BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism

Subject: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 06:55 AM

Middle Earth Recreationalism:


An animist philosophy, wherein the adherents worship the pursuit of pleasure, hedonism & having the best time they can during their finite period of life.

Some of the most popular items worshipped include sex, drugs, alcohol & bird watching

However, not everyone is able to indulge in the utmost excesses of this way of life for varying reasons.

Its not necessary to have any money to enjoy life, though this and other resources can certainly help.


There'll be plenty of the faithful out there, please add your comments

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 06:58 AM

Sex, drugs, alcohol and... bird-watching?? LOL! And how can the first three be indulged without money? Hedonism has always been with us. Pleasure does not necessarily lead to happiness. They are not one and the same thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 08:23 AM

GUEST,Eliza,

You do sound down & disillusioned, why so sad?

Be a FUN damentalist!!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: DMcG
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 08:48 AM

Sex, drugs, alcohol and... bird-watching?? LOL! And how can the first three be indulged without money?

Sex can, but judging by the massive cameras and telescopes that inhabit every hide near where I live, I'm not at all sure about bird-watching.

[I always say that if I spot something, and have a pretty good view for a long time and it stays fairly still then about 90% of the time I can be sure ... it's a bird]

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 08:56 AM

Of course, the 1st 3 can be indulged without money, PYO magic mushrooms, make home brew wine etc from windfalls,

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 09:31 AM

I'm pretty sure people were having sex before money was invented.

Maybe they were paying for it with animal skins.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:06 AM

"Middle Earth" recreationalism?

Does that include dwarf-tossing?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:15 AM

How about music-making? Gotta put music-making on the list of fun things to do. Esp. yodeling.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:20 AM

yes, especially music!

Me & my band sometimes view ourselves as sort of missionaries, travelling around spreading the fun to folk all over [& some are converted!]

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:23 AM

How does this differ from life in general?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:27 AM

.........hmmn, not sure about dwarves tossing, still, if they enjoy it - why not!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:44 AM

GUEST,Suibhne Astray


I'm obviously preaching to the converted!!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:45 AM

They don't enjoy it at all. They dread St. Patrick's Day in New York.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 10:54 AM

Me & my band sometimes view ourselves as sort of missionaries, travelling around spreading the fun to folk all over [& some are converted!]

Do you mean you take them to a rugby pitch, and kick them over the goalposts?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 11:05 AM

Well, I'll put it this way, we try!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 11:11 AM

Well, we all have to have goals!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 11:15 AM

Deux points!!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 12:32 PM

I am neither down, disillusioned nor sad. But many who embark on a purely hedonistic lifestyle may become so. Without striving, achieving, caring for others and making an effort, life can seem pointless and empty. As I said, pleasure isn't the same thing as happiness. Quite a few newly-retired folk, for example, get bored and depressed after a month or two of self-indulgence. They then take on voluntary work or get hobbies etc. Drinking, drugs and sex isn't (IMO) a recipe for lasting happiness and fulfilment. You said 'Please add your comments'. Did you mean 'only if you agree with me'?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 12:37 PM

GUEST,Eliza

Where in my posts did I write:

'Drinking, drugs and sex is a recipe for lasting happiness and fulfilment.' ?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 12:46 PM

They dread St. Patrick's Day in New York.


Surely that's Leprechauns, to be sure!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 01:51 PM

Second breakfast? Elevenses?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 02:51 PM

Dat's da fella, Mr. H.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 06:59 PM

Sex is a great recipe for happiness!

Hey Guest Eliza, et les Elephants alors! On les a presque eus!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 07:34 PM

New Yorkers eat leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day. The stuff you can learn on Mudcat...I had no idea New Yorkers were leprechaunphagics.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 07:07 AM

Leprechauns can be prepared for the table using a Hercules Pan.

Churn asleep, then serve with specular hen, peahen curls and luncher peas

With Leach prunes for dessert

And washed down with fine Punchers Ale, magnifique!!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 07:51 AM

Pram Hay is being 'a rag man' again!

Cheers
Relapsing Son

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 07:55 AM

Sorry, delete that 'Pram hay'. should be 'Hyp Pram'

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 11:04 AM

...aka Peaty shrimps has thought on what songs best portray the ethos of a Middle Earth Recreationalist.

Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 11:27 AM

mrrzy,les elephants! on a honte d'eux! Ils n'ont pas fait de leur mieux, et les Zambians meritent d'avoir gagne! Mon epoux etait pret a se suicider apres le match!! (Sorry everyone, mrrzy is commiserating about Ivory Coast losing in the football final.)
I wouldn't say sex is a great recipe for happiness. Ephemeral pleasure perhaps! Many people who never have sex can find great happiness. (Religious for example, or very old married couples)

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Will Fly
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 11:37 AM

very old married couples

Who says we can't have sex... Why, even as I write this... (excuse the spellfnkglnjp!)

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 15 Feb 12 - 02:09 PM

I don't mean all very old folk, Will Fly. But some, certainly. (I'm old myself...!) My dear old aunt nursed her very frail husband for many years. She was very happy at his side, and there was no sex for them, but their happiness was plain to see.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 16 Feb 12 - 11:31 AM

Agree, sex isn't only the 'fizzical' & even tho' old, there's still plenty fun in life, me & 'er indoors are out dancing [Playford] tonight - yeehah!!

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Mr Happy
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 07:31 AM

And while we're on the topic of ageing, how do we define 'old'?

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Flash Company
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 10:23 AM

In Middle Earth, Orcs and Trolls do it,
Little Hobbits in their holes do it,
Lets do it, let's fall in love,
Dwarves in their caverns, of course, do it,
THe Rohiiim with a horse do it,
Lets do it, let's fall in love,
Wizards with staffs every night do it,it's a magical thing,
Gollum just might do it, if you give him a ring,
In Rivendell, every Elf does it,
Even Sauron with himself does it,
Lets do it, let's fall in love!

FC

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: beardedbruce
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 10:35 AM

A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End

Copyright Heather Wood 1992


A wizard's staff has a knob on the end
It never will buckle, it never will bend
He cherishes it, and he calls it his friend,
and he frequently takes it in hand.

A wizard's staff is the source of his power.
He checks up on it every hour on the hour
And he's never surprised when it turns to a flower --
The fairest throughout all the land.

The staff of a wizard with honour is crowned.
Without it a wizard will rarely be found.
'Tis big and it's round and weighs three to the pound
And without it he's truly unmanned.

The staff of a wizard can do mighty deeds.
It protects him from harm and attends to his needs,
Provides him with banquets upon which he feeds
And potions on which he gets canned.

Whenever a wizard is lonely or sad,
Or feeling dejected, or puzzled, or mad,
He turns to his staff, and things don't seem so bad --
By it he is never trepanned.

The staff of a wizard is dear to his heart
The source and the succour of his magic art.
They travel together, are never apart,
A relationship few understand.

The wizard is rarely of heroic build
Were it not for his staff, he would surely be killed.
By demons or monsters his blood would be spilled
All over the pitiless sand.

A wizard in thought, word, and deed should be chaste
If he is not, he's considered disgraced
Although in his dreams he is often embraced
By ladies both lissom and tanned.

The staff of a wizard is polished with care.
He anoints it with spices and unguents rare,
Bedecks it with silver and jewels most fair,
And on feast days he has it japanned.

A wizard when young has a staff that is small.
It's puny and weak, ineffective withal.
It grows with his power until it stands tall
As his fame and his glory expand.

The staff of a wizard can hold many spells
For finding lost objects or dowsing new wells
For banishing demons to bottomless hells
Or bringing them back on demand.

A wizard's staff can do manifold tricks
To puzzle the nobles and fuddle the hicks
It rescues the wizard from many a fix --
It is totally at his command.

When a wizard is old, and is starting to fade
He looks on his staff that with cunning he made
The crown of hs life and the tool of his trade
And together they make their last stand.

Subject: RE: BS: Middle Earth Recreationalism
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 04:07 PM

A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End


Bill Clinton's knob has his staff on the end. (alledgedly)