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The Elf-warrior · 11-12-2005, 10:05 PM

Unfortunately the spirit animating Tolkien's body really was a demon.

ElentariGreenleaf · 11-13-2005, 02:59 AM

Fortunately, the demon wasn't all that evil and actually came from the REAL Middle Earth, to tell everyone that it existed, not at all so they would go and find it and release the evil from ME into their own world *shifty eyes*.

Eonwe · 11-13-2005, 06:54 AM

Unfortunatley, for this demon guy, tom bombadil was there, and he wasn't devoured by evil squirrles. and he told that demon to head on out, and he had to do it.

Orominuialwen · 11-13-2005, 11:16 PM

Fortunately, this was all going on in a parallel universe, and Tolkien was not really dead and possesed in our own one.

Ordimor · 11-13-2005, 11:40 PM

Unfortunately, evil squirrels ran amuck in this universe also!

Valesse · 11-14-2005, 12:36 AM

Fortunately, by doing so, the squrriels stopped an uprising of reticulated playtipi who were bent on destroying all knowledge of fantasy novels, Middle Earth... and kalimari.

Orominuialwen · 11-14-2005, 12:50 AM

Unfortunately, the skwerls decided to make cheese and sausage illegal, which led to armed conflict between them and the hobbits.

Valesse · 11-14-2005, 12:56 AM

Fortunately enough, the hobbits grew some small backbones and rebelled by making sausage out of the opressive squrriels so that they might openly display their dietary-directed upperhand.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 11-14-2005, 01:30 AM

. . . swerl meat causes indigestion.

Boromir88 · 11-14-2005, 06:15 AM

Fortunately the Minas Tirith pharmacies were overstocked with Pepto Bismol and decided to just hand it out to anyone with indigestion.

ElentariGreenleaf · 11-14-2005, 10:50 AM

Unfortunately, the skwerls had poisoned the Pepto Bismol.

Meneltarmacil · 11-14-2005, 11:35 AM

Fortunately, the poison was only deadly to iguanas.

Valesse · 11-14-2005, 11:42 AM

Unfortunately many of the hobbits had pet iguanas and their passsing was detrimental to... said... hobbits.

Eonwe · 11-14-2005, 01:43 PM

Fortunately, hobbits had killed all the skerwls by this point. and they were selling the skwerly sausage to the urka-hai adn not even eating it themselves. so the skwerls remained unavenged...

Hiriel · 11-14-2005, 05:43 PM

Unfortunately, the Uruk-Hai didn't like the taste of the skwerly sausage, and so they killed all the hobbits.

Boromir88 · 11-14-2005, 07:09 PM

Fortunately everyone knows Tolkien loved Hobbits and skwerls, so he scrapped everything and started anew..."In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..."

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-14-2005, 07:29 PM

Unfortunately, he starte thinking: What is a hobbit? and never got any further. . .

Valesse · 11-14-2005, 08:00 PM

Fortunately, though he hadn't had as many grammatical lessons, Hilary Tolkien not only answered what a hobbit was, he wrote the books instead of John!

Eonwe · 11-14-2005, 08:29 PM

Unforetunaltey, the manuscripts were lost in a huge mailroom. they became the center of a huge urban legend conserning teh lost manuscripts of hilary tolkien. they serfaced a few years ago, but were reportedly lost in a burglery along with an oridginal tolkien manuscript supposedly titled "balrogs do not have wings (im pretty sure)"

Glirdan · 11-14-2005, 08:30 PM

Fortunately, Tolkien's spirit came back and rescued them.

Eonwe · 11-14-2005, 08:33 PM

Unfortunately, after reading them, he desided he liked his version better and burned them.

Meneltarmacil · 11-14-2005, 08:45 PM

Fortunately, this changed the timeline so that there was no Barrow-Downs, meaning that this thread did not exist, so Tolkien did write everythig he was supposed to. This led to the Barrow-Downs being formed, meaning that this thread existed, so...

The 1,000 Reader · 11-14-2005, 09:39 PM

...chaos ensued since it is a written law of the universe that "*Star Trek Must Lose."

(Ah, good ol' Grudge Match.)

Ordimor · 11-14-2005, 09:46 PM

Fortunately, all laws of the universe are written in disappearing ink!

Hookbill the Goomba · 11-15-2005, 12:55 AM

Unfortunately, the part about Gandalf the grey being uncloaked was written (by Saruman on April fools day) in permanent ink.

Orominuialwen · 11-15-2005, 01:18 AM

Fortunately, Tolkien got rid of this unspeakable horror with some handy white-out.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 11-15-2005, 02:28 AM

. . . he ran out of white out before he can erase 'Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.'

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-15-2005, 03:12 AM

Fortunately, everybody loved Gandalf the Grey uncloaked

Boromir88 · 11-15-2005, 05:56 AM

Unfortunately, Tolkien's Editors burned it and forced him to start over.

Valesse · 11-15-2005, 11:26 AM

Fortunately it was a very good revision which had nothing at all do to with squirriels, skwerls, Star Trek (though there were several similarities), iguanas, heart attacks, haunting-spirits-of-famous-authors, cannibalism, or sasparilla. Hilary Tolkien did not play any part of the making/publishing process and, furthermore the tittles of his "I"s were replaced by little hearts.

Overall it was well recepted by the public.

ElentariGreenleaf · 11-15-2005, 12:49 PM

Unfortunately, the public all suddenly mysteriously dissappeared, leaving only the critics to comment.

Hookbill the Goomba · 11-15-2005, 12:55 PM

Fortunately, they had all loved the revised Lord of the Rings and gave Mr Tolkien lots of gold.

ElentariGreenleaf · 11-15-2005, 12:59 PM

Unfortunately, the gold was made of chocolate covered with foil.

Eonwe · 11-15-2005, 01:09 PM

Fortunatley, Tolkien didn't really mind. as a sensible man, he put chocolate before gold. plus the final revitions of his books were just in, and making him lots of money. plus he could always sell off them movie rights.

Ordimor · 11-15-2005, 09:35 PM

Unfortunately... due to the recent upsurge in lawyers fees caused by the recent upswing in squirrel violence; and with regards to iguana poisoning; and further more and so forth with chocolate theft; and yada yada yada with incomprehensible infections - all of the gold was gone!

Glirdan · 11-15-2005, 09:37 PM

Fortunately, this was good because it meant one less thing for wars to start.

The Elf-warrior · 11-15-2005, 09:41 PM

Unfortunately this meant that America couldn't go back to the gold standard.

Ordimor · 11-15-2005, 09:53 PM

Fortunately, the cheese standard was still available.

The Elf-warrior · 11-15-2005, 10:04 PM

Unfortunately, for various reasons, cheese does not make a good currency.

Valesse · 11-15-2005, 10:22 PM

Fortunately that frees up cheese to be one of the world's most digested milk product/ favorite sandwich (aka grilled cheese).

11-12-2005, 10:05 PM	#2321
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	Unfortunately the spirit animating Tolkien's body really was a demon. __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.

11-13-2005, 02:59 AM	#2322
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 517	Fortunately, the demon wasn't all that evil and actually came from the REAL Middle Earth, to tell everyone that it existed, not at all so they would go and find it and release the evil from ME into their own world shifty eyes. __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

11-13-2005, 06:54 AM	#2323
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 728	Unfortunatley, for this demon guy, tom bombadil was there, and he wasn't devoured by evil squirrles. and he told that demon to head on out, and he had to do it. __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-13-2005, 11:16 PM	#2324
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 705	Fortunately, this was all going on in a parallel universe, and Tolkien was not really dead and possesed in our own one. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

11-13-2005, 11:40 PM	#2325
Ordimor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: At the Double-Cross Ranch Posts: 74	Unfortunately, evil squirrels ran amuck in this universe also! __________________ *** What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail? ***

11-14-2005, 12:36 AM	#2326
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 654	Fortunately, by doing so, the squrriels stopped an uprising of reticulated playtipi who were bent on destroying all knowledge of fantasy novels, Middle Earth... and kalimari. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-14-2005, 12:50 AM	#2327
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 705	Unfortunately, the skwerls decided to make cheese and sausage illegal, which led to armed conflict between them and the hobbits. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

11-14-2005, 12:56 AM	#2328
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 654	Fortunately enough, the hobbits grew some small backbones and rebelled by making sausage out of the opressive squrriels so that they might openly display their dietary-directed upperhand. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-14-2005, 01:30 AM	#2329
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,430	Unfortunately . . . . . . swerl meat causes indigestion. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

11-14-2005, 06:15 AM	#2330
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,559	Fortunately the Minas Tirith pharmacies were overstocked with Pepto Bismol and decided to just hand it out to anyone with indigestion. __________________ Fenris Penguin

11-14-2005, 10:50 AM	#2331
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 517	Unfortunately, the skwerls had poisoned the Pepto Bismol. __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

11-14-2005, 11:35 AM	#2332
Meneltarmacil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid Posts: 2,287	Fortunately, the poison was only deadly to iguanas. __________________ I ♣ baby seals.

11-14-2005, 11:42 AM	#2333
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 654	Unfortunately many of the hobbits had pet iguanas and their passsing was detrimental to... said... hobbits. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-14-2005, 01:43 PM	#2334
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 728	Fortunately, hobbits had killed all the skerwls by this point. and they were selling the skwerly sausage to the urka-hai adn not even eating it themselves. so the skwerls remained unavenged... __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-14-2005, 05:43 PM	#2335
Hiriel Wight Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sleeping in the South, dreaming of Umbar Posts: 135	Unfortunately, the Uruk-Hai didn't like the taste of the skwerly sausage, and so they killed all the hobbits. __________________ Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising 4 8 15 16 23 42 ~Proud Lostaway

11-14-2005, 07:09 PM	#2336
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,559	Fortunately everyone knows Tolkien loved Hobbits and skwerls, so he scrapped everything and started anew..."In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." __________________ Fenris Penguin

11-14-2005, 08:00 PM	#2338
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 654	Fortunately, though he hadn't had as many grammatical lessons, Hilary Tolkien not only answered what a hobbit was, he wrote the books instead of John! __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-14-2005, 08:29 PM	#2339
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 728	Unforetunaltey, the manuscripts were lost in a huge mailroom. they became the center of a huge urban legend conserning teh lost manuscripts of hilary tolkien. they serfaced a few years ago, but were reportedly lost in a burglery along with an oridginal tolkien manuscript supposedly titled "balrogs do not have wings (im pretty sure)" __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-14-2005, 08:30 PM	#2340
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,449	Fortunately, Tolkien's spirit came back and rescued them. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

11-14-2005, 08:33 PM	#2341
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 728	Unfortunately, after reading them, he desided he liked his version better and burned them. __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-14-2005, 08:45 PM	#2342
Meneltarmacil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid Posts: 2,287	The things you can get from watching too much Star Trek... Fortunately, this changed the timeline so that there was no Barrow-Downs, meaning that this thread did not exist, so Tolkien did write everythig he was supposed to. This led to the Barrow-Downs being formed, meaning that this thread existed, so... __________________ I ♣ baby seals.

11-14-2005, 09:39 PM	#2343
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	Unfortunately ...chaos ensued since it is a written law of the universe that "*Star Trek Must Lose." (Ah, good ol' Grudge Match.) __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains

11-14-2005, 09:46 PM	#2344
Ordimor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: At the Double-Cross Ranch Posts: 74	Fortunately, all laws of the universe are written in disappearing ink! __________________ *** What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail? ***

11-15-2005, 12:55 AM	#2345
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 6,153	Unfortunately, the part about Gandalf the grey being uncloaked was written (by Saruman on April fools day) in permanent ink. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

11-15-2005, 01:18 AM	#2346
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 705	Fortunately, Tolkien got rid of this unspeakable horror with some handy white-out. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

11-15-2005, 02:28 AM	#2347
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,430	Unfortunately . . . . . . he ran out of white out before he can erase 'Gandalf the Grey uncloaked.' __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

11-15-2005, 05:56 AM	#2349
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,559	Unfortunately, Tolkien's Editors burned it and forced him to start over. __________________ Fenris Penguin

11-15-2005, 11:26 AM	#2350
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 654	Fortunately it was a very good revision which had nothing at all do to with squirriels, skwerls, Star Trek (though there were several similarities), iguanas, heart attacks, haunting-spirits-of-famous-authors, cannibalism, or sasparilla. Hilary Tolkien did not play any part of the making/publishing process and, furthermore the tittles of his "I"s were replaced by little hearts. Overall it was well recepted by the public. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-15-2005, 12:49 PM	#2351
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 517	Unfortunately, the public all suddenly mysteriously dissappeared, leaving only the critics to comment. __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

11-15-2005, 12:55 PM	#2352
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 6,153	Fortunately, they had all loved the revised Lord of the Rings and gave Mr Tolkien lots of gold. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

11-15-2005, 12:59 PM	#2353
ElentariGreenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Look, I'm over there! Posts: 517	Unfortunately, the gold was made of chocolate covered with foil. __________________ There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Website\|Art

11-15-2005, 01:09 PM	#2354
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 728	Fortunatley, Tolkien didn't really mind. as a sensible man, he put chocolate before gold. plus the final revitions of his books were just in, and making him lots of money. plus he could always sell off them movie rights. __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

11-15-2005, 09:35 PM	#2355
Ordimor Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: At the Double-Cross Ranch Posts: 74	Unfortunately... due to the recent upsurge in lawyers fees caused by the recent upswing in squirrel violence; and with regards to iguana poisoning; and further more and so forth with chocolate theft; and yada yada yada with incomprehensible infections - all of the gold was gone! __________________ *** What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail? ***

11-15-2005, 09:37 PM	#2356
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,449	Fortunately, this was good because it meant one less thing for wars to start. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

11-15-2005, 09:41 PM	#2357
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	Unfortunately this meant that America couldn't go back to the gold standard. __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.