The Tolkien Birthday Toast - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 12-20-2006, 07:37 AM

9pm, 3rd January. Don't forget.

You are kindly requested to grab a glass of your favourite tipple and raise a toast to "The Professor!".

And you may see more on the Tolkien Society page - maybe even add what you'll be drinking here.

Thinlómien · 12-20-2006, 07:50 AM

Are we supposed to raise it 9 pm GMT or 9 pm the current british time or 9 pm our own time?

Lalwendë · 12-20-2006, 07:57 AM

At your local time, I believe!

Thus avoiding the risk of people raising a glass of porter at 11am during a business meeting or a class in Chemistry. Of course, this means the Prof could get 24 lots of toasts in one day...

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-03-2007, 01:51 AM

Today's the day - Tolkien's birthday! Happy Birthday to our favourite author!

Will you be joining in the toast? I plan to raise a glass of champagne at 9pm CET this evening. As Lal says, the toast is meant to take place at your local time; the drink is your choice and need not be alcoholic.

The Might · 01-03-2007, 07:37 PM

I didn't have any champagne but I make a toast for Tolkien with some beer...guess that's ok too, even though it's not really my favourite

An interesting fact- if the Professor had still been alive today, he would have been 115, that's as long as Erendis was Queen of Numenor

Nogrod · 01-03-2007, 07:47 PM

It was a nice site you linked Lalwendë!

Cheers! or "kippis"...

Parmastahir · 01-03-2007, 07:34 PM

It is precisely 9 PM here! Cheers, Professor!

Hookbill the Goomba · 01-05-2007, 03:53 AM

Due to my busy (read: Not very busy) schedule, all I had to hand at 9:00 yesterday was a glass of coke. It was a really nice glass though, and that's what counts.

Now, when is Christopher Tolkien's birthday?

Mänwe · 01-05-2007, 05:40 AM

To the Master, I raised a pint of "Fursty Ferret", a superb ale.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-03-2009, 06:43 AM

Once again it's Tolkien's birthday - I hope many members will join me and Tolkien fans all over the world in toasting the man who brought us here!

At 9 pm this evening, I will raise my glass of bubbly to the Professor.

Lhunardawen · 01-03-2009, 08:54 AM

Oh, I missed it by almost a couple of hours, but better late than never!

*raises a glass of water to the Professor*

Lalwendë · 01-03-2009, 01:04 PM

You could ignore official advice and do it at 9pm GMT anyway - as I think this is much nicer and then everyone globally will be doing it at the same time, and not just little groups of folk at verious 9pms

In which case everyone can join in, though they may have missed the official time

Bêthberry · 01-03-2009, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

Once again it's Tolkien's birthday - I hope many members will join me and Tolkien fans all over the world in toasting the man who brought us here!

At 9 pm this evening, I will raise my glass of bubbly to the Professor.

Well, I'm a wee bit late as 'tis 3:28 here and we've been all a-gog over the announcement of the new Doctor Who.

Pity we didn't plan a chat to celebrate. We should, one of these years.

Beregond · 01-03-2009, 11:21 PM

The Professor!

Better late than never, though I toasted on The Tolkien Society site earlier.

12-20-2006, 07:37 AM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	The Tolkien Birthday Toast 9pm, 3rd January. Don't forget. You are kindly requested to grab a glass of your favourite tipple and raise a toast to "The Professor!". And you may see more on the Tolkien Society page - maybe even add what you'll be drinking here. __________________ Gordon's alive!

12-20-2006, 07:50 AM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Are we supposed to raise it 9 pm GMT or 9 pm the current british time or 9 pm our own time? __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-20-2006, 07:57 AM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	At your local time, I believe! Thus avoiding the risk of people raising a glass of porter at 11am during a business meeting or a class in Chemistry. Of course, this means the Prof could get 24 lots of toasts in one day... __________________ Gordon's alive!

01-03-2007, 01:51 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Today's the day - Tolkien's birthday! Happy Birthday to our favourite author! Will you be joining in the toast? I plan to raise a glass of champagne at 9pm CET this evening. As Lal says, the toast is meant to take place at your local time; the drink is your choice and need not be alcoholic. __________________ '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...'

01-03-2007, 07:37 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I didn't have any champagne but I make a toast for Tolkien with some beer...guess that's ok too, even though it's not really my favourite An interesting fact- if the Professor had still been alive today, he would have been 115, that's as long as Erendis was Queen of Numenor __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-03-2007, 07:47 PM	#6
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	It was a nice site you linked Lalwendë! Cheers! or "kippis"... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

01-03-2007, 07:34 PM	#7
Parmastahir Wight Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Green Hill Country Posts: 196	Happy Eleventy-fifth, Professor Tolkien! It is precisely 9 PM here! Cheers, Professor! __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise can not see all ends.

01-05-2007, 03:53 AM	#8
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Due to my busy (read: Not very busy) schedule, all I had to hand at 9:00 yesterday was a glass of coke. It was a really nice glass though, and that's what counts. Now, when is Christopher Tolkien's birthday? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

01-05-2007, 05:40 AM	#9
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	To the Master, I raised a pint of "Fursty Ferret", a superb ale. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-03-2009, 06:43 AM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Once again it's Tolkien's birthday - I hope many members will join me and Tolkien fans all over the world in toasting the man who brought us here! At 9 pm this evening, I will raise my glass of bubbly to the Professor. __________________ '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...'

01-03-2009, 08:54 AM	#11
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Oh, I missed it by almost a couple of hours, but better late than never! raises a glass of water to the Professor

01-03-2009, 01:04 PM	#12
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	You could ignore official advice and do it at 9pm GMT anyway - as I think this is much nicer and then everyone globally will be doing it at the same time, and not just little groups of folk at verious 9pms In which case everyone can join in, though they may have missed the official time __________________ Gordon's alive!

01-03-2009, 11:21 PM	#14
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	The Professor! Better late than never, though I toasted on The Tolkien Society site earlier. __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."