Message-ID: <3C2F2447.75E32429@indigo.ie> From: Michael O'Neill Organization: O'Neill Quigley & Associates X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Time to prepare for the New Year in AFT/RABT. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 73 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:27:19 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.125.145.147 X-Complaints-To: news@indigo.ie X-Trace: news.indigo.ie 1009722626 194.125.145.147 (Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:30:26 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:30:26 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!news.indigo.ie!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:67983 A day in the life of a Grayte Arkyteckt. 30th December 2001: Walking across the AFT/RABT meeting room, choklit spatterings from previous meetings attended by TEUNCophiles and Balrog Impersonators still visible on the walls [must get Epstein to use more soap next time], I was scribbling in my executive notepad pondered on what the implications of the Film might mean for the august organisation that is comprised of the Tolkien Groups. More space certainly. Luckily they have a Grayte Arkyteckt on board to look after that for them. Couple more towers to hang Arkady's crowd by their thumbs in. Large self-contained loo for Norseman to address meetings from [tick - must buy more loo paper...] But the main things to change and plan for will be the little things. Lots of little chairs, for the children to sit on, when their parents drop them in. Some large mattresses for those to land on that get "dropped in" from a great height [tick - ask Mom for any old mattresses she has lying around from her council sleepovers...] Little signs [in several languages] on loo doors and the like, "4U2P", "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie, wipe the seatie", etc. [tick - lots more loos and baby changing facilities as the age of Tolkien fans plummets uncontrollably - MORE loo paper!] CCTV Cameras covering the kitchen to monitor the disaffected adolescents stealing Tamf's cholkit swords from the fridge [tick - better cover the stage are too in case they try to wage mock battles using MSR's old sword and lance] Tripwires on the Library to alert Oje that his priceless collection of Balrog Witterings is being stolen by some of Jacksons's staff as they realise that after the HOME series and the Hobbit and the Sil and BoTR and all that's left is aft fanfiction to keep the Tolkien Film Empire going [tick - memo to Chris Tolkien to ask if there's any more unpublished scribbles that he's kept under wraps for his retirement]. Then there's the Regulars. Some of them need medication to get over the first Film [tick - maybe *that's* what Epstein did with the soap...]. Some of them need to be thought to exercise restraint while talking with the younger ones in case they frighten them [tick - memos to Oje and Stan Brown...]. Some of them simply need to be put in restraints [tick - that's another room and tower needed...] Then there's the old folks day care centre they'll need to build to house the senile ones [tick - must send the boys around to collect Arkady, Michael Scott Rohan, Flood for the New Year's day bash]. Then the revamped and redecorated garage for the dwagins to park their bodies in while their heads poke into the meeting rooms [tick - and giant cat litter trays in the garage after LAST time!]. We'd better start charging admission soon [tick - finally found Epstein a job he'd be good at...]. Now if only Solo would stop telling me he's too busy with Important Work to write the AFT/RABT New Year's day speech. M. ###### From: "Öjevind Lång" Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <3C2F2447.75E32429@indigo.ie> Subject: Re: Time to prepare for the New Year in AFT/RABT. Lines: 16 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.151.29.13 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@swip.net X-Trace: nntpserver.swip.net 1009805270 212.151.29.13 (Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:27:50 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:27:50 MET DST Organization: A Customer of Tele2 X-Sender: s-774765@d212-151-29-13.swipnet.se Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:29:33 +0100 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!192.71.180.34!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!nntpserver.swip.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:68093 Michael O'Neill wrote: [snip] >Tripwires on the Library to alert Oje that his priceless collection of >Balrog Witterings is being stolen by some of Jacksons's staff as they >realise that after the HOME series and the Hobbit and the Sil and BoTR >and all that's left is aft fanfiction to keep the Tolkien Film Empire >going [GASP] They would film my precious Balrog Posts? Is nothing sacred these days? Öjevind ###### Message-ID: <3C3073C9.B0B0399@indigo.ie> From: Michael O'Neill Organization: O'Neill Quigley & Associates X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Time to prepare for the New Year in AFT/RABT. References: <3C2F2447.75E32429@indigo.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 18 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:18:49 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.125.145.159 X-Complaints-To: news@indigo.ie X-Trace: news.indigo.ie 1009808512 194.125.145.159 (Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:21:52 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:21:52 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!skynet.be!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!diablo.theplanet.net!news.indigo.ie!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:68205 Öjevind Lång wrote: > > Michael O'Neill wrote: > > [snip] > > >Tripwires on the Library to alert Oje that his priceless collection of > >Balrog Witterings is being stolen by some of Jacksons's staff as they > >realise that after the HOME series and the Hobbit and the Sil and BoTR > >and all that's left is aft fanfiction to keep the Tolkien Film Empire > >going > > [GASP] They would film my precious Balrog Posts? Is nothing sacred > these days? Nothing. Not even your precioussssss Balrog Postssssss..... M. ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Time to prepare for the New Year in AFT/RABT. Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 15:26:44 -0800 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3C378BB5.217AB2AA@erols.com> References: <3C2F2447.75E32429@indigo.ie> Reply-To: Ermanna@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVb0EjyFO++fUVE+3FYr6EWYqrF2OODa3AKgicpM7aDtFX2G5XK6KT9F X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Jan 2002 20:32:07 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:69246 Michael O'Neill made dwagin-sized wripples in the Force: > CCTV Cameras covering the kitchen to monitor the disaffected adolescents > stealing Tamf's cholkit swords from the fridge I thought CHOKLIT swords was Morwen's territory? > I notice nobody remembered adding the throneroom for my new throne that has been designed to look like shadowy Balrog wings. > M. Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight, Lady of Rivendell, Headmistress of the AFT/RABT Charm School, Hug-Therapist, Queen of the Balrog Wingophiles Elbereth Gilthoniel!