How did Gollum get out of Moria?

[The Mouth of Sauron]

If Gollum was following the Fellowship, how did he escape from Moria after the bridge of Khazad-Dum was destroyed by Gandalf?

[Inziladun]

Deja Vu PT III: Forum Invasion

[Zigûr]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Deja Vu PT III: Forum Invasion

Well noticed. I'd forgotten I'd already responded to one of the earlier iterations of these.

What I really wonder, though, is what the purpose of all this is, especially because the answers never seem to get a reply.

[Nerwen]

I was about to tell you two off for picking on the OP- and then I realised.

Um. I could understand someone accidentally posting the same topic twice- but over and over?

And as you say, he never seems to reply. Maybe he's a sock-puppet of one of the mods, providing us with conversation starters.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I could understand someone accidentally posting the same topic twice- but over and over?

Yes, it's a mystery to me. I just remembered those topics, for some reason.
The subjects themselves are generally pretty good, but not so much that I want to answer them multiple times.

Originally Posted by Nerwen

And as you say, he never seems to reply. Maybe he's a sock-puppet of one of the mods, providing us with conversation starters.

Perhaps the Downs is becoming sentient, and getting increasingly obsessed with a handful of topics? Where's the "Tom Is Eru" and "Balrogs Have Wings"?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Perhaps the Downs is becoming sentient, and getting increasingly obsessed with a handful of topics? Where's the "Tom Is Eru" and "Balrogs Have Wings"?

Maybe it's exactly trying to lead us away from the Bombadil and Wings topics by insisting on different ones...

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

And as you say, he never seems to reply. Maybe he's a sock-puppet of one of the mods, providing us with conversation starters.

Fitting for the OP's forum name...choosing the sock puppet of Sauron as the username.

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

Fitting for the OP's forum name...choosing the sock puppet of Sauron as the username.

Good catch!

[PrinceOfTheHalflings]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I was about to tell you two off for picking on the OP- and then I realised.

Um. I could understand someone accidentally posting the same topic twice- but over and over?

And as you say, he never seems to reply. Maybe he's a sock-puppet of one of the mods, providing us with conversation starters.

He did reply twice in this topic, but that's the only example I could find:

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=16609


The constant reposting is bizarre. Perhaps the answers are never good enough? But then, why not just continue an existing topic rather than starting a new one? Perhaps every time the Mouth of Sauron reposts, a Balrog gets its wings.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by PrinceOfTheHalflings

Perhaps every time the Mouth of Sauron reposts, a Balrog gets its wings.

Or Gandalf uncloaks.