Palantir of Fortune "Minor Works" edition - Page 9 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 12-01-2004, 02:34 PM

Yes, of course

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-02-2004, 11:14 AM

-- -- ----- -- --------, - --- ---- -- ------- ---- ------ --- ------- -- --- -----. ---- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- ----!

Tuor of Gondolin · 12-02-2004, 12:44 PM

"l"s?

HerenIstarion · 12-02-2004, 01:01 PM

T's too

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-02-2004, 01:10 PM

Ls and Ts, coming up...

-- -t ----- t- ----t---, - --- ---- -- --ll--- ---- -l---- --- --tt--- -- -ll -----. T--- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- -l--!

HerenIstarion · 12-02-2004, 01:34 PM

Nokes to Alf:

Quote:

If it comes to courtesy, I see none in calling your elders and betters by ill names. Take your Fairy and your nonsense somewhere else!

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-02-2004, 01:37 PM

I'm flabbergasted - how did you do that??? You're right, of course.

HerenIstarion · 12-02-2004, 02:09 PM

This is how I do it:

Quote:

Is (if, as, so) it ----- to ----t---, I may (see, say, lie, die,) ---- is killing (calling, rolling, tolling, billing) ---- elders (almond, albino, alpine) and (for) betters -- ill -----. Take (took, told), ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- glad, (clad, olid, slid, bled, else)!

The main goal is to guess out some key-words - in this case - betters (when combined with 'calling', as I do not remember much 'killings' with JRRT - 'slaying' a-plenty, but 'killings' not that much, still more in 'minor works' - so, I assume it is 'calling'. I know only one person to accuse somebody of 'calling his betters' - else is technical staff of finding exact quote

To calculate possibilities, I employ Lingvo 9 (translating tool - Russian/English, but there are versions with French, German and Italian as well) - in my case, very useful facility to check spelling and meaning out, and I've found, for PoF type of games too. Per instance, the last word has a second 'l' in it. It may have a consonant before l (as in 'bled, clad'), or may not. 'else' comes to mind, but to double-check it, I may type something like 'alxe' into itno Lingvo search field. In return, it comes up with possible choices: axle and aloe. For 'elxe' - else and Elbe come out, for 'olxe' - nothing sensible. What my role is, is to make correct choice and than go for books

So good for craft secret

Next on up, though:

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--- ----- ------ -- --- ----,
---- ----- --- ----- ----- ------ ----;
--- ----- ------‘- ---- --- ------- --- ----,
--- --- ---‘-- -- ------ ----!

Tuor of Gondolin · 12-02-2004, 04:55 PM

"w"s?

Guinevere · 12-03-2004, 04:50 AM

How about A ?

rutslegolas · 12-03-2004, 07:13 AM

And some "E"s please .

HerenIstarion · 12-03-2004, 08:47 AM

WAE

Quote:

--e w---e ----e- -- --e ----,
--e- -e--- a-- --a-- --e-- ----e- ----;
--- --e-- -a--e-‘- -ee- a-- ---w-e- --- w---,
a-- --e ---‘-- -e ------ ----!

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2004, 09:45 AM

T for me, please (again...)

HerenIstarion · 12-03-2004, 09:53 AM

WAET:

Quote:

T-e w--te ----e- -- t-e ----,
T-e- -e--- a-- --a-- t-e-- ----e- --t-;
--t T-e-- -a-te-‘- -ee- a-- ---w-e- --- w-t-,
a-- --e ---‘-- -e ------ ----!

Guinevere · 12-03-2004, 02:52 PM

R ?

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2004, 03:25 PM

H too, please

HerenIstarion · 12-03-2004, 03:36 PM

Quote:

The wh-te h-r-e- -- the ----,
The- -e--h a-- -ha-- the-r ----er --t-;
--t the-r -a-ter-‘- -ee- a-- -r-w-e- h-- w-t-,
a-- the ---‘-- -e r----- ----!

Sorry for missing the T in the last line in my previous

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2004, 03:44 PM

Quote:

The ostler said to his tipsy cat:
"The white horses of the Moon,
They neigh and champ their silver bits;
But their master's been and drowned his wits,
and the Sun'll be rising soon!"

From The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

HerenIstarion · 12-03-2004, 03:46 PM

Yes indeed

Next serve is yours

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2004, 04:09 PM

Here's a shorter one; I find it amusing!

Quote:

----, --------- --- ------- ------ -- ------?

HerenIstarion · 12-03-2004, 04:25 PM

Wild guesses, so O's please?

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-03-2004, 04:33 PM

----, --------- --- ------- o----- -- ------?

Guinevere · 12-03-2004, 04:46 PM

E's please

Tuor of Gondolin · 12-03-2004, 04:47 PM

"n"s?

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-04-2004, 03:08 AM

----, ---e----e -n- -en---- o---n- o- ---n--?

(including one O that I missed the first time - sorry!)

HerenIstarion · 12-04-2004, 03:39 AM

Once revealed, craft secret failed to help me out

Any D's in there?

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-04-2004, 03:43 AM

----, d--e----e -nd -en---- o---n- o- ---n--?

HerenIstarion · 12-04-2004, 04:11 AM

Councillor Tompkins to Atkins the Teacher, about Niggle and latter's love of pretty things:

Quote:

What, digestive and genital organs of plants?

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-04-2004, 06:46 AM

That's a quote that makes me chuckle. I can't imagine how you figured it out from those few letters, but you did! Your turn, HI.

HerenIstarion · 12-04-2004, 04:57 PM

d--e----e - could not find anything to fit in, unless it struck

next one:

Quote:

- ----- ----- --‘-- ---- ---- ----,
--- ----- ----- ---- -- ---- --- ----;
--- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- ----, ---- -- ---
---- ----- -----

rutslegolas · 12-04-2004, 11:42 PM

Some "A"s to start off with .

HerenIstarion · 12-05-2004, 02:55 AM

A:

Quote:

A ----- --a-- --‘-- -a-- ---- --a-,
a-- ----- --a-- ---- -- ---- --- --a-;
a-- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- -- ---
---- -a--- -a---

Guinevere · 12-05-2004, 03:02 PM

T's please

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-05-2004, 03:40 PM

...and "S"s as well, if you please.

HerenIstarion · 12-05-2004, 03:52 PM

SAT:

Quote:

A ----- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --a-,
a-- t---- s-a-- ---- -- s--- --- t-a-;
a-- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- t- ---
---- -a--- -at-s

Tuor of Gondolin · 12-05-2004, 06:18 PM

"r"s?

HerenIstarion · 12-06-2004, 01:59 AM

SATR:

Quote:

A --rr- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --ar,
a-- t--r- s-a-- ---- -- s--- --- t-ar;
a-- -- ---- ----- --r ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- t- r--
---- -a--- -at-s

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-06-2004, 02:11 AM

N, please

HerenIstarion · 12-06-2004, 02:15 AM

Satrn (we'll get Saturn if the next person asks for u...

)

Quote:

A --rr- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --ar,
an- t--r- s-a-- ---- n- s--- n-- t-ar;
an- -- ---- ----n --r ---- ----n
-- --- an--, an-- t- r-n
---n -a--- -at-s

Guinevere · 12-06-2004, 07:29 AM

A merry feast we'll make this year,
and there shall come no sigh nor tear;
and we will feign our love begun
in joy anew, anew to run
down happy paths -

I don't have "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" , but I figured out the first line and most of the second one, and I thought it sounded like it - and I remembered there was a link to it here in the Downs...

12-01-2004, 02:34 PM	#321
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Yes, of course __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-02-2004, 11:14 AM	#322
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	New quote -- -- ----- -- --------, - --- ---- -- ------- ---- ------ --- ------- -- --- -----. ---- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- ----! __________________ '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...'

12-02-2004, 12:44 PM	#323
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	"l"s? __________________ Aure Entuluva!

12-02-2004, 01:01 PM	#324
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	and my favourite... T's too __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-02-2004, 01:10 PM	#325
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Ls and Ts, coming up... -- -t ----- t- ----t---, - --- ---- -- --ll--- ---- -l---- --- --tt--- -- -ll -----. T--- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- -l--! __________________ '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...'

12-02-2004, 01:37 PM	#327
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I'm flabbergasted - how did you do that??? You're right, of course. __________________ '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...'

12-02-2004, 04:55 PM	#329
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	"w"s? __________________ Aure Entuluva!

12-03-2004, 04:50 AM	#330
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	How about A ? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-03-2004, 07:13 AM	#331
rutslegolas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In Elven Lands of India Posts: 533	And some "E"s please . __________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with the bull - The Phantom.

12-03-2004, 09:45 AM	#333
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	T for me, please (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...'

12-03-2004, 02:52 PM	#335
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	R ? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-03-2004, 03:25 PM	#336
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	H too, 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...'

12-03-2004, 03:46 PM	#339
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Yes indeed Next serve is yours __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-03-2004, 04:25 PM	#341
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Wild guesses, so O's please? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-03-2004, 04:33 PM	#342
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	O-nly one ----, --------- --- ------- o----- -- ------? __________________ '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...'

12-03-2004, 04:46 PM	#343
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	E's please __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-03-2004, 04:47 PM	#344
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	"n"s? __________________ Aure Entuluva!

12-04-2004, 03:08 AM	#345
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The o-n-e palantir ;) ----, ---e----e -n- -en---- o---n- o- ---n--? (including one O that I missed the first time - sorry!) __________________ '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...'

12-04-2004, 03:39 AM	#346
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Once revealed, craft secret failed to help me out Any D's in there? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

12-04-2004, 03:43 AM	#347
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	D-o-n-e ----, d--e----e -nd -en---- o---n- o- ---n--? __________________ '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...'

12-04-2004, 06:46 AM	#349
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's a quote that makes me chuckle. I can't imagine how you figured it out from those few letters, but you did! Your turn, HI. __________________ '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...'

12-04-2004, 11:42 PM	#351
rutslegolas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In Elven Lands of India Posts: 533	Some "A"s to start off with . __________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with the bull - The Phantom.

12-05-2004, 03:02 PM	#353
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	T's please __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-05-2004, 03:40 PM	#354
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	...and "S"s as well, if you 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...'

12-05-2004, 06:18 PM	#356
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	"r"s? __________________ Aure Entuluva!

12-06-2004, 02:11 AM	#358
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	N, 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...'

12-06-2004, 07:29 AM	#360
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	A merry feast we'll make this year, and there shall come no sigh nor tear; and we will feign our love begun in joy anew, anew to run down happy paths - I don't have "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" , but I figured out the first line and most of the second one, and I thought it sounded like it - and I remembered there was a link to it here in the Downs... __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!