The Gashlycrumb Downers - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

wilwarin538 · 05-10-2005, 01:47 PM

G is for Gil, deathly allergic to dill.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-10-2005, 01:54 PM

"H" is for Hookbill who swallowed a knat.

bilbo_baggins · 05-10-2005, 07:54 PM

I is for Imladris , who stepped on a cat

wilwarin538 · 05-11-2005, 05:52 PM

skipping j.

K is for Kath who ate a poisson ivy(sp?) salad.

the phantom · 05-11-2005, 06:43 PM

L is for littlemanpoet, who listened to a lethally lengthy ballad.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-12-2005, 07:25 AM

"M" is for Meela, crushed by an Ent.

ElementFire · 05-12-2005, 10:29 AM

A is for Assassin, who looked in a pot and fell in.
-EF

The Only Real Estel · 05-19-2005, 01:57 PM

so are we rhyming with Mith's 'rickshaw' or Mith's Singapore?

O is for Orual, who snored one to many a snore.
-or-
O is for Orual, who underestimated the aim of the law.

continue rhyming with whichever one we should be continuing with

.

Gil-Galad · 05-19-2005, 04:14 PM

keep it Singapiore... we have to see if we can rhyme the whole way

P is for Pallando who never came back from the Nucelear Core

the guy who be short · 05-19-2005, 04:22 PM

Is it just my accent, or do rickshaw / Singapore rhyme anyway?

In any case, skipping Q.

R is for Rumil, eaten by lions on a safari tour.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-19-2005, 04:28 PM

"T" is for The Barrow-Wight who's head lost a fight with Thor.

Oddwen · 05-19-2005, 04:55 PM

'V' is for VanimaEdhel, who was a deadly bore.

Holbytlass · 05-19-2005, 09:37 PM

W is for Witchqueen, a hit by the mafia 'cause she was poor.
(she couldn't pay up)

Mithalwen · 05-24-2005, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

so are we rhyming with Mith's 'rickshaw' or Mith's Singapore?

In my version of English (and I sound as if I could get a job with the BBC's World Service most of the time ) Rickshaw and Singapore rhyme... obviously the scansion is different.....

Gil-Galad · 05-24-2005, 07:04 AM

A is for Abercombie of Rohan, who fell off the catwalk trying to impersonate The Phantom of the Opera

(now it should be something that describes the person, like abercombie who likes The Phantom of the Opera)

Lalaith · 05-24-2005, 08:43 AM

Blimey Gil-Galad, that rhyme is what I call throwing down the gauntlet. Here goes:

B is for Bethberry, whose essay on classical myth gave mortal offence to the goddess Hera.

(Btw - the original gashlycrumb tinies were in rhyming couplets, so perhaps we could allow C to be a new rhyme...)

bilbo_baggins · 05-24-2005, 10:18 AM

C is for Celebuial who got lost on the moor

THE Ka · 05-24-2005, 11:08 PM

D is for Dark Rose who died from great ennui, better known as much bore...

~ Ka

(**Announcement**. PLEASE! Keep on topic, I would like as much as everyone else like to see this thread continue, but If it is abused we lose it. Thank you. And also, thanks to those who continued the ryhmes in the great turmoil of nonsense that could be made into PM's. This was not meant to be harsh, just advisable!)

the guy who be short · 05-20-2005, 05:21 AM

V is for Vanwalossien, mobbed by the fans for being unable to score.

A thought: perhaps we should make these deaths more Tolkien-related?

Holbytlass · 05-20-2005, 07:19 AM

At the top of the page is a spot called Members List, between FAQ and calendar. Click on that, then choose the letter you are working on. Every letter including Q and X has members. This place is great because one does not have to think of names and everyone might have a fair shot of seeing their own fun deaths.
You're right, guy who be short, it should be Tolkien related as possible, but it is fun trying to keep the 'or' rhyme going.

'Y' is for Yavanna who was eaten by Meneldor.
(one of the eagles)

Holbytlass · 05-20-2005, 10:19 AM

I was mopping the kitchen when it dawned on me that I didn't follow my own advice. 'X' is after 'W', not 'Y' (sorry, guy who be short, I think you forgot the ABC order part, too).

X is for Xphial who got poisoned from the fruit of the trees of Valinor.

the guy who be short · 05-20-2005, 03:46 PM

A 15 year old forgetting his alphabet

. Whatever next? I do apologise...

Holbytlass: I did use the Members list function before, but I didn't want to do members who aren't active. Some of those people havn't come on the BD since 1970! And a very large number signed up, posted a little and left. I much prefer referring to the people I've come to know so well.

THE Ka · 05-20-2005, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the guy who be short

A 15 year old forgetting his alphabet

. Whatever next? I do apologise...

Holbytlass: I did use the Members list function before, but I didn't want to do members who aren't active. Some of those people havn't come on the BD since 1970! And a very large number signed up, posted a little and left. I much prefer referring to the people I've come to know so well.

At least there was a correction of this fault. Now, let's continue... These are greatly humorious.

~ The list goes ever on ka

the guy who be short · 05-21-2005, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Someone used to much windex on that sliding glass door, I believe

I once ran into a clear plastic door that my father had just cleaned and polished. I sympathise with all you other door-walkers.

Another thought: perhaps we should make a Tolkien characters version? That way we could put in their actual deaths

.

Anyway, I'm in two minds about doing "Z." The only regular Downer beginning with Z is Zifnab, and he's already been done (in by a door).

Morsul the Dark · 10-22-2009, 09:03 AM

U is for Ulmondil who rose from the depths of other forgotten downers with less than ten posts, just to be trampled by a drunk ent

wilwarin538 · 10-22-2009, 09:14 AM

V is for Valier who got trapped in a small heating vent

Lily Bombadil · 07-18-2005, 08:06 PM

B is for Barrow Wight, hideously mangled in a forum mutiny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I apologise for getting out of order, but I read Barrow Wight's first post on this thread, and I felt I should avenge THE Ka.)

G is for Glorfindel, REPLACED BY ARWEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gil-Galad · 09-04-2005, 06:38 PM

H is for Hookbill who refuses to acknowledge my awesomeness and more

Amanaduial the archer · 09-12-2005, 03:24 PM

I is for Ithaeliel, the unfortunate tea-lady of the Three Armies War.

(They rhyme, alright? From where I'm sitting anyway...)

Kitanna · 09-12-2005, 04:23 PM

J is for Joy, attacked by a wild boar.

The Only Real Estel · 09-12-2005, 06:34 PM

K is for Kitanna, smacked upside the head with an oar.

wilwarin538 · 09-12-2005, 06:46 PM

L is for Lalwende stuffed under a door.

05-10-2005, 01:47 PM	#1
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	G is for Gil, deathly allergic to dill. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

05-10-2005, 01:54 PM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	"H" is for Hookbill who swallowed a knat. __________________ peace

05-10-2005, 07:54 PM	#3
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	I is for Imladris , who stepped on a cat __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."

05-11-2005, 05:52 PM	#4
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	skipping j. K is for Kath who ate a poisson ivy(sp?) salad. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

05-11-2005, 06:43 PM	#5
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	L is for littlemanpoet, who listened to a lethally lengthy ballad. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

05-12-2005, 07:25 AM	#6
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	"M" is for Meela, crushed by an Ent. __________________ peace

05-12-2005, 10:29 AM	#7
ElementFire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Gama Quadrant Posts: 33	A is for Assassin, who looked in a pot and fell in. -EF __________________ He who stands on toilet is high on pot. XP I don't do kung fu, I do kung lamb!!!

05-19-2005, 01:57 PM	#8
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	so are we rhyming with Mith's 'rickshaw' or Mith's Singapore? O is for Orual, who snored one to many a snore. -or- O is for Orual, who underestimated the aim of the law. continue rhyming with whichever one we should be continuing with .

05-19-2005, 04:14 PM	#9
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	keep it Singapiore... we have to see if we can rhyme the whole way P is for Pallando who never came back from the Nucelear Core __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

05-19-2005, 04:22 PM	#10
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Is it just my accent, or do rickshaw / Singapore rhyme anyway? In any case, skipping Q. R is for Rumil, eaten by lions on a safari tour.

05-19-2005, 04:28 PM	#11
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	it's your accent. "T" is for The Barrow-Wight who's head lost a fight with Thor. __________________ peace

05-19-2005, 04:55 PM	#12
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Skipping "U"...no, not you... 'V' is for VanimaEdhel, who was a deadly bore. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door Last edited by Oddwen; 05-19-2005 at 04:56 PM. Reason: This post just got more deadly

05-19-2005, 09:37 PM	#13
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	W is for Witchqueen, a hit by the mafia 'cause she was poor. (she couldn't pay up) __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

05-24-2005, 07:04 AM	#15
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	*sigh* A is for Abercombie of Rohan, who fell off the catwalk trying to impersonate The Phantom of the Opera (now it should be something that describes the person, like abercombie who likes The Phantom of the Opera) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

05-24-2005, 08:43 AM	#16
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Blimey Gil-Galad, that rhyme is what I call throwing down the gauntlet. Here goes: B is for Bethberry, whose essay on classical myth gave mortal offence to the goddess Hera. (Btw - the original gashlycrumb tinies were in rhyming couplets, so perhaps we could allow C to be a new rhyme...) __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

05-24-2005, 10:18 AM	#17
bilbo_baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In my front hallway, grabbing my staff, about to head out my door Posts: 275	C is for Celebuial who got lost on the moor __________________ "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and with more knowledge comes more grief."

05-24-2005, 11:08 PM	#18
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	D is for Dark Rose who died from great ennui, better known as much bore... ~ Ka (**Announcement*. PLEASE! Keep on topic, I would like as much as everyone else like to see this thread continue, but If it is abused we lose* it. Thank you. And also, thanks to those who continued the ryhmes in the great turmoil of nonsense that could be made into PM's. This was not meant to be harsh, just advisable!) __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni? Last edited by THE Ka; 05-24-2005 at 11:11 PM. Reason: Getting a point across... Spelling and such.

05-20-2005, 05:21 AM	#19
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	V is for Vanwalossien, mobbed by the fans for being unable to score. A thought: perhaps we should make these deaths more Tolkien-related?

05-20-2005, 07:19 AM	#20
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Some suggestions... At the top of the page is a spot called Members List, between FAQ and calendar. Click on that, then choose the letter you are working on. Every letter including Q and X has members. This place is great because one does not have to think of names and everyone might have a fair shot of seeing their own fun deaths. You're right, guy who be short, it should be Tolkien related as possible, but it is fun trying to keep the 'or' rhyme going. 'Y' is for Yavanna who was eaten by Meneldor. (one of the eagles) __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

05-20-2005, 10:19 AM	#21
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	I was mopping the kitchen when it dawned on me that I didn't follow my own advice. 'X' is after 'W', not 'Y' (sorry, guy who be short, I think you forgot the ABC order part, too). X is for Xphial who got poisoned from the fruit of the trees of Valinor. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

05-20-2005, 03:46 PM	#22
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	A 15 year old forgetting his alphabet . Whatever next? I do apologise... Holbytlass: I did use the Members list function before, but I didn't want to do members who aren't active. Some of those people havn't come on the BD since 1970! And a very large number signed up, posted a little and left. I much prefer referring to the people I've come to know so well.

10-22-2009, 09:03 AM	#25
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	U is for Ulmondil who rose from the depths of other forgotten downers with less than ten posts, just to be trampled by a drunk ent __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

10-22-2009, 09:14 AM	#26
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	V is for Valier who got trapped in a small heating vent __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

07-18-2005, 08:06 PM	#27
Lily Bombadil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hold on...let me consult this broken compass... Posts: 279	Take that! B is for Barrow Wight, hideously mangled in a forum mutiny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I apologise for getting out of order, but I read Barrow Wight's first post on this thread, and I felt I should avenge THE Ka.) G is for Glorfindel, REPLACED BY ARWEN!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ "YOU!" "Indeed."

09-04-2005, 06:38 PM	#28
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	H is for Hookbill who refuses to acknowledge my awesomeness and more __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

09-12-2005, 03:24 PM	#29
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,347	I is for Ithaeliel, the unfortunate tea-lady of the Three Armies War. (They rhyme, alright? From where I'm sitting anyway...) __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

09-12-2005, 04:23 PM	#30
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	J is for Joy, attacked by a wild boar. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

09-12-2005, 06:34 PM	#31
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	K is for Kitanna, smacked upside the head with an oar.

09-12-2005, 06:46 PM	#32
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	L is for Lalwende stuffed under a door. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin