QUOTE ABOUT EDUCATION

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. - Sir Walter Scott

Thursday 27 September 2012

Tolkeinesque humour

These were things I made up in 2005 as a bit of a joke - so for all who like and appreciate Tolkein - here's a post for you:

Authors
Bilbo Baggins

Books
There and Back Again: A Hobbit’s Tale

Magazines
Country Living
Elves Weekly

Newspapers
Nuduin Times
Hobbiton Chronicle

Comic Strips
Nymphs and Shepherds



Movies
Mission Imp
Mission Imp 2
Lord of the Rings
First Blood – the beginnings of Nuduin
Naked Gnomes
Naked Gnomes 21/2′
Naked Gnomes 331/3"
Armageddon New Armour and a Bow
Twelve Men from beneath the Mountain
The Lone Ranger
The Return of the King: Elvish is Alive
Pixie Academy
Mrs Dragonfire
Escape from New Orc City
Enemy of the State: Smaug returns
May-tricks: Computer wizardry starring Gandalf
May-tricks exploded: more dangerous computer wizardry by Gandalf
May-tricks Revolution: the Hobbits rebel

S.W.A.T.: Got that pesky Dwarf
Kill Bilbo: Directed by Gollum

Master and Commander – Starring Gandalf Stormcrow
The Out-of-Towners – Invasion of the Trolls
Mystic River – Saruman casts a spell
The Ent-tertainer
Gnome Alone
TV Shows
Biffo the Dwarf Slayer
Deep Space Elf

Actors
Leprachaun Connery



Type of Music
Music of the Woods

Rock
Bands/Artists
Take That (you annoying little Dwarf)
Elfzone
Spice Elves
Atomic Wargs



Sports
Archery

Teams
Rivendell Rangers
Lothlorien Loonies



Vacation Spots
Rivendell
Lothlorien



Food
Drink – Sprite

Tuesday 25 September 2012

True to yourself or false

I was pondering the world when I was coming home from my singing lesson today (I was on a bus so I had time to ponder :) )

We live in a world of false things:

False promises - we see this with our MPs [politicians], of course these can be at a lower level
False peace treaties - again amongst nations - false peace can be amongst families and work colleauges, peers etc.

But what about our personal lives? Our physical bodies? Did God create us to be false? Did God give us the bodies we have so that we could alter them to how we want to? This world is full of false things:

False hair colour/hair type (curly or straight) etc.
False eye lashes
False skin colour (tans and the like)
False nails
False breasts
False eye colour (different coloured contact lenses)
False body figures (I remember in the 80s there was a media frenzy when Jane Fonda admitted she had some ribs removed to make her have a slim(mer) waist)

Do we really have to go around being false? (Got to admit that I have worn false nails because my nails are hopeless)

I'm not judging anyone who has any of these things - Just wondering whether we should be false in our lives - have false anything (including false attitudes...)?