Hobbit Week - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-18-2012, 02:49 PM

This week has been declared "Hobbit Week". Aside from the yearly commemoration of Bilbo and Frodo's birthday(s) on September 22, we are celebrating the publication of "The Hobbit" 75 years ago. And of course we are looking ahead to the Hobbit movie, which will reach the theatres in three months.

So how do you intend to celebrate? Are you planning to invite some fellow Hobbits over for second breakfast this coming Saturday? Will you wear your hairy feet and pointed ears? Or have you even considered (gasp!) joining the current CbC discussions of the book?!

This thread is the place to share your ideas and plans as well as giving information on happenings around the world.

Mithalwen · 09-18-2012, 03:04 PM

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...9&postcount=17

All being well I will go to the exhibition on Friday before the evening with Brian Sibley et Al.

Galadriel55 · 09-18-2012, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

Are you planning to invite some fellow Hobbits over for second breakfast this coming Saturday?

Actually, yes!!! Don't know yet if it will be second breakfast or tea at four, or whether it will be held in a hobbit hole or at the Green Dragon, but it will be!

I haven't realized that this week is such a special week for the Hobbit. I noticed that the 22nd is coming, but I didn't think to also link this week to other Hobbit-related dates. Thank you for the information and reminder, Esty!

Lalwendë · 09-19-2012, 04:19 PM

What I strongly object to are the flyers for this advertising the tiime for second breakfast as 11am. Er, 11am is Elevenses, not Second Breakfast, which you have sometime between 9 and 10am.

Anyway.

I am going to have pilchards.

blantyr · 09-19-2012, 06:52 PM

But there is a conflict with Speak Like a Pirate Day.

I can't picture Bilbo speaking like a pirate.

Kath · 09-20-2012, 01:25 PM

Hobbits seem to have a West Country-ish accent so there is no clash with speaking like a pirate!

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-20-2012, 02:17 PM

I wish I had hobbitlike clothes. Unfortynatly, I can't celebrate, though I do write my name in Quenya on all my class papers. Mrs Buckley, my Latin 2 teacher, already knows this and told one of my classmates (he was handing back the homework) "The one that's written in some alien tounge is S******'s."

09-18-2012, 02:49 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hobbit Week This week has been declared "Hobbit Week". Aside from the yearly commemoration of Bilbo and Frodo's birthday(s) on September 22, we are celebrating the publication of "The Hobbit" 75 years ago. And of course we are looking ahead to the Hobbit movie, which will reach the theatres in three months. So how do you intend to celebrate? Are you planning to invite some fellow Hobbits over for second breakfast this coming Saturday? Will you wear your hairy feet and pointed ears? Or have you even considered (gasp!) joining the current CbC discussions of the book?! This thread is the place to share your ideas and plans as well as giving information on happenings around the world. __________________ '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...'

09-18-2012, 03:04 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...9&postcount=17 All being well I will go to the exhibition on Friday before the evening with Brian Sibley et Al. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-19-2012, 04:19 PM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	What I strongly object to are the flyers for this advertising the tiime for second breakfast as 11am. Er, 11am is Elevenses, not Second Breakfast, which you have sometime between 9 and 10am. Anyway. I am going to have pilchards. __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-19-2012, 06:52 PM	#5
blantyr Wight Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Settling down in Bree for the winter. Posts: 208	Corsair? But there is a conflict with Speak Like a Pirate Day. I can't picture Bilbo speaking like a pirate.

09-20-2012, 01:25 PM	#6
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Hobbits seem to have a West Country-ish accent so there is no clash with speaking like a pirate! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-20-2012, 02:17 PM	#7
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	I wish I had hobbitlike clothes. Unfortynatly, I can't celebrate, though I do write my name in Quenya on all my class papers. Mrs Buckley, my Latin 2 teacher, already knows this and told one of my classmates (he was handing back the homework) "The one that's written in some alien tounge is S******'s." __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."