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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Home is behind, the world ahead
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! |
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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! |
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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: HairOfTheDog
Just more of the usual. More busy than we need to be. Not enough time and money to do everything that needs to be done.
And the Mrs. just got a ~six week~ cast on this afternoon.
On her right foot.
The one she ~drives~ with.
~When~ she can drive...
I'll be alright in 20-30 years.
To: Corin Stormhands
Aha.... Well, at least it's not raining....
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:02:09 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB
OK then.
Becky was chosen to sing in the school chorus group and she's been pretty excited about it.
Last night we had to brave the crowds to get her a new pair of black shoes to go with the white longsleeved blouse, Santa hat and blue pants she needed for the "uniform".
Drop her off this morning all dressed up and pretty and off to work I go. She had a in-school recital at 9am, but I couldn't go.
Lucky for me.
I get a call at work from my mom who had just come back from the school. The kids had started the last song (O Christmas Tree) when all of the sudden, the kid standing directly behind Rebecca got sick.
She vomited on the back of Becky's pants.
Needless to say, they show ended there.
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:03:36 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
Gee, that's not nearly as gross as I was expecting from the build-up.
Hello!
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:06:22 PM PST
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
To: RMDupree
Oh NO! How awful for Becky! Was she upset??
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:06:44 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
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To: RMDupree
Oh, good heavens. :-)
Evenin' folkses...
I played hookey today. [snif][hack]
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:07:11 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: RMDupree
Needless to say, they show ended there. Amatuers...
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:07:50 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Heh... the show must go on!!
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:09:02 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
Exactly.... it's not like the puker was in the front row or anything :~D
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:11:02 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; 2Jedismom; Ramius; HairOfTheDog; JenB
I can handle all kinds of gross stuff, except for that.
I can't see it, smell it or hear it happening or else I join the party. *shudder* Kind of like the pie-eating contest in that movie, Stand By Me.
Becky's retelling was funny though. She sings the last line and halfway through "branches" she makes the nastiest vomit sounds. Eeeewwww!
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:11:28 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
That's pretty amusing, since I am safely far away from these events.
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:12:13 PM PST
by
JenB
To: Ramius
I played hookey today. [snif][hack] *hands ya a hot toddy*
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:12:47 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Ramius; Corin Stormhands; RMDupree
Lets ask Corin... since he has stage and calamity experience...
Corin.... "must" the show, indeed, go on?
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:13:18 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Ramius
Did you really stay home? Are you sick? or just hooky?
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:13:45 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom
She wasn't upset at all, actually.
She was a bit grossed out at first, but now it's just fun to make the sounds to see me go green.
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:13:49 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
Corin.... "must" the show, indeed, go on?LOL!
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:15:40 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Corin Stormhands
It is possible to drive left-footed.
Saw a one-legged VietVet cabdriver do it in Fayettevile, NC in 1988 or so. Started doing it myself on long road trips just to spread out the tired.
Then I brok my right foot and within a week of surgery, drove myself to the store.
Six months of recovery driving like that, and almost four years later I almost prefer it :)
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:16:05 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(Global warming? Bring It On....)
To: Corin Stormhands
I meant to say I
grok my right foot.
This is a Strange Land, hereabouts.
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:17:03 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(Global warming? Bring It On....)
To: RMDupree
Usually a mess on the back of the pants, like true change, comes from within.
What is the sound of one finger snapping?
*Crack* "Ah, S#17!"
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:19:44 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(Global warming? Bring It On....)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
No kiddin'...this is gross...
(Don't read if you don't want to read something gross...this is a nurse thing.)
...You ever heard of a blood splatter void? It's where an arterial vein is cut and there's something in the way and it leaves a void when that something (usually the murderer) leaves. You know...it sprays the wall and everything except where the murderer was standing.
Well...I was assisting a lady from the bedside commode to the bed, I was standing behind her (she had on her open backed gown) and she leaned over the bed and let loose a diarrhea stool that literally sprayed the wall behind me...all except a void where I was standing. She sprayed me from about the armpits down. When I stepped away, you could see my silhouette on the wall.
She was mortified and I was in shock for a few seconds, but then I started laughing! What else can you do??
I hollered out the door for some scrubs.
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posted on
12/12/2005 6:20:24 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
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