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Tuor in Gondolin · 12-01-2009, 08:09 PM

"R"s. please.

Loslote · 12-01-2009, 08:11 PM

Any Ts?

Mugwump · 12-01-2009, 09:06 PM

Someone talking to another about a third party not present:

ART:

"_ _ / _ a t _ _ / _ t / a _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ t , / a _ / _ _ / _ a t _ _ / a _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

That's right, no R's at all.

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-02-2009, 08:10 AM

"e"s, please.

Guinevere · 12-02-2009, 10:07 AM

Sorry for crashing in but I just cannot resist this:

Quote:

"He hates it and loves it, as he hates and loves himself."

Gandalf to Frodo about Gollum and the Ring

Mugwump · 12-02-2009, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

Gandalf to Frodo about Gollum and the Ring

"He hates it and loves it, as he hates and loves himself."

Yay, Guinevere -- I'm impressed!

Guinevere · 12-03-2009, 03:23 PM

Thank you, Mugwump

"------/ --/! -/ ----/ -----/ -----/ --/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ ----/ ------/ ----------/ ----/ ------/ ---/ --/ --------/. --/ -----/ ----/ -------------/, ---/ --/ ---/ -----------/. -/ ----/ -/ ---/ ----/ ---/ --/ --/."

Inziladun · 12-03-2009, 03:27 PM

H, please.

Guinevere · 12-03-2009, 03:32 PM

H

"------/ --/! -/ h---/ h----/ -----/ --/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ h---/ ------/ ----------/ -h--/ ------/ ---/ --/ --------/. --/ -----/ ----/ -------------/, ---/ --/ ---/ -----------/. -/ --h-/ -/ ---/ ----/ ---/ --/ --/."

Mugwump · 12-03-2009, 08:07 PM

O, please.

Loslote · 12-03-2009, 08:18 PM

Any Rs?

Guinevere · 12-04-2009, 07:49 AM

ROH

"----r-/ --/! -/ h---/ h--r-/ -o---/ o-/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ h---/ ------/ ----r--oo-/ -h--/ ------/ ---/ --/ --or-o--/. --/ -----/ --r-/ ---o--or-----/, -o-/ -o/ ---/ ----r------/. -/ --h-/ -/ ---/ ----/ o--/ o-/ --/."

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-04-2009, 07:52 AM

"F"s?

Lindale · 12-04-2009, 08:01 AM

Ys please

Erendis · 12-04-2009, 08:51 AM

"Misery me! I have heard songs of many battles and I have always understood that defeat can be glorious. It seems very uncomfortable, not to say distressing. I wish I was well out of it."
Bilbo during the battle of the five armies,The hobbit,Chapter 17

Guinevere · 12-04-2009, 01:32 PM

Excellent Erendis!

Erendis · 12-08-2009, 05:37 AM

Thank you!
OK,here it comes:
"--- --- -- --- -- ---------- -- --- ----- ----,--- -- --- --------- --- ------ --- --- ----.-- ------ --
---- --,--- --- -- -------."

Yours to enjoy it!

Inziladun · 12-08-2009, 06:04 AM

G, please.

Guinevere · 12-08-2009, 01:53 PM

How about O?

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-08-2009, 04:51 PM

"R"s, please.

Loslote · 12-08-2009, 07:32 PM

Good job! Are there any Ts?

Erendis · 12-09-2009, 02:09 AM

GORT

"--t --t -- -ot -- o--r--ro-- -t t-- ----- t--t,--o o- o-- ---o----- t-- ----o- --- t-- R--g.-- -orro- -- ---t go,--t -ot -- ------r."

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-09-2009, 01:22 PM

How about "w"s?

Loslote · 12-09-2009, 07:47 PM

Es?

Mugwump · 12-09-2009, 09:46 PM

See text below.

Then going to the House of the Kings in the Silent Street, Aragorn laid him down on the long bed that had been prepared for him. There he said farewell to Eldarion, and gave into his hands the winged crown of Gondor and sceptre of Arnor; and then all left him save Arwen, and she stood alone by his bed. And for all her wisdom and lineage she could not forbear to plead with him to stay yet for a while. She was not yet weary of her days, and thus she tasted the bitterness of the mortality that she had taken upon her.

"Lady Undómiel," said Aragorn, "the hour is indeed hard, yet it was made even in that day when we met under the white birches in the garden of Elrond, where none now walk. And on the hill of Cerin Amroth when we forsook both the Shadow and the Twilight this doom we accepted. Take counsel with yourself, beloved, and ask whether you would indeed have me wait until I wither and fall from my high seat unmanned and witless. Nay, lady, I am the last of the Númenoreans and the latest King of the Elder Days; and to me has been given not only a span thrice that of Men of Middle-earth, but also the grace to go at my will, and give back the gift. Now, therefore, I will sleep.

I speak no comfort to you, for there is no comfort for such pain within the circles of the world. the uttermost choice is before you: to repent and go to the Havens and bear away into the West the memory of our days together that shall there be evergreen but never more than a memory; or else to abide the Doom of Men."

"Nay, dear lord," she said, "that choice is long over. There is now no ship to bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Númenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive."

"So it seems," he said. "But let us not be overthrown at the final test, who of old renounced the Shadow and the Ring. In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound forever in the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell!"

"Estel, Estel!" she cried, and with that even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him with wonder; for they saw the grace of his youth, and the valor of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were all blended together. And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.

From The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, LOTR, Appendix A.

We can see where Jackson got some of the dialogue between Elrond and Arwen!

Erendis · 12-10-2009, 06:23 AM

OK,I would have chosen a shorter way,but since I love this part...Anyway it's up to you.
Well done Mugwump!Your turn.

Mugwump · 12-11-2009, 08:06 AM

Sorry, I thought people might enjoy the context.

Anyway, here's my quote:

"_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ !"

Erendis · 12-11-2009, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mugwump

Sorry, I thought people might enjoy the context.

"

Count me in them!I'm just bored to type that much...
Any A's for me ,please

Guinevere · 12-11-2009, 12:35 PM

N please

Loslote · 12-11-2009, 08:13 PM

Good job! Any Hs?

Mugwump · 12-12-2009, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erendis

Any A's

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

N please

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loslote

Any Hs?

NAH!

"_ _ _ A _ _ / _ _ / _ H _ / _ _ N _ / _ _ / _ _ A N _ _ !"

Loslote · 12-12-2009, 02:15 PM

Es?

EDIT: 400 posts. And I used it on Palantir...good going, me.

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-12-2009, 02:29 PM

"t"s, please.

Guinevere · 12-12-2009, 02:57 PM

how about S?

Mugwump · 12-12-2009, 06:29 PM

SHATEN:

"_ E _ A _ E / _ _ / T H E / S _ N _ / _ _ / _ E A N _ _ !"

Very difficult to find: A non-trivial but SHORT sentence written by Tolkien.

Loslote · 12-12-2009, 07:57 PM

Any Os?

Tuor in Gondolin · 12-12-2009, 08:02 PM

"F"s, please.

Guinevere · 12-13-2009, 04:22 AM

Haven't you forgotten an S in the fourth word, Mugwump?

Mugwump · 12-14-2009, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

Haven't you forgotten an S in the fourth word, Mugwump?

You're right, Guinevere! I think it's impossible to find a Tolkien quote that can't be Googled, but I'm astounded that you got it already, even so.

I'll correct it so Guinevere can confirm she has it, before adding the other asked-for letters.

ATHENS:

"_ E _ A _ E / _ _ / T H E / S _ NS / _ _ / _ E A N _ _ !"

Guinevere · 12-14-2009, 02:57 PM

Oh, it wasn't my intention to solve that one! (I'm too busy right now to be at the pc every day

)
I bet Tuor is on the right track too, since he asked for F!

so go ahead and add the F's and O's

12-01-2009, 08:09 PM	#11561
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"R"s. please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-01-2009, 08:11 PM	#11562
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Any Ts? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-01-2009, 09:06 PM	#11563
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	OK, adding R's and T's, then I'll leave it for a day. Someone talking to another about a third party not present: ART: "_ _ / _ a t _ _ / _ t / a _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ t , / a _ / _ _ / _ a t _ _ / a _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ." That's right, no R's at all.

12-02-2009, 08:10 AM	#11564
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"e"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-03-2009, 03:23 PM	#11567
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Thank you, Mugwump "------/ --/! -/ ----/ -----/ -----/ --/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ ----/ ------/ ----------/ ----/ ------/ ---/ --/ --------/. --/ -----/ ----/ -------------/, ---/ --/ ---/ -----------/. -/ ----/ -/ ---/ ----/ ---/ --/ --/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-03-2009, 03:27 PM	#11568
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,036	H, please. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

12-03-2009, 03:32 PM	#11569
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	H "------/ --/! -/ h---/ h----/ -----/ --/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ h---/ ------/ ----------/ -h--/ ------/ ---/ --/ --------/. --/ -----/ ----/ -------------/, ---/ --/ ---/ -----------/. -/ --h-/ -/ ---/ ----/ ---/ --/ --/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-03-2009, 08:07 PM	#11570
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	O, please.

12-03-2009, 08:18 PM	#11571
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Any Rs? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-04-2009, 07:49 AM	#11572
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	ROH "----r-/ --/! -/ h---/ h--r-/ -o---/ o-/ ----/ -------/ ---/ -/ h---/ ------/ ----r--oo-/ -h--/ ------/ ---/ --/ --or-o--/. --/ -----/ --r-/ ---o--or-----/, -o-/ -o/ ---/ ----r------/. -/ --h-/ -/ ---/ ----/ o--/ o-/ --/." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-04-2009, 07:52 AM	#11573
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"F"s? __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-04-2009, 08:01 AM	#11574
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	Ys please __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

12-04-2009, 08:51 AM	#11575
Erendis Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imloth Melui,with Yoreth's sister...Just finished the Panadol stock. Posts: 398	"Misery me! I have heard songs of many battles and I have always understood that defeat can be glorious. It seems very uncomfortable, not to say distressing. I wish I was well out of it." Bilbo during the battle of the five armies,The hobbit,Chapter 17 __________________ Ah,it's good to be home again!

12-04-2009, 01:32 PM	#11576
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Excellent Erendis! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-08-2009, 05:37 AM	#11577
Erendis Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imloth Melui,with Yoreth's sister...Just finished the Panadol stock. Posts: 398	Thank you! OK,here it comes: "--- --- -- --- -- ---------- -- --- ----- ----,--- -- --- --------- --- ------ --- --- ----.-- ------ -- ---- --,--- --- -- -------." Yours to enjoy it! __________________ Ah,it's good to be home again!

12-08-2009, 06:04 AM	#11578
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,036	G, please. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

12-08-2009, 01:53 PM	#11579
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	How about O? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-08-2009, 04:51 PM	#11580
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"R"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-08-2009, 07:32 PM	#11581
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Good job! Are there any Ts? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-09-2009, 02:09 AM	#11582
Erendis Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imloth Melui,with Yoreth's sister...Just finished the Panadol stock. Posts: 398	GORT "--t --t -- -ot -- o--r--ro-- -t t-- ----- t--t,--o o- o-- ---o----- t-- ----o- --- t-- R--g.-- -orro- -- ---t go,--t -ot -- ------r." __________________ Ah,it's good to be home again!

12-09-2009, 01:22 PM	#11583
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	How about "w"s? __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-09-2009, 07:47 PM	#11584
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Es? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-09-2009, 09:46 PM	#11585
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	See text below. Then going to the House of the Kings in the Silent Street, Aragorn laid him down on the long bed that had been prepared for him. There he said farewell to Eldarion, and gave into his hands the winged crown of Gondor and sceptre of Arnor; and then all left him save Arwen, and she stood alone by his bed. And for all her wisdom and lineage she could not forbear to plead with him to stay yet for a while. She was not yet weary of her days, and thus she tasted the bitterness of the mortality that she had taken upon her. "Lady Undómiel," said Aragorn, "the hour is indeed hard, yet it was made even in that day when we met under the white birches in the garden of Elrond, where none now walk. And on the hill of Cerin Amroth when we forsook both the Shadow and the Twilight this doom we accepted. Take counsel with yourself, beloved, and ask whether you would indeed have me wait until I wither and fall from my high seat unmanned and witless. Nay, lady, I am the last of the Númenoreans and the latest King of the Elder Days; and to me has been given not only a span thrice that of Men of Middle-earth, but also the grace to go at my will, and give back the gift. Now, therefore, I will sleep. I speak no comfort to you, for there is no comfort for such pain within the circles of the world. the uttermost choice is before you: to repent and go to the Havens and bear away into the West the memory of our days together that shall there be evergreen but never more than a memory; or else to abide the Doom of Men." "Nay, dear lord," she said, "that choice is long over. There is now no ship to bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Númenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive." "So it seems," he said. "But let us not be overthrown at the final test, who of old renounced the Shadow and the Ring. In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound forever in the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell!" "Estel, Estel!" she cried, and with that even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him with wonder; for they saw the grace of his youth, and the valor of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were all blended together. And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. From The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, LOTR, Appendix A. We can see where Jackson got some of the dialogue between Elrond and Arwen! Last edited by Mugwump; 12-09-2009 at 09:51 PM.

12-10-2009, 06:23 AM	#11586
Erendis Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imloth Melui,with Yoreth's sister...Just finished the Panadol stock. Posts: 398	And We Have A Winner! OK,I would have chosen a shorter way,but since I love this part...Anyway it's up to you. Well done Mugwump!Your turn. __________________ Ah,it's good to be home again!

12-11-2009, 08:06 AM	#11587
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	Sorry, I thought people might enjoy the context. Anyway, here's my quote: "_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ !" Last edited by Mugwump; 12-12-2009 at 12:12 AM. Reason: whoops - forgot a word

12-11-2009, 12:35 PM	#11589
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	N please __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-11-2009, 08:13 PM	#11590
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Good job! Any Hs? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-12-2009, 02:15 PM	#11592
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Es? EDIT: 400 posts. And I used it on Palantir...good going, me. __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-12-2009, 02:29 PM	#11593
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"t"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-12-2009, 02:57 PM	#11594
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	how about S? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-12-2009, 06:29 PM	#11595
Mugwump Wight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Taconic Mountains Posts: 111	SHATEN: "_ E _ A _ E / _ _ / T H E / S _ N _ / _ _ / _ E A N _ _ !" Very difficult to find: A non-trivial but SHORT sentence written by Tolkien.

12-12-2009, 07:57 PM	#11596
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Any Os? __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

12-12-2009, 08:02 PM	#11597
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	"F"s, please. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

12-13-2009, 04:22 AM	#11598
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Haven't you forgotten an S in the fourth word, Mugwump? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-14-2009, 02:57 PM	#11600
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Oh, it wasn't my intention to solve that one! (I'm too busy right now to be at the pc every day ) I bet Tuor is on the right track too, since he asked for F! so go ahead and add the F's and O's __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!