Today is the day - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Balin999 · 03-25-2003, 03:04 PM

Did anyone of you notice that today is the day of Sauron's defeat?
Does anyone of you think about it more closely or do you think "well, whatever?"
In my opinion it's similar to dates like 8th May and other dates where something terrible has ended. I think it has the same meaning, only that it's not in real life.
Btw, I'm back after an abscence of about one month after fixing my computer-problems.

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy · 03-25-2003, 03:28 PM

Would that explain why I woke up at midnight wondering if someone had left cheese under my bed? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

In all seriousness, I didn't know until you just pointed it out. Now that I think about it, I don't think there's any significance in the date. I'm not one to take the anniversary of something terrible (or joyous, as may call for in this situation) happening and tack on meaning to it.

Iarwain · 03-25-2003, 09:22 PM

I knew the New Year was sometime soon! I kept meaning to check, but I forgot. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*streamers and ballons and confetti fill the air*

I wonder what year of the seventh age it would be...

Iarwain

harlindon · 03-25-2003, 10:06 PM

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... ok i didn't know that was today. cool

Balin999 · 03-26-2003, 06:22 AM

Well, after mourning Sauron, I had to wonder about Iarwains signature. Do you know what it says?
Maybe it's an "insider", but I don't get the meaning of it, and I'm from Austria [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
So, what does it mean?

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-26-2003, 06:58 AM

Balin, it's a mistranslation of "Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow". Apparently the word for booting a PC was used, which makes it quite funny!

Oh, and welcome back! Nice to see you again!

Meela · 03-26-2003, 10:46 AM

what happened on 8th May?

Lush · 03-26-2003, 11:13 PM

*Lush facepalms*

Iarwain · 03-26-2003, 11:30 PM

*cheeks turn red*

(stupid Systran!) time to change my signature...

Beruthiel · 03-26-2003, 11:59 PM

Isn't it supposed to be the 25th?
EDIT: oops my mistake I didn't realise that the thread was opened on the 25th [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Beruthiel ]

Balin999 · 04-06-2003, 03:29 PM

I completely forgot about this thread. Thansk for the answer estelyn and well this is really funny. I can't remember what Iarwain's quote was like, but I remember that I got really confused by it hehehe.
(don't want to make fun of you iarwain, it's just, it really was funny [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

GaladrieloftheOlden · 04-06-2003, 03:35 PM

8th of May- dunno. 8th of March is womens day, though.

Iarwain · 04-06-2003, 04:00 PM

8th of may, D-Day wasn't it? By the way, I sadly used that wretched translator for my next signature, It was supposed to say "ever wandering" in french, but instead it produced "Jamais errant", which means never wandering. My current one, I hope, means "a wandering troubadour scorned by all".

Iarwain

P.S. Thanks for the age, Beren! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

Beren87 · 04-06-2003, 04:06 PM

I just wanted to say for Iarwain's sake that the Seventh Age supposedly started Jan 1st 2001.

Balin999 · 04-07-2003, 06:48 AM

8th May has nothing to do with any women's day or with D-Day, though Iarwain was more or less close.
8th May is the date of the ending of the second world war in Europe.

and D-Day was on 6th of June

Arwen Evenstar the Fair · 04-07-2003, 01:30 PM

Hey thats cool, I forgot about that, Happy New Year!! lol btw welcome back Balin999!

Balin999 · 04-07-2003, 01:56 PM

thankies arwen, although it's been a while since the thread was created [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Hm, I would like to know how Gandalf felt after he saw Sauron going up in a great cloud and being taken away by the wind....
*Now, that's been a fine day. And now for some pipe-weed. Sheesh! Frodo!*

Meela · 04-07-2003, 01:59 PM

The war ended? which one? The second World War or whatever? Im studying that in history. Kinda dull.

Iarwain · 04-19-2003, 03:48 PM

Stupid me, I should have known 8 May was V-E day! Ah, well, I suppose I'll remember that for a while now.

Iarwain

P.S. Meela, the Cold War's a bit more interesting: a greater focus on Communism. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Not that I am or anything...

[ April 21, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

03-25-2003, 03:04 PM	#1
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	Today is the day Did anyone of you notice that today is the day of Sauron's defeat? Does anyone of you think about it more closely or do you think "well, whatever?" In my opinion it's similar to dates like 8th May and other dates where something terrible has ended. I think it has the same meaning, only that it's not in real life. Btw, I'm back after an abscence of about one month after fixing my computer-problems. __________________ ...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...

03-25-2003, 03:28 PM	#2
Rynoah, the Overly-Happy Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 474	Would that explain why I woke up at midnight wondering if someone had left cheese under my bed? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] In all seriousness, I didn't know until you just pointed it out. Now that I think about it, I don't think there's any significance in the date. I'm not one to take the anniversary of something terrible (or joyous, as may call for in this situation) happening and tack on meaning to it. __________________ Spook the spook of spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers. ?!?! This isn't Osgiliath! Do the wave for Boromir the Disco King! Eat squid for Boromir the Disco King!

03-25-2003, 09:22 PM	#3
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	I knew the New Year was sometime soon! I kept meaning to check, but I forgot. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! streamers and ballons and confetti fill the air I wonder what year of the seventh age it would be... Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

03-25-2003, 10:06 PM	#4
harlindon Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 42	errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... ok i didn't know that was today. cool __________________ Naneth lîn mant hû nîn

03-26-2003, 06:22 AM	#5
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	Well, after mourning Sauron, I had to wonder about Iarwains signature. Do you know what it says? Maybe it's an "insider", but I don't get the meaning of it, and I'm from Austria [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] So, what does it mean? __________________ ...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...

03-26-2003, 06:58 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Balin, it's a mistranslation of "Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow". Apparently the word for booting a PC was used, which makes it quite funny! Oh, and welcome back! Nice to see you again! __________________ '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...'

03-26-2003, 10:46 AM	#7
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	what happened on 8th May? __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

03-26-2003, 11:13 PM	#8
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Lush facepalms __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

03-26-2003, 11:30 PM	#9
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	cheeks turn red (stupid Systran!) time to change my signature... __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

03-26-2003, 11:59 PM	#10
Beruthiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Set adrift on the Great Sea Posts: 373	Isn't it supposed to be the 25th? EDIT: oops my mistake I didn't realise that the thread was opened on the 25th [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Beruthiel ] __________________ ~I am not young enough to know everything~ Oscar Wilde

04-06-2003, 03:29 PM	#11
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	I completely forgot about this thread. Thansk for the answer estelyn and well this is really funny. I can't remember what Iarwain's quote was like, but I remember that I got really confused by it hehehe. (don't want to make fun of you iarwain, it's just, it really was funny [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]) __________________ ...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...

04-06-2003, 03:35 PM	#12
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	8th of May- dunno. 8th of March is womens day, though. __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

04-06-2003, 04:00 PM	#13
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	8th of may, D-Day wasn't it? By the way, I sadly used that wretched translator for my next signature, It was supposed to say "ever wandering" in french, but instead it produced "Jamais errant", which means never wandering. My current one, I hope, means "a wandering troubadour scorned by all". Iarwain P.S. Thanks for the age, Beren! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ] __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"

04-06-2003, 04:06 PM	#14
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	I just wanted to say for Iarwain's sake that the Seventh Age supposedly started Jan 1st 2001.

04-07-2003, 06:48 AM	#15
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	8th May has nothing to do with any women's day or with D-Day, though Iarwain was more or less close. 8th May is the date of the ending of the second world war in Europe. and D-Day was on 6th of June __________________ ...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...

04-07-2003, 01:30 PM	#16
Arwen Evenstar the Fair Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 235	Hey thats cool, I forgot about that, Happy New Year!! lol btw welcome back Balin999! __________________ ~Arwen~

04-07-2003, 01:56 PM	#17
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	thankies arwen, although it's been a while since the thread was created [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Hm, I would like to know how Gandalf felt after he saw Sauron going up in a great cloud and being taken away by the wind.... Now, that's been a fine day. And now for some pipe-weed. Sheesh! Frodo! __________________ ...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...

04-07-2003, 01:59 PM	#18
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	The war ended? which one? The second World War or whatever? Im studying that in history. Kinda dull. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

04-19-2003, 03:48 PM	#19
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Stupid me, I should have known 8 May was V-E day! Ah, well, I suppose I'll remember that for a while now. Iarwain P.S. Meela, the Cold War's a bit more interesting: a greater focus on Communism. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Not that I am or anything... [ April 21, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ] __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"