What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 44 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Oddwen · 12-05-2011, 11:18 PM

I assign toast.

Mmmm, wether it's a crusty sourdough bread with sharp cheddar cheese, a crispy wheat bread with cinnamon and sugar, a barely browned white with butter, garlic powder and a hint of salt, or a soft crusty bread soggy with meat drippings......mmmmmmmmmmmm.

Also I assign finding old computer games you used to love as a kid. I used to play an gorgeous old tetris-clone puzzle game and have recently picked that up again. Hurrah!

Lindale · 01-24-2012, 01:50 PM

I assign several things to the Shire:

Ebooks that come in handy during traffic jams, most of them Tolkien books
Android devices
Being able to adequately answer a torture session at Criminal Law
Two consecutive long weekends! Some well-deserved RnR at last

Galadriel55 · 01-24-2012, 03:22 PM

Early dismissal in school. I got out an hour and a half earlier than usual today.

Galadriel55 · 01-27-2012, 07:15 PM

Musical instruments. Need I explain?

Galadriel · 01-30-2012, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Early dismissal in school. I got out an hour and a half earlier than usual today.

A whole week off at college!

Galadriel55 · 01-30-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel

A whole week off at college!

Luckyyyyyyyy!!!

I assign real books. The ones made on paper, not electronic devices.

On Friday in one of my classes we had a discussion about what we think will happen to books in a hundred years. I told them that my books at least will be in excellent shape and still in use, if you expect me to live till 120.

Inziladun · 01-30-2012, 08:18 PM

Apple pie with generous amounts of cinnamon.

Galadriel · 01-31-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I assign real books. The ones made on paper, not electronic devices.

I know, they're just so beautiful. I just got a lovely bookshelf installed in my (bare) room. One that my mum will have to share with me, but it's mine, see, and I've a mind to stare at it all day and neglect my studies

Now just imagine how useless that bookshelf would be without books. A shelf without books - what a depressing thought!

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Apple pie with generous amounts of cinnamon.

And ice-cream!

Galadriel55 · 01-31-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

Apple pie with generous amounts of cinnamon.

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Originally Posted by Galadriel

And ice-cream!

Seconded!

Galadriel55 · 02-11-2012, 03:23 PM

I assign snow. Seeing it fall and cover everything, and the way everything shines after, and how bright all that white looks compared to what was before, and the way it creaks under your feet if it's cold outside, and just that it makes the world look so perfect and clean that I feel guilty stepping outside. It's snow from the Shire.

Galadriel · 02-11-2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I assign snow. Seeing it fall and cover everything, and the way everything shines after, and how bright all that white looks compared to what was before, and the way it creaks under your feet if it's cold outside, and just that it makes the world look so perfect and clean that I feel guilty stepping outside. It's snow from the Shire.

The Shire doesn't usually get snow!

but point taken. I've never seen heavy snow save once as a child, when I was in the mountains. After that, only a few snowflakes in a different country

Galadriel55 · 02-11-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel

The Shire doesn't usually get snow!

but point taken. I've never seen heavy snow save once as a child, when I was in the mountains. After that, only a few snowflakes in a different country

Every winter we had at least two or three heavy snowfalls (by that I mean over 30 cm), and a thinner layer every couple weeks. This winter, though, this is the second (!) and deepest (!!!) - about 10cm, I'd say - snowfall we've had. It's really sad. This is Mordor weather.

And the Shire does get snow - not a lot of it like Caardhras blizzards, but light gentle snowfalls like we've had this morning.

Mithalwen · 02-23-2012, 01:24 PM

Getting postcards from people's holidays. Now "everyone" is on facebook people don't send them so much but it was lovely to get one from the BVI today even though I know the sender has been home for nearly a fortnight.

Inziladun · 03-05-2012, 05:39 PM

Business trips that take me to the Gulf of Mexico beaches.

Galadriel55 · 03-05-2012, 05:44 PM

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Business trips that take me to the Gulf of Mexico beaches.

You need those

sunglasses there, eh?

I assign the three essentials of life: Downs, books, and chocolate.

Inziladun · 03-06-2012, 07:57 AM

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You need those

sunglasses there, eh?

Precisely.

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I assign the three essentials of life: Downs, books, and chocolate.

I concur on all three.

mark12_30 · 03-06-2012, 09:37 AM

I assign elvish music to the Shire.

Wait... that doesn't quite work, does it?

Lalwendë · 03-06-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mark12_30

I assign elvish music to the Shire.

Wait... that doesn't quite work, does it?

Do you think they might like elvis music though?

Sorry, I could not resist.

Boromir88 · 03-06-2012, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

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Originally Posted by mark12_30

I assign elvish music to the Shire.

Wait... that doesn't quite work, does it?

Do you think they might like elvis music though?

Sorry, I could not resist.

No, no, only the music from the king gets assigned to the Shire.

(Sorry, couldn't resist either

)

Eönwë · 03-06-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Do you think they might like elvis music though?

I thought it was only Aragorn that liked Elvis...

edit: Haha, never thought x-post on this thread.

Galadriel · 03-15-2012, 08:00 PM

I assign phone calls from friends when you most need them and are feeling rather worse than a pile of Orc-dung.

I need to wash out my mouth.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 05-02-2012, 09:22 AM

Elves. Can't forget to give those. Sam Gamgee would cry, otherwise!

Galadriel55 · 06-05-2012, 12:03 PM

I assign exams.

Yes, you've heard me right. And I didn't mix up the threads. We only has six (

) of them, and they are stretched out over 2 weeks, and they only take about 4 hours including the transportation to/from school and etc. So I have so much free time now! I'm less stressed now than I was a month ago.

I guess all this will change once exams will be "real". Like, real real. I'm taking in every moment of this time, though. I don't think I'll get away that easy next year (hmm... I say that every year...)

MCRmyGirl4eva · 06-06-2012, 01:01 PM

I assign Ms. Girard (Erm... Mrs. Buckley... she got married last summer... Sorry Lady Buckles!)

Seroiously, Latin Softball is the most fun thing in the UNIVERSE! (Especially when the teacher plays too and you make her translate "Servus verbat alterum servum baculo" [The slave beats the other slave with a stick])

Galadriel55 · 07-09-2012, 02:54 PM

Sailboats and boating. Though it might not be the most common thing in the Shire, the hobbits prefering breakfast and warm baths, I'm sure there are a few Basso Boffins that would enjoy a trip on a yacht.

MCRmyGirl4eva · 07-10-2012, 02:47 PM

I assign cookies. And cheese balls. And sodapop. I'm hungry. Anyone for cyber-elevensies?

MCRmyGirl4eva · 08-15-2012, 12:00 PM

Having a boyfriend who randomly pops up with a rose for no apparent reason

Mumriken · 08-18-2012, 12:51 AM

I think I assign health to the shire and the form of beauty that appears in simple things. Yeah and btw the comment above me, that egosentric stupid world view clearly derives from Mordor.

Galadriel55 · 08-18-2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mumriken

Yeah and btw the comment above me, that egosentric stupid world view clearly derives from Mordor.

Really? What a coincidence - I can say that about the comment above mine as well!

Lollipop010900 · 08-21-2012, 12:38 AM

Tolkein and all his books,

Every other fantasy book,

More books...

And a nice shady tree under which i can read all those books.

You can tell i like books

MCRmyGirl4eva · 09-05-2012, 07:26 AM

All Sherlock Holmes stories, and Student Assisting in the school library

Galadriel55 · 10-08-2012, 12:56 PM

O. Henry's short stories. They are something I could imagine hobbits telling each other over a pint of mead. Except that you'd have to move the stories back 4 ages...

I also assign silence. I think that many people underestimate it. It is sometimes so good just not to listen to anything, not to have any noise in the background.

Lollipop010900 · 10-08-2012, 10:40 PM

Books,

My friends,

Books,

Tolkien and everything he wrote,

Books,

Puppies,

and finally...

More books

Oddwen · 10-24-2012, 05:33 PM

I assign the hollow noise that apples and thick books make.

Gilnaur · 12-16-2012, 03:46 PM

Good food
Flowers blooming in the garden
Gentle rain showers
Fresh air
Peace and Quiet
Books
a good pub
a sense of community

Galadriel55 · 12-29-2012, 12:13 PM

Snow.

Celuien · 12-29-2012, 07:24 PM

Whoever fixed my account so that the posting permissions are restored! Thank you.

Galadriel55 · 12-30-2012, 12:31 PM

Welcome back, Celuien!

Mithalwen · 12-30-2012, 01:10 PM

Yes it is Shireworthy in itself.

THE Ka · 01-17-2013, 04:37 PM

Finding out you work with a man named Bilbo at the local casino.

12-05-2011, 11:18 PM	#1721
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I assign toast. Mmmm, wether it's a crusty sourdough bread with sharp cheddar cheese, a crispy wheat bread with cinnamon and sugar, a barely browned white with butter, garlic powder and a hint of salt, or a soft crusty bread soggy with meat drippings......mmmmmmmmmmmm. Also I assign finding old computer games you used to love as a kid. I used to play an gorgeous old tetris-clone puzzle game and have recently picked that up again. Hurrah! __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door Last edited by Oddwen; 12-05-2011 at 11:22 PM.

01-24-2012, 01:50 PM	#1722
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	I assign several things to the Shire: Ebooks that come in handy during traffic jams, most of them Tolkien books Android devices Being able to adequately answer a torture session at Criminal Law Two consecutive long weekends! Some well-deserved RnR at last __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

01-24-2012, 03:22 PM	#1723
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Early dismissal in school. I got out an hour and a half earlier than usual today. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

01-27-2012, 07:15 PM	#1724
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Musical instruments. Need I explain? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

01-30-2012, 08:18 PM	#1727
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Apple pie with generous amounts of cinnamon. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-11-2012, 03:23 PM	#1730
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	I assign snow. Seeing it fall and cover everything, and the way everything shines after, and how bright all that white looks compared to what was before, and the way it creaks under your feet if it's cold outside, and just that it makes the world look so perfect and clean that I feel guilty stepping outside. It's snow from the Shire. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-23-2012, 01:24 PM	#1733
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Getting postcards from people's holidays. Now "everyone" is on facebook people don't send them so much but it was lovely to get one from the BVI today even though I know the sender has been home for nearly a fortnight. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-05-2012, 05:39 PM	#1734
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Business trips that take me to the Gulf of Mexico beaches. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

03-06-2012, 09:37 AM	#1737
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	I assign elvish music to the Shire. Wait... that doesn't quite work, does it? __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

03-15-2012, 08:00 PM	#1741
Galadriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion Posts: 551	I assign phone calls from friends when you most need them and are feeling rather worse than a pile of Orc-dung. I need to wash out my mouth. __________________ "Hey! Come derry dol! Can you hear me singing?" – Tom Bombadil

05-02-2012, 09:22 AM	#1742
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	Elves. Can't forget to give those. Sam Gamgee would cry, otherwise! __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

06-05-2012, 12:03 PM	#1743
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	I assign exams. Yes, you've heard me right. And I didn't mix up the threads. We only has six () of them, and they are stretched out over 2 weeks, and they only take about 4 hours including the transportation to/from school and etc. So I have so much free time now! I'm less stressed now than I was a month ago. I guess all this will change once exams will be "real". Like, real real. I'm taking in every moment of this time, though. I don't think I'll get away that easy next year (hmm... I say that every year...) __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-06-2012, 01:01 PM	#1744
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	I assign Ms. Girard (Erm... Mrs. Buckley... she got married last summer... Sorry Lady Buckles!) Seroiously, Latin Softball is the most fun thing in the UNIVERSE! (Especially when the teacher plays too and you make her translate "Servus verbat alterum servum baculo" [The slave beats the other slave with a stick]) __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

07-09-2012, 02:54 PM	#1745
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Sailboats and boating. Though it might not be the most common thing in the Shire, the hobbits prefering breakfast and warm baths, I'm sure there are a few Basso Boffins that would enjoy a trip on a yacht. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

07-10-2012, 02:47 PM	#1746
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	I assign cookies. And cheese balls. And sodapop. I'm hungry. Anyone for cyber-elevensies? __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

08-15-2012, 12:00 PM	#1747
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	Having a boyfriend who randomly pops up with a rose for no apparent reason __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

08-18-2012, 12:51 AM	#1748
Mumriken Banned Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 78	I think I assign health to the shire and the form of beauty that appears in simple things. Yeah and btw the comment above me, that egosentric stupid world view clearly derives from Mordor.

08-21-2012, 12:38 AM	#1750
Lollipop010900 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 47	Tolkein and all his books, Every other fantasy book, More books... And a nice shady tree under which i can read all those books. You can tell i like books __________________ “That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get." - Sam

09-05-2012, 07:26 AM	#1751
MCRmyGirl4eva Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Elvenking's Halls Posts: 425	All Sherlock Holmes stories, and Student Assisting in the school library __________________ "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." "'Well, I'm back.' said Sam."

10-08-2012, 12:56 PM	#1752
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	O. Henry's short stories. They are something I could imagine hobbits telling each other over a pint of mead. Except that you'd have to move the stories back 4 ages... I also assign silence. I think that many people underestimate it. It is sometimes so good just not to listen to anything, not to have any noise in the background. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

10-08-2012, 10:40 PM	#1753
Lollipop010900 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 47	Books, My friends, Books, Tolkien and everything he wrote, Books, Puppies, and finally... More books __________________ “That's the only place in all the lands we've ever heard of that we don't want to see any closer; and that's the one place we're trying to get to! And that's just where we can't get." - Sam

10-24-2012, 05:33 PM	#1754
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	I assign the hollow noise that apples and thick books make. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

12-16-2012, 03:46 PM	#1755
Gilnaur Newly Deceased Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 6	Good food Flowers blooming in the garden Gentle rain showers Fresh air Peace and Quiet Books a good pub a sense of community

12-29-2012, 12:13 PM	#1756
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Snow. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

12-29-2012, 07:24 PM	#1757
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Whoever fixed my account so that the posting permissions are restored! Thank you. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

12-30-2012, 12:31 PM	#1758
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,401	Welcome back, Celuien! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

12-30-2012, 01:10 PM	#1759
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Yes it is Shireworthy in itself. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

01-17-2013, 04:37 PM	#1760
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Finding out you work with a man named Bilbo at the local casino. __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?