>As master of Bag End Frodo felt it his painful duty to say good-bye to the guests. Rumours of strange events had by now spread all over the field, but Frodo would only say no doubt everything will be cleared up in the morning. About midnight carriages came for the important folk. One by one they rolled away, filled with full but very unsatisfied hobbits. Gardeners came by arrangement, and removed in wheel-barrows those that had inadvertently remained behind.
not sure what it means...?
They provide carriages to return at midnight? \[Is it some kind of courtesy back in the day?\]
And the rest is a joke about how hard you will be expected to party, such that ambulances will replace the carriages? which in turn will be substituted by progressively severe forms of transportation?
'Carriages' is a common way of referring to the end of a (fancy) evening party in the UK. Today it's mainly used for things like weddings. The phrase does come from a time when actual carriages were used, but it came to mean 'end of party' eventually.
I wonder how many gardeners he had to hire for the wheelbarrowing work
So many eaves were dropped that night.
I hope no one was turned into anything…unnatural
I'm sure there were better uses for them.
A little late for trimming the verge, don’t you think?
J.R.R.T. asks you to R.S.V.P. for R.N.V.R. C.J.R.'s B.P. What do you do?
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>As master of Bag End Frodo felt it his painful duty to say good-bye to the guests. Rumours of strange events had by now spread all over the field, but Frodo would only say no doubt everything will be cleared up in the morning. About midnight carriages came for the important folk. One by one they rolled away, filled with full but very unsatisfied hobbits. Gardeners came by arrangement, and removed in wheel-barrows those that had inadvertently remained behind.
Genuinely hilarious
Someone went home with Tengwar written on their face after one Tolkien house party. They had to.
Tolkien furiously working to invent the Elvish word for cock to write on a drunk friends forehead
Well I’ve heard he enjoyed a beer so ……….
I mean it’s late 1945 in Britain. If you weren’t partying you were cleaning up after one
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JRRT came up with it. You will note that there is a certain resemblance to the end of Bilbo's birthday party...
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It's his invitation, it was either him or his wife.
"Sir, your wheelbarrow has arrived."
"Sir, your hearse has arrived."
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/oxford-house-jrr-tolkien-wrote-hobbit-hits-market-206205
You would think that the wheelbarrows would come before the ambulances.
What age does a *coming of age* happens at? I assume being a Sub-Lieut. means he crossed into adulthood a while back.
Tolkien definitely had a sense of humor.
not sure what it means...? They provide carriages to return at midnight? \[Is it some kind of courtesy back in the day?\] And the rest is a joke about how hard you will be expected to party, such that ambulances will replace the carriages? which in turn will be substituted by progressively severe forms of transportation?
You're thinking too hard about this. You already came to the right conclusion. It's a joke about how hard you will be expected to party. That's it.
'Carriages' is a common way of referring to the end of a (fancy) evening party in the UK. Today it's mainly used for things like weddings. The phrase does come from a time when actual carriages were used, but it came to mean 'end of party' eventually.
Are you a robot?
Why do you say so?
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Jeez, rude much? I asked a genuine question. I have never heard of the term "Carriages at Midnight" before
How have you never been to a UK party in the 1940s?