The Gaffer's Mixed-up Proverbs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 11-16-2003, 08:43 PM

Estelyn came up with a great idea, which is now a new feature on the site: The Gaffer's Mixed-up Proverbs. We hope you enjoy it!

Nilpaurion Felagund · 11-17-2003, 02:13 AM

Wow, so cool! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Can't wait for the next one.

Later days! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
->banakil on mumakil

Mariska Greenleaf · 11-17-2003, 02:42 AM

I like it a lot!
I got 16 out of 20 the first time, not that bad me thinks...

11-17-2003, 02:50 AM

Gaffer's proverbs rock...Are there going to be more? If so when?
(NB this is my first ever posting so I don't know if I worked it right)

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-17-2003, 07:21 AM

Welcome to the Downs, Elrond the Younger! Your first post is just fine, and of course I'm happy to hear that you and others are enjoying the mixed-up proverbs. Actually, I like the 'wrong' combinations - some of them are quite funny! I am planning more, but you may have to wait a bit; with so much happening movie-wise within the next days and weeks, I'll be busy on the Movies forum. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the other games on the main site and/or reading around and posting here on the forum.

vanwalossien · 11-17-2003, 09:46 AM

Oh, great Estelyn! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I like the wrong combinations better than the right ones a lot of the time... For example "It’s the job that’s never started as ends Better." and "At table small men make long delays." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Great work!

Finwe · 11-17-2003, 09:37 PM

I don't think that 18 out of 20 the first time is bad at all! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] This is an excellent idea!

Diamond18 · 11-17-2003, 10:24 PM

I particularly liked "Where there's a whip there's hope". [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

That was fun, Esty. If anyone's curious, I got all correct. First try. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Nilpaurion Felagund · 11-17-2003, 11:46 PM

Me, too. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Although..."He that flies pays for all" is quite funny...for me, anyway...oh, well...

Later days! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
->Elenrod

Balin999 · 11-19-2003, 04:14 PM

As English is not my mother language 19 out of 20 is not bad for the first time. But I guess there are many other possibilities as Diamond and Nilpaurion have shown [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I liked "The burned hand does not glitter" or "Oft evil will may do the greater deeds" or "The wolf that one hears teaches best".

[ November 19, 2003: Message edited by: Balin999 ]

Faenaduial · 11-19-2003, 06:17 PM

Great idea Estelyn.

Took my time and got 20/20. However I have been known to mix up my rhymes and proverbs so I'm not suprised.

Can't wait for the next batch.

Ainaserkewen · 11-20-2003, 05:26 PM

Yai, I got it all! Though some I had to guess, I made good guesses. It's a fun game, thanks Estelyn, and thanks BW.
-Smiles!

[ November 20, 2003: Message edited by: Ainaserkewen ]

Birdland · 11-22-2003, 11:07 PM

Wonderful Esty. And I got them all correct, too. Which just goes to show you that I always listened to my ol' Gaffer.

Oddwen · 11-23-2003, 12:28 AM

Very fun! But, one may ask, what is the dear ol' Gaffer doing quoting orcs, hmm? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Morgul Queen · 11-23-2003, 02:51 AM

I, too, have also wondered why he was quoting the Orcs...maybe he learned it from his dear ol' Sam while lecturing him about his Ironmongery. I can just hear Sam say, while his dear ol' dad stands over him 'They was righ', you know. Where there's a whip theres a will, 'cept in this case its a tongue instead.'

Good job, though. Hows about using 'The guest who has escaped from the roof will think twice before coming back in by the door.' next time?

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-23-2003, 07:05 AM

Thanks for the compliments, everyone, and thanks for the good proverb to use, MQ. That is one I like, and although the next game is already planned, I will certainly use it sometime in the future. You might want to delete it from your post here to make it less easy for others... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Calencoire · 11-23-2003, 11:03 AM

Ah! Very clever, very clever! I did enjoy it, and Tolkien's quotes are wonderful, as are the mixed-up ones. I shall also be waiting for the next one.

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-26-2003, 07:52 AM

The Barrow-Wight has put up the next installation of Mixed-Up Proverbs today - hope everyone enjoys the second game! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

(PS - This is my 2222nd post!)

[ 8:54 AM November 26, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

Raefindel · 11-29-2003, 11:49 PM

Those were a kick. Thanks Estelyn and Barrow Wight.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 12-03-2003, 08:13 PM

Thanks, Estelyn! I love them! I got 20 out of 20 the first time, and 19 the second time. Not bad at all. "A wild beast cornered is help unlooked for." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

the phantom · 12-03-2003, 10:22 PM

I got 'em all right, but what I really enjoyed was making silly, incorrect ones.

This was a great idea.

11-16-2003, 08:43 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	The Gaffer's Mixed-up Proverbs Estelyn came up with a great idea, which is now a new feature on the site: The Gaffer's Mixed-up Proverbs. We hope you enjoy it! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

11-17-2003, 02:13 AM	#2
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Wow, so cool! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Can't wait for the next one. Later days! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] ->banakil on mumakil __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

11-17-2003, 02:42 AM	#3
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	I like it a lot! I got 16 out of 20 the first time, not that bad me thinks... __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

11-17-2003, 07:21 AM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Welcome to the Downs, Elrond the Younger! Your first post is just fine, and of course I'm happy to hear that you and others are enjoying the mixed-up proverbs. Actually, I like the 'wrong' combinations - some of them are quite funny! I am planning more, but you may have to wait a bit; with so much happening movie-wise within the next days and weeks, I'll be busy on the Movies forum. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the other games on the main site and/or reading around and posting here on the forum. __________________ '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...'

11-17-2003, 09:46 AM	#6
vanwalossien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: middle of Nowhere/Norway Posts: 372	Oh, great Estelyn! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I like the wrong combinations better than the right ones a lot of the time... For example "It’s the job that’s never started as ends Better." and "At table small men make long delays." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Great work! __________________ "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't"

11-17-2003, 02:50 AM	#4
Elrond the Younger Guest Posts: n/a	Gaffer's proverbs rock...Are there going to be more? If so when? (NB this is my first ever posting so I don't know if I worked it right)

11-17-2003, 09:37 PM	#7
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I don't think that 18 out of 20 the first time is bad at all! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] This is an excellent idea! __________________ 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.

11-17-2003, 10:24 PM	#8
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I particularly liked "Where there's a whip there's hope". [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] That was fun, Esty. If anyone's curious, I got all correct. First try. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-17-2003, 11:46 PM	#9
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Me, too. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Although..."He that flies pays for all" is quite funny...for me, anyway...oh, well... Later days! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] ->Elenrod __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

11-19-2003, 04:14 PM	#10
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	As English is not my mother language 19 out of 20 is not bad for the first time. But I guess there are many other possibilities as Diamond and Nilpaurion have shown [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I liked "The burned hand does not glitter" or "Oft evil will may do the greater deeds" or "The wolf that one hears teaches best". [ November 19, 2003: Message edited by: Balin999 ] __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

11-19-2003, 06:17 PM	#11
Faenaduial Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood - 710 miles WtR Posts: 246	Great idea Estelyn. Took my time and got 20/20. However I have been known to mix up my rhymes and proverbs so I'm not suprised. Can't wait for the next batch. __________________ Risk everything, or gain nothing. -- Geoffrey De Charny, 1358 Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

11-20-2003, 05:26 PM	#12
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	Yai, I got it all! Though some I had to guess, I made good guesses. It's a fun game, thanks Estelyn, and thanks BW. -Smiles! [ November 20, 2003: Message edited by: Ainaserkewen ] __________________ Solus... I'm eating chicken again. I ate chicken yesterday and the day before... will I be eating chicken again tomorrow? Why am I always eating chicken?

11-22-2003, 11:07 PM	#13
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Wonderful Esty. And I got them all correct, too. Which just goes to show you that I always listened to my ol' Gaffer.

11-23-2003, 12:28 AM	#14
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Very fun! But, one may ask, what is the dear ol' Gaffer doing quoting orcs, hmm? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

11-23-2003, 02:51 AM	#15
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	I, too, have also wondered why he was quoting the Orcs...maybe he learned it from his dear ol' Sam while lecturing him about his Ironmongery. I can just hear Sam say, while his dear ol' dad stands over him 'They was righ', you know. Where there's a whip theres a will, 'cept in this case its a tongue instead.' Good job, though. Hows about using 'The guest who has escaped from the roof will think twice before coming back in by the door.' next time? __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!

11-23-2003, 07:05 AM	#16
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thanks for the compliments, everyone, and thanks for the good proverb to use, MQ. That is one I like, and although the next game is already planned, I will certainly use it sometime in the future. You might want to delete it from your post here to make it less easy for others... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ '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...'

11-23-2003, 11:03 AM	#17
Calencoire Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 89	Ah! Very clever, very clever! I did enjoy it, and Tolkien's quotes are wonderful, as are the mixed-up ones. I shall also be waiting for the next one. __________________ Where there is life, there is hope

11-26-2003, 07:52 AM	#18
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The Barrow-Wight has put up the next installation of Mixed-Up Proverbs today - hope everyone enjoys the second game! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (PS - This is my 2222nd post!) [ 8:54 AM November 26, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ] __________________ '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...'

11-29-2003, 11:49 PM	#19
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	Those were a kick. Thanks Estelyn and Barrow Wight. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

12-03-2003, 08:13 PM	#20
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Thanks, Estelyn! I love them! I got 20 out of 20 the first time, and 19 the second time. Not bad at all. "A wild beast cornered is help unlooked for." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

12-03-2003, 10:22 PM	#21
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	I got 'em all right, but what I really enjoyed was making silly, incorrect ones. This was a great idea. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

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