The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

• 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
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!

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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[RosieCotton]

Heh...

Like I said, it was meant to be friendly. But...well...you know.

[RMDupree]

And no strapless for me either, thanks.

That exact same thing ~almost~ happened to me at my sister's best friend's wedding.

Hideous, strapless electric blue bridesmaid monstrosity! Ugh.

I stepped on the hem and had to bend forward very quickly to avoid immense embarassment.

[RMDupree]

You could have given her a ~friendly~ punch in the arm then.

Said something like: "You're a really funny gal." *punch*

(Be sure your knuckle hits between the bicep and bone.)

[Ramius]

Evenin' folkses... :-)

Have I missed anything?

[SuziQ]

*snicker*

[Ramius]

[snort]

A little physics in everyday life.

[RosieCotton]

Ow!

Heh...

[RMDupree]

Not much. Just some bouquets. ;-)

[Rose in RoseBear]

"Karma doesn't have fists."

[RMDupree]

Hi Rose!

Say, when does that show come on now anyway? Tuesdays?

[Corin Stormhands]

Not much. Just some bouquets. ;-)

Well, four of 'em, actually...

[RMDupree]

~snicker~

You're awful, you know that?

[Rose in RoseBear]

Nope ... Thursdays. It just ended.

The Office just stared, though, and I've already had a laughing jag!

[Corin Stormhands]

Dat's why you luv me so much...

[JenB]

So my sisters want to be bridesmaids... but they keep giving rules about what sort of dresses they're going to wear...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Ohh... so *that's* how WonderBras work.

[Rose in RoseBear]

The receptionist's phone rings. It's her boss, who has burned his foot on his George Foreman grill.

Receptionist snatches up the phone. "What?"

(quavering) "Come here, please?"

"First, tell me why."

(Pause.) "I want you to butter my foot."

"No!"

(wheedling) "I have Country Crock ..."

[osagebowman]

Heh, sometimes it does. Not sure if Karma has feet though.

[RMDupree]

Oh rats. I'll try to catch it next week.

I've heard good things about The Office, but Alyson is giving me trouble tonight so I've turned off the TVs in the house. :-/

[RosieCotton]

Ooookay. Well...that's...unique.