The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• 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.

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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[ExGeeEye]

I'm thinkin' finding a trip that caters to all the various phobias is gonna be tricky...

Who is our balloon-o-phobe again?

Rafting rapids with big bouncing latex balloons tethered to the float vests...

[HairOfTheDog]

We have a ballon-o-phobe?

Jeepers, I thought all of yous was normal folk!

[JenB]

Ruthy's scared of balloons. I think. Right?

I'm only scared of things it's normal to be afraid of. Like mimes.

[RosieCotton]

Hey, g'nad...remember that story you told about that guy that said "He died then." It was hysterical but I can't remember exactly how it went. It seemed to be full of British understatement.

Heh...I loved that story. Wish we coulda taped it.

[RosieCotton]

Ruthy's the balloon-o-phobe.

I don't like 'em much either, but that's mostly because I don't like sudden loud noises or things jumping out.

[ExGeeEye]

Yup.

Like my irrational discomfort around latex balloons. The folks here at work delight in throwing overinflated balloons into my cubicle and watching the show.

Not as good a show as if I spot a cockroach, but good entertainment nevertheless.

Mylar balloons don't bother me a bit, but the latex ones unnerve me!

2,637 posted on 02/10/2005 10:24:04 AM EST by RMDupree

[HairOfTheDog]

I forgot all about that! of course!

(my friends are all nuts)

[Overtaxed]

Me! Not going up in any hot air ballon, no jumping out of planes, and no rock climbing. helicopters are okay.

[Overtaxed]

I moved those potted tomatoes to the shady side of TheSunroom. They're doing much better now.

[ExGeeEye]

Wallace and Gromit (October)

[Ramius]

Evenin' folkses! [sip]

[SuziQ]

ohfercryinoutloud!! Perdido's gonna get hit again!!

[SuziQ]

Y'all should start a pool on how late it'll be afore I make that last minute supply trip tuh Wally-World.

11:38 pm ;o)

[RMDupree]

:-P

[SuziQ]

Allright!! I LOVE Wallace and Gromit!

[RMDupree]

Did the very mention of balloons scare everyone off except me? :-D

[Ramius]

It's just us cheeekins. :-P

I'm intrigued by this balloon thing.

[RMDupree]

It's nothing really. Just the memory of one popping right in my face and leaving a welt when I was a kid.

I don't like the sudden pop!

*shudder*

[Overtaxed]

POP!!

[ExGeeEye]

sudden pop