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Brethil
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 3:09am


Views: 1244
Spam, spam, spam, bikini and spam.
Here you go!
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(This post was edited by Ataahua on Jul 24 2013, 3:33am)


Starling
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 3:17am


Views: 1086
Oh wow, I cannot wait to hit the beach
 Wearing my favorite Best Women Bikini!!!
Laugh



Ataahua
Forum Admin / Moderator


Jul 24 2013, 3:32am


Views: 1086
Thanks to Dweller in Dale,
I'll never look at the troll scene in the same way again.

The spam, 'tis gone.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.

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DwellerInDale
Rohan


Jul 24 2013, 3:35am


Views: 1087
Aw, shucks!
And I had my credit card all ready! Operators were standing by!
Don't mess with my favorite female elf.




Brethil
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 3:40am


Views: 1054
Thanks Ataahua..the spam 'tis gone, yet I miss it already...//
 
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Brethil
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 3:44am


Views: 1073
No worries Dweller - you will be getting on of our special TAS swimsuits
Speedo or bikini. Your choice. TAS don't judge. (Its a lovely pattern of Books, Quills and Spam labels.) Wink
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Starling
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 3:49am


Views: 1060
Ah, it was but a fleeting moment
I was so hoping to see those trolls in their fashionable bikinis, possibly in a becoming shade of pink. It will just have to remain a dream. Frown


DanielLB
Immortal


Jul 24 2013, 10:07am


Views: 1063
Are we sure it wasn't ...
Sil trying to sell us his bathing suit again? He HAS been rather quiet recently ....
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Starling
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 10:40am


Views: 1050
It seemed a strangely familiar scenario
I think you are onto something...


DanielLB
Immortal


Jul 24 2013, 11:31am


Views: 1044
I say he is guilty until proven innocent! ;-) /
 
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Darkstone
Immortal


Jul 24 2013, 2:38pm


Views: 1087
The spam, micro bikini, and spam doesn't have much spam on it.
Nor much else.
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Brethil
Half-elven


Jul 24 2013, 4:00pm


Views: 1033
(*squinting*) Ah, yes - strategically placed Spam slices
And if you sun for too long it becomes the Canadian-bacon Wardrobe-malfunction Micro Bikini. I'm sure its quite tasty though.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal


Jul 24 2013, 7:20pm


Views: 1025
*mods this whole thread up* //
 

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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Brethil
Half-elven


Jul 25 2013, 12:38am


Views: 1036
Yes, this was so fun I might start posting spam myself. ;-) //
 
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silneldor
Half-elven


Aug 1 2013, 10:38pm


Views: 975
Was that on whole wheat or what?\\
 
''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III

Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien














Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 1 2013, 10:56pm


Views: 979
Mmmm...whole wheat with lettuce, pickles and suntan lotion. Yum! ;-) //
 
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Darkstone
Immortal


Aug 2 2013, 1:50am


Views: 966
Or on white bread with mayonaisse and Cheetos!
Yes, you put the Cheetos between the slices of bread. Crunchy sandwich!
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The audacious proposal stirred his heart. And the stirring became a song, and it mingled with the songs of Gil-galad and Celebrian, and with those of Feanor and Fingon. The song-weaving created a larger song, and then another, until suddenly it was as if a long forgotten memory woke and for one breathtaking moment the Music of the Ainur revealed itself in all glory. He opened his lips to sing and share this song. Then he realized that the others would not understand. Not even Mithrandir given his current state of mind. So he smiled and simply said "A diversion.”



Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 2 2013, 2:14am


Views: 944
So good! - I like Cheetos on turkey sandwiches...//
 
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silneldor
Half-elven


Aug 2 2013, 3:12am


Views: 980
With the appetizer: Radagast's birds nest soup of course.....
UnimpressedUnimpressedUnimpressedTongue

The son out of desperation due to hunger late in the day at school once, for a pre-cross-country race 'meal' last year, had a bunch of Cheetos and actually had a stellar race. Wonders never cease.
''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III

Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien














NottaSackville
Valinor

Aug 2 2013, 4:32pm


Views: 940
There's absolutely no reason to use whole wheat for a spam sandwich
By going with spam, you've already thrown the health food idea out the window.

Notta
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville


Magpie
Immortal


Aug 2 2013, 5:03pm


Views: 936
There are some sandwiches that just scream for decent white soft bread
Peanut Butter sandwiches dunked in chocolate milk

Braunschweiger and potato chip sandwiches

yum - stuff of my childhood. :-)

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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 2 2013, 5:38pm


Views: 934
Some tasty nostaligia there Magpie!
(sigh) I am not sure when the last time I had white bread was! Has to be measured in years I think!!!!! My son loves the country white. I go by saying lalalalala and pretend not to see the package. The recent favorite is peanut butter and nutella (which I will splurge on at times and have on one slice of wheat. Yummy.)

Childhood fave for me was German bologna, mayo on Wonder bread. Sweet pickles on the side (potato chips in the pickle juice.)
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Magpie
Immortal


Aug 2 2013, 5:57pm


Views: 943
my fully grown son
prefers 'potato bread' which is really just plain old, what we used to call 'balloon bread,' with a tidge more taste to it. So when the craving for quick, mood-altering food, strikes me... I have some at hand.

I only buy Braunschweiger when I'm shopping really hungry. I want to eat and I want to eat now and somehow that Braunschweiger (or liverwurst) just calls out to me. I can't wait to get home and make a sandwich of it.

I took to putting chips on sandwiches (back when balloon bread was all any mother bought) to keep the bread from sticking to the roof of my mouth so bad.

And I just want to say that not all potato bread is balloon bread. We used to buy the most scrumptious potato bread at Sarkosy Bakery in Kalamazoo.

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sevilodorf
Tol Eressea


Aug 2 2013, 7:12pm


Views: 948
Spam fried crunchy with applesauce
.... Brady Bunch flashback.... Peter ... pork chops and applesauce...
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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 12:03am


Views: 914
I remember that episode. After-school tv! //
In Reply To
.... Brady Bunch flashback.... Peter ... pork chops and applesauce...
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Starling
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 12:51am


Views: 715
Eeek!
I was reminiscing with my cousin recently, and remembering some sort of family joke where the person would say, "What's for dinner?" and the reply would be, "Pork chops and apple sauce," in a silly voice. We couldn't remember the origin of it. Could it be The Brady Bunch? The mind boggles!


Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 1:28am


Views: 705
Yeah, he says it in a weird way Starling
In Reply To
I was reminiscing with my cousin recently, and remembering some sort of family joke where the person would say, "What's for dinner?" and the reply would be, "Pork chops and apple sauce," in a silly voice. We couldn't remember the origin of it. Could it be The Brady Bunch? The mind boggles!



"Pork shops and apple shaush." I can't quite remember but it was I think supposed to be like a 30's 'noir/gangster' accent. (?) I have no idea why. Mind-boggles - yes.
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Starling
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 2:21am


Views: 723
Well isn't that swell?
Who would have thought that I would find the answer to the origin of an obscure rural NZ 70's family joke on a Tolkien website in 2013. Laugh

And here it is: Pork chops and apple sauce. You are right about the 'gangster' accent. And it even comes with a handy message about being yourself.


Magpie
Immortal


Aug 3 2013, 2:57am


Views: 750
It's a Humphrey Bogart accent
The line he listens to on the tv at the beginning isn't from a real Bogart line but a similar line was spoken by Lauren Bacall in a Bogart film.

As to why...

In the 1971 episode "The Personality Kid" (aka "Porkchops and Applesauce" unofficially), middle son Peter is having problems because friends think he is boring. He tries a Bogie-like personality after seeing a movie on TV in which a Bogie-styled character says, "If you want me, sweet-heart, just whistle." Peter tries talking like our favorite actor, after asking Mom (Carol) and Alice what was for dinner that night. The meal was going to be 'porkchops and applesauce.' Peter says it a few times trying to imitate Bogie, with a whistling sound on the esses, and an 'sh' sound. ("porkchopsh and appleshause"). When Dad (Mike) asks Carol "What's for dinner?" she also imitates Bogie.

Carol (to Mike): "Guess who's coming to dinner?"
Mike: "A psychiatrist, I hope."
Carol (as Peter walks in): "I think it's Humphrey Bogart."
Peter tells Mike: "We're having 'porkchopsh and appleshaush."
Mike: "There's only one Humphrey Bogart. Doubt there'll ever be another one."

http://bogart-tribute.net/injokes.shtml

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Magpie
Immortal


Aug 3 2013, 3:06am


Views: 709
My generation grew up with cartoons filmed in the 30s, and 40s
They were filled with references to movies and real life movie stars. I was a bit flabbergasted to watch the original movies as an adult and finally *get* the references. The most shocking was to watch Casablanca. I never knew all those famous quotes were from that movie. I only knew them from cartoons or maybe variety comedy shows and the like.

Here's the reference I got (as an adult) from my childhood.

My Dad didn't swear a *lot* but he did swear and he had strong opinions (gee, I bet that doesn't surprise people who know me). Anyhow, when he thought someone was particularly stupid, he would say, "He doesn't know sh!t from Shinola."

I guess I didn't think about it a lot but if I did, I thought Shinola was just a made up word that didn't mean anything in particular.

Then, I ran across one of these one day in the thrift store:


and I suddenly got what that saying meant.

Of course, I had to buy the tin. :-)

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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 4:07am


Views: 699
Isn't this the most useful place?!
Thanks for the link Starling...! Felt like I was six there for a few minutes!!!!! Laugh
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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 4:12am


Views: 708
Amazing I'm speechless. All these years I never really got that reference.
At the age when I was watching Brady Bunch I had no frame of reference to Bogey I suppose! And that exchange is pretty funny...

Carol (to Mike): "Guess who's coming to dinner?"
Mike: "A psychiatrist, I hope."
Carol (as Peter walks in): "I think it's Humphrey Bogart."
Peter tells Mike: "We're having 'porkchopsh and appleshaush."
Mike: "There's only one Humphrey Bogart. Doubt there'll ever be another one."


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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 4:20am


Views: 695
Nor did I know Shinola was a real thing.
That expression *does* make a lot more sense now.
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Starling
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 5:05am


Views: 685
Sometimes,
feeling like you're six again is a very good thing. Smile


Starling
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 5:14am


Views: 701
That's a great story. //
 


silneldor
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 1:29pm


Views: 672
You have to refer to the older generation....creak, creak.....\\
 
''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III

Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien














Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 1:46pm


Views: 668
According to teen son, I'm pretty creaky myself! //
 
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Brethil
Half-elven


Aug 3 2013, 1:52pm


Views: 720
You're right Starling! //
 
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NottaSackville
Valinor

Aug 5 2013, 12:54pm


Views: 664
Well, I'll be! I never knew about Shinola, either. //
 
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville