Stuck in a boat

[Oddwen]

And, however, you can't throw Déagol overboard, because he would undoubtedly sink to the bottom and come up with a ring. It's in his blood. Sméagol would haul him back up, kill him for the ring, and then hide in the hold. Then Bilbo (to escape keelhauling) would "accidentally" find his hiding place, steal this shiny ring, and then would hand it over to Frodo when it got too heavy, and then you'd have to take this long detour on a hopeless quest and totally forget about Aman until you're so weary that you actually need the place.
So...my advice would be to keep Déagol, toss Sméagol.

Of course if you toss Bergil, his distraught father would be so torn between his son and Lord Faramir, that he would throw the both of them into the sea. Be careful there.

Ents, being made of wood, can float, so you can probably float them alongside and use them like makeshift canoes.
But then again, Sméagol would probably hijack one of them and follow his "Precious" in the dark.

Plus, Pippin slipped me 12 silver pennies.

Which, no doubt, he aquired through the sale of some several ponies.

[Lhunardawen]

Off-topic:

Originally Posted by The Barrow-Wight

Also, Galadriel, Eowyn, and Arwen are welcome on my boat anytime

Mrs. Wight...

On-topic:
While I was contemplating on this dilemma, we heard a soft *splash*. "Oops," Frodo said, blushing with seeming embarassment. "Sam, I dropped the lembas." So Sam jumped out of the boat to retrieve the fallen package, silently cursing his master.

After a while, Frodo remembered Sam couldn't swim. Thinking him already drowned, Frodo weeped as he jumped out into the churning waters, realizing he could do nothing without Sam.

Merry and Pippin followed suit, as they didn't want to be left behind again, as they almost were in Rivendell.

Boromir remembered that the Ring is still with Frodo. So he jumps out, knowing he should get it at all costs. (But he has an ulterior motive. Au contraire, Mr. Barrow-Wight, Boromir wanted to know how it would feel if he was placed in an ordinary boat instead of one from Lothlorien.) So follows Denethor, for he favors his son so much. Faramir sees his father bringing the staff of stewardsip with him, so he jumps out to get it (the staff).

Eowyn, now being freed from her cage, follows Faramir in the name of love. Unfortunately, Aragorn has realized it is Eowyn he loves after all, so he jumps out after her. And so does Arwen, for obvious reasons. Then follows Elrond, to stop her fool-of-a-Halfelf daughter from going after the unwashed heir to the throne of Gondor.

Considering who are left with me in the boat, I proceed to jump out.

...Thankfully, Treebeard lost his balance and tilted, falling into the water. So we all ride on him. Hopefully someone knows the way to the Undying Lands...

Oh, look! Land ahoy!

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Ok...

1) Legolas (Hopefully five tones worth of Fangirls will follow... should keep the boat nice and... unsinking?)

2) Aragorn (He can swim!)

3) WitchKing (He gave me a funny look)

4) Barliman Butterbur (He can't remember things very well, perhaps he can't remember how to swim.. hum...)

5) Sauron (His eye must be weighing down the boat, if not burning it)

6) Urukhi (For killing Sean Bean!)

7) Whoever built the boat (Should have made it carry more weight)

8) The Ring (Keeps getting heavier)

9) Ted Sandyman (He’s a BAD MAN... or Hobbit... or whatever)

10) (Film) Saruman, (He scares me with his dislocateable fingers... *Shiver*)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Only 10? The mighty Rauros' hunger will not be satisfied! He'll eat us all!

*sigh* Oh, well. But I did warn you.

1-2. Elladan and Elrohir. If Bergil is a punk, then these two are the co-Kings of Punkdom. Remember the prank they pulled on Aragorn, the one involving the Paths of the Dead? I even begin to think they're the reason we're in this mess in the first place. Out they go.

3. Denethor. Kransha said it best:

. . . pyromaniacs and wooden boats don't mix in the nautical profession. (Kransha)

4. Balrog # 7. For the same reasons as above. Plus the wings take up too much space.

5. Oliphaunts. No offence, but they are heavy. Maybe if this was Elendil's boat we could have brought two of the creatures. But no. Not here.
Are they characters, hm?
Well, technically they played a role in the story.
But according to dictionary.com, character, definition 10.a. is:
"A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel."
But an oliphaunt is not a person.
What then, is a person? It usually refers to a human being. So, orcs, trolls, Bombadils and Gimlis( ) should not be part of the list. But they are. So I'll include the oliphaunts, thank you very much.

Anywhen,
6. Gildor. Hey, he's a good guy. But Inglorion? Son of Inglor, which was the early name for Finrod, which is my father? Why, another Kin-Strife might occur. A Kin-Strife in a boat. Do you know how hard it is to clean blood off those hardwood floors?

7. The Dead Men of Dunharrow. Cool party dudes, but they scare the other passengers. Especially with their propensity to rush through ships and just look plain creepy. See? Those Corsairs are cowering in the corner! We need those Corsairs to row, and they won't work paralysed with fear! Deep-six them green slimies!

8-9. Bombur. I need the deck space. Move it!

10. Sauron. This is where I get petty and vindictive. He killed my father, then almost killed my future wife. I'll kill him anyway, so why not throw him overboard, and save me all the trouble?

I should have posted it a long time ago, but for a while, I didn't find a higher version of paint to convert .bmp to .jpg, which I need for this part.

I ask a certain Barrow-dweller to forgive me for questioning Bergil's punkness (punkicity?), which was revealed to now that it has been displayed in this forum. Look what he did to this poor guy!
He poked him in the eye and stood him on his head (or at least hung him upside-down.)