Survivor: Surviving the Minor Works - Page 6 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Only Real Estel · 04-28-2006, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Has anyone noticed how, in these games, everyone seems to be able to claim great satisfaction with the result, however it goes ...?

Why of course...that's the way the game of life is played.

Personally, I don't care much about Mew, and not even that much about Smith but it's Farmer Giles of Ham disrupting competitions and camaraderie by insisting on being called Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo that gets me.

Therefore:

++Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo

If we could get him out of here we could start concentrating more on survival and less on having to fully and properly pronounce his name.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-28-2006, 01:36 PM

Introducing variety, eh? Good lad! I am tempted to change my vote ...

But my current vote should stand as a token of my goodwill. Perhaps tomorrow.

The Only Real Estel · 04-28-2006, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Introducing variety, eh? Good lad! I am tempted to change my vote ...

But my current vote should stand as a token of my goodwill. Perhaps tomorrow.

Well, I guess you could say that.

Although out of my ten votes five of them have been for someone who had no votes for them at the time, two were for someone with one vote that I wasn't bandwagoning on, and three were bandwagonning votes (two of which were attempts to save the poor Man in-the-Moon

).

So I've been pretty varietious so far.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-28-2006, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TORE

So I've been pretty varietious so far.

Aye, and we need more of your kind here, young Estel the varietious.

Bêthberry · 04-28-2006, 09:09 PM

I think I shall follow up my hint from last night with a full nomination. One can't really call this one an underdog.

++ Mer-dog

You praise yourself too highly, Sauce, if you think my votes were in any way influenced by you.

Or by lmp. It seems to me that, rather than a bandwagon, there was a remarkable variety of reasons why people wished to keep Smith. A true polysemy of voice rather than homology.

Alcarillo · 04-28-2006, 09:19 PM

++Egbert Dorkins

His three brothers have all been kicked off, so it's time he's been sent off, too. And besides, his silly name conjures the image of a walking egg in traditional nerd garb (suspenders, glasses, pocket protector, et al). Let him and his brother Fattie brainstorm new names together when they reunite back in civilization.

Diamond18 · 04-28-2006, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

Let him and his brother Fattie brainstorm new names together when they reunite back in civilization.

You do remember that I ruthlessly killed Fattie, don't you?

Alcarillo · 04-28-2006, 09:37 PM

*flips back a few pages*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamond

And so, with cries of, "Tolkien was against fat people, and if it's good enough for Tolkien, it's good enough for us!" the judges fed Fattie Dorkins to The Sea-serpent.

I guess he's dead then. Well, Egbert still needs to attend the funeral. And even if they didn't find the body (he was fed to the Sea-Serpent after all), they can still fill his coffin with personal momentos and such.

Diamond18 · 04-29-2006, 06:29 AM

Sorry this is seven and a half hours late -- blame it on the pain in the arse that modding werewolf is, which gave me a splitting headache and sent me to bed early.

Mew, the Seagull: 4 votes

The Wizard Artaxerxes: 1 vote

Smith of Wootton Major: 1 vote

Farmer Giles of Ham: 1 vote

Mer-dog: 1 vote

Egbert Dorkins: 1 vote

And so, Mew flew away rather anticlimactically.

Day the Ninteenth finds 28 remaining contestants:

Farmer Giles of Ham

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith

Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle

Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel

Roverandom

Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mer-dog
Uin, the Whale

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Egbert Dorkins

Anguirel · 04-29-2006, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamond18

And so, Mew flew away rather anticlimactically.

Says a lot about the way this show is going, doesn't it?

What we need is to provide a climax. A turning point. A shifting of the ways.

Come on, you know you want to...

++SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

He may be decent, but he doesn't really say much. He's a sort of half-stoned witness to proceedings...happily stumbling through fairy idylls, being altruistic, that sort of thing. Hardly makes brilliant viewing. Yet what a climax breaking his defenders would be!

Tuor in Gondolin · 04-29-2006, 08:55 AM

+ + Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie

It's time for some more regicide.
Citizens! Comrades! To the barricades!
Avenge the misunderstood Master of Laketown!

Celuien · 04-29-2006, 09:09 AM

Introducing some more variety...

++ UIN
Really, this whale is too much trouble. Shouldn't be bringing folk to peek at Elvenhome. Especially not mischievous toy dogs.

And I think the whale is responsible for misspellings of my name. Now I know where the u-i-n instead of u-i-E-n comes from.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-29-2006, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bb

You praise yourself too highly, Sauce, if you think my votes were in any way influenced by you.

I never claimed such an accolade. I was merely railing against the popular candidate whom, as you say, many seem to have taken to their hearts for a variety of reasons. I can't for the life of me understand why. I find his story terribly dull.

Still, I will honour my pledge.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

Avenge the misunderstood Master of Laketown!

Now that bring back memories. Aye, I will join your cause.

+ + Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie

He's the real culprit, when it comes to Simth's airy-faeriness ...

Formendacil · 04-29-2006, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anguirel

Says a lot about the way this show is going, doesn't it?

What we need is to provide a climax. A turning point. A shifting of the ways.

Nay, nay, Anguirel!

'Tis far too soon! A climax comes near the end of a tale- not with 28 candidates to go! No, we need to BUILD to the climax, with a growing tension and struggle...

And what better way to do that than to preserve Smith's life?

Celuien has attacked one of my favourite candidates to evict this game... mainly because I actually am familiar, unlike the other Roverandom characters, with who he is. For this great whale is featured in the Book of Lost Tales, and I think that we really ought to send him back to the Legendarium where he belongs.

++ Uin

Anguirel · 04-29-2006, 12:06 PM

Alright, yeah, like, whateeever.

--SMITH OF LITTLE WHINGING, ++UIN THE MACKEREL

Alcarillo · 04-29-2006, 08:10 PM

++Egbert Dorkins

C'mon, people, he's the one who should go. He just sits there all day, bemoaning the fates of his brothers and his own to come. It's time he was sent off like the rest of 'em.

Bêthberry · 04-29-2006, 08:47 PM

Leaving aside the lamentable state of the anti-Smith lachrymosity, for my part, I have been pondering Tuor in Gondolin's argument yesterday concerning wizards. He alone has had the foresight to be foresightful and consider what a character might do rather than what a character has already done. Havoc indeed a meddling wizard might concoct. In short, a day late I concur, and go off to consider who might likely find himself in the belly of a whale.

++The Wizard Artaxerxes

Diamond18 · 04-29-2006, 11:04 PM

Uin, the Whale: 3 votes

Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie: 2 votes

Egbert Dorkins: 1 vote

The Wizard Artaxerxes: 1 vote

And so, Uin was slaughtered for his blubber and was made into a great deal of whatever they use whale blubber for.

Day the Twentieth finds 27 remaining contestants:

Farmer Giles of Ham

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith

Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle

Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel

Roverandom

Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mer-dog

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Egbert Dorkins

Celuien · 04-30-2006, 05:41 AM

++ ALF

There are still too many kings on this show. Yes, even one king is too many.

The way I wrote his name should suffice for the rest of my reason. Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie, reminds me of this Alf. And I never liked that show. Greatly preferred watching the show with the Dalek-battling Time Lord in the long scarf. And that show is no longer broadcast here (haven't seen it in about 10 years), while the irritating furry creature now has its own talk show (seriously, it does).

Down with Alf.

Formendacil · 04-30-2006, 02:23 PM

++ The Parson

Because he makes me think of Parsley, and of "Person"- and so is either nondescript or a vegetable.

And because no one has voted for him yet. Can't allow ourselves to appear easily influenced, now can we?

Diamond18 · 04-30-2006, 02:28 PM

Actually Ang voted for him once a few days ago.

It's scary how I keep track of these things...

Formendacil · 04-30-2006, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diamond18

Actually Ang voted for him once a few days ago.

It's scary how I keep track of these things...

Allow to clarify... today no one has voted for him... So I can't be said to be bandwaggoning, can I?

However, any and all are allowed to bandwaggon WITH me. Yes, I have a bit of a double-standard...

Anguirel · 04-30-2006, 02:44 PM

Eviction by stealth...

++SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

The Only Real Estel · 04-30-2006, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celuien

Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie, reminds me of this Alf

Exactly why I can't bear to seem him go yet.

Why, I used to have a small Alf puppet that was incredibly soft when I was young...one of my favorite "stuffed animals."

I won't bandwagon to save him but please, please, leave him for awhile longer - just for oldtimes sake.

Bêthberry · 04-30-2006, 05:59 PM

In honour of the Barrow Downs birthday tomorrow, let's make this choice a memorable one.

++ The Barrow wight

Celuien · 04-30-2006, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

Exactly why I can't bear to seem him go yet.

Why, I used to have a small Alf puppet that was incredibly soft when I was young...one of my favorite "stuffed animals."

I won't bandwagon to save him but please, please, leave him for awhile longer - just for oldtimes sake.

Aww. Well, just for oldtimes sake...

--ALF

++ The Barrow Wight

For the birthday celebration.

(PS I expect Smith to be left alone for a little while now too.

)

littlemanpoet · 04-30-2006, 08:38 PM

++ The Miller

He always was way to negative. And always disagreed with the Parson, a most sensible fellow.

Alcarillo · 04-30-2006, 09:22 PM

++The Barrow-wight

As I've said before:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Me

We shall overthrow the dictator! Members of the Downs, unite!

*waves banner*

Diamond18 · 04-30-2006, 10:59 PM

The Barrow-wight: 3 votes

The Parson: 1 vote

Smith of Wootton Major: 1 vote

The Miller: 1 vote

And so, the Barrow-wight was... erm... how do you kill a wight? You don't. So they sang really annoying rhymes at him until he just left.

Day the Twenty-First finds 26 remaining contestants:

Farmer Giles of Ham

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith

Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle

Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel

Roverandom

Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mer-dog

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Egbert Dorkins

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-01-2006, 02:08 AM

What, attempted murder of the Wight himself on the very day of the Barrow's anniversary? Fie upon you all! (Make up for this perfidious act by sending him a birthday card here.)

littlemanpoet · 05-01-2006, 09:35 AM

It's time to rid another member from the Farmer Giles group, and I am nothing if not consistent (well, at least sometimes....

)

++ The Miller

Celuien · 05-01-2006, 11:58 AM

++ GRAM THE DOG

A one gram dog is completely useless on a farm. Absurd.

PS Birthday greetings will arrive soon to make up for my helping evict the Barrow Wight yesterday.

Tuor in Gondolin · 05-01-2006, 01:32 PM

+ + Mer-dog

Enough dogpaddling.
Some dog's got to go!

Bêthberry · 05-01-2006, 01:38 PM

Doggone, I get to repeat myself.

++ Mer-dog

Anguirel · 05-01-2006, 02:19 PM

++ROVERANDOM

I'm a cat person...

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-01-2006, 03:59 PM

+ + NIGGLE

I don't know. There's just something about him that niggles me.

littlemanpoet · 05-01-2006, 08:30 PM

I'll offer to help anyone get their votee removed from the game in return for a 'to be determined' return favor on another day.....

Any takers?

Alcarillo · 05-01-2006, 08:36 PM

Here's one!

Help me get rid of Egbert Dorkins, and I'll help you out later.

++Egbert Dorkins

For generally not being of much use to his tribe. And also because his name is ridiculous, and the Mr. Bliss tribe's morale plummets when the other tribes use this fact to tease them. For the sake of the Mr. Bliss tribe's morale, vote Dorkins!

littlemanpoet · 05-01-2006, 09:32 PM

Fair enough.

-- The Miller

++ Egbert Dorkins

Whoever heard of being a relative of a door? or a dormouse?

I'm not so much against "Egbert", however, as it sounds worse to us moderns than it did to folk back in the good old. Still, a Dorkins is a Dorkins, and that's as bad as Dursley!

Diamond18 · 05-01-2006, 10:42 PM

Mer-dog: 2 votes

Egbert Dorkins: 2 votes

Gram: 1 vote

Roverandom: 1 vote

Niggle: 1 vote

And so, as Alcarillo gave a whoop of joy, Egbert was made into an eg-salad sandwich and fed to the Dragon. Mer-dog was sent to swim with the fishes.

Day the Twenty-Second witnesses a shuffling of the tribes, and finds 24 remaining contestants:

The Major Minor Works

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith
Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle

The More Minor Minor Works

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel
Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno

04-28-2006, 01:36 PM	#202
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Introducing variety, eh? Good lad! I am tempted to change my vote ... But my current vote should stand as a token of my goodwill. Perhaps tomorrow. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

04-28-2006, 09:09 PM	#205
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I think I shall follow up my hint from last night with a full nomination. One can't really call this one an underdog. ++ Mer-dog You praise yourself too highly, Sauce, if you think my votes were in any way influenced by you. Or by lmp. It seems to me that, rather than a bandwagon, there was a remarkable variety of reasons why people wished to keep Smith. A true polysemy of voice rather than homology. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-29-2006, 06:29 AM	#209
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Eighteenth Sorry this is seven and a half hours late -- blame it on the pain in the arse that modding werewolf is, which gave me a splitting headache and sent me to bed early. Mew, the Seagull: 4 votes The Wizard Artaxerxes: 1 vote Smith of Wootton Major: 1 vote Farmer Giles of Ham: 1 vote Mer-dog: 1 vote Egbert Dorkins: 1 vote And so, Mew flew away rather anticlimactically. Day the Ninteenth finds 28 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Fíriel Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Egbert Dorkins __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

04-29-2006, 08:55 AM	#211
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	+ + Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie It's time for some more regicide. Citizens! Comrades! To the barricades! Avenge the misunderstood Master of Laketown! __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

04-29-2006, 09:09 AM	#212
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	Introducing some more variety... ++ UIN Really, this whale is too much trouble. Shouldn't be bringing folk to peek at Elvenhome. Especially not mischievous toy dogs. And I think the whale is responsible for misspellings of my name. Now I know where the u-i-n instead of u-i-E-n comes from. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

04-28-2006, 09:19 PM	#206
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	++Egbert Dorkins His three brothers have all been kicked off, so it's time he's been sent off, too. And besides, his silly name conjures the image of a walking egg in traditional nerd garb (suspenders, glasses, pocket protector, et al). Let him and his brother Fattie brainstorm new names together when they reunite back in civilization.

04-29-2006, 12:06 PM	#215
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Alright, yeah, like, whateeever. --SMITH OF LITTLE WHINGING, ++UIN THE MACKEREL __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

04-29-2006, 08:10 PM	#216
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	++Egbert Dorkins C'mon, people, he's the one who should go. He just sits there all day, bemoaning the fates of his brothers and his own to come. It's time he was sent off like the rest of 'em.

04-29-2006, 08:47 PM	#217
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Leaving aside the lamentable state of the anti-Smith lachrymosity, for my part, I have been pondering Tuor in Gondolin's argument yesterday concerning wizards. He alone has had the foresight to be foresightful and consider what a character might do rather than what a character has already done. Havoc indeed a meddling wizard might concoct. In short, a day late I concur, and go off to consider who might likely find himself in the belly of a whale. ++The Wizard Artaxerxes __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-29-2006, 11:04 PM	#218
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Ninteenth Uin, the Whale: 3 votes Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie: 2 votes Egbert Dorkins: 1 vote The Wizard Artaxerxes: 1 vote And so, Uin was slaughtered for his blubber and was made into a great deal of whatever they use whale blubber for. Day the Twentieth finds 27 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Fíriel Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Moon-dog Mer-dog Mr. Bliss Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Egbert Dorkins __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression. Last edited by Diamond18; 04-29-2006 at 11:14 PM.

04-30-2006, 05:41 AM	#219
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	++ ALF There are still too many kings on this show. Yes, even one king is too many. The way I wrote his name should suffice for the rest of my reason. Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie, reminds me of this Alf. And I never liked that show. Greatly preferred watching the show with the Dalek-battling Time Lord in the long scarf. And that show is no longer broadcast here (haven't seen it in about 10 years), while the irritating furry creature now has its own talk show (seriously, it does). Down with Alf. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

04-30-2006, 02:23 PM	#220
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	++ The Parson Because he makes me think of Parsley, and of "Person"- and so is either nondescript or a vegetable. And because no one has voted for him yet. Can't allow ourselves to appear easily influenced, now can we? __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

04-30-2006, 02:28 PM	#221
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Actually Ang voted for him once a few days ago. It's scary how I keep track of these things... __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

04-30-2006, 02:44 PM	#223
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Eviction by stealth... ++SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

04-30-2006, 05:59 PM	#225
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	In honour of the Barrow Downs birthday tomorrow, let's make this choice a memorable one. ++ The Barrow wight __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-30-2006, 08:38 PM	#227
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	++ The Miller He always was way to negative. And always disagreed with the Parson, a most sensible fellow.

04-30-2006, 10:59 PM	#229
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Twentieth The Barrow-wight: 3 votes The Parson: 1 vote Smith of Wootton Major: 1 vote The Miller: 1 vote And so, the Barrow-wight was... erm... how do you kill a wight? You don't. So they sang really annoying rhymes at him until he just left. Day the Twenty-First finds 26 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow Goodman Maggott Fíriel Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Moon-dog Mer-dog Mr. Bliss Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Egbert Dorkins __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-01-2006, 02:08 AM	#230
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	What, attempted murder of the Wight himself on the very day of the Barrow's anniversary? Fie upon you all! (Make up for this perfidious act by sending him a birthday card here.) __________________ '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...'

05-01-2006, 09:35 AM	#231
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	It's time to rid another member from the Farmer Giles group, and I am nothing if not consistent (well, at least sometimes.... ) ++ The Miller

05-01-2006, 11:58 AM	#232
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	++ GRAM THE DOG A one gram dog is completely useless on a farm. Absurd. PS Birthday greetings will arrive soon to make up for my helping evict the Barrow Wight yesterday. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

05-01-2006, 01:32 PM	#233
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	+ + Mer-dog Enough dogpaddling. Some dog's got to go! __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-01-2006, 01:38 PM	#234
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Doggone, I get to repeat myself. ++ Mer-dog __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-01-2006, 02:19 PM	#235
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	++ROVERANDOM I'm a cat person... __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-01-2006, 03:59 PM	#236
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	+ + NIGGLE I don't know. There's just something about him that niggles me. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-01-2006, 08:30 PM	#237
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I'll offer to help anyone get their votee removed from the game in return for a 'to be determined' return favor on another day..... Any takers?

05-01-2006, 08:36 PM	#238
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	Here's one! Help me get rid of Egbert Dorkins, and I'll help you out later. ++Egbert Dorkins For generally not being of much use to his tribe. And also because his name is ridiculous, and the Mr. Bliss tribe's morale plummets when the other tribes use this fact to tease them. For the sake of the Mr. Bliss tribe's morale, vote Dorkins!

05-01-2006, 09:32 PM	#239
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Fair enough. -- The Miller ++ Egbert Dorkins Whoever heard of being a relative of a door? or a dormouse? I'm not so much against "Egbert", however, as it sounds worse to us moderns than it did to folk back in the good old. Still, a Dorkins is a Dorkins, and that's as bad as Dursley!

05-01-2006, 10:42 PM	#240
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Twenty-First Mer-dog: 2 votes Egbert Dorkins: 2 votes Gram: 1 vote Roverandom: 1 vote Niggle: 1 vote And so, as Alcarillo gave a whoop of joy, Egbert was made into an eg-salad sandwich and fed to the Dragon. Mer-dog was sent to swim with the fishes. Day the Twenty-Second witnesses a shuffling of the tribes, and finds 24 remaining contestants: The Major Minor Works Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle The More Minor Minor Works Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow Goodman Maggott Fíriel Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Moon-dog Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression. Last edited by Diamond18; 05-01-2006 at 10:54 PM.