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The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
Posted on 03/15/2004 1:45:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
But not yet weary are our feet...
New verse:
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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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To: Wneighbor
Well, heck, girlfriend, any woman that can combine 'elf' with 'redneck woman', and pull it off well too, is welcome in my nation anytime. ;)
4,801
posted on
03/31/2004 9:11:55 PM PST
by
My back yard
(Take GPS reading twice, nuke once)
To: Sam Cree
Goodnight Sam!
Nice talkin' to ya.
4,802
posted on
03/31/2004 9:13:00 PM PST
by
Wneighbor
(Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
To: My back yard
I'm there then! Packin' now! :-)
4,803
posted on
03/31/2004 9:13:36 PM PST
by
Wneighbor
(Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
One of the big events while we were there was the "state convention", where we all gathered together in a hall to vote for candidates for state offices, such as governor, attorney general, etc. Since almost none of the candidates were known to every "city", the practice of vote trading was quickly discovered... reps from each city began visiting other cities, making offers like "Vote for our candidate for attorney general and we'll vote for your candidate for secretary of state."ROFL! Reminds me of when I was reading LBJ's biography recently and it was describing how he'd handle the Senate and the DNC!
To: Sam Cree
Good night, All.Have a good night, Sam!
To: Fedora
I thought the attendees had shown a remarkably instinctive grasp of politics...
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
under no circumstances would vote trading be allowed, because that sort of thing never happened in real state government!hah!
4,807
posted on
03/31/2004 9:18:11 PM PST
by
My back yard
(Take GPS reading twice, nuke once)
To: Sam Cree
Anyone want to negotiate LOL! It's definitely YOU, Sam!
4,808
posted on
03/31/2004 9:20:08 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Ramius
I can think of no better reason to NEVER elect another democrat to office than this. AMEN, brother!
4,809
posted on
03/31/2004 9:22:01 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I thought the attendees had shown a remarkably instinctive grasp of politics...Yep!--moreso than the administrators running the event, apparently!--LOL!
To: Fedora; All
Time for go to bed!
Goodnight all...
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Goodnight all...Have a good night!
To: 300winmag
I don't. Somebody someday would have made the great breakthrough. I'm glad it was us. And so am I. And of course I completely agree with everything you said. Yes, we are head and shoulders above any prospective enemy and we should stay there forever.
In a very real sense, one of the ways that we *saved* both friendly and enemy lives in Iraq was through our overwhelming "shock and awe" campaign that no doubt convinced many of the enemy to give up and/or depart the battlefield. This was an exquisitely good thing.
Your comments are well said. I agree wholeheartedly.
As an aside... If there is anybody I really feel sorry for in this, it would be the senior Iraqi staff in the meetings with Saddam right up to and into the beginning of the war. These would be officers with clear memory of the pounding they took in 1991. These are the guys that just *had* to know what short of barrel they were looking down the business end of. But yet they had to sit in those meetings and pretend in front of Saddam that they had some kind of credible defense to offer, and yet the whole time they had to know better. Poor bastards, they were victims in a way, along with the thousands that were convinced to fight the hopeless battle.
Oh well...
4,813
posted on
03/31/2004 9:44:41 PM PST
by
Ramius
(As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
To: Ramius
As an aside... If there is anybody I really feel sorry for in this, it would be the senior Iraqi staff in the meetings with Saddam right up to and into the beginning of the war. These would be officers with clear memory of the pounding they took in 1991. These are the guys that just *had* to know what short of barrel they were looking down the business end of. But yet they had to sit in those meetings and pretend in front of Saddam that they had some kind of credible defense to offer, and yet the whole time they had to know better. Poor bastards, they were victims in a way, along with the thousands that were convinced to fight the hopeless battle.I wonder how many of those came over to work for us? I bet that's a tale that won't be told for years. . .
To: Sam Cree
You got a shotgun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
HairOfTheDog didn't just say that..... no....
It was the bourbons!
To: HairOfTheDog
Ssshhh... South Park is starting. :-)
4,817
posted on
03/31/2004 10:00:57 PM PST
by
Ramius
(As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
To: HairOfTheDog
OK, honey.... drop the mouse and step away from the keyboard!
4,818
posted on
03/31/2004 10:01:23 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(80 days...)
To: Ramius
I think I've been cut off.... ;~D
To: Fedora
I think there is a great deal of really interesting stuff in both Afghanicarpetistan, and iRack, that won't be known for some years yet.
Heck, there's lots of interesting stuff about the cold war that still isn't suitable for public consumption yet, and might not be for some time yet. Stay tuned...
4,820
posted on
03/31/2004 10:04:42 PM PST
by
Ramius
(As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
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