Teacup Café XXXI - Page 42

Grey_Wolf · 09-30-2008, 11:39 AM

*The Illiterate Monster was very annoying because it always wanted to have everybody sit down have a read-along, it not being able to do so itself, this invariably ended up with all guests reading and he reading nothinig.*

Grey_Wolf · 09-30-2008, 11:41 AM

*Meanwhile the Alliterate Monster walked around quoting books where most if not every line began with the same letter.*

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

Nauti... what HAVE you been doing? Are you feeling okay? *gentle tackle*

Empress, I'm not really the waffle type, but do you happen to have some of that homemade bread you mentioned?

Sure! What kind? Wheat? White? Rye? Cinnamon?

Or how about a nice muffin?

shesabrandybuck · 09-30-2008, 12:01 PM

Mmmmm muffins! Yum! Anyone seen the Muffins video on youtube by any chance, its so funny!
I'm eating popcorn kernals, haha. I only make popcorn for the kernals, its my favoriteeee! Haha, I'm so strange.

Anyway, buon giourno, everyone!

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeehouse

*The crystal clear voice of Mari rang out into the Cafe, displaying such natural authority that Coffeehouse and Sis whimpered in light of her aweinspiring command, choosing to silently sit down and eat waffles*

Yay!

*is very happy*

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

And, no.

But I have to go register voters, anyway.

*happiness is fading*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

Sure! What kind? Wheat? White? Rye? Cinnamon?

Or how about a nice muffin?

*gasp* Cinnamon!? Me wants, me wants! Or something with a lot of seeds and stuff in it and really dark is great too!

*happiness comes rolling back in*

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 12:50 PM

*hands over some freshly baked bread right away*

Here's a nice slice of happiness for you, hon ^^

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 12:53 PM

Yay!

Thankee. *munches happily*
Now I want my book and a cup of tea.

katya · 09-30-2008, 01:29 PM

I want a book and a cup of tea too, but I have to go back to school soon. It's raining and cold and I don't wanna leave the house again.

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 01:55 PM

Here it's evening already, so I have all the time to myself. Mwuhahaha!

Just look forward to tonight then.
We had a lot of rain as well, so we broke out the wintery food already

katya · 09-30-2008, 01:58 PM

Mmmm wintery food. What is wintery food in Dutch land?
I just had some noodles with sprinkle cheese and a peanut butter sandwich. Really hit the spot.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 02:11 PM

It's evening here as well.. should be having my dinner here soonish... pasta with veggies.

I need sustenance... been a rough day...

*sips some soothing tea*

Coffeehouse · 09-30-2008, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

Mmmm wintery food. What is wintery food in Dutch land?
I just had some noodles with sprinkle cheese and a peanut butter sandwich. Really hit the spot.

Oh I imagine wintery food in the Netherlands consists of edible Tulips grown in Windmill-powered greenhouses coupled with Brown, sugary waffles that contain hints of Hashish all mixed in a sweetsour sause brought directly from the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia!!

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 02:16 PM

Mmmm... tulips

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeehouse

Sekker.. I think it's untasteful. F.ex. the Norwegian word for Bag End is Lommekroken (Kroken is literally hook but the meaning is obvious). It's perfect: It's basically Pocket End, fittingly describing the outpost-ish location of Bilbo's home, and keeping the word 'Lomme' which is a good description of all the pockets of homes that Hobbiton consists of.

Anyways

Bag End isn't an "outpost". It's one of the largest houses in Hobbiton. It's a farking estate.

Do you think The Took lived in an "outpost"?

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 02:46 PM

They ate tulipbulbs in the winter of '45. My grandfather was stuck in the city in the hungerwinter. He said they taste real bad.

We ate a potatostew with Kale (see 'culinairy uses' for a description of what we call it)
It is very good

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

*happiness is fading*

Oh, pish.

Mari, there probably aren't 15 persons on the globe I recognise as having natural authority. I'm deef in that ear.

Coffeehouse · 09-30-2008, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Bag End isn't an "outpost". It's one of the largest houses in Hobbiton. It's a farking estate.

Do you think The Took lived in an "outpost"?

Um... Bag End is where Bilbo Baggins, and then Frodo Baggins lived. The Tooks had no direct ownership in the Bag End, they (the Took family) did not live there and they never have. Bag End was, as far as I recollect, made by Bilbo's father, Bungo.

Bag End lies as a pocket in the Hill, which according to Tolkien himself made the Hill to be on the outskirts, even just outside, of Hobbiton. The Bag End was most definitely outpostish in geography, and if it has confused you, know that PJ's rendition of Hobbiton is woooooefully out of touch with reality

But this wasn't my point!!! All I'm saying is that the Norwegian translation Lommelun stays true to Tolkien's way with with words and meanings. Now go be difficult with someone else

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisterandcousinandaunt

Oh, pish.

Mari, there probably aren't 15 persons on the globe I recognise as having natural authority. I'm deef in that ear.

Ah don't worry about it, I was just kidding.

Zilbanne · 09-30-2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeehouse

Oh I imagine wintery food in the Netherlands consists of edible Tulips grown in Windmill-powered greenhouses coupled with Brown, sugary waffles that contain hints of Hashish all mixed in a sweetsour sause brought directly from the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia!!

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

As someone who is ethnically mostly Irish American, married into a Dutch American family I find this hilarious.
Actually the Dutch like lots of chocolate too and even eat shaved chocolate on toast for breakfast.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 04:54 PM

Coffeehouse, don't lecture me, boy. My personal copy of LOTR is older than you are.

From the point of view of a hobbit Bilbo and Frodo lived in a comfortable house in town. It was not a 'pocket". It was not an "outpost".It had "bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars pantries" and "whole rooms devoted to clothes.". They had "lived in the neighborhood of The Hill for time out of mind." and it was "the most luxurious hobbit hole that was to be found..."

On that basis, making it sound like this :

is just wrong.

09-30-2008, 12:01 PM	#824
shesabrandybuck Hero of Hyrule Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hyrule Posts: 1,052	Mmmmm muffins! Yum! Anyone seen the Muffins video on youtube by any chance, its so funny! I'm eating popcorn kernals, haha. I only make popcorn for the kernals, its my favoriteeee! Haha, I'm so strange. Anyway, buon giourno, everyone! __________________ Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe. Rain may fall and wind may blow, And many miles be still to go, But under a tree I will lie, And let the clouds go sailing by. twitter

09-30-2008, 12:50 PM	#826
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	hands over some freshly baked bread right away Here's a nice slice of happiness for you, hon ^^ __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

09-30-2008, 12:53 PM	#827
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Yay! Thankee. munches happily Now I want my book and a cup of tea. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-30-2008, 01:55 PM	#829
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Here it's evening already, so I have all the time to myself. Mwuhahaha! Just look forward to tonight then. We had a lot of rain as well, so we broke out the wintery food already __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-30-2008, 02:11 PM	#831
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	It's evening here as well.. should be having my dinner here soonish... pasta with veggies. I need sustenance... been a rough day... sips some soothing tea __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

09-30-2008, 11:39 AM	#821
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	The Illiterate Monster was very annoying because it always wanted to have everybody sit down have a read-along, it not being able to do so itself, this invariably ended up with all guests reading and he reading nothinig.

09-30-2008, 11:41 AM	#822
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Meanwhile the Alliterate Monster walked around quoting books where most if not every line began with the same letter.

09-30-2008, 01:29 PM	#828
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I want a book and a cup of tea too, but I have to go back to school soon. It's raining and cold and I don't wanna leave the house again.

09-30-2008, 01:58 PM	#830
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Mmmm wintery food. What is wintery food in Dutch land? I just had some noodles with sprinkle cheese and a peanut butter sandwich. Really hit the spot.

09-30-2008, 02:16 PM	#833
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Mmmm... tulips __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

09-30-2008, 02:46 PM	#835
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	They ate tulipbulbs in the winter of '45. My grandfather was stuck in the city in the hungerwinter. He said they taste real bad. We ate a potatostew with Kale (see 'culinairy uses' for a description of what we call it) It is very good __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

09-30-2008, 04:54 PM	#840
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Coffeehouse, don't lecture me, boy. My personal copy of LOTR is older than you are. From the point of view of a hobbit Bilbo and Frodo lived in a comfortable house in town. It was not a 'pocket". It was not an "outpost".It had "bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars pantries" and "whole rooms devoted to clothes.". They had "lived in the neighborhood of The Hill for time out of mind." and it was "the most luxurious hobbit hole that was to be found..." On that basis, making it sound like this : is just wrong. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

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