Seven swans to rule them all
Six geese to find them
Five gold rings to bring them all
And in the pear tree bind them
@twbrandt @drwho Twelve lords for mortal men doomed to die
Eleven ladies dancing underneath the sky
Ten pipers piping in their halls of stone

@twbrandt

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

One simply must wassail.

@twbrandt When I was younger, I always thought it was pantry, because I had never heard of a pare tree before and I only found out 2 years ago I was saying it wrong the whole time my life has been in existance.
@twbrandt I love this. I’m printing this out and framing it.
@twbrandt Pear Tree: You know...you could use these birds to fly to Mordor.
@twbrandt In the land of Torpor, where the partridge fly.

@twbrandt

Three rings for the French hens under the sky,
Seven rings for the swimming swans in their pools of stone
Nine for mortal ladies dancing and doomed to die,
One ring for the Partridge Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Turtledoves where the Pear Trees lie

Ten lords to leap them all,
Eight maids to milk them,
Eleven pipers to pipe them all
and drummers in the darkness to drum them
In the Land of calling birds where six geese lay.

@aka_quant_noir @twbrandt That might sound much better in the Black Speech of Mordor. πŸ™‚

@cstross

@aka_quant_noir @twbrandt So, in short, beware of partridges bearing rings. But it also reminds me of "Not So Sweet Martha Loraine" by Country Joe and the Fish.

Now she's the one who gives us all those magical things
And reads us stories out of the I Ching
Then she passes out a whole new basket of rings
That when you put on your hand
Makes you one of the Angel Band
And gives you the power to be a man
But what it does for her you never quite understand
Sweet Lorraine, ah sweet Lorraine

@twbrandt reminds me of Mrs' effort from back when LOTR movie was being made here. Peter Jackson's laundry list:
Seven shirts
And seven shorts
And one white sock
@twbrandt Gonna have to take up crosstitch to make this as a holiday wall hanging. πŸ˜‚β€οΈ
@twbrandt In the Mirror of Galadriel I see a Dark Tower with a Santa hat on top.

@twbrandt

In the land of Mordor where the fruitcakes lie

@twbrandt in the land of Christmas where the partridge flies.
@twbrandt this made me think of you today
@twbrandt
In the land of Christmas
Where the true love bides
@twbrandt I hate how much love this.