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Uruloki · 06-19-2002, 12:20 PM

If you were gonna make up a sports team, say for example basketball or football or even a tag team in wrestling (you get the idea) then who from middle earth would you pick to be on your team?

Starbreeze · 06-19-2002, 12:31 PM

Now thats an interesting one! Hmm, lets see, if I was playing basket ball I would choose Legolas, Haldir, elves in general I think, you know - tall, graceful, nimble, fleet of foot and all that. American football - definitly a dwarf or two! They're made of strong stuff ya know! Otherwise I'm not sure...

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-20-2002, 03:17 AM

Having just read the "Now for something completely different" thread, I guess I would choose Gimli for my marathon team! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Lady_Báin · 06-20-2002, 03:37 AM

let's see... gimli and friends would be all-stars amrican football,they are extremely tough, football because they have amazing endurence, and wrestling for obvious reasons, and a little track and field.

Galadrie1 · 06-20-2002, 02:36 PM

i'd choose a group of hobbits for any food-eating competition, but that's not really a sport, is it.
i guess i'd choose elves to do running or archery competitions, but, like Estelyn, i think dwarves would be a good bet for running, too [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
and i think i'd choose orcs for a wrestling team.

Lothiriel Silmarien · 06-20-2002, 03:39 PM

Orcs for wrestling.
Elves or Gondorians or the Dunedain for basketball and baseball.
Elves for swimming
Ents for basketball too.
Hobbits for relays (like running under things, going through obsticles).

Merry · 06-20-2002, 04:56 PM

Oh yea, hobbits and elves would be great for obstical courses.

Gimli Son Of Gloin · 06-20-2002, 10:19 PM

For a football team, I would have dwarves on the offensive line and trolls on the defensive line. For running backs, tail backs, and receivers I would have elves. Well for tailback maybe a hobbit would work better. A dragon or two would work well for nose guards or centers. And lastly for fullback I would have a troll probably.

[ November 07, 2003: Message edited by: Gimli Son Of Gloin ]

Birdland · 06-21-2002, 05:55 AM

Just saw a new French Extreme Sport on TV this morning; "The Course". (Don't know how to spell it in French.) You jump off of rooftops, vault railings, climb walls, etc. It looked like fun!

Elves would be great at "The Course". Hobbits, I'm afraid, would hit the wall! Splat!

Uruloki · 06-23-2002, 10:17 AM

Elves would be excellent at Snowboarding and stuff that involes balance! Maybe Gymnastics? (pictures Legolas in a Leotard, interesting thought! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

Rose Cotton · 06-24-2002, 12:05 AM

Hobbit's would be great for relays as long as they don't have to jump over anything. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Lady_Báin · 06-24-2002, 05:30 AM

Indeed Rose, interesting....

Hobbit comes to brick wall says, "Well when you can't beat them sit down and have a pie" *sits down to pie* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Uruloki your Gymnastic idea is indeed scairafying!! *shudders in pain of mental picture*

ElanorGamgee · 06-24-2002, 09:13 AM

Hobbits could make the best hide-and-seek team in the world (with the possible exception of Elves). I guess hide-and-seek isn't really a sport, but it's all I could think of for now...

GreatWarg · 06-24-2002, 10:05 AM

How about an Uruk-hai or two for archery? they aren't *that* bad, considering one killed Boromir...

***Thenamir*** · 06-24-2002, 02:07 PM

I think I'd want Beorn on my wrestling team...Shelob as my entire defensive line in football...the Rangers for my Marathoners...just imagine the Rohan equestrian team...Legolas for the javelin throw and archery...Gimli for the Hammer Throw...and of course, Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took on my Golf team...how about "the dead" from the Paths of the Dead in sailboat racing...Gollum on the fishing competition...and SAMWISE as Middle-earth's IRON CHEF!!

***Thenamir*** · 06-24-2002, 02:12 PM

I think I'd want Beorn on my wrestling team...Shelob as my entire defensive line in football...the Rangers for my Marathoners...just imagine the Rohan equestrian team...Legolas for the javelin throw and archery...Gimli for the Hammer Throw...and of course, Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took on my Golf team...how about "the dead" from the Paths of the Dead in sailboat racing...Gollum on the fishing competition...and SAMWISE as Middle-earth's IRON CHEF!!

Neferchoirwen · 06-28-2002, 12:54 PM

Dwarves would definitely be in my baseball team.

For soccer, I'm not quite sure...

NazgulNumber10 · 06-29-2002, 09:17 PM

imagine hobbits in a ladder match!! lol
frodo and sam VS merry and pippin
[img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Uruloki · 07-03-2002, 12:05 PM

Ladder match?
Sorry if thats astupid question, I'm a little sprotally challenged..........

Neferchoirwen · 07-04-2002, 08:20 AM

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Ladder match?

I'm quite challenged in that field too.

Now that I've thought much about it, I think Bilbo would be in my baseball team as well.

Still wondering about soccer (Brazil rocks!) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

06-19-2002, 12:20 PM	#1
Uruloki Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 17	Ooo! Pick Me! Pick Me! If you were gonna make up a sports team, say for example basketball or football or even a tag team in wrestling (you get the idea) then who from middle earth would you pick to be on your team? __________________ http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine...n/120/ani9.gif

06-19-2002, 12:31 PM	#2
Starbreeze Ghost of a Smile Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mirkwood - Middle Earth Posts: 389	Now thats an interesting one! Hmm, lets see, if I was playing basket ball I would choose Legolas, Haldir, elves in general I think, you know - tall, graceful, nimble, fleet of foot and all that. American football - definitly a dwarf or two! They're made of strong stuff ya know! Otherwise I'm not sure... __________________ Do not tamper with the affairs of wizards, they are not all that subtle - Terry Pratchett To write is to make dreams, to make dreams is to awaken the fantasy of the mind, to awaken the mind is to be a master.

06-20-2002, 03:17 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Having just read the "Now for something completely different" thread, I guess I would choose Gimli for my marathon team! [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...'

06-20-2002, 03:37 AM	#4
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	let's see... gimli and friends would be all-stars amrican football,they are extremely tough, football because they have amazing endurence, and wrestling for obvious reasons, and a little track and field. __________________ pæling.

06-20-2002, 02:36 PM	#5
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	i'd choose a group of hobbits for any food-eating competition, but that's not really a sport, is it. i guess i'd choose elves to do running or archery competitions, but, like Estelyn, i think dwarves would be a good bet for running, too [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] and i think i'd choose orcs for a wrestling team. __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

06-20-2002, 03:39 PM	#6
Lothiriel Silmarien Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New York Posts: 829	Orcs for wrestling. Elves or Gondorians or the Dunedain for basketball and baseball. Elves for swimming Ents for basketball too. Hobbits for relays (like running under things, going through obsticles). __________________ Si vanwa na Romello vanwa Valimar!~~ ~~Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar! My LotR page

06-20-2002, 04:56 PM	#7
Merry Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 34	Oh yea, hobbits and elves would be great for obstical courses. __________________ Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, comfort me. -Psalm 23:4

06-20-2002, 10:19 PM	#8
Gimli Son Of Gloin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Halls of Montezuma, and the Shores of Tripoli Posts: 495	For a football team, I would have dwarves on the offensive line and trolls on the defensive line. For running backs, tail backs, and receivers I would have elves. Well for tailback maybe a hobbit would work better. A dragon or two would work well for nose guards or centers. And lastly for fullback I would have a troll probably. [ November 07, 2003: Message edited by: Gimli Son Of Gloin ] __________________ The Few, the Proud, the Marines.

06-21-2002, 05:55 AM	#9
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Just saw a new French Extreme Sport on TV this morning; "The Course". (Don't know how to spell it in French.) You jump off of rooftops, vault railings, climb walls, etc. It looked like fun! Elves would be great at "The Course". Hobbits, I'm afraid, would hit the wall! Splat!

06-23-2002, 10:17 AM	#10
Uruloki Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 17	Elves would be excellent at Snowboarding and stuff that involes balance! Maybe Gymnastics? (pictures Legolas in a Leotard, interesting thought! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]) __________________ http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine...n/120/ani9.gif

06-24-2002, 12:05 AM	#11
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	Hobbit's would be great for relays as long as they don't have to jump over anything. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)

06-24-2002, 05:30 AM	#12
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	Indeed Rose, interesting.... Hobbit comes to brick wall says, "Well when you can't beat them sit down and have a pie" sits down to pie [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Uruloki your Gymnastic idea is indeed scairafying!! shudders in pain of mental picture __________________ pæling.

06-24-2002, 09:13 AM	#13
ElanorGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 314	Hobbits could make the best hide-and-seek team in the world (with the possible exception of Elves). I guess hide-and-seek isn't really a sport, but it's all I could think of for now... __________________ Soli Deo Gloria

06-24-2002, 10:05 AM	#14
GreatWarg Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2002 Location: East of the Misty Mountains Posts: 339	How about an Uruk-hai or two for archery? they aren't that bad, considering one killed Boromir... __________________ "What shall we do, what shall we do!" he cried. "Escaping goblins to be caught be wolves!"

06-24-2002, 02:07 PM	#15
*Thenamir* Spectre of Capitalism Join Date: May 2001 Location: Battling evil bureaucrats at Zeta Aquilae Posts: 987	I think I'd want Beorn on my wrestling team...Shelob as my entire defensive line in football...the Rangers for my Marathoners...just imagine the Rohan equestrian team...Legolas for the javelin throw and archery...Gimli for the Hammer Throw...and of course, Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took on my Golf team...how about "the dead" from the Paths of the Dead in sailboat racing...Gollum on the fishing competition...and SAMWISE as Middle-earth's IRON CHEF!! __________________ The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~~ Marcus Aurelius

06-24-2002, 02:12 PM	#16
*Thenamir* Spectre of Capitalism Join Date: May 2001 Location: Battling evil bureaucrats at Zeta Aquilae Posts: 987	I think I'd want Beorn on my wrestling team...Shelob as my entire defensive line in football...the Rangers for my Marathoners...just imagine the Rohan equestrian team...Legolas for the javelin throw and archery...Gimli for the Hammer Throw...and of course, Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took on my Golf team...how about "the dead" from the Paths of the Dead in sailboat racing...Gollum on the fishing competition...and SAMWISE as Middle-earth's IRON CHEF!! __________________ The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~~ Marcus Aurelius

06-28-2002, 12:54 PM	#17
Neferchoirwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: RtR: 483.3 miles, Fords of Bruinen Posts: 512	Dwarves would definitely be in my baseball team. For soccer, I'm not quite sure... __________________ On really romantic nights of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. ~Speed Levitch http://crevicesofsilence.blogspot.com/

06-29-2002, 09:17 PM	#18
NazgulNumber10 Wight Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 116	imagine hobbits in a ladder match!! lol frodo and sam VS merry and pippin [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ http://squee.netdrain.com/images/hnb/hnb10.jpg

07-03-2002, 12:05 PM	#19
Uruloki Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London Posts: 17	Ladder match? Sorry if thats astupid question, I'm a little sprotally challenged.......... __________________ http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine...n/120/ani9.gif