"Minor works" Quotes - Page 15 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 06-03-2004, 05:15 AM

"It is proving very useful indeed," said the Second Voice "As a holyday and a refreshment."
to the First Voice, about Niggle's Parish.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-03-2004, 05:17 AM

That's right, Guinevere! Now you can puzzle us with a new one...

Guinevere · 06-05-2004, 09:59 AM

Thank you!

Quote:

"I oughtn't to be here, really."

... I have so much work to do in real life

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2004, 06:21 AM

'Twould be a shame if you weren't, Guinevere!

Quote:

'This is grand!' he said. 'I oughtn't to be here, really. Thank you for putting in a word for me.'

Parish is the speaker, Niggle the one he thanks, both having learned to appreciate each other in the afterlife. (Leaf by Niggle)

Guinevere · 06-06-2004, 12:54 PM

Your turn again.
(btw, have you looked at the "Quotes in other languages thread" lately? nobody seems to want to solve my German quote!

)

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2004, 01:22 PM

Here are words that could apply to our Barrow:

Quote:

It's dark and cold.

(Guinevere, I recognize that quote on the other thread, though I'd have to search for the exact location. But what do I do then? German and English are my only languages, so I couldn't contribute anything different...)

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-08-2004, 12:42 PM

For 'tis he, to the long-suffering Tídwald in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son:

Quote:

Hey! what a bump, Tida! My bones are shaken,
and my dream shattered. It's dark and cold.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-08-2004, 02:11 PM

You got it, Squatter! Proceed at will.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-08-2004, 02:41 PM

Whence came this insight?

Quote:

the large slow oddity of cows

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-08-2004, 03:24 PM

I found it! It's in Mythopoeia, which is spoken by Philomythus to Misomythus. He tells of creation:

Quote:

The movements of the sea, the wind in boughs,
green grass, the large slow oddity of cows...

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-09-2004, 03:39 AM

That's the fellow.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-09-2004, 04:22 AM

Here's a quote that might apply to other threads, but of course never to this one!

Quote:

Stop this NONSENSE!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-09-2004, 04:34 AM

That sounds autothalassic enough to be the Great Sea Serpent, complaining about Artaxerxes' failed attempts to control his movements. Of course, the Mer-people demand exactly the same thing of their king en masse, but I don't think that they do it in block capitals. In either case, Roverandom is the work in question.

HerenIstarion · 06-09-2004, 04:41 AM

That'd be merfolk, as they urged Mr Arterxaxes, I mean Ertaxarxes, oh, whatever (that is not Rover only to have problems with spelling of his name, you see

) to come out and 'do something' about Sea-Serpent

On the other hand, that may be Sea-Serpent itself, as it tried to make Mr Ataxerxexexs stop doing abovementioned 'something', that is, mighty spell of his, causing insomnia in Serpent

edit: Cross-poster here, Squatter

. You have 7 minutes in your favour, so take it away as Esty confirms it (that is, I do believe it is pretty safe bet we've got correct answers)

BTW, what does 'autothalassic' stand for?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-09-2004, 05:18 AM

Too slow, Heren. You have to type quicker than that to beat me.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-09-2004, 06:14 AM

Indeed, it was the Sea-Serpent who shouted it - all caps would have been bad etiquette on the internet... Take it away, Squatter!

HerenIstarion · 06-09-2004, 07:13 AM

er, do my eyes deceive me, or did you merge two 'minor' threads back to one? Only it was some 4 or 5 pages long, and now it is 15...

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-09-2004, 08:52 AM

Quote:

er, do my eyes deceive me, or did you merge two 'minor' threads back to one?

Yup

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-09-2004, 11:43 AM

I feel that the following quotation is appropriate here.

Quote:

You seem surprised

Guinevere · 06-09-2004, 02:58 PM

Well, I was certainly surprised about the sudden increase of the number of pages, too!

But the quote is Chrysophylax speaking to Giles:
"Good morning!" said the dragon. "You seem surprised."
"Good morning!" said Giles. "I am that."
A very polite dragon!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-09-2004, 03:15 PM

The very fellow, Guinevere. Of course, Chrysophylax is the true hero of that story.

Guinevere · 06-10-2004, 01:06 PM

thank you, dear Squatter!

Quote:

No one knew but me.

( ...or at least I was the the first to post

)

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-18-2004, 02:18 PM

Alf, the King of Faerie, to the eponymous hero in Smith of Wootton Major.

Quote:

'I did not know that,' said the smith.
'No one knew but me. I was the only one with him.'

Guinevere · 06-18-2004, 03:15 PM

Exactly!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-19-2004, 05:43 AM

Perhaps this one's too easy, but I like it.

Quote:

When morning comes, it'll be much like others

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-19-2004, 06:24 AM

This one was easy to find, if only because of the fact that I checked your favorite minor work first!

A dreary comment by Tídwald to Torhthelm in The Homecoming...:

Quote:

It's night right enough; but there's no firelight:
dark is over all, and dead is master.
When morning comes, it'll be much like others:
more labour and loss till the land's ruined;
ever work and war till the world passes.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-20-2004, 11:33 AM

Certainly is.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-20-2004, 01:42 PM

Quote:

I expect it will turn out all right.

I hope so!

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-21-2004, 02:52 AM

That was the Master Cook to his apprentice Alf:

Quote:

"Goodbye for now, Alf," he said. "I leave you to manage things as best you can, which is always very well. I expect it will turn out all right. If we meet again, I hope to hear all about it. Tell them that I've gone on another holiday, but this time I shan't be coming back again."

Sounds familiar...

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-21-2004, 06:05 AM

That's the person, Mariska! I do hope that the end of the passage doesn't apply to those who are on vacation from this thread!

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-21-2004, 06:48 AM

Quote:

I do hope that the end of the passage doesn't apply to those who are on vacation from this thread!

indeed!

Quote:

I hate cruelty...

Good luck on the new one.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-26-2004, 10:55 AM

That's Andrew Lang, the Victorian philologist and compiler of variously coloured Fairy Books. Tolkien quotes him in On Fairy-Stories on the subject of mercy and justice in the realm of Faerie.

Quote:

Andrew Lang was confused on this point. He 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 a fair fight, sword in hand, and the dwarf, peace to his ashes! died in harness.'

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-26-2004, 01:41 PM

Needless to say, that you are absolutely right, Mister Squatter!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-27-2004, 03:38 AM

Quote:

What have you got there?

What indeed?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-27-2004, 06:44 AM

Caudimordax, a nice big sword with a history, lineage and engravings!

Quote:

Only Tailbiter, that was given to me by the King.

Chrysophylax asked, and the title hero, Farmer Giles of Ham, answered.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-27-2004, 09:22 AM

That's right.

I've been getting complaints lately that Tolkien's characters have great swords practically dropped into their laps, whereas mine have to put up with all sorts of inconvenient eccentricities. Mind you, I'm still writing the plot for the character in question, and I might decide that he'd be more interesting dead.

'Indeed, Master. You have my most humble gratitude for this, the greatest blade yet borne by any hero who is me.'

Sarcastic, but it'll do. Now shut up and smoke your pipe until I need you. And bear in mind that I never wrote Windósil out of the narrative.

'I hate you'

That is a perfect way to start.

What was I saying again?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-27-2004, 10:34 AM

Well, be it sword, swordsman/woman or whatever, perhaps it could be said of them:

Quote:

a strange fate is on him

HerenIstarion · 06-28-2004, 02:55 AM

whatever in this case, or a doggy (sea doggy, to be precise). That'd be merdog, under the name of Rover, first of the name, as his first master's sailors said about him:

Quote:

And a strange fate is on him, that turns never home

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-28-2004, 03:03 AM

Yes, you got it completely right! That was a quote within a quote, a bit tricky, I must admit.

HerenIstarion · 06-28-2004, 03:50 AM

Thank you

Next one up:

Quote:

Are you going my way

06-03-2004, 05:15 AM	#561
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	"It is proving very useful indeed," said the Second Voice "As a holyday and a refreshment." to the First Voice, about Niggle's Parish. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-03-2004, 05:17 AM	#562
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's right, Guinevere! Now you can puzzle us with a new one... __________________ '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...'

06-06-2004, 12:54 PM	#565
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Indeed. Your turn again. (btw, have you looked at the "Quotes in other languages thread" lately? nobody seems to want to solve my German quote! ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-08-2004, 02:11 PM	#568
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	You got it, Squatter! Proceed at will. __________________ '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...'

06-09-2004, 03:39 AM	#571
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That's the fellow. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-09-2004, 04:34 AM	#573
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That sounds autothalassic enough to be the Great Sea Serpent, complaining about Artaxerxes' failed attempts to control his movements. Of course, the Mer-people demand exactly the same thing of their king en masse, but I don't think that they do it in block capitals. In either case, Roverandom is the work in question. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-09-2004, 04:41 AM	#574
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	That'd be merfolk, as they urged Mr Arterxaxes, I mean Ertaxarxes, oh, whatever (that is not Rover only to have problems with spelling of his name, you see ) to come out and 'do something' about Sea-Serpent On the other hand, that may be Sea-Serpent itself, as it tried to make Mr Ataxerxexexs stop doing abovementioned 'something', that is, mighty spell of his, causing insomnia in Serpent edit: Cross-poster here, Squatter . You have 7 minutes in your favour, so take it away as Esty confirms it (that is, I do believe it is pretty safe bet we've got correct answers) BTW, what does 'autothalassic' stand for? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 06-09-2004 at 04:45 AM.

06-09-2004, 05:18 AM	#575
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Bad luck Too slow, Heren. You have to type quicker than that to beat me. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-09-2004, 06:14 AM	#576
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Indeed, it was the Sea-Serpent who shouted it - all caps would have been bad etiquette on the internet... Take it away, Squatter! __________________ '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...'

06-09-2004, 07:13 AM	#577
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	curiosity killed (or was it called?) the cat... er, do my eyes deceive me, or did you merge two 'minor' threads back to one? Only it was some 4 or 5 pages long, and now it is 15... __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 06-09-2004 at 07:17 AM.

06-09-2004, 02:58 PM	#580
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Well, I was certainly surprised about the sudden increase of the number of pages, too! But the quote is Chrysophylax speaking to Giles: "Good morning!" said the dragon. "You seem surprised." "Good morning!" said Giles. "I am that." A very polite dragon! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-09-2004, 03:15 PM	#581
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	The ancient and imperial worm The very fellow, Guinevere. Of course, Chrysophylax is the true hero of that story. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-18-2004, 03:15 PM	#584
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Exactly! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-20-2004, 11:33 AM	#587
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Captain Predictable strikes again Certainly is. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-21-2004, 06:05 AM	#590
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's the person, Mariska! I do hope that the end of the passage doesn't apply to those who are on vacation from this thread! __________________ '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...'

06-26-2004, 01:41 PM	#593
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Needless to say, that you are absolutely right, Mister Squatter! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-27-2004, 09:22 AM	#596
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	A good sword is hard to come by That's right. I've been getting complaints lately that Tolkien's characters have great swords practically dropped into their laps, whereas mine have to put up with all sorts of inconvenient eccentricities. Mind you, I'm still writing the plot for the character in question, and I might decide that he'd be more interesting dead. 'Indeed, Master. You have my most humble gratitude for this, the greatest blade yet borne by any hero who is me.' Sarcastic, but it'll do. Now shut up and smoke your pipe until I need you. And bear in mind that I never wrote Windósil out of the narrative. 'I hate you' That is a perfect way to start. What was I saying again? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-28-2004, 03:03 AM	#599
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Yes, you got it completely right! That was a quote within a quote, a bit tricky, I must admit. __________________ '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...'