Vague Descriptions - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 01-14-2007, 10:56 AM

No, it's not that obvious

Okay, I meant that the answer is not in any of the "sophisticated books", neither HoME, nor Unfinished Tales... generally, I think that someone who just came to contact with Tolkien's work half a year ago could beat in answering someone who has spent ten years reading all the books from back to front...

Beanamir of Gondor · 03-05-2007, 04:25 PM

My guess is a Hobbit... just because getting smacked in the face with a tree branch sounds like something a Hobbit would do. :P
*frantically ruffles through book*

The Might · 03-05-2007, 04:47 PM

Oh yeah, I remember searching for this answer some time ago but I eventually gave up as I wasn't able to locate it.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-06-2007, 01:37 PM

You are correct about the Hobbit, it is not really such a problem - try to imagine all the possibilities where in Hobbit someone could have been hit by a tree branch and lost a tooth... (you can start by ellimination method - e.g. it couldn't have been the spiders in Mirkwood, because spiders don't have teeth; it couldn't have been Gollum, because there were no trees around... I think I have said quite enough)

Ataralasse · 04-16-2007, 04:40 PM

I don't know his name, but it was one of the Trolls in The Hobbit!! I think it was Tom.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-17-2007, 03:44 AM

Yes, that was Tom. And Thorin was the one who did it to him, by the way.

Great job, Ataralasse! You managed to solve a thing that has been lying here unsolved for weeks... You can post the next question.

Ataralasse · 04-17-2007, 09:21 PM

Woohoo! I read the vague description, and thought, 'Oh, oh, I know that one! But someone has GOT to have answered it already ::sigh:: ... ' and then suddenly I was at the bottom of the page.

I've never typed so fast in my life. Hehe.

So, hm, vague description ...

Does this character have light hair or dark hair?!

Vague enough? Or too much?

01-14-2007, 10:56 AM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No, it's not that obvious Okay, I meant that the answer is not in any of the "sophisticated books", neither HoME, nor Unfinished Tales... generally, I think that someone who just came to contact with Tolkien's work half a year ago could beat in answering someone who has spent ten years reading all the books from back to front... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

03-05-2007, 04:25 PM	#2
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	My guess is a Hobbit... just because getting smacked in the face with a tree branch sounds like something a Hobbit would do. :P frantically ruffles through book __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

03-05-2007, 04:47 PM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Oh yeah, I remember searching for this answer some time ago but I eventually gave up as I wasn't able to locate it. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-06-2007, 01:37 PM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Hint, here You are correct about the Hobbit, it is not really such a problem - try to imagine all the possibilities where in Hobbit someone could have been hit by a tree branch and lost a tooth... (you can start by ellimination method - e.g. it couldn't have been the spiders in Mirkwood, because spiders don't have teeth; it couldn't have been Gollum, because there were no trees around... I think I have said quite enough) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-16-2007, 04:40 PM	#5
Ataralasse Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 20	I don't know his name, but it was one of the Trolls in The Hobbit!! I think it was Tom. __________________ This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment.

04-17-2007, 03:44 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Tremendous applause! Yes, that was Tom. And Thorin was the one who did it to him, by the way. Great job, Ataralasse! You managed to solve a thing that has been lying here unsolved for weeks... You can post the next question. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-17-2007, 09:21 PM	#7
Ataralasse Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 20	Woohoo! I read the vague description, and thought, 'Oh, oh, I know that one! But someone has GOT to have answered it already ::sigh:: ... ' and then suddenly I was at the bottom of the page. I've never typed so fast in my life. Hehe. So, hm, vague description ... Does this character have light hair or dark hair?! Vague enough? Or too much? __________________ This was unexpected and rather difficult. There was some scattered clapping, but most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came to a compliment.