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earendel · #1 Post by **earendel** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:05 am

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
that washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain,
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and streams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

(J.R.R. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring)

In short, the water heater is in place, the mess has been cleaned up, and I was able to take a hot shower this morning. Couple that with a decrease in the ambient temperature (although the humidity is still beastly) and there are glorious prospects for the weekend.

MarleysGh0st · #2 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:10 am

Tolkien poetry!

So which character recited that? One of the hobbits, I presume.

silvercamaro · #3 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:11 am

Great news.

It's a pity that we sometimes have to go without life's most basic comforts before we truly can appreciate them.

My plan for today is to feel grateful for at least three things that I took for granted yesterday.

earendel · #4 Post by **earendel** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:24 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:Tolkien poetry!

So which character recited that? One of the hobbits, I presume.

In Chapter 4, "A Short Cut to Mushrooms", Frodo, Sam and Pippin arrive at a "safe house" in Buckland where everyone is supposed to believe Frodo will be staying. Fatty Bolger, another friend, and Merry, having gone early to set things up, have prepared three tubs of water for the travelers. Pippin breaks into this song, which, according to the narrator, was originally written by Bilbo.

Tocqueville3 · #5 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:45 am

silvercamaro wrote:Great news.

It's a pity that we sometimes have to go without life's most basic comforts before we truly can appreciate them.

My plan for today is to feel grateful for at least three things that I took for granted yesterday.

sc!! What a great plan. I think I shall try the same.

This thread reminds me. My parents live in Baton Rouge now. They moved there about six weeks before Katrina. Anywho, they lost power during Gustav and still don't have power. Lemme tell you, they have complained non stop! My dad is livid that Entergy hasn't come right to his house to restore his electricity! The nerve of them not coming directly to his house to hook him up first!! By the way, I have told them several times that they could come here since mom's school and dad's work are without electricity, too. I have no freaking idea why they won't come to my house. We only live three hours away.

I saw a story on the BR Advocate about a family that lived in one of the hardest hit areas of BR. All of their neighbors had trees on their houses. They dint. They were told it could be 3 weeks before they had electricity. Still, they were grateful they dint have a tree in their living room. They were sitting on the back porch making red beans and drinking beer. I want to party with that family.

gsabc · #6 Post by **gsabc** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:48 am

Tocqueville3 wrote: They were sitting on the back porch making red beans and drinking beer. I want to party with that family.

Only if they were downwind, considering the menu.

Tocqueville3 · #7 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:02 am

gsabc wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote: They were sitting on the back porch making red beans and drinking beer. I want to party with that family.
Only if they were downwind, considering the menu.

Amazing how a thread about Tolkien's poetry can end up discussing farts.

MarleysGh0st · #8 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:04 am

Tocqueville3 wrote:
gsabc wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote: They were sitting on the back porch making red beans and drinking beer. I want to party with that family.
Only if they were downwind, considering the menu.
Amazing how a thread about Tolkien's poetry can end up discussing farts.

Hobbits are rather earthy folk and not above discussing such matters!

Tocqueville3 · #9 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:10 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote:
gsabc wrote: Only if they were downwind, considering the menu.
Amazing how a thread about Tolkien's poetry can end up discussing farts.

Hobbits are rather earthy folk and not above discussing such matters!

Speaking of...I just gave Olivia her bath. She was sitting quietly in the tub playing with her hot pink rubber ducky and all of a sudden huge bubbles began to rise up from the water. They weren't soap. After breaking wind in the tub she started to giggle. Her sisters have taught her well.

christie1111 · #10 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:13 am

silvercamaro wrote:Great news.

It's a pity that we sometimes have to go without life's most basic comforts before we truly can appreciate them.

My plan for today is to feel grateful for at least three things that I took for granted yesterday.

I agree that this is a most excellent plan. Almost Skoop-ish in tone.

silvercamaro · #11 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:28 am

christie1111 wrote:
Almost Skoop-ish in tone.

Thank you. That is a lovely compliment. I will keep trying to get beyond "almost."

Bob Juch · #12 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am

christie1111 wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:Great news.

It's a pity that we sometimes have to go without life's most basic comforts before we truly can appreciate them.

My plan for today is to feel grateful for at least three things that I took for granted yesterday.
I agree that this is a most excellent plan. Almost Skoop-ish in tone.

It's spot-on Pea-ish.

silvercamaro · #13 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:37 am

Bob Juch wrote:
It's spot-on Pea-ish.

That too is a magnificent compliment. Thank you.

christie1111 · #14 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:49 am

silvercamaro wrote:
christie1111 wrote:
Almost Skoop-ish in tone.
Thank you. That is a lovely compliment. I will keep trying to get beyond "almost."

Sorry, I did not mean the 'almost'.

It is very Skoop-ish!

And I have temporarily changed my avatar to reflect a lovely $5 plant I bought last year in the 'used' plant section of the grocery store. Feeding and watering it for a year has finally allowed me to see the magnificent orchid I knew was hiding in the near dead plant.