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Eowyn Skywalker · 10-11-2005, 09:25 PM

Oh my... and I thought everyone on here was Bob, Joe, Tom, Jane, Jill, or Joan. Loleth...

(looks around suspiciously) I just know that somewhere on here is the ghost of J.R.R. Tolkien, somehow using mental powers to manipulate a keyboard...

But in seriousness, I do indeed wonder if some of the people we jabber at in RPG and such forth aren't really famous people trying to appear as if they were as perfectly (ab) normal as the rest of us. We knooooooow you're there....

Bêthberry · 04-18-2006, 10:35 AM

Funny, once upon a time I suspected HerenIstarion of being Michael Martinez himself. And for a time I kept thinking of Thenamir as Billy Graham. He did call himself an old geezer, after all!

But I've got the real dope on some other folks now.

Sharkey, aka Old Man, really is an old man. He's Andrew Sachs, the actor who played the tyrannized dogsbody and waiter Manuel on Fawlty Towers.

Meela is Carrie Fisher, who soon will publish her second book, Postcards from the Edge of Denethor's Jump.

davem is none other than famous British comedian Ronnie Corbett. After the death of the other Ronnie, he searched around for another partner in laughter and so hooked up with ...

Prunella Scales, who is none other than our esteemed Lalwendë, who has found here in Middle-earth Online a parallel outlet for her good works on the Protection of Rural England.

Diamond18 may be a voice newly familiar to the newbies here, as she has just returned from a hiatus from REB, but us oldesters knew her from way back as the vegetarian singer k. d. lang. She regularly uses her REB characters Pimpiowen and Vogonwë to excise her formerly indulged desires for meat.

I would have bet money that Hookbill is M.C. Escher, until I discovered that Escher was dead and left clear instructions in his will that he was not to be reincarnated in latter day talents. But persevering I have seen the light and now understand that our dear Hookbill the Zoomba is Seth the Cartoonist.

And how could I not attempt to uncover the sauve identity of our debonair Boromir88? Boro might blush to admit it, but he is in internet fact Aldo Nova , the Canadian guitarist of Fantasy fame from that now forgotten decade, the 80's. He lives off the avails of profits from selling the rights to Fantasy to Ringtones.

Two final secret identities to finish this latest round.

Most of us know Kuruharan from his occasional Books posts. However, some of us with more unrefined tastes in Tolkienology know his work on the REB parodies. Yet he can now be uncloaked in his alternate identity as the customer service monkey Mark at ThinkGeek. I'm willing to bet he keeps a pet dragon there to keep the puppy population down.

Last but perverbially not least is the most remarkable secret identity of this round of sleuthing. We have all been entertained and regaled by the excellent work of alatar in the Sequence by Sequence threads on the movies. Yet, almost unbelievably, our alatar is William Shatner! He was so stung by the popularity of Nimoy's rendition of Bilbo's song that he determined to enter Middle-earth Online and lay the groundwork for award-winning excellence in the filmic field of acting. I hear he is up for some Enty awards based on his fine S x S posts.

Over to you, Esty.

JennyHallu · 07-01-2006, 01:06 PM

I have made a vital discovery! Our own dear LMP is none other than...

(DunDunDUNNNNNN!!!)

Well...see for yourself.

10-11-2005, 09:25 PM	#1
Eowyn Skywalker Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere far, far away. Eh. Posts: 402	Oh my... and I thought everyone on here was Bob, Joe, Tom, Jane, Jill, or Joan. Loleth... (looks around suspiciously) I just know that somewhere on here is the ghost of J.R.R. Tolkien, somehow using mental powers to manipulate a keyboard... But in seriousness, I do indeed wonder if some of the people we jabber at in RPG and such forth aren't really famous people trying to appear as if they were as perfectly (ab) normal as the rest of us. We knooooooow you're there.... __________________ Sometimes worlds collide. This time, they got their own webpage. Join Middle-earth: Insanity forums today.

04-18-2006, 10:35 AM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Being a gumshoe is a sticky business ... Funny, once upon a time I suspected HerenIstarion of being Michael Martinez himself. And for a time I kept thinking of Thenamir as Billy Graham. He did call himself an old geezer, after all! But I've got the real dope on some other folks now. Sharkey, aka Old Man, really is an old man. He's Andrew Sachs, the actor who played the tyrannized dogsbody and waiter Manuel on Fawlty Towers. Meela is Carrie Fisher, who soon will publish her second book, Postcards from the Edge of Denethor's Jump. davem is none other than famous British comedian Ronnie Corbett. After the death of the other Ronnie, he searched around for another partner in laughter and so hooked up with ... Prunella Scales, who is none other than our esteemed Lalwendë, who has found here in Middle-earth Online a parallel outlet for her good works on the Protection of Rural England. Diamond18 may be a voice newly familiar to the newbies here, as she has just returned from a hiatus from REB, but us oldesters knew her from way back as the vegetarian singer k. d. lang. She regularly uses her REB characters Pimpiowen and Vogonwë to excise her formerly indulged desires for meat. I would have bet money that Hookbill is M.C. Escher, until I discovered that Escher was dead and left clear instructions in his will that he was not to be reincarnated in latter day talents. But persevering I have seen the light and now understand that our dear Hookbill the Zoomba is Seth the Cartoonist. And how could I not attempt to uncover the sauve identity of our debonair Boromir88? Boro might blush to admit it, but he is in internet fact Aldo Nova , the Canadian guitarist of Fantasy fame from that now forgotten decade, the 80's. He lives off the avails of profits from selling the rights to Fantasy to Ringtones. Two final secret identities to finish this latest round. Most of us know Kuruharan from his occasional Books posts. However, some of us with more unrefined tastes in Tolkienology know his work on the REB parodies. Yet he can now be uncloaked in his alternate identity as the customer service monkey Mark at ThinkGeek. I'm willing to bet he keeps a pet dragon there to keep the puppy population down. Last but perverbially not least is the most remarkable secret identity of this round of sleuthing. We have all been entertained and regaled by the excellent work of alatar in the Sequence by Sequence threads on the movies. Yet, almost unbelievably, our alatar is William Shatner! He was so stung by the popularity of Nimoy's rendition of Bilbo's song that he determined to enter Middle-earth Online and lay the groundwork for award-winning excellence in the filmic field of acting. I hear he is up for some Enty awards based on his fine S x S posts. Over to you, Esty. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bêthberry; 04-19-2006 at 11:16 AM. Reason: a dropped 'haitch

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