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LePetitChoux · 10-22-2003, 04:43 AM

Could you possibly give us a hint? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Anne S · 10-23-2003, 05:58 AM

A dwarf could tell you something about this character.

This character was long dead when Bilbo found the Ring.

The type of this character was immortalized in a poem by a famous American writer.

NightKnight · 10-23-2003, 11:53 AM

Quote:

day I started

Istar?

Anne S · 10-24-2003, 02:20 AM

Nope NightKnight, not Istar.

NightKnight · 10-24-2003, 01:25 PM

Ah, there. Found it:

Quote:

have luck

Elu?

Anne S · 10-25-2003, 04:37 AM

NightKnight, you certainly deserve some bonus points. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

But Elu is not the right answer.

NightKnight · 10-25-2003, 05:26 AM

Quote:

an ominous

Nóm? It was a name given to Finrod Felagund by Beor, meaning Wisdom...

Anne S · 10-25-2003, 06:24 AM

No, not Nom.

Another clue: this character is not as obscure as the names you are coming up with. (Goodness knows I wouldn't come up with names like that as I am not that familiar with the long histories). His name appears in "The Hobbit," although he is dead by then.

[ October 25, 2003: Message edited by: Anne S ]

Anne S · 10-28-2003, 04:31 AM

Anyone care to venture a guess?

Otherwise I'll just give the answer and someone else can have a go.

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-04-2003, 06:27 PM

Aha! I think that I have finally found it!

Quote:

... another car. Can anyone recommend ...

Carc, father of Roac the Raven. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Gwaihir the Windlord · 11-05-2003, 01:06 AM

Commendable work, Saucepan, by jove!

Anne S · 11-05-2003, 05:00 AM

Well done Saucepan Man!!

I was beginning to wonder if Carc was a figure of my imagination.

Over to you... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-05-2003, 07:07 PM

Thank you Anne. It took some finding. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

OK, a relatively straightforward one now, in that there is only one word in words to find.

Mountain climbing is not a pursuit which should be undertaken lightly. Much preparation is required. Frequently, those seeking their thrills on hazardous mountains take the wrong kind of stuff, or go ill-prepared, and more often than not they regret it.

Nuranar · 11-05-2003, 10:54 PM

Quote:

...kind of stuff, or go ill-prepared...

Forgoil, meaning 'strawheads,' a (derogatory?) name for the Rohirrim.

**The Saucepan Man** · 11-06-2003, 04:00 PM

There we are, nice and straightforward.

Well done, Nuranar, a perfect answer. The thread is yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Anne S · 11-20-2003, 05:30 AM

OK, time has elapsed so I'll have another go. There is one word to be found.

Undercover police activity has become a standard feature of the contemporary political terrain. Disclosures in recent years indicate that environmentalist, anti-nuclear and animal rights groups are likely to be targeted for surreptitious investigation. This can take many forms, from an inconspicuous stranger who turns up to help at a demonstration, to a trained "deep cover" operative who may spend many years working within an organization.

Telchar · 11-20-2003, 08:04 AM

Indis? Arandan?

The Laurenendorian · 11-20-2003, 08:51 AM

Roper? Anor?

Anne S · 11-21-2003, 04:55 AM

Roper is the correct answer - well done Laurenendorian. Your turn now.

The Laurenendorian · 11-21-2003, 09:03 AM

If you wish to follow the tradition of Tolkien's earlier writings and create a spell which makes use of objects, to find relevant words in irrelevant background waffle, you should do the following: first, take a dragon tooth and infuse it in a granite basin of ram's blood for at least a week. Next, add three drops of water collected at dawn on the Elves' New Year (yestarë), pass a raven's feather over the thing once (from the right unto the left), and with all the ebuliance that you can muster, toss cat hair into a fire that has been burning for three days, has never burned anything but the bark of birch trees. If this is all done, the correct words should appear in your mind's eye, as if by magic, so to speak.

Mad Baggins · 11-22-2003, 06:02 PM

I found Scatha...

The Laurenendorian · 11-22-2003, 07:14 PM

Good find.

There's another word in there.

LePetitChoux · 02-21-2004, 01:47 PM

And it was doing so well...

A week has, in fact gone by, so I'd guess that it's anyone's turn.

Samwise · 02-21-2004, 06:38 PM

Arrgh. I always liked this game; 'fraid I can't see anything in that, though.

NightKnight · 02-21-2004, 06:38 PM

A week? Rather three months...

Samwise · 02-21-2004, 07:06 PM

Hope it's okay if I start it up again...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Every day it was the same thing. To and fro, to and fro, do this, do that.

" I am tired of this!"

She lobbed her water bucket and list of chores aside. "I'm going to work for someone besides the Sackville-Bagginses! "
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Only 3 words really meant to be found in that. Should be easy.

Samwise · 02-21-2004, 07:09 PM

PS: If it's not okay, somebody who should be going please go. Sorry, would have edited my message to add this, but every time I try, I'm told I don't have permission.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-21-2004, 09:38 PM

Of course it's OK Samwise.

And I hope you don't mind if I have at it.

Quote:

the same thing

Quote:

to and fro, do this

Quote:

She lobbed

Sam, Frodo and Shelob?

Samwise · 02-21-2004, 10:17 PM

Thank you, Mr. Saucy, sir, and you would be correct on all three counts.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-22-2004, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Dear Wendy

Having a great time on holiday. The sun is shining. We have spent a lot of time in the swimming pool. We took a boat ride round the coast yesterday and saw a puffin. We also went fishing and I caught a mackrel. We plan on cooking it for dinner tonight.

Today we had lunch in the café. An oriental gentleman served us. I tried the shark’s fin (*arf*) in white wine. Tomorrow I may try the shark’s fin in black bean sauce. All they seem to have on the menu is shark’s fin.

Golfing is on the agenda for tomorrow. Then, after that, we’ll see how we feel.

Ron dearly misses you.

By for now.
XXX

Nine to find.

NightKnight · 02-22-2004, 07:45 PM

Dear Wendy
shining. We
pool. We
puffin. We
mackrel. We
café. An oriental
fin (*arf*) in
fin. Golfing
feel. Ron dearly

Lots of elven lords there.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-22-2004, 08:12 PM

Spot on, NightKnight. Please continue.

NightKnight · 02-22-2004, 08:38 PM

I will do that tomorrow. It's 3:30 AM here, and I'm too tired to make something good up.

The Perky Ent · 04-08-2004, 03:44 PM

Guess you didn't make one up NK, so my turn!

If you like shopping, go to a mall. They have lots of goods and cloths and toys and junk. But if you want food, don't go to a mall. Unless it's something like subway, where you can get something to eat!But i'm talking about food to stick in your fridge! One store that i particularry like is Sav-a-Lot! Ho! If you haven't been, you have to try their fruit! It's to die for! Also, try going to it's rival, Sav-a-center, where prices are really cheap. The food quality is equal and they have a ten item or less line!

Well, have fun!

Samwise · 04-08-2004, 03:49 PM

Eh...NO clue....?

Dom ?

The Perky Ent · 04-08-2004, 03:52 PM

Um...no! I see a Don, but no Dom! PS, when you answer, please quote so i know what you're saying!

Samwise · 04-08-2004, 03:55 PM

Sorry, got this mixed up with another thread. ;p
Are are the words spelled correctly, or phonetically?

The Perky Ent · 04-08-2004, 04:19 PM

it's correct, or at least the area where the word is is correct!

Having a little trouble are we?

Samwise · 04-08-2004, 04:36 PM

Well, I've never been good at this game, truthfully, and I don't see anything remotely LOTR related in that paragraph.

The Perky Ent · 04-08-2004, 06:56 PM

That's funny, because i see something very LOTR related. Need a hint?

10-22-2003, 04:43 AM	#481
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 721	Could you possibly give us a hint? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

11-05-2003, 07:07 PM	#493
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	Thank you Anne. It took some finding. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] OK, a relatively straightforward one now, in that there is only one word in words to find. Mountain climbing is not a pursuit which should be undertaken lightly. Much preparation is required. Frequently, those seeking their thrills on hazardous mountains take the wrong kind of stuff, or go ill-prepared, and more often than not they regret it. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

11-06-2003, 04:00 PM	#495
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	There we are, nice and straightforward. Well done, Nuranar, a perfect answer. The thread is yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

11-20-2003, 08:04 AM	#497
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Indis? Arandan? __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.

11-20-2003, 08:51 AM	#498
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	Roper? Anor? __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

10-23-2003, 05:58 AM	#482
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	A dwarf could tell you something about this character. This character was long dead when Bilbo found the Ring. The type of this character was immortalized in a poem by a famous American writer.

10-24-2003, 02:20 AM	#484
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Nope NightKnight, not Istar.

10-25-2003, 04:37 AM	#486
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	NightKnight, you certainly deserve some bonus points. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] But Elu is not the right answer.

10-25-2003, 06:24 AM	#488
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	No, not Nom. Another clue: this character is not as obscure as the names you are coming up with. (Goodness knows I wouldn't come up with names like that as I am not that familiar with the long histories). His name appears in "The Hobbit," although he is dead by then. [ October 25, 2003: Message edited by: Anne S ]

10-28-2003, 04:31 AM	#489
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Anyone care to venture a guess? Otherwise I'll just give the answer and someone else can have a go.

11-05-2003, 01:06 AM	#491
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	Commendable work, Saucepan, by jove!

11-05-2003, 05:00 AM	#492
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Well done Saucepan Man!! I was beginning to wonder if Carc was a figure of my imagination. Over to you... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

11-20-2003, 05:30 AM	#496
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	OK, time has elapsed so I'll have another go. There is one word to be found. Undercover police activity has become a standard feature of the contemporary political terrain. Disclosures in recent years indicate that environmentalist, anti-nuclear and animal rights groups are likely to be targeted for surreptitious investigation. This can take many forms, from an inconspicuous stranger who turns up to help at a demonstration, to a trained "deep cover" operative who may spend many years working within an organization.

11-21-2003, 04:55 AM	#499
Anne S Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	Roper is the correct answer - well done Laurenendorian. Your turn now.

11-21-2003, 09:03 AM	#500
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	If you wish to follow the tradition of Tolkien's earlier writings and create a spell which makes use of objects, to find relevant words in irrelevant background waffle, you should do the following: first, take a dragon tooth and infuse it in a granite basin of ram's blood for at least a week. Next, add three drops of water collected at dawn on the Elves' New Year (yestarë), pass a raven's feather over the thing once (from the right unto the left), and with all the ebuliance that you can muster, toss cat hair into a fire that has been burning for three days, has never burned anything but the bark of birch trees. If this is all done, the correct words should appear in your mind's eye, as if by magic, so to speak. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

11-22-2003, 06:02 PM	#501
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 374	I found Scatha... __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

11-22-2003, 07:14 PM	#502
The Laurenendorian Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Taruithorn Posts: 57	Good find. There's another word in there. __________________ And Beren desperate then aside / thrust Lúthien, and forth did stride, unarmed, defenceless to defend / Tinúviel until the end

02-21-2004, 01:47 PM	#503
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 721	Stagnant? Stagnant? And it was doing so well... A week has, in fact gone by, so I'd guess that it's anyone's turn. __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

02-21-2004, 06:38 PM	#504
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Arrgh. I always liked this game; 'fraid I can't see anything in that, though. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

02-21-2004, 06:38 PM	#505
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,696	A week? Rather three months... __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

02-21-2004, 07:06 PM	#506
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Hope it's okay if I start it up again... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day it was the same thing. To and fro, to and fro, do this, do that. " I am tired of this!" She lobbed her water bucket and list of chores aside. "I'm going to work for someone besides the Sackville-Bagginses! " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Only 3 words really meant to be found in that. Should be easy. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

02-21-2004, 07:09 PM	#507
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	PS: If it's not okay, somebody who should be going please go. Sorry, would have edited my message to add this, but every time I try, I'm told I don't have permission. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

02-21-2004, 10:17 PM	#509
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Of course it's OK Samwise Thank you, Mr. Saucy, sir, and you would be correct on all three counts. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

02-22-2004, 07:45 PM	#511
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,696	Dear Wendy shining. We pool. We puffin. We mackrel. We café. An oriental *fin (arf) in* fin. Golfing feel. Ron dearly Lots of elven lords there. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

02-22-2004, 08:12 PM	#512
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	Spot on, NightKnight. Please continue. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

02-22-2004, 08:38 PM	#513
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,696	I will do that tomorrow. It's 3:30 AM here, and I'm too tired to make something good up. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

04-08-2004, 03:44 PM	#514
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,332	Guess not Guess you didn't make one up NK, so my turn! If you like shopping, go to a mall. They have lots of goods and cloths and toys and junk. But if you want food, don't go to a mall. Unless it's something like subway, where you can get something to eat!But i'm talking about food to stick in your fridge! One store that i particularry like is Sav-a-Lot! Ho! If you haven't been, you have to try their fruit! It's to die for! Also, try going to it's rival, Sav-a-center, where prices are really cheap. The food quality is equal and they have a ten item or less line! Well, have fun! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.' Last edited by The Perky Ent; 04-08-2004 at 04:21 PM.

04-08-2004, 03:49 PM	#515
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	? ? ? Eh...NO clue....? Dom ? __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

04-08-2004, 03:52 PM	#516
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,332	Um...no! I see a Don, but no Dom! PS, when you answer, please quote so i know what you're saying! __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

04-08-2004, 03:55 PM	#517
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Ugh... Sorry, got this mixed up with another thread. ;p Are are the words spelled correctly, or phonetically? __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;) Last edited by Samwise; 04-08-2004 at 04:01 PM.

04-08-2004, 04:19 PM	#518
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,332	it's correct, or at least the area where the word is is correct! Having a little trouble are we? __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

04-08-2004, 04:36 PM	#519
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	:( Well, I've never been good at this game, truthfully, and I don't see anything remotely LOTR related in that paragraph. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

04-08-2004, 06:56 PM	#520
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,332	oh Really? That's funny, because i see something very LOTR related. Need a hint? __________________ 'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.'

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