FCS-Ian just came over to pick up our air mattress (well, technically it belongs to my housemate) for his wife for a conference. It occurred to me after he'd left that hey, giving gifts on one's birthday is a Hobbit tradition. (I have retained this information primarily because of musesfool's tradition of writing fic on her birthday.) We'll get the air mattress back, but I think she is definitely experiencing this loan as a gift, so my analogy still stands.
P.S. I am amused that on my facebook profile, the line where it has your birthdate, right now it says, "Today is your birthday"
musesfool's tradition of writing fic on her birthday.) We'll get the air mattress back, but I think she is definitely experiencing this loan as a gift, so my analogy still stands.