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06-28-2004, 02:46 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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Nice try, but it's not what Tolkien tells us!
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06-28-2004, 03:04 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
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hum, to be more precise (having scanned the book, not trusting my memory any more), that definitely was:
bath-chair drawn by white ponies 
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06-28-2004, 03:07 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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A bath-chair it was indeed! Your turn...
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06-28-2004, 03:55 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
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Thanks
 Next serve: Nokes accused Alf of being 'nimble' and something else (which, as far as I may judge, is representation of what Tolkien himself may have been accused of (there are at least two senses to the word, that is). Name that another accusation
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06-28-2004, 12:34 PM
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A Shade of Westernesse
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An accusation of economy
"You were always a tricky fellow: nimble one might say. And thrifty: wouldn't waste a bee's knee of butter."
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06-28-2004, 12:42 PM
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Deadnight Chanter
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nice try, but not cylindrical smoking thing!
Not quite. Tolkien may have been tight-fisted, but that was not main characteristic of him, I daresay. Besides, second word I'm after in its second sense, a sense not applicable to Tolkien, means something close to 'cunning'
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06-28-2004, 01:28 PM
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Spectre of Decay
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Advice from an 'elder'
Kindly old Nokes warns Alf not to let his apprentice play him any tricks:
Quote:
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06-28-2004, 03:01 PM
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Deadnight Chanter
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Spot on, Squatter
take it away
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