Tolkien's Letters - Page 6 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Beren87 · 08-22-2003, 10:21 PM

An excellent anagram, dear Stablemaster. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Heard in the local Inn, by an alcoholic ropemaker:

Gin for row-pes!

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-25-2003, 05:15 PM

Gardener? Stablemaster? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Ah well, at least I understand the ropemaker:

Rings of Power.

Beren87 · 08-25-2003, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Gardener? Stablemaster?

The Green Dragon Inn. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

And you've got it!

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-26-2003, 04:38 PM

Ah, I see. Well, I'm glad to see you making yourself useful in the garden, Beren. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Is this a burglary too far for Bilbo?

Will Mr B rob Sauron?

Rimbaud · 08-27-2003, 03:48 AM

Robin Smallburrow.

Barliman gives a lesson to his fey young apprentice on the making of tasty mulled beverages:

Tim, I stir wine for the heat!

[ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Rimbaud ]

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-27-2003, 05:10 PM

Robin Smallburrow it is, Rimbaud. Pray contin ... oh, I see that you have already. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-28-2003, 04:38 AM

You have to move fast to keep up with the Perilous Poet, Saucepan, old fellow. The answer to Rimbaud's pre-emptive question is, of course, White Tree of Minas Tirith.

Rimbaud · 08-28-2003, 05:01 AM

Indeed it is, Squatter. Saucepan, it just seemed extravagant to spend two posts where one would do...a rare economy of words for me...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-28-2003, 05:41 AM

Part of a conversation between two vampires of a literary bent, perhaps: Drain Waugh, hun

Annunfuiniel · 08-28-2003, 05:53 AM

Haudh in Gwanur, the mound raised to entomb the twins Folcred and Fastred of Rohan. May they rest in peace...

~Annun

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-28-2003, 06:54 AM

Twelve minutes to find a solution? That's fast work. Your turn, Annunfuiniel.

Annunfuiniel · 08-28-2003, 07:28 AM

Thankee, Dr. S! It took me a while to find which 'haudh' it was, that's why the twelve minutes - in stead of say, five... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Anyways, while we discuss in this civilized manner others still use rather vulgar tongue. Don't know what I mean? Let me give you an example (don't mind the asterisks, they have absolutely nothing to do with anything):

He! **** U R ******* tame, misterr! lol

Rimbaud · 08-29-2003, 03:17 AM

Rumil the Loremaster.

Annunfuiniel · 08-29-2003, 05:10 AM

Exactly!

Please proceed, Poet.

Rimbaud · 08-29-2003, 07:36 AM

Thorin's young nephew runs for election, and ballot papers are being counted. The Middle-Earth Express headline screams:

Fíli Nearing Votes!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-29-2003, 07:48 AM

Ravines of Teiglin, most Gallic of radicals

Rimbaud · 08-29-2003, 08:27 AM

My dearest Hill-dweller, thy perspicacity knows few bounds. Right you are.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-30-2003, 12:30 PM

Nob finds himself in hot water over the age of the Pony's wares:

Ale not old, N?

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-30-2003, 02:25 PM

Noldolantë, Maglor's lament, is the answer.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 08-31-2003, 12:28 PM

Absolutely, Estelyn.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-31-2003, 02:16 PM

Exclamation of one old forum member to another:

Eru - red's back, baldy man!

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-04-2003, 06:29 AM

Anyone want to try this one? The first letter is a given fact, according to the rules of the game - it can't be that hard!

Annunfuiniel · 09-04-2003, 06:56 AM

Esmeralda Brandybuck, better known as Esmeralda Took, is the Hobbit in question. So she did indeed take her husbands family name after they married??

~Annun

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-04-2003, 11:29 AM

I guess she must have - and you're right, of course, Annun! Your turn!

Envinyatar · 11-12-2003, 04:07 AM

May I, since it's been so long?!
_____________________________________________

Bob Marley's whereabouts on Sundays [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] -

I 'n' I kirk

Mariska Greenleaf · 11-12-2003, 07:14 AM

That would be kirinki.

Envinyatar · 11-12-2003, 03:46 PM

You have it, Mariska!

Carry on!

Mariska Greenleaf · 11-13-2003, 03:53 AM

Thanks!

It is never "L"

good luck!

Envinyatar · 11-14-2003, 04:14 PM

I'll admit I'm stumped.

Does this word(s) I'm looking for actually begin with 'I'?

-E-

Mariska Greenleaf · 11-15-2003, 10:03 AM

No it doesn't. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Envinyatar · 11-15-2003, 12:34 PM

Silvertine

And just to clarify: (from the instructions for the game on the 1st page . . . The respondent must proceed, once they have solved the puzzle, with one of their own, the answer of which has the same first letter as the last letter of the solution to the previous riddle. You grok? "

-E-

Mariska Greenleaf · 11-16-2003, 09:42 AM

I'm so sorry, I had no idea...
It was the first time I watched this topic...

Go ahead!

Envinyatar · 11-17-2003, 02:50 AM

Seen in "Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum: The Problem of Rog":

Cite a Gnomish noun!

Mariska Greenleaf · 12-05-2003, 08:40 AM

Echoing Mountains.

Envinyatar · 12-05-2003, 11:26 AM

Well done!

Your turn! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Mariska Greenleaf · 12-06-2003, 11:21 AM

Thanks!

A gang is eb of end

And this time, I followed the rules... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Mariska Greenleaf · 12-10-2003, 06:36 AM

It's not that hard...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-10-2003, 06:54 AM

I suppose it is about time someone answered.

Siege of Angband

Mariska Greenleaf · 12-10-2003, 06:59 AM

of course.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-10-2003, 07:05 AM

Here's a solution to a Chaucerian whodunnit:

Miller did Al

08-25-2003, 05:15 PM	#202
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Gardener? Stablemaster? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] Ah well, at least I understand the ropemaker: Rings of Power. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-26-2003, 04:38 PM	#204
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Ah, I see. Well, I'm glad to see you making yourself useful in the garden, Beren. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Is this a burglary too far for Bilbo? Will Mr B rob Sauron? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-27-2003, 03:48 AM	#205
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Robin Smallburrow. Barliman gives a lesson to his fey young apprentice on the making of tasty mulled beverages: Tim, I stir wine for the heat! [ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Rimbaud ] __________________ And all the rest is literature

08-27-2003, 05:10 PM	#206
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Robin Smallburrow it is, Rimbaud. Pray contin ... oh, I see that you have already. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-28-2003, 04:38 AM	#207
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	You have to move fast to keep up with the Perilous Poet, Saucepan, old fellow. The answer to Rimbaud's pre-emptive question is, of course, White Tree of Minas Tirith. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-22-2003, 10:21 PM	#201
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	An excellent anagram, dear Stablemaster. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Heard in the local Inn, by an alcoholic ropemaker: Gin for row-pes!

08-28-2003, 05:01 AM	#208
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Indeed it is, Squatter. Saucepan, it just seemed extravagant to spend two posts where one would do...a rare economy of words for me... __________________ And all the rest is literature

08-28-2003, 05:41 AM	#209
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Part of a conversation between two vampires of a literary bent, perhaps: Drain Waugh, hun __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-28-2003, 05:53 AM	#210
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Haudh in Gwanur, the mound raised to entomb the twins Folcred and Fastred of Rohan. May they rest in peace... ~Annun __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

08-28-2003, 06:54 AM	#211
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Twelve minutes to find a solution? That's fast work. Your turn, Annunfuiniel. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-28-2003, 07:28 AM	#212
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Thankee, Dr. S! It took me a while to find which 'haudh' it was, that's why the twelve minutes - in stead of say, five... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Anyways, while we discuss in this civilized manner others still use rather vulgar tongue. Don't know what I mean? Let me give you an example (don't mind the asterisks, they have absolutely nothing to do with anything): He! U R *** tame, misterr! lol __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

08-29-2003, 03:17 AM	#213
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Rumil the Loremaster. __________________ And all the rest is literature

08-29-2003, 05:10 AM	#214
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Exactly! Please proceed, Poet. __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

08-29-2003, 07:36 AM	#215
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Thorin's young nephew runs for election, and ballot papers are being counted. The Middle-Earth Express headline screams: Fíli Nearing Votes! __________________ And all the rest is literature

08-29-2003, 07:48 AM	#216
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Ravines of Teiglin, most Gallic of radicals __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-29-2003, 08:27 AM	#217
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	My dearest Hill-dweller, thy perspicacity knows few bounds. Right you are. __________________ And all the rest is literature

08-30-2003, 12:30 PM	#218
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Nob finds himself in hot water over the age of the Pony's wares: Ale not old, N? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-30-2003, 02:25 PM	#219
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Noldolantë, Maglor's lament, is the answer. __________________ '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...'

08-31-2003, 12:28 PM	#220
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Absolutely, Estelyn. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

08-31-2003, 02:16 PM	#221
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Exclamation of one old forum member to another: Eru - red's back, baldy man! __________________ '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...'

09-04-2003, 06:29 AM	#222
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Anyone want to try this one? The first letter is a given fact, according to the rules of the game - it can't be that hard! __________________ '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...'

09-04-2003, 06:56 AM	#223
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Esmeralda Brandybuck, better known as Esmeralda Took, is the Hobbit in question. So she did indeed take her husbands family name after they married?? ~Annun __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

09-04-2003, 11:29 AM	#224
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I guess she must have - and you're right, of course, Annun! Your turn! __________________ '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...'

11-12-2003, 04:07 AM	#225
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	May I, since it's been so long?! _____________________________________________ Bob Marley's whereabouts on Sundays [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] - I 'n' I kirk __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

11-12-2003, 07:14 AM	#226
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	That would be kirinki. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

11-12-2003, 03:46 PM	#227
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	You have it, Mariska! Carry on! __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

11-13-2003, 03:53 AM	#228
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Thanks! It is never "L" good luck! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

11-14-2003, 04:14 PM	#229
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	I'll admit I'm stumped. Does this word(s) I'm looking for actually begin with 'I'? -E- __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

11-15-2003, 10:03 AM	#230
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	No it doesn't. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

11-15-2003, 12:34 PM	#231
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Silvertine And just to clarify: (from the instructions for the game on the 1st page . . . The respondent must proceed, once they have solved the puzzle, with one of their own, the answer of which has the same first letter as the last letter of the solution to the previous riddle. You grok? " -E- __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

11-16-2003, 09:42 AM	#232
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	I'm so sorry, I had no idea... It was the first time I watched this topic... Go ahead! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

11-17-2003, 02:50 AM	#233
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Seen in "Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum: The Problem of Rog": Cite a Gnomish noun! __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

12-05-2003, 08:40 AM	#234
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Echoing Mountains. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

12-05-2003, 11:26 AM	#235
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Well done! Your turn! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

12-06-2003, 11:21 AM	#236
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Thanks! A gang is eb of end And this time, I followed the rules... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.