Happy Birthday To The Barrow-downs! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

piosenniel · 04-29-2004, 12:04 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BARROW-DOWNS!

On May 1, 2004, the forums at the Barrow-Downs reach the ripe (and I do mean ripe!) old age of FOUR! While the site itself is a bit older, the fourth anniversary of the opening of the forums is a cause to CELEBRATE!!!!! Therefore, we will have a PARTY in the Shire to celebrate the fourth birthday (uh, deathday?) of the Barrow-Downs forums and all members are invited!!!!!

PLACE: The Party Field in Hobbiton (located in the Shire Forum).

TIME: Saturday, May 1, 2004 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time through late Monday night, May 3, 2004.

DRESS: Middle Earth Wear – formal, if you wish, or just plain comfortable.

There will be an open bar, entertainment, and meals will be served buffet style.

COME CELEBRATE THE BARROW-DOWNS, AND PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO THE WIGHT!

(ANYONE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO THE PARTY BEFORE THAT DATE WILL BE DEALT WITH PERSONALLY BY ME)

Signed – "The Barrow-Wight"

Click HERE for the Party!

~*~ Piosenniel and Child of the 7th Age

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 04-29-2004, 02:55 PM

There are no awards this year? Or have I missed something?

piosenniel · 04-30-2004, 01:41 AM

Sorry - but the awards did not get organised this year . . .

~*~ Pio

Orominuialwen · 04-30-2004, 05:50 PM

Will there be a potluck? (I love potlucks...)

Child of the 7th Age · 04-30-2004, 06:48 PM

Absolutely! Everyone is invited to bring and describe their favorite dish....

Child

Mad Baggins · 04-30-2004, 07:07 PM

Sounds great, but I will miss the awards. It'll be a great evening anyway, though!

Potluck, eh? Hmm...

Ithaeliel · 05-01-2004, 12:02 PM

I will most certainly be there! Couldn't miss that party for the world! (what else is nice about this is that yesterday was my own 2nd anniversary as a BDer)

But, er, before I make myself appear an idiot in the party thread... what's a mathom?

Primrose Bolger · 05-01-2004, 12:06 PM

Mathom

Quote:

An old word of the hobbit-dialect, not recorded as being in use outside the Shire. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the Shire-hobbits - an important part of their culture - or stored in the Mathom-house in Michel Delving.

--from the Encylopedia of Arda

Hope that helps!

Ithaeliel · 05-01-2004, 12:09 PM

Ah, thank you very much, Primrose! I'll be finding a mathom to bring now...

Ainaserkewen · 05-03-2004, 01:48 PM

K, last year I was at the party with bells on my feet. This year I couldn't get on until today, the last day of the party!!! Grrr. Oh well, I got one post in.

Balin999 · 05-03-2004, 01:57 PM

Happy Deathday Barrow Downs!
The fourth death-day for you, and the fourth death day for me. Though I can't say that I've been here regurlarly recently.
Anyway, all the best wishes to the moderators and our beloved Barrow-Wight.
Balin

Lord of Angmar · 05-03-2004, 05:30 PM

It has been four years, and I salute everyone involved in the creation and maintenance of this fine website. Though I myself have only been a member for just shy of a year, I have grown to really love this site and the discussions that take place on it. Just when you think that you have seen everything there is to discuss about Middle-earth, a relative newbie (I use the terms in the most respectful way, I assure you) like Fordim Hedgethistle can come along and shake things up with a marvelous topic like 'Canonicity': The Book or The Reader.

Break out the Old Winyards and toast the Barrow-downs!

I wonder when we'll be able to start calling The Barrow-Wight "the Old Gaffer"?

Galadrie1 · 05-04-2004, 02:23 PM

Happy birthday, Barrow-downs! I missed the party (

) but I probably would have felt out of place since I haven't been around much lately. Ah well; happy birthday anyway, with, hopefully, many more to come!

Lalaith · 05-05-2004, 08:35 AM

I couldn't make the party either, but offer up my best deathday wishes to the Wight and all the restless spirits who haunt his Downs.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-06-2004, 03:34 AM

Thanks to Pio

for editing into my post the poem I wrote too late for the party´s deadline. Since probably no one will go back to mid-page 3 to read it,

(especially now that the thread has been moved to storage in Elvenhome) I´m putting it here where it will hopefully find an audience. After all, I did put time and thought into it!

Bee-Dubbya is a forum king,
and of the Downs its members sing:
A Tolkien realm that’s fair, flame-free,
With book discussions and RPG.

Some threads are long, debate is keen,
With shining reputations seen;
And countless quotes in lengthy posts
Do testify of well-read hosts.

Some threads are funny, more or less;
On others, answers must be guessed
To questions easy or riddles tough.
The posters there can’t get enough!

Some threads do deal with movie lore,
And whether the characters should have been more
Like they were in the book - more noble, less weak.
Could PJ have done better? These answers they seek.

Some threads are stories, told anew
In Shire and Rohan, Gondor too.
Many Middle-earth gamers gather there
To write the adventures their characters share.

Four years ago the forum began:
The Barrow, idea of one Tolkien fan,
Became a virtual meeting place
For many - some, even, face to face!

Long ago we surfed this way
and now we dwell here; dead, so to say,
For into darkness we fell, deep and far,
In the Barrow-Downs where the Ghost Princes are.

Lift your glasses now all, in a toast to him
Whose vision, though green, is never dim.
Happy Birthday, dear Downs, and enjoy being dead,
All you Skeletons, Wights, and especially our Head!

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 05-06-2004, 04:24 PM

Much better, I think, than my attempt at adapting a poem to my purposes. Very nice!

04-29-2004, 12:04 PM	#1
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Happy Birthday To The Barrow-downs! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BARROW-DOWNS! On May 1, 2004, the forums at the Barrow-Downs reach the ripe (and I do mean ripe!) old age of FOUR! While the site itself is a bit older, the fourth anniversary of the opening of the forums is a cause to CELEBRATE!!!!! Therefore, we will have a PARTY in the Shire to celebrate the fourth birthday (uh, deathday?) of the Barrow-Downs forums and all members are invited!!!!! PLACE: The Party Field in Hobbiton (located in the Shire Forum). TIME: Saturday, May 1, 2004 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time through late Monday night, May 3, 2004. DRESS: Middle Earth Wear – formal, if you wish, or just plain comfortable. There will be an open bar, entertainment, and meals will be served buffet style. COME CELEBRATE THE BARROW-DOWNS, AND PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO THE WIGHT! (ANYONE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO THE PARTY BEFORE THAT DATE WILL BE DEALT WITH PERSONALLY BY ME) Signed – *"The Barrow-Wight"* Click HERE for the Party! ~~ Piosenniel and Child of the 7th Age Last edited by piosenniel; 04-29-2004 at 12:15 PM.*

04-29-2004, 02:55 PM	#2
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	So.... There are no awards this year? Or have I missed something? __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

04-30-2004, 01:41 AM	#3
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Sorry - but the awards did not get organised this year . . . ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

04-30-2004, 05:50 PM	#4
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Will there be a potluck? (I love potlucks...) __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

04-30-2004, 06:48 PM	#5
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Potluck Absolutely! Everyone is invited to bring and describe their favorite dish.... Child

04-30-2004, 07:07 PM	#6
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	Sounds great, but I will miss the awards. It'll be a great evening anyway, though! Potluck, eh? Hmm... __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

05-01-2004, 12:02 PM	#7
Ithaeliel Cornus Caliga Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Five-hundred-twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes from here Posts: 710	I will most certainly be there! Couldn't miss that party for the world! (what else is nice about this is that yesterday was my own 2nd anniversary as a BDer) But, er, before I make myself appear an idiot in the party thread... what's a mathom? __________________ That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. .................William Wordsworth

05-01-2004, 12:09 PM	#9
Ithaeliel Cornus Caliga Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Five-hundred-twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes from here Posts: 710	Ah, thank you very much, Primrose! I'll be finding a mathom to bring now... __________________ That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. .................William Wordsworth

05-03-2004, 01:48 PM	#10
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	K, last year I was at the party with bells on my feet. This year I couldn't get on until today, the last day of the party!!! Grrr. Oh well, I got one post in. __________________ Solus... I'm eating chicken again. I ate chicken yesterday and the day before... will I be eating chicken again tomorrow? Why am I always eating chicken?

05-03-2004, 01:57 PM	#11
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	Happy Deathday! Happy Deathday Barrow Downs! The fourth death-day for you, and the fourth death day for me. Though I can't say that I've been here regurlarly recently. Anyway, all the best wishes to the moderators and our beloved Barrow-Wight. Balin __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

05-03-2004, 05:30 PM	#12
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	It has been four years, and I salute everyone involved in the creation and maintenance of this fine website. Though I myself have only been a member for just shy of a year, I have grown to really love this site and the discussions that take place on it. Just when you think that you have seen everything there is to discuss about Middle-earth, a relative newbie (I use the terms in the most respectful way, I assure you) like Fordim Hedgethistle can come along and shake things up with a marvelous topic like 'Canonicity': The Book or The Reader. Break out the Old Winyards and toast the Barrow-downs! I wonder when we'll be able to start calling The Barrow-Wight "the Old Gaffer"? __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

05-04-2004, 02:23 PM	#13
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	Happy birthday, Barrow-downs! I missed the party ( ) but I probably would have felt out of place since I haven't been around much lately. Ah well; happy birthday anyway, with, hopefully, many more to come! __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel." Last edited by Galadrie1; 05-05-2004 at 02:05 PM.

05-05-2004, 08:35 AM	#14
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	I couldn't make the party either, but offer up my best deathday wishes to the Wight and all the restless spirits who haunt his Downs.

05-06-2004, 03:34 AM	#15
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thanks to Pio for editing into my post the poem I wrote too late for the party´s deadline. Since probably no one will go back to mid-page 3 to read it, (especially now that the thread has been moved to storage in Elvenhome) I´m putting it here where it will hopefully find an audience. After all, I did put time and thought into it! Bee-Dubbya is a forum king, and of the Downs its members sing: A Tolkien realm that’s fair, flame-free, With book discussions and RPG. Some threads are long, debate is keen, With shining reputations seen; And countless quotes in lengthy posts Do testify of well-read hosts. Some threads are funny, more or less; On others, answers must be guessed To questions easy or riddles tough. The posters there can’t get enough! Some threads do deal with movie lore, And whether the characters should have been more Like they were in the book - more noble, less weak. Could PJ have done better? These answers they seek. Some threads are stories, told anew In Shire and Rohan, Gondor too. Many Middle-earth gamers gather there To write the adventures their characters share. Four years ago the forum began: The Barrow, idea of one Tolkien fan, Became a virtual meeting place For many - some, even, face to face! Long ago we surfed this way and now we dwell here; dead, so to say, For into darkness we fell, deep and far, In the Barrow-Downs where the Ghost Princes are. Lift your glasses now all, in a toast to him Whose vision, though green, is never dim. Happy Birthday, dear Downs, and enjoy being dead, All you Skeletons, Wights, and especially our Head! __________________ '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...'

05-06-2004, 04:24 PM	#16
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	*applauds* Much better, I think, than my attempt at adapting a poem to my purposes. Very nice! __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.