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HerenIstarion · 11-27-2003, 08:19 AM

First and Second Voices about Niggle's progress to the second stage of his treatment

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-27-2003, 01:21 PM

'Twas the First Voice, speaking to the Second Voice, so you have it, Heren! Your turn...

HerenIstarion · 11-30-2003, 06:38 AM

next one, than [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Quote:

What was the message?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 11-30-2003, 08:29 AM

It was "The time has come. Let him choose."

It's Prentice speaking to Smith in Smith of Wootton Major

[ 9:29 AM November 30, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ]

HerenIstarion · 12-02-2003, 11:55 PM

yup [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img], that's him. pray proceed

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-04-2003, 05:55 PM

Who's this negative character?

Quote:

No, more's the pity

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-06-2003, 01:59 PM

I've been looking and can't find it - a clue please?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-06-2003, 02:06 PM

You ought to pay more attention to your dialogues. I'll not light any more candles in the dark.

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-06-2003, 02:58 PM

Ah, my first instinct was right, and I found it the second time around - it's Tídwald speaking to Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-06-2003, 03:55 PM

I didn't think you really needed that clue. Indeed it is, and it's your turn to give us a quote.

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-06-2003, 05:25 PM

Alas, this appears to be the motto of this thread:

Quote:

only for a few

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-07-2003, 10:48 AM

This is a rare instance of a Troll talking about baking:

Quote:

Only on Thursdays I bake my bread,
and only for a few.

It's the Lonely Troll addressing a large group of uninvited guests in Perry the Winkle, one of the poems from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

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Estelyn Telcontar · 12-07-2003, 11:35 AM

Right you are, Squatter - pray proceed!

The Perky Ent · 12-07-2003, 05:54 PM

yep

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 12-07-2003, 07:52 PM

This will be literally true if I don't sign off soon.

Quote:

Behold the morn is cold and grey

Who's this cheerful character?

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-09-2004, 03:44 PM

Well, it took awhile, but I did finally find it in a very minor work! Itroun is the speaker, in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.

Quote:

"Behold the morn is cold and grey,
and why is my lord so long away?
I do not hear his feet returning
neither at evening nor at morning"

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-09-2004, 03:50 PM

Absolutely, Estelyn. I was wondering when someone would get that one.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-10-2004, 04:05 AM

Well, now that we have successfully resuscitated this thread,

Quote:

You never know what will happen next

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-17-2004, 06:01 PM

Quote:

...when once you get mixed up with wizards and their friends.

The eponymous hero describes to Mew the tribulations of those who fail to stay out of the affairs of wizards in Roverandom.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-18-2004, 09:58 AM

Quote:

...for they are subtle and quick to anger.

...as Gildor warned Frodo.

Yes, that's right, and you may continue!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-18-2004, 10:16 AM

Don't mind if I do, yer 'Ighness.

Quote:

These are hungry folk

HerenIstarion · 01-30-2004, 02:22 PM

that be Tidwald:

Quote:

These are hungry folk
and masterless men, miserable skulkers.
They're corpse-strippers:
a cursed game
and shame to think of.

about marauders.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-04-2004, 01:22 PM

It would indeed, Heren. It's good to see you back.

HerenIstarion · 02-06-2004, 03:36 PM

thanks [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

here be dragons:

Quote:

At least they may be getting rare

um?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-06-2004, 04:06 PM

That's the older dragons in Farmer Giles of Ham, hoping that knights are dying out:

Quote:

'So knights are mythical!' said the younger and less experienced dragons. 'We always thought so.'
'At least they may be getting rare,' thought the older and wiser worms; 'far and few and no longer to be feared.'

HerenIstarion · 02-06-2004, 06:07 PM

that was quick [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

yes, indeed. Pray proceed

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-07-2004, 04:03 AM

For some reason, the word "rare" stuck out to me in that quote - I couldn't help but wonder if that's how the dragons like their knight served?! ("One knight, medium rare, with a salad and fries on the side") [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Here's a new quote:

Quote:

there's work to do

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-07-2004, 02:39 PM

That's Tídwald; telling Torhthelm to get on with his work in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.

Quote:

Brave words, my lad!
The woven staves have yet worth in them
for woeful hearts. But there's work to do,
ere the funeral begins.

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-07-2004, 03:10 PM

That's right, Squatter - you must know that poem by heart already! Your turn...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-07-2004, 03:17 PM

This question doesn't refer to me, because the evidence of that is right here in black and green.

Quote:

What does he do with himself all day?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-10-2004, 03:00 AM

That's one dog to another, the title hero of Roverandom asking his moon friend about the Man-in-the-Moon.

Quote:

'What does he do with himself all day?' said Roverandom to Rover.
'Do?' said the moon-dog. 'O he's always pretty busy — though he seems busier than I have seen him for a long time, since you arrived. Making dreams, I believe.'

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-18-2004, 12:24 PM

This thread has reached the end of its natural life. Please start a new one if you wish to continue the game.

Thanks.

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-18-2004, 01:25 PM

The old thread is closed, long live the new thread! Let's continue the tradition started by Heren Istarion in hopes that he will be able to join us often! Here is the list of Tolkien's works that we've been using:

Quote:

Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Leaf by Niggle
Smith of Wootton Major
On Fairy Stories
Mythopoeia
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Father Christmas Letters
The Monsters and the Critics
Roverandom
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
A Secret Vice

Since I found the last quote on the old thread, I will start us off with a new one:

Quote:

that was in fair fight, sword in hand

HerenIstarion · 02-25-2004, 09:08 AM

Sounds something Green Knight might have uttered, but I can not find it. A clue, perhaps?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-25-2004, 09:55 AM

The speaker is another author, quoted by Tolkien.

HerenIstarion · 02-26-2004, 12:27 AM

hum... Andrew Lang in "On Fairy Stories"?

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-26-2004, 01:55 AM

You got it, HI!! That quote amuses me:

Quote:

He [Andrew Lang] was at pains to defend the slaying of the Yellow Dwarf by Prince Ricardo in one of his own fairy-stories. 'I hate cruelty,' he said, '...but that was in fair fight, sword in hand, and the dwarf, peace to his ashes! died in harness.'

HerenIstarion · 02-26-2004, 04:30 AM

mushroom driven visions arise: marching yellow dwarves hand in hand with green knights and loads of Ricardos after them...

Presumably, my turn to serve. Here we go, than:

Quote:

Good steward, if thou love me well, bid make my bed

yeah, I'm a bit sleepy, despite it being the midst of a working day

Bruce MacCulloch · 03-02-2004, 02:06 PM

That would be Aotrou.

HerenIstarion · 03-04-2004, 12:27 AM

hola, Bruce, haven't seen you for ages

Yes, that's the guy. Go ahead

11-27-2003, 08:19 AM	#401
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	First and Second Voices about Niggle's progress to the second stage of his treatment __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-27-2003, 01:21 PM	#402
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	'Twas the First Voice, speaking to the Second Voice, so you have it, Heren! Your turn... __________________ '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...'

11-30-2003, 08:29 AM	#404
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It was "The time has come. Let him choose." It's Prentice speaking to Smith in Smith of Wootton Major [ 9:29 AM November 30, 2003: Message edited by: The Squatter of Amon Rûdh ] __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

12-02-2003, 11:55 PM	#405
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	yup [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img], that's him. pray proceed __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-06-2003, 01:59 PM	#407
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I've been looking and can't find it - a clue please? __________________ '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...'

12-06-2003, 02:06 PM	#408
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	You ought to pay more attention to your dialogues. I'll not light any more candles in the dark. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

12-06-2003, 02:58 PM	#409
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Ah, my first instinct was right, and I found it the second time around - it's Tídwald speaking to Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son. __________________ '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...'

12-06-2003, 03:55 PM	#410
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	I didn't think you really needed that clue. Indeed it is, and it's your turn to give us a quote. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

12-07-2003, 11:35 AM	#413
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Right you are, Squatter - pray proceed! __________________ '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...'

12-07-2003, 05:54 PM	#414
The Perky Ent Maniacal Mage Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side! Posts: 3,297	yep __________________ '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.'

01-09-2004, 03:50 PM	#417
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Absolutely, Estelyn. I was wondering when someone would get that one. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-04-2004, 01:22 PM	#423
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It would indeed, Heren. It's good to see you back. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-06-2004, 06:07 PM	#426
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	that was quick [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] yes, indeed. Pray proceed __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-07-2004, 03:10 PM	#429
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's right, Squatter - you must know that poem by heart already! Your turn... __________________ '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...'

02-18-2004, 12:24 PM	#432
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Closed due to length This thread has reached the end of its natural life. Please start a new one if you wish to continue the game. Thanks. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

02-25-2004, 09:08 AM	#434
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Sounds something Green Knight might have uttered, but I can not find it. A clue, perhaps? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

02-25-2004, 09:55 AM	#435
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The speaker is another author, quoted by Tolkien. __________________ '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...'

02-26-2004, 12:27 AM	#436
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	hum... Andrew Lang in "On Fairy Stories"? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

03-02-2004, 02:06 PM	#439
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	That would be Aotrou. __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

03-04-2004, 12:27 AM	#440
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	hola, Bruce, haven't seen you for ages Yes, that's the guy. Go ahead __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!