Which Downer Am I! - Page 31 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kath · 09-27-2006, 06:30 AM

No, no, it's all in the name.

Holbytlass · 09-27-2006, 12:32 PM

Guilbo

A mix of Bilbo (who is male) and gumbo that is from the south

Texadan

Texas-a southwestern state
dan-male's name

Mithalwen · 09-27-2006, 12:55 PM

Could it be Hyarion, a very new downer. Hyar means south I think and -ion is a male suffix indicating belonging in various contexts....

Kath · 09-28-2006, 05:58 AM

Holby you got it! Texadan it was - and I thought it was so simple.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-28-2006, 06:28 AM

garr I actually was considering Texadan, but I could not get it to fit with male

Holbytlass · 09-28-2006, 06:30 AM

Yea!! It took awhile to scroll through names.

a former chip

*I only looked at the past 7 pages so I hope this hasn't been done

mormegil · 10-01-2006, 10:19 PM

Any hints? I've looked a lot and cannot find anybody that seems to fit.

But to at least make a guess...

Sharku

Holbytlass · 10-02-2006, 03:32 AM

Not Sharku.
Hint: it's all in the name (not elvish, I can't pronounce those)

Mithalwen · 10-02-2006, 10:45 AM

excheeto?

Former is ex and I discover that cheeto is a type of crisp ("chip") ..

Holbytlass · 10-02-2006, 01:56 PM

Exactly, Mithalwen!
Ya know, I never thought about different countries using different names for things and not having cheetos. Well done.

Mithalwen · 10-03-2006, 10:36 AM

LOL it is okay - I'm multi-lingual ... though a proper Fish & Chip shop chip double fried and eaten for preferance by the sea in the open air, is a glorious thing to which "fries" didn't really compare....

The one which freaks me out is you guys calling scone-y type things biscuits. When they were served smothered with butter and honey in the Green Dragon I kept imagining all those poor little hobbits having eating disorders....

Mithalwen · 10-05-2006, 12:05 PM

In short an inverted old implement.

mormegil · 10-14-2006, 09:12 AM

Probably not the correct response but a guess nonetheless.

Regin Hardhammer

Hammer is an implement other than that I don't know how it relates.

Hookbill the Goomba · 10-14-2006, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

In short an inverted old implement.

Erm... The Guy who be Short?

Gil-Galad · 10-14-2006, 01:41 PM

i'm thinking Squatter of Amon Rudh for somereason...he always comes first to mind

Volo · 10-14-2006, 01:53 PM

I'm scared of inventing a riddle myself, but with those the chance is small.

Somehow littlemanpoet or Meneltarmacil come into my head.

Mithalwen · 10-16-2006, 11:44 AM

Short means that you are not looking for the whole name.. If you struggle I will attempt to encrypt the other element of the name. Teh old implement you need looks a bit like a short solid machete

Gil-Galad · 10-16-2006, 05:01 PM

The Saucepanman perhaps?

Valesse · 10-16-2006, 10:46 PM

very very tricky hints, Mith, I've been having to research! (You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when...

)

Could it possibly be a tarpon and the downer be tar-ancalime?

...Of course I'm having to disregard the rest of the question for that to be true

Mithalwen · 10-17-2006, 11:15 AM

Gil- Saucepans are a bit too distant from machete ..

And Val... oh dear .. that is too obscure for me.... no.... will think up a hint..

Hilde Bracegirdle · 10-18-2006, 03:43 PM

TheBladeThatWasBroken ?

Mithalwen · 10-19-2006, 12:49 PM

I have looked it up and it seems not to be an American thing at all - I guess becasue its primary use is for hedging (and you don't have hedgerow so much there do you?) - though it is used for coppicing, thatching and hurdle making.

hmm I need to think of a clue

Mithalwen · 10-25-2006, 01:02 PM

The answer was Hookbill - reversal of billhook.

Anyone who has an idea can take the thread.

Holbytlass · 10-25-2006, 01:15 PM

I learned new words today-I had to look up all the words except thatching.

I suppose I shall throw out a new clue...

a French hobbit

Hilde Bracegirdle · 10-25-2006, 03:06 PM

Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for.

Hobytlass, all I can think of is LePetitChoux and I'd be seriously amazed if that's it!

Hookbill the Goomba · 10-25-2006, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for.

The only thing I'm 'angling for' are more ridiculous stories to put in the newspaper.

I'd add a guess, but LePetitChoux seems like the most obvious answer.

Mithalwen · 10-26-2006, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for.

Hobytlass, all I can think of is LePetitChoux and I'd be seriously amazed if that's it!

Well to a British mind it could be the reverse ..a way of getting the bill(check? ) from the waiter first ... we call our paper money notes..... two countries divided by a common tongue ....

Holbytlass · 10-26-2006, 04:16 PM

Nope, not LePetitChoux.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 10-26-2006, 04:33 PM

Yes, both terms 'bill' and 'check' I've heard used here, ( but I suppose I'm just stingy and would rather get money than give it), still one should never give notes to a waiter here unless one was fishing for something. A more generous slice of cake perhaps?

But I nearly fell out of my chair yesterday when I went looking for the precise definition of 'biosphere' in the Webster's dictionary, there was 'billhook' right on the opposite page! I can't even say, "if only I had seen it a few days before"! I'm sure I would have passed by it, since they don't sell them at our hardware store.

Hookbill, I'd heap you with laurels if I could, both for your witty paper and for the time you spend on it, but writing an article might take a bit longer for me.

Holbytlass · 11-01-2006, 01:57 PM

a clue then,

it's a french way of spelling the name

Hilde Bracegirdle · 11-01-2006, 03:07 PM

Merlilot?

Holbytlass · 11-02-2006, 04:37 AM

no, nice try though

mormegil · 11-02-2006, 05:12 AM

Lindolirian

Though I don't believe it matches your clue I can see how it may work.

Holbytlass · 11-02-2006, 08:06 AM

sorry, it doesn't work.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 11-06-2006, 11:12 AM

Billbeaux?

Boromir88 · 11-06-2006, 11:16 AM

I think Hilde's got it as beaux is the masculine, plural form of the french word meaning beautiful. Also, it's pronunciations sounds like 'bow.' So, it would sound like someone saying Bilbo.

Dratted Hilde, got to it before me...(I guess it would be smart though to wait for Holbytlass's confirmation...but I have a strong feeling this is it). Nice job...even if it's not.

Holbytlass · 11-06-2006, 02:57 PM

Billbeaux is the french hobbit! You're right, Hilde.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 11-06-2006, 04:08 PM

Oh good!

Clue: This little known brother of Boromir and Faramir's, carries out Dad's program with an artificial intelligence.

Hookbill the Goomba · 11-06-2006, 04:14 PM

Boromir88?
I think it was he who had a photo on the Barrow Downs Photo Page where it looked like he had a robotic eye.

???

Gil-Galad · 11-06-2006, 06:15 PM

i keep thinking MatthewM for his picture of Boromir Staring during the council

09-27-2006, 06:30 AM	#1201
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	No, no, it's all in the name. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-27-2006, 12:32 PM	#1202
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Guilbo A mix of Bilbo (who is male) and gumbo that is from the south Texadan Texas-a southwestern state dan-male's name __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII Last edited by Holbytlass; 09-27-2006 at 12:50 PM.

09-27-2006, 12:55 PM	#1203
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Could it be Hyarion, a very new downer. Hyar means south I think and -ion is a male suffix indicating belonging in various contexts.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-28-2006, 05:58 AM	#1204
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Holby you got it! Texadan it was - and I thought it was so simple. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-28-2006, 06:30 AM	#1206
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Yea!! It took awhile to scroll through names. a former chip *I only looked at the past 7 pages so I hope this hasn't been done __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

10-01-2006, 10:19 PM	#1207
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Any hints? I've looked a lot and cannot find anybody that seems to fit. But to at least make a guess... Sharku __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-02-2006, 03:32 AM	#1208
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Not Sharku. Hint: it's all in the name (not elvish, I can't pronounce those) __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

10-02-2006, 10:45 AM	#1209
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	excheeto? Former is ex and I discover that cheeto is a type of crisp ("chip") .. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-02-2006, 01:56 PM	#1210
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Exactly, Mithalwen! Ya know, I never thought about different countries using different names for things and not having cheetos. Well done. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

10-03-2006, 10:36 AM	#1211
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	LOL it is okay - I'm multi-lingual ... though a proper Fish & Chip shop chip double fried and eaten for preferance by the sea in the open air, is a glorious thing to which "fries" didn't really compare.... The one which freaks me out is you guys calling scone-y type things biscuits. When they were served smothered with butter and honey in the Green Dragon I kept imagining all those poor little hobbits having eating disorders.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-05-2006, 12:05 PM	#1212
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	And a clue In short an inverted old implement. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-14-2006, 09:12 AM	#1213
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Probably not the correct response but a guess nonetheless. Regin Hardhammer Hammer is an implement other than that I don't know how it relates. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

10-14-2006, 01:41 PM	#1215
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	i'm thinking Squatter of Amon Rudh for somereason...he always comes first to mind __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

10-14-2006, 01:53 PM	#1216
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,611	I'm scared of inventing a riddle myself, but with those the chance is small. Somehow littlemanpoet or Meneltarmacil come into my head. __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page

10-16-2006, 11:44 AM	#1217
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Short means that you are not looking for the whole name.. If you struggle I will attempt to encrypt the other element of the name. Teh old implement you need looks a bit like a short solid machete __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-16-2006, 05:01 PM	#1218
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	The Saucepanman perhaps? __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

10-16-2006, 10:46 PM	#1219
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	very very tricky hints, Mith, I've been having to research! (You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when... ) Could it possibly be a tarpon and the downer be tar-ancalime? ...Of course I'm having to disregard the rest of the question for that to be true __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

10-17-2006, 11:15 AM	#1220
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Gil- Saucepans are a bit too distant from machete .. And Val... oh dear .. that is too obscure for me.... no.... will think up a hint.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-18-2006, 03:43 PM	#1221
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	A shot in the dark TheBladeThatWasBroken ?

10-19-2006, 12:49 PM	#1222
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	I have looked it up and it seems not to be an American thing at all - I guess becasue its primary use is for hedging (and you don't have hedgerow so much there do you?) - though it is used for coppicing, thatching and hurdle making. hmm I need to think of a clue __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-25-2006, 01:02 PM	#1223
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	The answer was Hookbill - reversal of billhook. Anyone who has an idea can take the thread. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-25-2006, 01:15 PM	#1224
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	I learned new words today-I had to look up all the words except thatching. I suppose I shall throw out a new clue... a French hobbit __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

10-25-2006, 03:06 PM	#1225
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for. Hobytlass, all I can think of is LePetitChoux and I'd be seriously amazed if that's it!

10-26-2006, 04:16 PM	#1228
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Nope, not LePetitChoux. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

10-26-2006, 04:33 PM	#1229
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Yes, both terms 'bill' and 'check' I've heard used here, ( but I suppose I'm just stingy and would rather get money than give it), still one should never give notes to a waiter here unless one was fishing for something. A more generous slice of cake perhaps? But I nearly fell out of my chair yesterday when I went looking for the precise definition of 'biosphere' in the Webster's dictionary, there was 'billhook' right on the opposite page! I can't even say, "if only I had seen it a few days before"! I'm sure I would have passed by it, since they don't sell them at our hardware store. Hookbill, I'd heap you with laurels if I could, both for your witty paper and for the time you spend on it, but writing an article might take a bit longer for me.

11-01-2006, 01:57 PM	#1230
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	a clue then, it's a french way of spelling the name __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

11-01-2006, 03:07 PM	#1231
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Merlilot?

11-02-2006, 04:37 AM	#1232
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	no, nice try though __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

11-02-2006, 05:12 AM	#1233
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Lindolirian Though I don't believe it matches your clue I can see how it may work. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

11-02-2006, 08:06 AM	#1234
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	sorry, it doesn't work. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

11-06-2006, 11:12 AM	#1235
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Billbeaux?

11-06-2006, 11:16 AM	#1236
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,519	I think Hilde's got it as beaux is the masculine, plural form of the french word meaning beautiful. Also, it's pronunciations sounds like 'bow.' So, it would sound like someone saying Bilbo. Dratted Hilde, got to it before me...(I guess it would be smart though to wait for Holbytlass's confirmation...but I have a strong feeling this is it). Nice job...even if it's not. __________________ Fenris Penguin

11-06-2006, 02:57 PM	#1237
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	Billbeaux is the french hobbit! You're right, Hilde. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

11-06-2006, 04:08 PM	#1238
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Oh good! Clue: This little known brother of Boromir and Faramir's, carries out Dad's program with an artificial intelligence.

11-06-2006, 04:14 PM	#1239
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Boromir88? I think it was he who had a photo on the Barrow Downs Photo Page where it looked like he had a robotic eye. ??? __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...