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Formendacil · 05-09-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Anguirel

Smirk, smirk. Your Bible isn't the origin of everything it pinches. Our Great Kings were called Artaxerxes before the Scriptures were even conceived!

For the glory of Persia! Let's take down that silly Biblical plagiarist

++THE PARSON

in the name of the Prophet Zoroaster!

Let the priestling burn!

The insinuation that I didn't know that is almost too much to bear... I think I shall go drown myself in a bowl of green jello.

Of course Artaxerxes is a name of Persian origin, used by various kings of that land- that's how it ended up in the Bible, after all. Just like Ar-Pharazôn was the name of a Númenorean king, and so ended up in the Akallabêth...

You should be on my side! Who is this profane wizard to be using a noble name of Ancient Persia?

(Not that I have any particular liking for the Parson.. I'd be more than happy to vote off the Parsley.. er, Parson- but tomorrow.)

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-09-2006, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lmp

Alf was not whimsical!

...

He was the mover and shaker in the whole story!

Eh? The story is whimsical. So, as the "mover and shaker", he must take responsibility.

Besides, he deserves to be evicted for being a "mover and shaker" in such a dreadfully dull story.

+ + Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie

Celuien · 05-09-2006, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SPM

...such a dreadfully dull story.

Let's not push our point of agreement too far with attacks on a very lovely story, okay? Alf is welcome to go, but still.

++ALF

Again.

Tuor of Gondolin · 05-09-2006, 05:42 AM

+ + The Wizard Artaxerxes

Sure, this guy can intimidate toy dogs but what
about dealing with living creatures?
I've read about Radagast the Brown,
noted Radagast the Brown's abilities, and I
can tell you, Artaxerxes is no Radagast the Brown!

Anguirel · 05-09-2006, 05:47 AM

I wasn't aware being Radagast the Brown was an essential qualification for continuing in the show...we might as well evict, say, Smith of Wootton Major on the same basis...

Wizards are persecuted and few. Christians are many and muscular. Show religious enlightenment and help me evict the Parson today!

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-09-2006, 06:44 AM

For someone who has "Art" in his name, that wizard has no sense of aesthetic taste. Imagine choosing to patch his trousers with a piece of window-curtain, orange with black spots?! He's given patchwork a bad name, he has. For that atrocity alone I vote to remove

++Artaxerxes

As to the idea of expelling the Faerie King Alf just because some stupid alien later chose the same name - that's not his fault! He was there first...

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-09-2006, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

Let's not push our point of agreement too far with attacks on a very lovely story, okay?

Sorry, Cel, but that's a matter of opinion. Farmer Giles of Ham has Knights, Dragons and Giants and a well-defined plot with an intriguing twist. What does Smith of Wootton Major offer? A Faerie King posing as a Pastry Chef and dreadfully dull dreamer who wanders inconsequentially around Faerie for a bit, neglecting his family. Nothing actually happens!

I cannot speak for the other tales.

I can understand why you and lmp were identified with Smith in that personality test. But, really, you both have more character in your little fingers than Smith developed over an entire tale.

And, as I said, I hold Alf, named as the "mover and shaker" in such a sorry tale, as responsible.

05-09-2006, 05:42 AM	#4
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	+ + The Wizard Artaxerxes Sure, this guy can intimidate toy dogs but what about dealing with living creatures? I've read about Radagast the Brown, noted Radagast the Brown's abilities, and I can tell you, Artaxerxes is no Radagast the Brown! __________________ Aure Entuluva!

05-09-2006, 05:47 AM	#5
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I wasn't aware being Radagast the Brown was an essential qualification for continuing in the show...we might as well evict, say, Smith of Wootton Major on the same basis... Wizards are persecuted and few. Christians are many and muscular. Show religious enlightenment and help me evict the Parson today! __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-09-2006, 06:44 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	For someone who has "Art" in his name, that wizard has no sense of aesthetic taste. Imagine choosing to patch his trousers with a piece of window-curtain, orange with black spots?! He's given patchwork a bad name, he has. For that atrocity alone I vote to remove ++Artaxerxes As to the idea of expelling the Faerie King Alf just because some stupid alien later chose the same name - that's not his fault! He was there first... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

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