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The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread...
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Posted on 01/16/2006 6:56:15 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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And there are many paths to tread
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! |
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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, Well 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: Overtaxed
I've got Das Boot for tonight.Ooh, good movie! I actually first saw it in a theater during its original release. I was in college at the time, and because of a special deal with the German Club they had a couple of showings in the original German with subtitles.
Useless bit of trivia: Jurgen Prochnow's character in the German version is referred to as "Herr Kaleun" (pronounced ka-loin). Our German instructor (and she was actually a native of Germany who had emmigrated to the U.S.) didn't know what this word meant. It wasn't his name, and it wasn't any rank that she was familiar with. She finally found the answer in a dictionary of obscure German technical terms: "Kaleun" is actually a contraction of Kapitan-Leutnant. It seems that the German Navy often used ranks less than full Captain (Kapitan) to command subs and smaller ships. So his actual rank was Leutnant, but because he was in command he was an honorary "Kapitan". The Germans being the sticklers they are, couldn't just call him "Kapitan" though, and "Kapitan-Leutnant" was just to long to say every time, so it got contracted into "Kaleun".
'Course, if you don't watch it in German with subtitles, that whole little story I just recited is totally pointless.
To: SuziQ
There's a lot to be said for making sure to watch Das Boot in German, maybe with subtitles... but they aren't really needed. Sorta like how you can watch The Passion in Aramaic without missing anything.
It'd be like watching Patton dubbed into German... ? :-)
762
posted on
01/18/2006 4:29:58 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
This, however, is an atrocity:

The Jeep Compass. Some designer should lose his thumbs for that one. Is it just me... or does it look like a 4x4 Pacer?
763
posted on
01/18/2006 4:36:53 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius; 2Jedismom; JenB; TalonDJ; ExGeeEye; All
Looks like somebody stepped on the Commander. :-)
Evenin' everyone!
2J - I wonder what that purple carrot would taste like with the new purple ketchup.
Jen & Talon - pushing back the wedding date is harder on you than it is on us. *grin*
XGI - I'll take that cup of coffee! I owe ya a quarter. ;-)
Oh and I might as well admit that I've never seen Das Boot. Or Doctor Zhivago. Actually, I haven't watched MOST of the old, great flicks out there. :-/
I watched Casablanca for the first time at Entmoot.
764
posted on
01/18/2006 4:43:34 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Lil'freeper; HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton
I figure the kids would get a kick out of it, but I prob'ly would too...
I remember the first time I pulled up a Thumbelina carrot...I couldn't believe it! They were so funny!
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765
posted on
01/18/2006 4:49:29 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
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To: Overtaxed
I've got Das Boot for tonight.Somehow I doubt it has a happy ending. It doesn't :-(
OB is at a night meeting, I've got the VCR set to tape E-Ring at 7 and Lost at 8. Going to try to stop during the commercials but I'm also going to be rolling our smokes, so I hope I don't grab the wrong piece of equipment!!!
766
posted on
01/18/2006 4:51:06 PM PST
by
LSAggie
To: RMDupree
Apologies ahead of time:

I chopped the carrot.... but I did not chop the celereeeeeey.
I chopped the carrot.... but I did not chop the celereeeeeey.
I chopped the carrot.... but I did not chop the celereeeeeey.
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I chopped the carrot.... but I did not chop the celereeeeeey.
< /absurd AI reference >
To: Lil'freeper
768
posted on
01/18/2006 4:53:56 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
To: Lil'freeper
Ugh. Now I need cholesterol medicine.
;-)
770
posted on
01/18/2006 4:55:35 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Ramius; RosieCotton
Okay....dishes are done, cat has been gooped, and I've got my popcorn.
Hmmmm.....I can do German with English subtitles....
To: RosieCotton
'twouldn't be a scolding.
772
posted on
01/18/2006 4:59:39 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
To: Lil'freeper
Going to the live thread?
773
posted on
01/18/2006 5:01:50 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Ramius
Ooo!
Seriesly though, I want the closest I can get to an old GI Jeep. With carpeting, AC, yadda yadda...removeable hardtop, yadda...
774
posted on
01/18/2006 5:02:20 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
To: 2Jedismom
I like those round yellow cucumbers, too. Lemon cukes? Can't remember the name. There was a guy at the farmer's market that sold them. He had a few other oddities, too...purple string beans, for one, though I guess those are pretty common. And there are round zucchini, too.
To: Ramius
I once saw Star Wars (IV) dubbed in Korean...C3PO sounded like the monotonal femalish computer on Star Trek TOS only in Korean.
776
posted on
01/18/2006 5:04:41 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
To: Ramius
777
posted on
01/18/2006 5:05:02 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
To: RMDupree
Try The Maltese Falcon. A lot of the same people. Peter Lorre gets more, and better, screen time. Alas, no Ingrid (who was just too purty).
778
posted on
01/18/2006 5:06:51 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
To: RMDupree
To: RosieCotton
And there are round zucchini, too. Yes! Roly Poly's! I grew them last year. They're sooooooo cute!
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