Teacup Café XXXI - Page 43

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 04:56 PM

Hagelslag... yum yum

I prefer gestampte muisjes though

Hagelslag tastes great on peanutbutter by the way.

***Varnafindë*** · 09-30-2008, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeehouse

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

I wouldn't call that an outpost - it is an estate, and as such is withdrawn slightly from the mundane hubbub of the town, in a most dignified manner.

And in 'Ringdrotten' the translator uses 'Skrepping' for Baggins - a word that is much more close to an actual bag than either of the other Norwegian translations.

Coffeehouse · 09-30-2008, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

I wouldn't call that an outpost - it is an estate, and as such is withdrawn slightly from the mundane hubbub of the town, in a most dignified manner.

And in 'Ringdrotten' the translator uses 'Skrepping' for Baggins - a word that is much more close to an actual bag than either of the other Norwegian translations.

Not called it an outpost, only outpostish. But I give up! Pointless fretting

***Varnafindë*** · 09-30-2008, 05:10 PM

What do you think of Skrepping, then?

Midge · 09-30-2008, 05:31 PM

But it wasn't a "house", Sis... it was a hole in the ground... a (albeit very large) "pocket in the ground..."

I always assumed Bag End to mean the end of a bag... I'm not sure how that makes any coherent sense other than "Bag End" = "end of bag"...

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 06:11 PM

Look what I found!
A whole webcircle on Dutch things! Including this small list of Dutch food with links to recipes and all!

*is happy*

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:15 PM

Mari's here! *snuggle* It's so cold and rainy and miserable today, and now I have this freak headache too. But I'm home for the night though, curled up in bed with kitty and some hot chocolate. And LotR.

I don't have the energy to read though, I actually have some homework to get out the way before I do anything else.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:17 PM

Sis... was that... was that Polly Pocket??

Katya... homework is never more important than hot chocolate, kitties, and LotR

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:19 PM

Yeah, good point. Homework can wait, I suppose.

I'm looking at the Dutch food thing now, Mari. It makes me hungry.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:21 PM

Are there pretzels?

*sips her mug*

Anyone want some rice milk?

**Mari** · 09-30-2008, 06:23 PM

*snuggles with Kittykat* How was tutoring? Oh, and have some remon-juusu against that headache of yours.
*makes Katya some*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

Sis... was that... was that Polly Pocket??

It was...take you back? I should have posted a Mighty Max, for the fellas.

Quote:

Katya... homework is never more important than hot chocolate, kitties, and LotR

So few things are.

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:26 PM

Remon-juusu? Does that work on headaches? I don't think we have any. :[ But Chi-chan (one of my tutees) gave me some "shigekikkusu", which were quite sour. Do you know it?

Rice milk, yes please and thank you.

I want to make so many yummy things now but we don't have very many ingredients.

I want some creamy soup. Mushroom, or cheesy broccoli, or maybe whitefish chowder.

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Originally Posted by sis

So few things are.

Amen.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:27 PM

Yes that takes me back! Wow... and I thought I couldn't feel any older...

I remember going to birthday parties and giving those as presents...

More hot chocolate?

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:28 PM

I had a Polly Pocket ...pocket. It was one of my favorite toys. I had a friend named Polly too. Looking back, I think that's a very unusual name.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:29 PM

Yes... that is... it makes me think you grew up on the prairie during the days of the Oregon Trail...

Hmmm... anyone remember Oregon Trail the computer game?

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

Yes that takes me back! Wow... and I thought I couldn't feel any older...

I remember going to birthday parties and giving those as presents...

More hot chocolate?

With any luck, you'll be a LOT older. It's not all bad, either.

Yes, I'd love some hot chocolate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

I had a Polly Pocket ...pocket. It was one of my favorite toys. I had a friend named Polly too. Looking back, I think that's a very unusual name.

Didn't used to be. Nickname for numerous Marys.

katya · 09-30-2008, 06:32 PM

I just saw Oregon Trail in Target a couple weeks ago. We played that all the time when we got the new computers. Before it was all Spellevator, but when we got the Apples (with mice and everything!) we played Oregon Trail, Odell Down Under, Bright Star Spelling, etc. There's a lot of Oregon Trail nostalgia groups on Facebook. I'm not in any though, only group I'm in is the one I started myself about Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.

I never heard of Polly as a nickname for Mary! I think her name was Polliana or something like that.

Empress_Flynn · 09-30-2008, 06:34 PM

Haha... nice Katya! I miss Oregon Trail... simpler days....

I was obsessed with a game called King's Quest too... I told my fiance (back when he was just my boyfriend) about it and he bought me the entire set of the games so we could play them together...

sisterandcousinandaunt · 09-30-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

Yes... that is... it makes me think you grew up on the prairie during the days of the Oregon Trail...

Hmmm... anyone remember Oregon Trail the computer game?

I have one in the next room.

Actually followed a large part of the route last year. Good teaching tool, even if the characters are a little limited, conversationally.

09-30-2008, 04:56 PM	#841
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Hagelslag... yum yum I prefer gestampte muisjes though Hagelslag tastes great on peanutbutter by the way. __________________ 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, 05:10 PM	#844
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	What do you think of Skrepping, then? __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

09-30-2008, 05:31 PM	#845
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	But it wasn't a "house", Sis... it was a hole in the ground... a (albeit very large) "pocket in the ground..." I always assumed Bag End to mean the end of a bag... I'm not sure how that makes any coherent sense other than "Bag End" = "end of bag"... __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

09-30-2008, 06:11 PM	#846
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Look what I found! A whole webcircle on Dutch things! Including this small list of Dutch food with links to recipes and all! is happy __________________ 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, 06:17 PM	#848
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Sis... was that... was that Polly Pocket?? Katya... homework is never more important than hot chocolate, kitties, and LotR __________________ "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, 06:15 PM	#847
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Mari's here! snuggle It's so cold and rainy and miserable today, and now I have this freak headache too. But I'm home for the night though, curled up in bed with kitty and some hot chocolate. And LotR. I don't have the energy to read though, I actually have some homework to get out the way before I do anything else.

09-30-2008, 06:19 PM	#849
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Yeah, good point. Homework can wait, I suppose. I'm looking at the Dutch food thing now, Mari. It makes me hungry.

09-30-2008, 06:21 PM	#850
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Are there pretzels? sips her mug Anyone want some rice milk? __________________ "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, 06:23 PM	#851
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	snuggles with Kittykat How was tutoring? Oh, and have some remon-juusu against that headache of yours. makes Katya some __________________ 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, 06:27 PM	#854
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Yes that takes me back! Wow... and I thought I couldn't feel any older... I remember going to birthday parties and giving those as presents... More hot chocolate? __________________ "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, 06:28 PM	#855
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I had a Polly Pocket ...pocket. It was one of my favorite toys. I had a friend named Polly too. Looking back, I think that's a very unusual name.

09-30-2008, 06:29 PM	#856
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Yes... that is... it makes me think you grew up on the prairie during the days of the Oregon Trail... Hmmm... anyone remember Oregon Trail the computer game? __________________ "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, 06:32 PM	#858
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I just saw Oregon Trail in Target a couple weeks ago. We played that all the time when we got the new computers. Before it was all Spellevator, but when we got the Apples (with mice and everything!) we played Oregon Trail, Odell Down Under, Bright Star Spelling, etc. There's a lot of Oregon Trail nostalgia groups on Facebook. I'm not in any though, only group I'm in is the one I started myself about Cloud from Final Fantasy VII. I never heard of Polly as a nickname for Mary! I think her name was Polliana or something like that.

09-30-2008, 06:34 PM	#859
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Haha... nice Katya! I miss Oregon Trail... simpler days.... I was obsessed with a game called King's Quest too... I told my fiance (back when he was just my boyfriend) about it and he bought me the entire set of the games so we could play them together... __________________ "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."

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