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

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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.

[Darksheare]

Yes, Rubeunesque.
Correct painter.

Understood.
I don't go outside without a shirt because I'm too thin now.
(Not that I ever went shirtless, I've been accused of being way too modest.)
But I also don't go to the beach at all.
(I have somewhat knobby knees! So I don't wear shorts, ever. Yes, self conscious like mad.)

[RosieCotton]

Oh boy...isn't THAT uplifting? ;-)

At least it's the weekend!

OK, gotta go buy kitty food and run a few other errands...and decide if I'm going to that concert or not.

[Fedora]

And when I DID break 125, a cause for celebration for me, I got sicker than a dog and came to weighing 109 again..

That's happened to me in reverse a few times: I was trying to lose weight and getting into a good exercise habit, when suddenly I'd get the flu and have to take a break from exercising, and then I'd be back where I was. I tell ya, whether you're trying to lose or gain weight, ya can't win sometimes! :)

[Fedora]

Might have been Wacko Jacko's face butchers.

Good deduction. Must be some weird plastic surgeon subculture in California--as I'm thinking about this I'm guessing these are the same doctors people go to for sex change operations, etc. Creeps me out.

[Fedora]

OK, gotta go buy kitty food and run a few other errands...and decide if I'm going to that concert or not.

Okay, talk to you later!

[JenB]

It's five! I'll be blowing out of here in minutes. Yay!

[Darksheare]

Rule 22a of the universe: Brent(Darksheare) can never win.

This is seen in my attempts to gain and maintain weight, and in any effort I undertake to say, learn to fly.
Everything will be fine UNTIL I SAY I have learned to fly.
THEN Rule 22a takes effect and things go haywire.
Or, for example, I learn to scuba dive.
Everything will be okay UNTIL I STATE that I have learned to scuba dive.
At which point an octopus comes out of nowhere and attempts to squeeze my head.

[Fedora]

It's five! I'll be blowing out of here in minutes. Yay!

Freedom! :) Talk to you later!

[Darksheare]

Yes, there is a plastic surgery subculture in California.
The woman I mentioned in the post about the plastic surgery special, she had perfect curves.
She ended up with stump legs when she was done but thought it looked great.
There was another owman who wanted a 'butt implant' to basically make her rival J-lo.
Then there was the liposuction doc who spoke about some of the odd things people have had liposuctioned.
Let's just say that even genitals aren't safe.
*UGH, shudder*
It's a subculture alright, full of it's own freaks and weirdos.
There was one person there who said, "Definately, the more surgery the better."

[JenB]

Learning to fly is easy.

All you have to do is throw yourself at the ground, and miss.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
I joke about Rule 22a of the universe alot.
Of course, I wasn't the one who came up with it.
A friend of mine stated, while we sat in a dead car thoroughly defeated by said car, that there seemed to be a rule against me in the cosmic rulebook.
(It was my car, we were dead in the water. Car started when she gave it a shot at starting.)

So far, I've been able to drive wihtout mishap, so far.
*chuckle*
I can snorkel.
I haven't tempted fate with anything other than that.

[Fedora]

Or, for example, I learn to scuba dive.

Everything will be okay UNTIL I STATE that I have learned to scuba dive.

At which point an octopus comes out of nowhere and attempts to squeeze my head.

I've experienced that rule! :) The first time I went to test for my scuba diving certification, it was October and the water was very cold, and I ended up having a bad experience with near-hypothermia and pressure damage to my right ear. I got my certification on a later dive, but now I can't enjoy it because the hypothermia experience makes me averse to cold water and the damage to my ear keeps me from diving deeper than about 10-15 feet! So these days it's snorkeling in the summer only for me :(

[Darksheare]

I learned to snorkel in a vo-tech pool that had a 13 foot 4 inch deep end for the high-dives.
(It was a T shaped pool as well.)

I practiced 'hovering' in the deep end.
Basically I deep breath a few times and then dive.
Well, I was upside down, hovering in the deep end when the largest guy of the group decided to high dive, above me.
I was looking upwards between my feet, since I was upside down, and wondering who would be stupid enough to be on the high dive when no-one was supposed ot be there.
*Ba-SPLASH*
He bellyflopped from the high dive.
I did not know that one could feel a pressure change from someone landing in the water above you.
Cripes that hurt.
Haven't done anything similar since, and haven't found anyplace to do such anyway.

[Fedora]

I did not know that one could feel a pressure change from someone landing in the water above you.

Ouch! Did he land on you or was it the pressure alone that you felt?

[Darksheare]

Pressure alone.
He belly flopped and was lucky to make it to a depth of four foot.
Since I was touching bottom, I was in a world of hurt when he hit.
I ended up exhaling and surfacing, and coughin' & spluttering when I got to the surface.
*chuckle*

The only time I was landed on when someone jumped in, she wasn't paying attention to WHERE she jumped in and ende up pretty much straddling my skull as she drove me to the pool floor.
AFTER inhaling a bunch of water in shock, I stood up.
Snorkels entangle easily about sums up what happened next.
I didn't know you could breath in that much water to cough out while people are screaming and your neck is trying to break because someone is attached to the swim mask on your face via your snorkel.

I do my best to avid others when I do swim nowadays.

[Fedora]

I do my best to avid others when I do swim nowadays.

I don't blame you!--yikes!

[Fedora]

Spam

[Fedora]

Spam. . .

[Fedora]

Spam. . .

[Fedora]

Friday afternoon when no one's around Spam!