The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

• 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

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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[Ramius]

All I got was an odd page that said:

"Greetings, Professor Falken."

I'm not sure I want to go any further just now...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Wait for it, it's worth it... there's a bad link on the page that takes a while to time out. Once it does though, the rest of the page displays.

At least, that's how it worked for me....

[Ramius]

Wait for it, it's worth it... there's a bad link on the page that takes a while to time out. Once it does though, the rest of the page displays.

Hey... that sounds like the story told to me by the guy that sold me some really bad acid back in... hey! where were you in 1982? :-)

[JenB]

Some of them are most excellent...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I think the translators might have had some bad acid...

where were you in 1982?

Graduating high school... starting college...

[Ramius]

Oh crap... you mean I'm *older* than you?

Dammit. :-)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Ha! I was right!

[Ramius]

hehe... Yup.

Gotta go wash my dentures now. Be right back. :-P

[JenB]

Does it make you feel worse to be reminded I wasn't born yet in 82?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh...

Man, Target has a commercial that's freaking me out. It's a rap song with lyrics about their "back to school" sales... but it's to the tune of "Baby Got Back".

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Does it make you feel worse to be reminded I wasn't born yet in 82?

Heh, I was wondering when you were going to chime in! ;P

[JenB]

I have to have my revenge for those pictures of random ancient performers some people post, you know.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

There's a guy I'm working with now... the other day he said something about being only 3 when the first "Terminator" was released in theaters. I had to mention that I was starting my third year of college that year...

[JenB]

Hehehe.... well, experience is its own reward, right?

[Ramius]

Does it make you feel worse to be reminded I wasn't born yet in 82?

Not really. Fortunately, there being a God and all, I remember almost nothing of 1982. It was my sophomore year of college, at the UofW. I do have some images in memory that are kinda disturbing, but little in the way of actual "memory". This is probably for the best.

[Ramius]

Ack.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

The joys of contracting...

He's earning some extra money, before he leaves for law school in a month...

[JenB]

I give thanks often that I don't remember the 80s. At all.

[Ramius]

Was talking to a guy in the smokin' area outside today. His kids were all in high school, and couldn't be impressed by the shuttle launch today. Ho, hum...

They were born way after the moon landing, and for them the idea of space travel was old news and of no more import than the traffic report.

[Ramius]

There was a lot of good stuff in the 80's. There was the... the... um... well there was good stuff I'm sure...