Middle-earth Magnets - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-10-2004, 10:47 AM

We've added another time waster to The Barrow-Downs: Middle-earth Magnets .

Give it a try and tell us here what you think of it.

Thanks!

NightKnight · 10-10-2004, 12:02 PM

Hehe, it's funny.

Nimrodel_9 · 10-10-2004, 01:01 PM

Tee hee hee! Lots of fun!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-10-2004, 01:04 PM

I may have to create a Middle-earth Magnets Hall of Fame. I already have a first nominee:

Oddwen · 10-10-2004, 02:28 PM

That's great! I'll probably waste a lot of time on that...

Laughing out loud all the way to Vegas, Baby!

Evisse the Blue · 10-10-2004, 02:36 PM

Lol, it's wonderful!
BW, you must like Oddwen's!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-10-2004, 05:26 PM

Oh yeah!

btw, if your name is on the first page of the Member List when sorted by reputation, then your name is in the Middle-earth Magnets wordlist!

Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-10-2004, 06:11 PM

"defenestrate d flamboyant Fordim Hedgethistle"! I'm not so sure I'm keen on this new time waster. . .funny as it is.

Well done again, oh great and might BW!

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-10-2004, 06:34 PM

Quote:

another time waster

So incredibly true. You wouldn't believe how long I had to wait before the word "to" came up... Awesome though, BW. This site keeps getting better (I would have hardly thought it possible). Thanks.

Fea

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-10-2004, 06:59 PM

Hmm ... should I spend a few hours composing lengthy and articulate posts in the Books forum, or should I needlessly devote said time to concocting silly messages on the Sticky Board?

No contest!

Nice new feature, BW.

Btw Who are Richard Simmons and Gary Coleman?

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-10-2004, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Btw Who are Richard Simmons and Gary Coleman?

Richard Simmons is a very... odd... exercise guy. As for Gary Coleman... I think he's an actor, but my memory fails me.

Fea

Son of Númenor · 10-10-2004, 07:22 PM

Gary!

B-W, I love the magnet board.

(Goes off to try and make a coherent sentence using "reverse-engineer", "afro" and "Wandlimb.")

Encaitare · 10-10-2004, 08:49 PM

So amusing, nice idea!

Lachwen · 10-10-2004, 10:18 PM

BW, I love you forever for this.

Do I get extra points for working Cthulhu and Richard Simmons into the same piece?

Lalwendë · 10-11-2004, 06:34 AM

This is great!

I liked the daytime TV one:

Quote:

how hobbit seduced Maia: - Melian was Fatty Bolger's secret mistress

That was even more bizarre than Jerry Springer The Opera!!!

Gary Coleman? Wasn't he the little kid in Diff'rent Strokes?

Maeggaladiel · 10-11-2004, 01:50 PM

Hee hee! This is so awesome! Nice one, BW!

Oddwen · 10-11-2004, 06:01 PM

There must be a word limit or something, because there are two blocks missing in my message.

"sightful!" should be
"insightful!"

and

"Mr. Pippin quietly moved Boromir the
king's accordion" should be

"Mr. Pippin quietly moved Boromir the disco
king's accordion"

HMM.

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-11-2004, 06:35 PM

Hmm.... be careful when dragging near the edges. Tiles can just disappear over there, and before you know it your message is a word (or two) short!

Oddwen · 10-11-2004, 06:59 PM

True, but they go transparent when not set. And "in" wasn't even near the edge.

Elennar Starfire · 10-11-2004, 08:38 PM

I just wasted half an hour on that...very amusing! I've always been able to waste hours playing with those little magnet word thingys...I once did that instead of paying attention in drama class, and I love drama class! I had to ask my teacher to move me to a desk where I couldn't see them...

Rimbaud · 10-12-2004, 07:43 AM

"Mr T's trans-fatty secret society was pondering hero Fatty Bolger's flamboyant fancy to invent this quick tuna melt pyramid scheme (utopia indeed)"

Fun, thanks.

Kuruharan · 10-12-2004, 12:45 PM

The Dead Marshes and The Blue Mountains won't burp Beruthiel!

Truer words were never spoken.

(This thing's prophetic or phrenetic or something...)

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-12-2004, 04:26 PM

I don't know about prophetic (or phrenetic), but it's certainly addictive.

Question: Why is it that that last word you need to complete your message always takes about 50 clicks to come up, then comes up first time when you return next time?

the phantom · 10-12-2004, 07:38 PM

Fun, fun, fun....

Another thing to fool around with at 2 in the morning.

But not tonight- I've done four already (the ones that say "tp"). That's quite enough wasted time for one evening.

Elennar Starfire · 10-12-2004, 07:59 PM

Dangerously addictive. I waste time reading them, and making them up...

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-13-2004, 05:43 AM

I got up this morning and saw that there were 0 new magnets. Curious, I quickly made a new one to see if there was a problem. It didn't save! That would have stunk if I had just taken 10 minutes looking for a word! (Most of us do that. You can admit it!) After some tinkering with the database, in which time I did absolutely nothing I am aware of, it started working again!

If this or similar malfunction happens to you, please post a message here or send me an e-mail!

Thanks!

Kuruharan · 10-13-2004, 03:14 PM

I must most humbly apologize for my latest piece of Magnet depravity.

If you see it, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Lachwen · 10-13-2004, 04:43 PM

"AutoCAD class:
Open time to come browse this website.
I am well pleased."

The Only Real Estel · 10-13-2004, 06:01 PM

Quote:

I've done four already (the ones that say "tp"). That's quite enough wasted time for one evening

Not as bad as me. I 've wasted quite a bit of time on it in the last couple days...& still haven't created one.

edit: in fact I just spent another 30 mins tonight...without anything to show for it

.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-13-2004, 06:34 PM

Yes... more time wasted that should have been devoted to reading 30 pages about the Democratic Debate (and then writing 3 pages on what I just read). But from it I got this brilliant piece of advice: Never whistle at pointy polar bears.

Fea

Nilpaurion Felagund · 10-13-2004, 07:08 PM

I come to the Downs for the first time this week, then this comes along! Will I have time to post at CBC again?

Still, it deserves a green grin!

Three green grins!

Quote:

quick, Sam! get Gaffer Gamgee's nuclear squash before Sharku vaporizes The Shire! (BW)

COFLGOHAHA! It contains the word "nuclear", and it's appropriate! Bravo!

the phantom · 10-14-2004, 01:09 PM

BW- if you ever get that Hall of Fame made you simply must include Cap'n Saucepan's Map.

It's very

and kept me

for quite a while.

Oddwen · 10-14-2004, 09:27 PM

BW, I wish to know all about the words. Was there a pre-made list that came with the code, and you added your own ME words? (I don't think words like "Frodo" and "Fatty Bolger" would come with a list.)
Or are they gleaned from a webpage? Like, if I suddenly typed in "ennui" it would appear in someone's millionth rotation?

(Because if that last case is true...to to to to to to the the the the for for for for it it it it of of of of of and and and and too too a a a...it would be great.)

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-15-2004, 05:05 AM

The Flash application came with a list of common words, a list of punctuations, and a list of suffixes. I immediately added Middle-earth words, and later added numbers and spaces. Since then, I have tweaked the word lists a bit, and I continue to do so. I will try adding a few more of the words you have suggested and see how it works out.

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-15-2004, 05:21 PM

I've added several buttons to advance the Magnets forwards or backwards by more than one entry. This will enable you to scroll though the entries faster!

Elennar Starfire · 11-25-2004, 09:42 PM

Radagast turned Bill Ferny into an aging toad, laughed, and exclaimed, "Do the Robot!"

That's brilliant! *laughs*

THE Ka · 11-26-2004, 06:33 PM

That's an awsome poetry tool! Thanks BW! You've made my day at work! (I know, i'm supposed to be working but, when i'm bored it's just so fun to write poems...)

Funny thing though, when i first played, i though you could only use the words given, you know, like a word challenge... I think that's why my first poem sounded horrible... but, it did give it an unique flare... It was about having a garden underneath the Gray Havens, Yavanna visited once in awhile, and it talked about rude guests...

It was a masterpiece... I LOVE THE MAGNET GAME!!!

*Ka yells from the highlands...

Ah, I feel so complete...

~Content Ka~

THE Ka · 11-26-2004, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Barrow-Wight

The Flash application came with a list of common words, a list of punctuations, and a list of suffixes. I immediately added Middle-earth words, and later added numbers and spaces. Since then, I have tweaked the word lists a bit, and I continue to do so. I will try adding a few more of the words you have suggested and see how it works out.

Oh! More words? Add Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, when you have the chance... Awsome word, even better meaning behind it...

~Phobia Dictionary Ka~

Carrûn · 11-27-2004, 07:34 PM

Wow. I can't believe how much time I just spent.

Excellent fun.

Meneltarmacil · 07-09-2005, 09:37 AM

I just realized how much fun this thing was.

"Imrahil considers Gimli's dead troll's laundry as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins"

and

"captain Grishnakh believes The Mouth of Sauron's Ent and Fatty Bolger already saw Pippin break Amsterdam!"

are both my work.

Absolutely hilarious.

EDIT: Just posted another one:

"*Ka-ching!* Kransha's UFO was turning The Squatter of Amon Rudh into Tom Bombadil"

10-10-2004, 10:47 AM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Middle-earth Magnets We've added another time waster to The Barrow-Downs: Middle-earth Magnets . Give it a try and tell us here what you think of it. Thanks! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-10-2004, 12:02 PM	#2
NightKnight Lost among the Stars Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hiding in Childhood (Sweden) Posts: 2,690	Hehe, it's funny. __________________ There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can't.

10-10-2004, 01:01 PM	#3
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	Tee hee hee! Lots of fun! __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

10-10-2004, 01:04 PM	#4
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Fall of Fame I may have to create a Middle-earth Magnets Hall of Fame. I already have a first nominee: __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-10-2004, 02:28 PM	#5
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	That's great! I'll probably waste a lot of time on that... Laughing out loud all the way to Vegas, Baby! __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

10-10-2004, 02:36 PM	#6
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Lol, it's wonderful! BW, you must like Oddwen's! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

10-10-2004, 05:26 PM	#7
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Oh yeah! btw, if your name is on the first page of the Member List when sorted by reputation, then your name is in the Middle-earth Magnets wordlist! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-10-2004, 06:11 PM	#8
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	"defenestrate d flamboyant Fordim Hedgethistle"! I'm not so sure I'm keen on this new time waster. . .funny as it is. Well done again, oh great and might BW! __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

10-10-2004, 06:59 PM	#10
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Hmm ... should I spend a few hours composing lengthy and articulate posts in the Books forum, or should I needlessly devote said time to concocting silly messages on the Sticky Board? No contest! Nice new feature, BW. Btw Who are Richard Simmons and Gary Coleman? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-10-2004, 07:22 PM	#12
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	Gary! B-W, I love the magnet board. (Goes off to try and make a coherent sentence using "reverse-engineer", "afro" and "Wandlimb.")

10-10-2004, 08:49 PM	#13
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	So amusing, nice idea!

10-10-2004, 10:18 PM	#14
Lachwen Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenwood the Great. Posts: 115	BW, I love you forever for this. Do I get extra points for working Cthulhu and Richard Simmons into the same piece? __________________ "'...Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.'"

10-11-2004, 01:50 PM	#16
Maeggaladiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, incidentally. Posts: 500	Hee hee! This is so awesome! Nice one, BW! __________________ "Wide ne bith wel," cwaeth se the geheirde on helle hriman.

10-11-2004, 06:01 PM	#17
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Hey... There must be a word limit or something, because there are two blocks missing in my message. "sightful!" should be "insightful!" and "Mr. Pippin quietly moved Boromir the king's accordion" should be "Mr. Pippin quietly moved Boromir the disco king's accordion" HMM. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

10-11-2004, 06:35 PM	#18
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Hmm.... be careful when dragging near the edges. Tiles can just disappear over there, and before you know it your message is a word (or two) short! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-11-2004, 06:59 PM	#19
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	True, but they go transparent when not set. And "in" wasn't even near the edge. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

10-11-2004, 08:38 PM	#20
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	I just wasted half an hour on that...very amusing! I've always been able to waste hours playing with those little magnet word thingys...I once did that instead of paying attention in drama class, and I love drama class! I had to ask my teacher to move me to a desk where I couldn't see them... __________________ Don't let me die!

10-12-2004, 07:43 AM	#21
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	"Mr T's trans-fatty secret society was pondering hero Fatty Bolger's flamboyant fancy to invent this quick tuna melt pyramid scheme (utopia indeed)" Fun, thanks. __________________ And all the rest is literature

10-12-2004, 12:45 PM	#22
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Yay! More time wasting! The Dead Marshes and The Blue Mountains won't burp Beruthiel! Truer words were never spoken. (This thing's prophetic or phrenetic or something...) __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

10-12-2004, 04:26 PM	#23
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I don't know about prophetic (or phrenetic), but it's certainly addictive. Question: Why is it that that last word you need to complete your message always takes about 50 clicks to come up, then comes up first time when you return next time? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-12-2004, 07:38 PM	#24
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	Fun, fun, fun.... Another thing to fool around with at 2 in the morning. But not tonight- I've done four already (the ones that say "tp"). That's quite enough wasted time for one evening. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

10-12-2004, 07:59 PM	#25
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Dangerously addictive. I waste time reading them, and making them up... __________________ Don't let me die!

10-13-2004, 05:43 AM	#26
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Malfunctioning magnets? I got up this morning and saw that there were 0 new magnets. Curious, I quickly made a new one to see if there was a problem. It didn't save! That would have stunk if I had just taken 10 minutes looking for a word! (Most of us do that. You can admit it!) After some tinkering with the database, in which time I did absolutely nothing I am aware of, it started working again! If this or similar malfunction happens to you, please post a message here or send me an e-mail! Thanks! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-13-2004, 03:14 PM	#27
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	I must most humbly apologize for my latest piece of Magnet depravity. If you see it, you'll know what I'm talking about. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

10-13-2004, 04:43 PM	#28
Lachwen Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenwood the Great. Posts: 115	"AutoCAD class: Open time to come browse this website. I am well pleased." __________________ "'...Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill.'"

10-13-2004, 06:34 PM	#30
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Yes... more time wasted that should have been devoted to reading 30 pages about the Democratic Debate (and then writing 3 pages on what I just read). But from it I got this brilliant piece of advice: Never whistle at pointy polar bears. Fea __________________ peace

10-14-2004, 01:09 PM	#32
the phantom Beloved Shadow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Stadium Posts: 5,971	BW- if you ever get that Hall of Fame made you simply must include Cap'n Saucepan's Map. It's very and kept me for quite a while. __________________ the phantom has posted. This thread is now important.

10-14-2004, 09:27 PM	#33
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Question: BW, I wish to know all about the words. Was there a pre-made list that came with the code, and you added your own ME words? (I don't think words like "Frodo" and "Fatty Bolger" would come with a list.) Or are they gleaned from a webpage? Like, if I suddenly typed in "ennui" it would appear in someone's millionth rotation? (Because if that last case is true...to to to to to to the the the the for for for for it it it it of of of of of and and and and too too a a a...it would be great.) __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

10-15-2004, 05:05 AM	#34
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	The Flash application came with a list of common words, a list of punctuations, and a list of suffixes. I immediately added Middle-earth words, and later added numbers and spaces. Since then, I have tweaked the word lists a bit, and I continue to do so. I will try adding a few more of the words you have suggested and see how it works out. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-15-2004, 05:21 PM	#35
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Added controls I've added several buttons to advance the Magnets forwards or backwards by more than one entry. This will enable you to scroll though the entries faster! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

11-25-2004, 09:42 PM	#36
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Radagast turned Bill Ferny into an aging toad, laughed, and exclaimed, "Do the Robot!" That's brilliant! laughs __________________ Don't let me die!

11-26-2004, 06:33 PM	#37
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Expressing my Beat Generation side! That's an awsome poetry tool! Thanks BW! You've made my day at work! (I know, i'm supposed to be working but, when i'm bored it's just so fun to write poems...) Funny thing though, when i first played, i though you could only use the words given, you know, like a word challenge... I think that's why my first poem sounded horrible... but, it did give it an unique flare... It was about having a garden underneath the Gray Havens, Yavanna visited once in awhile, and it talked about rude guests... It was a masterpiece... I LOVE THE MAGNET GAME!!! *Ka yells from the highlands... Ah, I feel so complete... ~Content Ka~ __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

11-27-2004, 07:34 PM	#39
Carrûn Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind you, counting to 3 Posts: 234	Wow. I can't believe how much time I just spent. Excellent fun. __________________ "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."

07-09-2005, 09:37 AM	#40
Meneltarmacil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid Posts: 2,254	Doing kind of an an H-I here... I just realized how much fun this thing was. "Imrahil considers Gimli's dead troll's laundry as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins" and "captain Grishnakh believes The Mouth of Sauron's Ent and Fatty Bolger already saw Pippin break Amsterdam!" are both my work. Absolutely hilarious. EDIT: Just posted another one: "Ka-ching! Kransha's UFO was turning The Squatter of Amon Rudh into Tom Bombadil" __________________ I ♣ baby seals. Last edited by Meneltarmacil; 07-09-2005 at 10:01 AM.