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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: In a world grown ever smaller.
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Chap stick and lotion. I live and die by them...
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I assign Progressive Metal to the Shire.
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Shadowed Prince
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Thulcandra
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While I love metal, the image of little hobbits moshing to Iron Maiden does seem a little... odd.
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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: A green and pleasant land
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Iron Maiden?
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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While I don't dislike Iron Maiden, I prefer the thought of hobbits jamming to Metallica's Master of Puppets album... Ride the Lightening works also. Surely a bit of hobbitish playing of the air guitar to chase off the stress of a long day?
And I must assign to the Shire the song La Tortura by Shakira. You can't listen to it without wanting to dance. And dancing must certainly have been assigned already. Ballroom, ballet, belly dancing... All fun in their own way. I assign learning to waltz with your grandfather, who just happens to be the coolest guy ever. I assign the limberness after a long ballet warmup. I assign everything about belly dancing, because there's nothing quite like the looks on people's faces when they catch you laundry-room-dancing. And about that, I assign laundry-room-dancing. When the lounge is full and the common room is taken and there's just not enough room in dorm-room or hall to move, and you take an old-school boombox to the laundry room for a bit of jiving... that's a blast, I promise. All should try it.
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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I assign scissors. And hair. And spontaneous creation of bangs that, let me tell you, totally rock. I'm sure hobbits love cutting their hair. Right?
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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You could have it so much better with FranzFerdinand
I'd assign "Eleanor put your boots on" (which is my current favourite song) ..... but I am not sure the hobbits would really get it....
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Texas
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I have always thought of anything of bounty belonging to the shire. Everything is large, the parties, the food, the egos.(Well...except for the hobbits, lol.)
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Shadowed Prince
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Thulcandra
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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![]() I send oil paints. Sure, my hands are the cleanest shade of grayish blue possible, and have been since yesterday because we ran out of paint thinner and no matter how much soap you use, oil paint are stubborn... but that mural... The idea that I started something and finished it is a nice one. From sketch to gridded to painted to detailed, and it looks fantastic. I assign to the Shire murals and painting and making people smile.
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The Pearl, The Lily Maid
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I assign the dessert I had last night. Peach ice cream is really really good drowned in those strawberries that are frozen and come in little plastic tubs.
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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I assign curling. With nothing better to do (because homework doesn't count), I turned on the television, and what do I see but the Olympics? I've only just decided that it's a blast and a half to watch these men so seriously rub ice with a broom at top speed.
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Oh my dear Fea, don't overlook that women are often the best skips at curling and of course are absolute naturals with the broom.
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On a related note, I wish to assign all the hardworking, honest young athletes for whom competing in the Olympics is a dream come true, to the Shire. They deserve it there, although I don't think it's a very good venue for the Winter Olympics. The drug-using, fame-greedy, narcisstic athletes can go to Mordor.
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Hauntress of the Havens
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: IN it, but not OF it
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I conassign not having snowy winter seasons to Mor...
Oh, is this the Shire? ![]() Hmm...I assign the intermediary period of having nothing to do for school because the midterms week had just passed. I thought I was becoming lazier than ever, then I realized that there really is nothing to do. ![]() |
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Pile O'Bones
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Birthdays!
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Scion of The Faithful
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines]
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Rock 'n Roll Ain't Shire Pollution!
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フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: In a world grown ever smaller.
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Blueberry yogurt, blueberry pancakes, your mom making sticky buns with cream-cheese ising, Leon Uris, and ... landing a 360!
Oh, and clean teeth, even if it does riquire a visit to the dentist... ![]()
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
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When at the dentist, he/she gives you a gum massage wearing rubber gloves...man, that's the best thing in the world.
Really.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA)
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Nutella. It's probably the world's most wonderful food.
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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I'm pretty sure I agree about Nutella. I imagine hobbits must love the stuff. And if they don't, I do and that's all that matters.
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Bittersweet Symphony
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise
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When one of your best friends gets you a present on Valentine's Day because you're both single. That totally made my day.
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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You do realize that Nutella comes from Germany, don't you?! I bet you thought they only make great cars over here...
And yes, I too assign spreadable chocolate to the Shire, especially when combined with banana slices for a wonderful open-faced sandwich. Though I don't allow myself to eat it very often...
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Hauntress of the Havens
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: IN it, but not OF it
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Nutella...mmm...
The combination of chocolate and hazelnut definitely belongs to the Shire. And caramel. I'm sure the hobbits are addicted to it. |
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
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There's something even better than Nutella (yes, really!) and that's Marmite. Droooooooool.............. Twiglets are made with Marmite and I daren't buy them as I can't stop until I have finished a pack, but there are also Marmite Biscuits now. They are expensive and hard to find but once you get a box you cannot stop until they are all eaten. I can imagine they would be good with cheese on, but we wouldn't be able to pause from scoffing for long enough to find out.
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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I assign the looks on my friends' faces and the shock on my best friend's voice (we were on the phone at the time) when they see you ordering marmite online because you wanted your favorite kind of tea enough to risk parental wrath by ordering it and then saw marmite next to it on the list of items. Let's hope it's as awesome as you say, Lal! And let's hope my tea gets here before break! (PS, that means it's got just over 24 hours to do so). Oh, and I assign vacations.
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
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As they say, you either love it or hate it. If you love it, then you are hooked! I've just had some, too because I was thinking about it all day and had to eat some as soon as got home!
It's best on toast, either alone or with a large helping of beans, cheese, egg or peanut butter. And what's more it's about the only food that has B12 in it apart from meat, so vegans can tuck in! I want some more now...
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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B12? That's good for me! I like things that are good for me.
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Illusionary Holbytla
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Ooh, Fea, I came here to write about a similar kind of day...
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I assign to the Shire the feeling of it being -20 degrees Celsius when you arrive at home late at night, and discovering that the biting wind of early is gone. It feels so... Warm!
I guess that's a rather Canadian feeling, eh?
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
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You can feel it ice fishing in Michigan too, Form.
In light of my latest dream, I send the Star Spangled Banner and duets with Boromir88 to the Shire.
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So um... Lal... that Marmite? You said it belongs in the Shire? *shudder*
Is it supposed to be so... um... there are no words to describe. Mind you, dipping a Marmite-flavored potato chip into Marmite might not be the best introduction to the stuff...
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Twisted Taleswapper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity
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I assign Art Appreciation.....There's nothing like staring at some wierd work of art and trying to reveal some theory about it's content.
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I'm sending my cats to the Shire anyway, seing as they have become newly fledged mousers and have been on alert for any pesky rodent activity around my house. We managed to trap one in a boot with the help of one of my cats. Though worryingly she has begun to take an interest in one of the bookshelves! ![]()
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: In a world grown ever smaller.
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Yogurt, and specifically the blueberry yogurt produced by Yoplait, which I am cerrently savoring...ummm-hmmmm....
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