The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[My back yard]

Science Fiction is my favorite reading, since I was a kid. I have read those books.

And that highway trip! I've been there. I much prefer the back ways trips. From here to Austin I like to skirt around Victoria to HWY 236 through Arnekeville into Cuero. I love that drive. Nothing spectacular but very nice.

[Corin Stormhands]

Dang it! Another test I didn't study for, and I don't have my books with me.

I can answer maybe one or two without looking them up. So there.

If I keep flunking these tests will that mean that I have to stay on this thread when we move to a new home?

[libarian]

please add me to your list.

however, as I am at work and my books are at home, I'm going to have to take a pass on this quiz.

[RMDupree]

Good morning everyone!

Breakfast is ready! Flapjacks with maple syrup, scrambled egs with ham and cheese, 7 platters of bacon, 6 platters of fried ham and sausage links and a skillet full of hash browns and home fries. Coffee is brewed and juices are chilled. ENJOY!

Hair -I'm so sorry about Zulu sis. We're here for you. (((HUGS)))

[RosieCotton]

Thanks for breakfast!

Look at all the snow here! This is from a webcam on campus:

[Corin Stormhands]

It looks like this in Virginia today...

[RMDupree]

Ugh! I cannot answer most of those without looking at the book!

1. I know that Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom was the first grower of real pipe weed (Old Toby). :)

3. I think it's green and yellow.

5. And the first Hobbit to wear the Ring was Bilbo, of course. Smeagol was Hobbit-like, but he wasn't exactly a "Hobbit" if I understand it correctly.

8. The Harfoots? Weren't they the ones that lived near mountains?

10. The only real official in the Shire was the Mayor and he basically presided over banquets and things of that sort.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...scrambled egs with ham and cheese, 7 platters of bacon, 6 platters of fried ham and sausage links and a skillet full of hash browns and home fries..."

You'll need some of these to wash it all down.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom was the first grower of real pipe weed"

I knew there was a reason why those Hobbits were always hungry!

[2Jedismom]

A short note from the Chaplain:

I'm not sure if I mentioned to you that I received a package with the Lord of the Rings book sets and devotional material. I gave a set of books to our Medical Company Commander to have down in their area for them to read. The others, I took to the Power House. Thank you so much! I am unable to express my appreciation with words.

Clay in His hands,

82d Airborne Division
Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan
"Renegade Chaplain"

[ecurbh]

1. What was Tobold Hornblower’s claim to fame?

Grew the first pipe-weed

2. Who were the Fairbairns of the Towers?

The Wardens of Westmarch [I had to look this one up]

3. What colors were Hobbits particularly fond of?

Yellow and green

4. What showed that the Hobbits of the Eastfarthing were of the Stoor breed?

They have beards

5. Who was the first Hobbit to wear the Ring?

Gollum

6. What did the Hobbitish word “hlothran” mean?

hloth - 'a two-roomed dwelling or hole', and ran(u) a small group of such dwellings on a hillside. [I had to look this one up]

7. Who were Marcho and Blanco?

The first hobbits to inhabit the Shire [I had to look this one up]

8. What breed of Hobbits had the most contact with Dwarves?

The Harfoots [I had to look this one up]

9. What were the Hobbits called in Westron?

Trick question? Hobbits

10. Who was the only real official in the Shire, and what were his duties?

Mayor of Michel Delving, who presides at banquets

[Luis Gonzalez]

It looks like this in South Beach everyday!

[RMDupree]

I knew there was a reason why those Hobbits were always hungry!

LOL! *wink*

[RMDupree]

Thanks for sharing his note with us, 2J!

You're the best!

[ecurbh]

I knew there was a reason why those Hobbits were always hungry!

Speaking of which, I better grab some breakfast. I got the munchies something fierce.

[RMDupree]

Get back here, ecurbh! My stash of Longbottom Leaf has been pinched and I KNOW it was YOU!

[ecurbh]

I only had a little bit. I'll pay you back, I promise!

[SuziQ]

One of our favorite folk singers died in a plane crash either going to or coming from the Kerrville Folk Festival many years ago. It was Stan Rogers, and we didn't even know about him until after his death. We used to listen to a Folk Show on Sunday nights out of Philly, and they played his music a lot. We've seen his brother, Garnet Rogers, a few times in concert. Wonderful singers, both.

[RMDupree]

Suuuuure you will.

I won't hold my breath. ;)

[My back yard]

You did waaay much better than I.