. Some of those will have to go (surplus drakes first, lest there be gang bang). We'd prefer to find a new home for them, but if there's no buyer, the frying pan is the alternative; same for the chickens (and believe me, home-grown poultry beats anything you can get from the supermarket!). Not for these two, however (relax, Agan!). Don't know whether they'll stay as tame once they share the garden with the others, but they're bound to be stayers - at least the perky yellow one for whom Mrs Pitch acted as midwife. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-16-2014, 09:41 AM	#12
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	Snow!!! (NOT the Barazinbar kind) __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-19-2014, 06:07 PM	#14
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	I want to take a moment to assign this forum. There's a non-Tolkien forum devoted to computer gaming that I've never posted on, but have followed for many years. Today I saw that it had apparently imploded, with a former admin running amok, and the forum owner deciding to discontinue running it. I am very much appreciative of this little island of sanity here, and the efforts of The Barrow-Wight for making it all happen and keeping it virtually the same as when I joined all those years ago. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

07-22-2015, 10:24 AM	#15
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Testing your limited childcare skills by baking chocolate cake with ten year old mildly autistic twin boys and Armageddon not happening. Just a dropped egg and some spilled batter. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-06-2015, 07:50 PM	#16
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	The fact that after the Great Blackout you have things to assign to the Addicted to Barrow Downs / LOTR threads, and the fact that you had even more things to assign but forgot them. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-10-2015, 04:18 PM	#17
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	I assign new posts, especially on threads that have been long dormant. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

08-25-2015, 07:04 AM	#18
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Taking a Vacation day, "just because". __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

09-04-2015, 06:49 PM	#19
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	Having the floor to yourself for a week before your floormate came back. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-26-2016, 10:33 AM	#20
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Timely blessings that remind me that I worry too much. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

04-08-2016, 08:00 PM	#22
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I was chatting with a coworker today about the difference between geeks and nerds and I mentioned my membership at this here bunch o barrows. He said, "The Barrow-downs?" and I took it as him not knowing about it. Turns out he has read the book and we discussed Tom Bombadil at length. It was fun and I'm so glad that we could chat. That, I will assign to the Shire any day __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

04-12-2016, 12:49 PM	#24
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	I'll third it with great third (and fourth it with great quart, if need be)! Bonding with random strangers over shared geekdom is cool, I've had such moments with students across the circulation desk at the library where I work. One sported a bag the shape and colour of the Tardis, and it turned out she had been to The Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff in her holidays. Imagine my envy! I also third what Zil and Rune said upthread about worrying too much. I do that too far too often, but fortunately I'm unlearning the habit under the beneficial influence of my happy-go-lucky wife. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-02-2021, 10:29 PM	#25
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	I assign the street names in my new town. I recently moved here, and it's so entertaining to pass through this one neighbourhood. I swear, whoever was in charge of naming these streets was having a field day. Here we have Camelot, Avalon, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, a version of Vivian, Shallot (okay, not quite Shalott, so maybe it's the vegetable after all). And then there's Ivanhoe, which goes with them about as well as a rock in a shoe, but I suppose it has Richard to keep it company. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-24-2023, 03:58 PM	#26
Alassë Estel Wight Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Treading the Narrow Way Posts: 198	I assign... The birds singing cheerily when they finally return from the South in the Springtime. Catching fireflies on a late Summer's eve, with the stars overhead. Campfires on Autumn nights, with juicy fat sausages and sticky marshmallows. And those still, silent mornings of Winter, after a blanket of snow has fallen during the night, and there are rabbit tracks all over. __________________ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16