Howdy from Needlehole

Odo Banks

I've never been on this particular Thread before. I hope to have a good time here. :mrgreen:

Eldorion

Welcome to the forum, Odo! I hope you enjoy your time here and aren't too much of a spammer.

Odo Banks

Nice to meet you, sir. No,. I'm no spammer .. not exactly ... and I'm certainly no self-promoter!

Ally

Now where have I seen you before? Anyway welcome to the forum, Odo!

Mirabella Banks

Two Uncle Odo's perhaps? My goodness! Haven't we been here before?

Gandalfs Beard

Odo, Odo, Odo...

GB

Odo Banks

To be or not to be, that is the question! :mrgreen:

Ally

Though the meaning is to live or not to live, that is the question.

Odo Banks

Let's compromise - to be alive, or not to be alive, that is the question! :ugeek:

Ally

Damm you, ambiguous Shakespeare.

Pettytyrant101

'Is this an Odo I see before me? Satire point towards me? It leads me the way I was going, to the Hobbit Forum, and such a satire I was to use. No tis but an Odo of the mind! It is the bloody deeds upon PJ which thus informs my vision.'- um to paraphrase, a bit.

Odo Banks

And since when, Mr Tyrant, did you become a weirdo?! Plain talk, one would have thought, is the order of the day at Needlehole! :ugeek:

Pettytyrant101

Typical! Try to introduce a little bit of culture into some rustic backwater and what thanks do you get? None. Bloomin' rustics.

Odo banks

We already have a "culture" here, thank you very much! If it aint broken....hmm?!

Pettytyrant101

Yes I know, I think I trod in some of your culture on the way in! Does this place have a pub? And a boot-scraper?

Odo banks

Don't think of it as cow dung, think of it as fertilizer! --- and we do have our own form of Buckie - we call it Duckie. (I won't tell you how it's made, but it's delicious! We drink at the Fowl and Muck, our local watering hole.

'Barman! A barrel of Duckie and a Duckie chaser if you please! What do you mean you don't serve it in barrels? Fine 6 pints then, it's lunchtime.' Amazing when Odo said 'watering-hole' I thought it was a metaphor. Live and learn!

Mirabella Banks

There is a saying in Needlehole, Petty sweetie-pumpkin! "It does not matter where you drink, it's the friends you drink with." Oh how true! (I don't recommend you to drink at the Fish and Pond btw! Too many visiting Russians and Romans hot to lay hands on hobbit lassies - and to them a kilt is a dress! :? )

That would explain why I haven't had to pay for a single drink all night- I just thought the locals were friendly! Ahh well, if I get drunk enough.........

Odo Banks

My goodness, you not only ignored Mirabella's advice, but seem to like where you're at - and what your doing! I don't know what to say. I'm speechless. I'm struck dumb! My voice is voiceless! My silence is profound! .... did I say I was speechless?

Ally

The trouble is Mirabella, that I don't rate my friends... So I have to go somewhere decent, or my evening is ruined!

Odo Banks

My mind boggles with possible interpretations of your last post, Ally - but nothing jells. Please explain! (Yes, I'm a bit slow - some suggest [i:1sm3guld]very[/i:1sm3guld] slow! )

Ally

I wouldn't want to go somewhere rubbish, with rubbish friends. Being a wee bit of a geek myself, I enjoy company of fellow geeks. But geeks don't want to rush out and to anything adventurous- so if I was to go out and get drunk ( I don't by the way) it would have to be with friends who I don't particularity like. So to chear myself up, I would go somewhere half decent. :mrgreen: Simple logic...!

Well Ally I can't in all truth recommend the 'Fish and Pond' then, not unless your idea of fish and pond is something slimey living in mud. It does improve somewhat after 6 pints of Duckie however, and you do acquire rather a lot of new friends (albeit temporary ones) and they are all rubbish so that might suit you. You'd most likely be better off in the Fowl and Muck (it doesn't sound very hopeful admittedly) but if Mirabella drinks there, being a Banks, it must at least have a veneer of respectability to it. Something the Fish and Pond doesn't seem to even pretend to have. Oh and if you do drop by the Fish and Pond don't wear a skirt or any skirt like garment (Ummm but do wear something else! ). The amount of times Ive been asked to do the 'sporran trick' I think I may have strained something and it's starting to make my eyes water! 'Another 6 pints please barman/women, bearded hobbit, or whatever you are. I think I'm going to need them. No point turning up at Odo's place looking for somewhere to sleep unless I'm drunk enough. Clear a space on the floor Odo, so I can just fall down as soon as I get there. Oh and if you plan on sleeping don't leave anything around I can conceivably use as a musical instrument-you have been warned! Oh and you probably better have a few buckets to hand! This Duckie stuff goes in alright but it seems a bit uncertain about which end it wants to come back out :? '

Odo Banks

Look, I'm still as angry as a hornet - and I'm not really back here - but I have to say Mr Tyrant .