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Tolkien’s Birthday: Raise a glass!
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| 1/3/2008
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Posted on 01/03/2008 10:56:39 AM PST by Pyro7480
Via Bettnet we learn the following from the Tolkien Society:
On the 3rd January 1892 JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. To celebrate this event, on this day each year Tolkien fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author.
The toast is "The Professor".
To make the Birthday Toast, you stand, raise a glass of your choice of drink (not necessarily alcoholic), and say the words ‘The Professor’ before taking a sip (or swig, if that’s more appropriate for your drink). Sit and enjoy the rest of your drink.
Sign up to drink a toast to JRR Tolkien here.
TOPICS: Books/Literature; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: drink; happybirthday; hobbit; hobbithole; toast; tolkien
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posted on
01/03/2008 10:56:44 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
Happy 115th birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!
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posted on
01/03/2008 10:58:26 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton
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posted on
01/03/2008 10:58:57 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Pyro7480
Happy birthday, indeed!
Cheers!
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posted on
01/03/2008 11:21:31 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton)
To: Pyro7480
If he was alive, I wonder what gift Tolkien would give me at his birthday party.
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posted on
01/03/2008 11:21:37 AM PST
by
Mach5
To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
To: Mach5
I don’t know, but I bet the fireworks show would be awesome.
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posted on
01/03/2008 6:58:12 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: Pyro7480
Make that his eleventy-sixth birthday...
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posted on
01/04/2008 7:54:32 PM PST
by
MikeD
(We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
To: MikeD
Ha! You’re absolutely right. :-)
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posted on
01/04/2008 10:39:16 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
01/04/2008 10:43:34 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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