The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread...

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[HairOfTheDog]

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And there are many paths to tread

• 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!
• Twenty-Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead

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]

Och, the puir wee lassie...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I tried to find a picture of Kruschev beating his shoe on the table, but apparently no such photo exists...

[RosieCotton]

Evenin'

Got the van back, finally! I forgot the one other thing that had to be replaced - the "flex hose", which I guess is part of the exhaust system and runs kinda under the driver's seat. It was leaking badly. I'm guessing long term carbon monoxide inhalation would not have been a good thing on a trip.

But now he's feelin' frisky and ready for a road trip! Hm...where should I go... ;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

I dunno... a little carbon monoxide really helps pass the time :~D

Well, despite the cost, I'm glad you had all that stuff fixed so the car's ready.

[RosieCotton]

Yah. Especially since I'm gonna be passing through some of the more deserted parts of the country.

It'd really stink to break down halfway through Wyoming, for example.

[RMDupree]

Hm...where should I go... ;-)

hehehehe....

[RMDupree]

Och, the puir wee lassie...

Hope you're talking about me. I'm the one that got the worse end of the deal in that battle. ;-)

[TalonDJ]

You around?

[JenB]

Shortly. Working on getting set up.

[Lil'freeper]

Heh. I just might try the shoe tomorrow.

[RosieCotton]

I feel stupid for asking...but what actually happened with the shoe?

[ExGeeEye]

For when guns get too predictably boring.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Depending on which source you believe, in either 1956 or 1960 Kruschev got upset during a speech given by someone else at the U.N., and interrupted it by banging his shoe on the table.

[Corin Stormhands]

Thankfully, Kruschev didn't have access to the One Shoooooeeesss...

[RosieCotton]

Whoa...that'd interrupt things all right...

[RMDupree]

~snicker~

The Shoes are mine!

[Corin Stormhands]

You cannot wear them Ruthy Baggins.

No one can.

[RMDupree]

They are a gift. A mighty gift.

[Corin Stormhands]

You have only one choice. The Shoooooeeesss must be destroyed.

[RosieCotton]

Music humor - kind of a weird list, but some of 'em are pretty funny...

Obbligato - being forced to practice
Con Moto - yeah baby, I have a car
Allegro - a little car
Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic
Lento - the days leading up to Easto
Largo - beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys
Piu Animato - clean out the cat's litter box
Con Spirito - drunk again
Colla Voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing
Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff
Flats - English apartments
Chords - things organists play with one finger
Discords - thing that organists play with two fingers
Suspended Chords - useful for lynching the vocalist
Time Signatures - things for drummers to ignore
Melody - an ancient, now almost extinct art in songwriting
Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to
get a piano through a narrow doorway.
Music Stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two
sizes- too high or too low - always broken.
Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a
performance, and in greater quantity afterward.
Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
Concert Hall - A place where large audiences gather, for the sole purpose
of removing paper wrappings from candy and gum.
Soto Voce - singing while drunk
Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.
Cadenza - slapping noise on office furniture
Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan
Prima Volta - jump start with a battery
Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes
Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow

That last one's for you, Ruthy. ;-)