Your Gift From Bilbo - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morsul the Dark · 06-10-2017, 05:15 PM

In a Long Expected Party Bilbo gives out gifts from his home with notes brimming with sarcasm, one of my favorite bits to be honest. What bad habit do you have that you think Bilbo would give you a gift for?

As someone who procrastinates:

"For Morsul a Calendar to help him keep his busy schedule."

Inziladun · 06-10-2017, 07:45 PM

"For INZILADUN, for the purpose of MOTIVATION" on a pair of running shoes. Inziladun had stopped running because a knee injury had made him fearful like Lobelia kissing a Gamgee.

Morthoron · 06-10-2017, 08:19 PM

My gift would be a clay pipe with a crack in the bowl. And on the tag tied with a string to the pipe stem would be the words:

"For Morthoron, who insists that he really should quit smoking, yet still borrows pipeweed liberally from my jar."

Boromir88 · 06-10-2017, 08:58 PM

For BORO, finding it the RIGHT home, from B.B. on a specially made spiral notebook. Boro is left-handed and often complains about how everything in the world is made for the convenience of right-handers.

Galadriel55 · 06-11-2017, 04:49 AM

For Galadriel, from her patient listener B.B.: a microphone, for forcing people to hear her out when she is seeking attention among a crowd that is not interested in listening to her rambles.

Pitchwife · 06-15-2017, 02:42 PM

"For Pitch, whenever you feel the need": on a bottle of pills against correctile dysfunction (=the urge to correct people on minor mistakes of no practical importance or relevance to the topic at hand just to show off how clever you are).

Encaitare · 08-21-2017, 07:36 PM

"For Encaitare, a large punchable pillow to help manage her stress, contributing thusly to the peace of the neighborhood."

Aganzir · 09-25-2018, 06:17 AM

For Aganzir, a needle and thread to employ in her needlework. Aganzir was known for knitting, but never got around to mending the tears in her clothes and kept dropping things through the holes in her pockets.

Morthoron · 09-29-2018, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir

For Aganzir, a needle and thread to employ in her needlework. Aganzir was known for knitting, but never got around to mending the tears in her clothes and kept dropping things through the holes in her pockets.

What has Agan gots in her pocketses? Oh, it don't seem like she gots anything in her pocketses!

Galadriel55 · 09-29-2018, 08:21 PM

Can we can more than one gift?
Also for Galadriel: a display case to show off the pictures she will draw, the stories she will write, the music she will compose, the crafts projects she will build, and the really clever Tolkien essay she will post on the Downs. Galadriel's plans and visions were often much grander and more numerous than her achieved accomplishments.

Pervinca Took · 10-01-2018, 07:10 AM

For Pervinca, an alarm clock ... or, more preferably, a teasmaid, to allay her aversion to mornings.

Merrymatt · 02-22-2019, 09:06 PM

“For Merrymatt, a black leather journal and quill”, since he had a habit of writing extensive or exhilarating stories before forgetting to post at his stated time.
Or...he’s secretly writing rpg tales (Secretly taps into red-eyed palantir)

06-10-2017, 05:15 PM	#1
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Your Gift From Bilbo In a Long Expected Party Bilbo gives out gifts from his home with notes brimming with sarcasm, one of my favorite bits to be honest. What bad habit do you have that you think Bilbo would give you a gift for? As someone who procrastinates: "For Morsul a Calendar to help him keep his busy schedule." __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

06-10-2017, 07:45 PM	#2
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	"For INZILADUN, for the purpose of MOTIVATION" on a pair of running shoes. Inziladun had stopped running because a knee injury had made him fearful like Lobelia kissing a Gamgee. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

06-10-2017, 08:19 PM	#3
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,509	My gift would be a clay pipe with a crack in the bowl. And on the tag tied with a string to the pipe stem would be the words: "For Morthoron, who insists that he really should quit smoking, yet still borrows pipeweed liberally from my jar." __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

06-10-2017, 08:58 PM	#4
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,518	For BORO, finding it the RIGHT* home, from B.B.* on a specially made spiral notebook. Boro is left-handed and often complains about how everything in the world is made for the convenience of right-handers. __________________ Fenris Penguin Last edited by Boromir88; 06-10-2017 at 09:18 PM.

06-11-2017, 04:49 AM	#5
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,382	For Galadriel, from her patient listener B.B.: a microphone, for forcing people to hear her out when she is seeking attention among a crowd that is not interested in listening to her rambles. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-15-2017, 02:42 PM	#6
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	"For Pitch, whenever you feel the need": on a bottle of pills against correctile dysfunction (=the urge to correct people on minor mistakes of no practical importance or relevance to the topic at hand just to show off how clever you are). __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

08-21-2017, 07:36 PM	#7
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	"For Encaitare, a large punchable pillow to help manage her stress, contributing thusly to the peace of the neighborhood."

09-25-2018, 06:17 AM	#8
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	For Aganzir, a needle and thread to employ in her needlework. Aganzir was known for knitting, but never got around to mending the tears in her clothes and kept dropping things through the holes in her pockets. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

09-29-2018, 08:21 PM	#10
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,382	Can we can more than one gift? Also for Galadriel: a display case to show off the pictures she will draw, the stories she will write, the music she will compose, the crafts projects she will build, and the really clever Tolkien essay she will post on the Downs. Galadriel's plans and visions were often much grander and more numerous than her achieved accomplishments. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-01-2018, 07:10 AM	#11
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	For Pervinca, an alarm clock ... or, more preferably, a teasmaid, to allay her aversion to mornings. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

02-22-2019, 09:06 PM	#12
Merrymatt Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Old Saybrook, CT Posts: 14	“For Merrymatt, a black leather journal and quill”, since he had a habit of writing extensive or exhilarating stories before forgetting to post at his stated time. Or...he’s secretly writing rpg tales (Secretly taps into red-eyed palantir)