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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-30-2005, 12:54 PM

As I believe the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge once very aptly put it, "yes".

You have, sir, correctly divined the nub of my enciphered gist, which indeed concerns the setting for that glassy edifice which was home to such wisdom and folly. Pray conjure us a conundrum of cunning complexity.

Rimbaud · 10-11-2005, 07:49 AM

As a gentleman, sir, you will no doubt be pleasantly unaware of the Seething Underbelly of our great Town, where I hear in the area known as 'the Docks' (how earthy!) that there are wharf love rites sold.

Dare I presume upon you sir, in your capacity as a Man of the World, to conjure for us a solution to this Sordid Conundrum.

Rimbaud · 10-21-2005, 09:41 AM

Well anyone else can too, it's not that hard...

NightKnight · 10-26-2005, 10:23 AM

I find it pretty hard anyway, so a little hintssses might be welcome, if I may be so bold.

Rimbaud · 10-27-2005, 07:46 AM

Vertically challenged folks and where they live.

piosenniel · 10-31-2005, 12:51 PM

I'm stumped . . . but not without an answer, wrong as it might be:

As far as I can figure out - these are homeless Dwarves -- probably displaced since Beleriand sank; a lost clan - the Fardrivers. Modern day finds them living in France, in small trucks set low to the ground, selling garden statuary to elderly ladies of modest financial persuasion (the ladies, that is, not the Dwarves - they are quite wealthy, but hide it well)

My answer, therefore is:

~*~ L' Dwarves of the Loris ~*~

which is utterly in error, of course, but the best I could do at the moment . . .

~*~ Pio

Rimbaud · 11-01-2005, 03:51 AM

For goodness sake, I muttered. It's not that hard. Where's that piece of paper with my notes. Here we go. Right - d, w, a, r, v, e, s, o, f, t, h, e....

So far so good. What's wrong with these people? Um. Hang on. Not even I can make Iron Hills out of i,l,l,o,r,s. Hmm. I missed out a word. Simple mistake, no-one can blame me for that. Such a small word... In.

Ah. And an H.

Hmm. Back away slowly 'baud, the thread is pio's for treating this blunder with casual good humour...

*the whispers of the fleeing Rimbaud echo mournfully down the halls of shame*

09-30-2005, 12:54 PM	#1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Verb sap, but I have need of many As I believe the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge once very aptly put it, "yes". You have, sir, correctly divined the nub of my enciphered gist, which indeed concerns the setting for that glassy edifice which was home to such wisdom and folly. Pray conjure us a conundrum of cunning complexity. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

10-11-2005, 07:49 AM	#2
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Sapping verbs make the wise words weep As a gentleman, sir, you will no doubt be pleasantly unaware of the Seething Underbelly of our great Town, where I hear in the area known as 'the Docks' (how earthy!) that there are wharf love rites sold. Dare I presume upon you sir, in your capacity as a Man of the World, to conjure for us a solution to this Sordid Conundrum. __________________ And all the rest is literature

10-21-2005, 09:41 AM	#3
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Well anyone else can too, it's not that hard... __________________ And all the rest is literature

10-26-2005, 10:23 AM	#4
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	I find it pretty hard anyway, so a little hintssses might be welcome, if I may be so bold. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

10-27-2005, 07:46 AM	#5
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	How's this? Vertically challenged folks and where they live. __________________ And all the rest is literature

10-31-2005, 12:51 PM	#6
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	I'm stumped . . . but not without an answer, wrong as it might be: As far as I can figure out - these are homeless Dwarves -- probably displaced since Beleriand sank; a lost clan - the Fardrivers. Modern day finds them living in France, in small trucks set low to the ground, selling garden statuary to elderly ladies of modest financial persuasion (the ladies, that is, not the Dwarves - they are quite wealthy, but hide it well) My answer, therefore is: ~~ L' Dwarves of the Loris ~~ which is utterly in error, of course, but the best I could do at the moment . . . ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

11-01-2005, 03:51 AM	#7
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Mea culpa For goodness sake, I muttered. It's not that hard. Where's that piece of paper with my notes. Here we go. Right - d, w, a, r, v, e, s, o, f, t, h, e.... So far so good. What's wrong with these people? Um. Hang on. Not even I can make Iron Hills out of i,l,l,o,r,s. Hmm. I missed out a word. Simple mistake, no-one can blame me for that. Such a small word... In. Ah. And an H. Hmm. Back away slowly 'baud, the thread is pio's for treating this blunder with casual good humour... the whispers of the fleeing Rimbaud echo mournfully down the halls of shame __________________ And all the rest is literature

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