Drinking Contest: Any Support From the Books?

[Snorri Swifthammer]

It is not just about the cast and crew don't forgot the others that benefit, like legions of Orlando Bloom fan girls and the D&D club that was determined to prove that Saruman is at least 5th level by having him cast a Fireball.

[Esgallhugwen]

Originally posted by Ainaserkewen
In the movies they never tell you who won the orc killing contest

Let me clarify a little something, (unless I've lost my mind, which wouldn't be too far from the truth) In the EE edition of the Two Towers, though they leave Legolas in the lead, a scene comes back to Gimli sitting upon an Uruk whilst smoking his pipe Legolas walks up with a smug look upon his face, "final count 22 (or something or other)", Gimli looks up at him, "well thats not bad for a pointy eared Elf Princeling but I'm sitting pretty on number 23", Legolas then gives a look of distaste and shock and drawing back his bow leashes an arrow right between Gimli's legs, "23" he smirks.

"He was already dead!"
"He was twitching!"
"He's twitching because he's got my axe imbedded in his nervous system!" jerks the axe around and Uruk twitches comically.

Now aside from the fact that they probably wouldn't have actually known what a nervous system was back then it is clear that Legolas actually shows some jealous attitude towards the Dwarf besting him to which he tries to equal the score by shooting a dead twitching orc. *Tsk tsk how childish*

But getting back to the drinking situation, I believe that Elves and Dwarves can hold there own when it comes to their own drinks of culture. Having said this since wine is known to be stronger then ale Legolas could have very well bested Gimli at an ale drinking game, only because he would be more accustomed to drinking a stronger more effective beverage.

*A little trivia*:I did enjoy both those scenes, the drinking one however I was slightly taken aback by since it was not in the book even though I knew the reasons why it was put into the movie. And it is funny to note that Legolas is a far better drinker then Orlando even little Elijah can apparently hold his liquer better then the Brit.

[Snorri Swifthammer]

originally posted by: Esgallhugwen
But getting back to the drinking situation, I believe that Elves and Dwarves can hold there own when it comes to their own drinks of culture. Having said this since wine is known to be stronger then ale Legolas could have very well bested Gimli at an ale drinking game, only because he would be more accustomed to drinking a stronger more effective beverage.

Ahh, but to reference some quotes from further up in this topic, Elves drink bowls of wine at their feasts, while dwarves are drinking barrels of ale for breakfast. I think in that case the alcohol tolerance should favor the dwarves.

Plus considering Dwarf culture, they are probably trying to brew their ale to be potent.

[Neithan]

O.K., lets think about this. Dwarves were designed by Aule to withstand the world as it was when Morgoth ruled it before the coming of the Elves, while the Valar waged a war to protect the Elves from Morgoth. Besides that the defining characteristic of Dwarves is their toughness, they can not even "fade" and become wraiths as other mortals can. Elves though tougher than Mortal Men are defined more by their agility, stealth, and so on. Surely a Dwarf would win a drinking contest.