The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• 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...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Lil'freeper]

That's where I think the dealing with it head on comes into play.

Heh, I vote for dodging and fibbing - but that's just my low character talking. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks... it's good grist for the mill, and we're thinkin' and talkin' on it..... we're loaded up with frap to take the the dump.... see you all in a while.


the certificate is still on the desk ;~D

[Corin Stormhands]

Then just tell them it was time well spent developing your relationship and a very thoughtful gift on their part.

* DANGER WILL ROBINSON * DANGER WILL ROBINSON *

They ~will~ ask questions. This conference talks about their alumni. They'll want to talk about the sessions.

IMHO, the absolute worse thing you can possibly do is to be deceptive in ANY WAY. It'll just backfire and make things worse.

[HairOfTheDog]

.... we could just hide it away.... never speak of it again...

[Corin Stormhands]

it wants to be found...

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - I haven't gotten away with that tactic since high school, when the folks would drop us at the mall for the G or PG movie, and we'd sneak into the R film instead.

"So did you like the movie? Was it good? What was it about?"

Too many questions I don't know the answer to!

[ecurbh]

.... we could just hide it away...

We've been doing that for a year, hon. But now it's heard it's master's call...

[HairOfTheDog]

All the people on the brochure look happy. I'd like to see them all stub their toes. :~\

[Corin Stormhands]

But now it's heard it's master's call...

~snif~

Now if only you two would. That's all we ever really wanted.

[Corin Stormhands]

I'd like to see them all stub their toes. :~\

You'd be surprised at the response.

I don't have one of them fish magnets on the truck 'cause I'm afraid I'll flip somebody off...

[ecurbh]

But I dare not take this thing, not even to keep it safe.

[HairOfTheDog]

Let's go hon...

We really are off to the dump now.

[Overtaxed]

They ~will~ ask questions. This conference talks about their alumni. They'll want to talk about the sessions.

Just tell 'em that it's a bunch of crap and you walked out...or that you got into an argument about it and didn't hear all the sessions....or that you had a second honeymoon and the heck with the sessions.

[ecurbh]

You're just trying to get us in trouble, aren't you?

OK, now we're ~really~ off to the dump.

[Corin Stormhands]

Have you left for the dump yet?

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes.... no.... yes...!

[Corin Stormhands]

Fly you fools!

[300winmag]

I'm in the process of organizing that troop support "Christmas card" crafts day...I've got a Marine lined up to speak and mingle with the kids...I've just got to lock down a location and a date.

Let me know when you're having the Marine do the mingling. We can have a Hobbit Hole knife (we actually have quite a lineup now), waiting. The kids don't have to see it, although Marines and knives do go together.

[Overtaxed]

Who me? :)

*Shrug*

Don't go, and if they ask you about it say you didn't go and that [something else] would have been a better wedding present.

I'm a baaaaaaad hobbit!

[Corin Stormhands]

Don't go, and if they ask you about it say you didn't go and that [something else] would have been a better wedding present.

That may be the best suggestion of the day.