The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[smaagee]

gotta go now, getting kicked off. I will be back on later. Good evening to all.

[300winmag]

Wow, two preciouses today, and I wasn't even trying.

[SuziQ]

GREAT looking new home!!!

Speaking of which, how is YOURS?

[Professional Engineer]

Ya'll come back now, ya' hear!

[SuziQ]

I especially enjoy the older shows with Trapper John and Henry Blake.

The character of Henry Blake was fashioned after SSQ's uncle, who was a vascular surgeon serving in Korea. Those guys made tremendous advances in vascular surgery because of their experiences with the soldiers' injuries there.

[GulfWar1Vet]

Hello smaagee. :)

I have been busy building a website..Check it out: http://hometown.aol.com/amrcnvet/myhomepage/index.html

Any feedback would be appreciated!

[Professional Engineer]

That is really neat Suzi. I bet he had some really interesting stuff to say when he was able to talk about it.

[Professional Engineer]

Some wishes from some other FReepers

Snippy_about_it: Cool! Tell him we all send a big hug and a thank you.

SAMWolf: COOL!! Tell him we thank him for his service.

Bulldogs: Thank him for his service for us. Thanks for the ping.

From me: You Guys and Gals over there are AWESOME!

These folks hang out at the FReeper Foxhole threads in the VetsCor Forum here at FreeRepublic.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks PE. You're a sweetheart!

[Professional Engineer]

Oh garsh ~turns red~

[mstar]

Good grief...how did I end up here? A new thread already? Geez, one you can't be gone long at all around here without you folks burrowing yourselves a new hole. Well "Happy New Digs!"

[HairOfTheDog]

Go off traveling like you do, and you are bound to miss a few mini-dramas!

Welcome back. ecurbh is snorin' on the couch and I am watching the news repeat itself.

[mstar]

ecurbh is snorin' on the couch and I am watching the news repeat itself.

Your life is starting to sound like my life. Terry and the news 24/7 with super sorning background.

Thanks for the welcome. . .missed everyone. Hope you are well.

[mstar]

You guys may have already read this. . .if so, sorry. If not. . .well, here goes:

You might be a Redneck Hobbit if...
Your maps and rhune-documents have Miller stains on them.
The "precious" that was really in your pocket was a confederate flag cigarette lighter.
Your mithril is rusted from your arm pit sweat.
Your traveling songs that you and your companions sing are about dragons, elves and monster truck rallies.
Your dwarf friends have tobacco stains in their beards.
You were kicked out of Tom Bombadil's house for commenting on Goldberry's "rack."
You lost the Ring in in your wifes back hair.
You drive around in your pick-up truck and beat up Stoors on the weekends.
The Nazgul refuse to pursue you because they don't like to associate with "those kinds of people."
You broke Gandalf's staff from hitting your wife in the face with it.
You saw a preview of the WWF Wrestling Championship in Galadriel's mirror.
You distracted Attercop and his pals by throwing them some SPAM.
You knocked the Barrow Wight out by hurling your dentures at his face.
You ask the singing Elves at Rivendell if they know any Merle Haggard.
You put out cigarette butts in your foot hair.
The garden gnome on your front lawn is really a statue of your father.
You swear to Gandalf that you will only use the Ring for beer runs.
You just had to paint flames on the sides of Bill Ferny's pony. You told Strider, "It might cheer up the poor creature."
At the feast at Elrond's house you make a toast, "The Shire will rise again!"
You use the mirror of Galadriel as a spittoon.
You don't understand why everyone dislikes Gollum so.
When the old wizard pulls up with a wagon full of packages, you think they're marked "G" for "grits."
Your mailbox is shot through with so many holes that the Shire Post hobbit just wedges your letters between the crossbow bolts.
You've used the pin on your elven brooch as a toothpick.
You've ever hogtied a person with elven rope.
As a practical joke, your buddy keeps calling you "goblinslayer" when you are captured by Uruks.
You've ever used lembas as bait.
Your wife chained your pony to a post to keep you from going drinking at the Green Dragon, but she forgot about your old pet deer.
You've had to ask a wizard to help you open your back door because you got home at 2am and locked yourself out.
You get along really, really well with Beornings.
You weren't afraid to take a barrel down the River Running because you and your cousins used to go white water rafting on the Brandywine.
There's a wain up on cinder blocks in front of your family smial.
Your idea of an "ornamental waistcoat" is any T-shirt without any holes in the armpits.
You can describe the difference between fox and thrush... by taste.
You've ever read comic books by the light of an Elvish blade.
You've ever had to pawn one of Bilbo's birthday presents to bail one of your relatives out of the Lockholes.
Your bar tab at the Prancing Pony goes back three or more generations.
At the Hall of Fire in Rivendell, your song is the only one that Elves can clearly distinguish from that of other mortals.
An Ent tried to stomp you even AFTER he heard you talking.
You tried to build a moonshine still using some ruined equipment at Isengard.
Saruman calls the House of Eorl "a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor amid the dogs"... and you can't figure out why that's an insult.
Some Big Folk who've met you sent King Elessar a thank-you note for banning them from the Shire.
You mixed a flagon of ent-draught and Galadriel's entire box of tree food under the Party Tree and now it's half the size of Telperion.
When Wormtongue almost beaned you with the Palantir, you tried to charge the pitcher's mound.
After being rescued from Mount Doom, you pulled a few of Gwaihir's tail feathers as souvenirs for your family.
You're the wiseguy who sneaked out in the dead of night to affix the bumpersticker that reads "I Brake for Balrogs" on the back of Gandalf's cart.
You get tears in your eyes when you hear a Nazgûl scream because its voice reminds you of Mom.
Farmer Maggot's dogs refuse to track you because your smell makes them sick.
You call Boromir "Bo".
The trailer park where you live is situated in the Dead Marshes.
Orcs are offended by your language.
Saruman refused to use you as breeding stock.
You dig Shelob because you are a legs man.
You like the the Orcs' homebrew.
You've ever used one of the banners of the Rohirrim as a cookin' spit.
You took a little rock of Mount Doom with you as a souvenir.
You used insect repellent on Shelob.
You keep a piece of ork-hide in your living room to make Sting glow.
You put on the Ring occasionally just to annoy Gandalf.
You take a swim in the pool around Orthanc.
You playingly swept an axe at Fangorn and made it out just in time.
You offer plant food to Fangorn on a regular basis and giggle hysterically every time.
You offer the Ring to Galadriel again and this time you have your camera ready.
As a practical joke, you slip the Ring around Sam's finger when he's sleeping
You have a bumper sticker that reads:
"I give away my Barrow-blade when Nazgul give their Morgul-blades"
"Morgul-blades don't kill hobbits; Nazgul do."
"My wizard can beat up your wizard."
"Warning: waggon protected by pit bull with Black Breath."
You have a mithril belt buckle as big as the hand of one of the Big Folk.
Your ancestors' greatest claim to fame is that they adapted Ol' Toby into chaw.
Your granpappy's eleventy-first birthday party was attended by seven or more generations of hobbitry.
You've ever shouted "As Eru is mah witness, ah'll nevah go hungry agin!!"
You've got a bow rack on the back of your haywain.
You don't trust hifalutin' types like Ghân-buri-ghân with all their fancy airs.
You distrust Bill Ferny because of his "fancy accent".
You get voted Shirriff because everybody in the township is related to you.
You find orcdraughs rather bland tasting.
You got lost in Fangorn while searching for Treebeard's still
You think The Mouth of Sauron would make a fine announcer for the TV rasslin shows.

[300winmag]

Some of that is disgusting, but most of it's funny.

[Professional Engineer]

You keep a piece of ork-hide in your living room to make Sting glow.

LOL This is good.

[mstar]

Some of that is disgusting, but most of it's funny.

Sorry. My daughter sent it to me so I'll shift the blame on her and I was bored.

[mstar]

Ok, just one more. . .you may have already seen this also, but here goes. . .

Are you Becoming A Hobbit?
You might even not realize it. 125 ways to know if you've seen the movies one too many times. (as if)

1) Your friends positively refuse to speak with you about movies, art, hairy feet, books, or anything related because we ALL know where THAT will lead to.

2) Your friends tell you they do not want to know anything more about LotR before you even take a breath to start chattering your endless stream of words.

3) You consider yourself bilingual, after all, you DO speak Elvish. Fluently.

4) You want a tattoo of the Fellowship of Nine, because the experience was too wonderful to forget.

5) You know all the cinema employees by name, and they all know you by name.

6) You have added various other meals to your list, elevensies, afterlunch, second breakfast....

7) You can not count on your fingers the many times you've seen the movie.

8) When ordering any drink you automatically ask if it comes in pints.

10) You can tell how many times 'Frodo' is said in FOTR. (98)

11) You knew on sight that FOTR referred to Fellowship of the Ring.

12) You know the proper Elvish name for Legolas is. (Laegolas)

13) You become irritated if anyone you ask has NOT seen the movie. Insulting.

14) Any other movie is out of the question, it is considered betrayal.

15) You walk barefoot, insisting that 'Hobbits can do it, so can you.'

16) When you see the movie (again) you can quote it word for word. (I amar prestar aen, the world is changed, han mathon ne nen.....)

17) You are insulted when someone calls you 'Human'.

18) You have pointy ears surgically attached.

19) You stare at the birdbath, trying to see 'things that are, things that were, and things that have not yet come to pass.'

20) You cried during the movie. All ten times you've seen it.

21) You are on the LotR DVD/Video waiting list, just waiting for August.

22) You have or are trying to get all LotR merchandise available, after all you NEED, the action figures, posters, games, cards....

23) You are learning how to shoot a bow and arrow.

24) You have hurt someone trying to learn how to shoot the bow and arrow.

25) You have hurt someone trying to learn how to shoot the bow and arrow with 2 arrows at once.

26) You have a scratch on your cheek just like Arwen. Purposefully.

27) You run around in the woods screaming "Ho! Tom Bombadil." And you provide anyone you run into with mounds of food and protection from mean oak trees.

28) If you had a horse his name would be Asfaloth or Shadowfax.

29) If you had a pony his name would be Bill or Fatty Lumpkin.

[Rose in RoseBear]

Did someone say something about an indoor horse ...?

This is Cuddles, a guide horse. Cuddles is wearing tennis shoes so she can walk on floors as she guides her blind human around. I think this is COOL. To find out more about guide horses, check out this link.

[mstar]

Oh dear. Did I run you folks off? Sorry.
As my daughter said today sending this stuff to me, "The bad thing is. . .some of this is a reality around here." Hope I didn't kilt the thread. If so. . sorry.