Re: More Hobbit pictures [2] SPOILER THREAD

[Orwell]

You two are kinda funny. If I didn't love you so much I'd be turned off by all the bickering but I'm sorta enjoying it.

I agree -except for the 'enjoying' bit, Halfwise. Enough, I say. Not only has it got genuinely unpleasant but it's boring me - and in Forumshire being boring has to be a Capital Offence, surely!

[azriel]

I dont believe an !8th century English garden is a fallacy, Im not sure there were the struggling destitute "serfs" scratching a meagre living in all areas of England. Parks were being developed for the general public to enjoy,& Lancelot "capability"Brown was busy in Kent designing the very gardens we love still today, Humphrey Repton carried on from Brown & included in his work romantic statues,grottos & fake ruins. People were starting to take pride in their gardens,not only for a source of food,(vegetable,herbal & animal) but for entertainment,if you were wealthy admittedly, but also for sweet smelling flowers & colour. You cant disagree how relaxing a garden can be & people were getting more interested in their health so visits to the countryside or tending your "patch" was becoming encouraged. As was the healing powers of herbs & flowers. When Drs tended the sick,they had herbs shoved down masks covering their faces believing,rightly or wrongly,that herbs helped. Obviously there were shitholes & ghettos in those times,were filth ran naked down the streets but,things were on the change. thats my tack on it anyway.

[Pettytyrant101]

In Forumshire being boring has to be a Capital Offence- Orwell

We should get Eldo to add that to the rules.

[Orwell]

As long as they're the Unwritten Rules. (If I find out there's a book of Written Rules, there'll be REAL trouble! )

[Pettytyrant101]

{{{{Best not point out the rules page to him then Eldo- very wise of you to keep them in your Tower }}}

[Pettytyrant101]

Meant to ask earlier Azriel and I forgot- is the cat in your avatar yours? Its like a fluffer version of my youngest cat.

[azriel]

Hiya Petty, yep,that little thing Is my cat, Her name is "wednesday",shes 9yrs old & a sweety! Shes a total duffus & does so many daft things on a daily basis,she always makes me laugh & cheers me up no end. She was born in my front room,behind an arm chair, & from that day her tail is on "back to front" sort of. It hangs OVER her back like a Pomeranian dog & doesnt lie down. Ive never seen a cat like it. I had her checked at Vets & he thinks theres nothing wrong,it doesnt hurt her,but he did laugh as he pulled it out & it immediately SPRUNG back.

[Pettytyrant101]

Got three cats myself- couldnt be without them- and they are all daft as brushes really- but so entertaining.
My eldest cat is about 8 so just a touch bit younger than yours (and an absolute master of crabbit- Im so proud of her- a grumpier more crabbit cat you will never meet- also with a good streak of insane violence- she launches herself claws out teeth ready at the merest hint of dog!) and the youngest is about 3 ( all related- Ive got the grandmother the daughter and the grandson!)

[Elthir]

not really, the grey thing made me want to kick someone in the goolies.

Hmm, but Mrs Figg this tells me that perhaps you've been paying close attention, and so I might wonder, even despite this comment (assuming that kicking someone in whatever 'goolies' are is not an expression of joy), if you really want more and maybe don't realize it yet.

If I have time I might try to find more to say on the matter... just in case

[Norc]

you norced the thread!

[azriel]

PettyTyrant: ah,thats nice, I loved reading about your "insane"cat !,bright girl ! I think females are a bit more that way. Ive got the head of our little Dynasty," Mario", hes 10yrs old & Ive never met a more intelligent cat than he. I bought him from a neighbour for five lousy pounds & hes worth his weight in diamonds. My daughter bought his sister,who begat my "Weds" & her sister "Bilbo"(we thought "he" was a "she") then "Bilbo" had a litter & my son kept one, "Joey", Sadly my daughters cat died last yr. So its..Great Uncle Mario, his niece & grand nephew in our house. Joey is a "pukey lukey" throws up spontaneously, "weds" is a thick as a brick, & "Mario" is like a wise old Sage,& head of his Order. I,also,cant live without them & (may it be a long way off) but the thought of getting up in the morning without "Marios" chirpping that he does gives me the shudders. I know I love him TO much.

[halfwise]

you norced the thread!

You referring to Petty's cat discussion or Elthir's attempt to return to horses? I think it clearly goes to Petty.

[Elthir]

you norced the thread!

You referring to Petty's cat discussion or Elthir's attempt to return to horses? I think it clearly goes to Petty.

But recently I did not return to horses in any case -- not really a return of any significant measure at least -- but merely noted that I might... in response to someone else bringing up the subject. And here it is, mentioned again!

And here I am not returning to horses again. Not really. And given that that's twice now that I didn't really return to horses, one might think I didn't want to chat more about horses, but I do. But not in this thread. This thread is about the chatting about horses, not about horses.

There is a side topic about the Hobbit film of course, which has horses in it.

[Pettytyrant101]

[Elthir]

Oh and cats. Cats too. I have two. It's also about that.

And grass.

[Norc]

cats.. norcers..

[azriel]

I read something inTHe Hobbit that made me take a Side swipe..chapter 18,The Return Journey.. "In that last hr Beorn himself had appeared,etc etc, The roar of his voice was like drums & guns".... GUNS? I cant really remember reading bout guns. Would have been a lot shorter story if they all had guns. Or am I wrong?!

[Pettytyrant101]

You have to remember the Hobbit is narrated- the author talks directly to the reader- its an old story being told when it was written- by the same count Tolkien describes Bilbo opening the door as being like a' popgun'- that does not mean there are guns in the story- only that there are guns used by the narrator to aid in the imagery for the audiences benefit.

[azriel]

Drrrrrrrrrrr, yep, I can see it now ! (open palm slap to the forehead !)

[Eldorion]

On the other hand, matches do exist in The Hobbit.

[Pettytyrant101]

And clocks with presumably clockwork- got be a dwarvish invention.
Although I suppose hobbits could have invented a small water clock (as a means to keep track of meal times)

[Norc]

I bet hobbits used solar clocks.

[Pettytyrant101]

What a sun dial?

[Tinuviel]

More likely a moon dial, it would fit with everything else showing up with moonlight!

[Pettytyrant101]

Bolg



I am in a state of shock at how bad I think this is and how ridiculous that weapon is that I am unable to comment further than -

I'll be in my barrel drinking buckie and being very crabbit for awhile...