07-06-2005, 12:09 PM | #181 |
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I am with out books at the moment so Spock can take it, as it was him that reminded me of the answer.
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
07-06-2005, 12:21 PM | #182 |
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here goes
How much did Merry get for the animals from Butterbur?
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07-06-2005, 04:55 PM | #183 |
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Was it a tenth of their actual worth? Wait, maybe that was Bill Ferny charged them ten times Bill's worth for Bill the pony... sorry, don't know
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07-06-2005, 07:25 PM | #184 |
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well speaking for my ...er.. namesake
sorry haven't a clue .... i didn't sleep a wink the night before ... (my namesake of course .. ) lotesse ... please refer to the post in venting thread |
07-07-2005, 11:10 AM | #185 |
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L-your brain may be shorting out but it's picking up the right clues...keep trying
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07-07-2005, 12:06 PM | #186 |
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No, Ferny charged them three times' the pony's worth for Bill the Pony; as for how much Butterbeer gave the hobbits to recompense for their own ponies' running off, can't remember...
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Yugo!
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07-08-2005, 11:29 AM | #189 |
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If I Recall Correctly.
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
07-08-2005, 11:42 AM | #190 |
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T.y.
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Where did Lóni fall?
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Sincerely, Anthony 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) |
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07-08-2005, 02:42 PM | #192 |
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good point spock, i never noticed. though it wasnt really a betrayel payment, but tolkien was a devout catholic(dum dum duuuuuuh). . .
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07-08-2005, 03:14 PM | #193 |
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wow, that IS a good point, you guys; that's a trip! I never thought of that... I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien intentionally created that correlation.
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07-08-2005, 06:44 PM | #194 |
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Loni who? Loni Anderson I know.
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07-08-2005, 09:23 PM | #195 |
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Yeah, Loni who?
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07-08-2005, 09:35 PM | #196 |
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A dwarf I suppose. From Moria.
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07-08-2005, 10:02 PM | #197 |
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That name DOES sound a bit dwarf-esque.
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Wait - is Loni the dwarf with the nice handwriting who died while making an entry in the journal about the drums in the deep, when the remaining resistance of dwarves were in that room where Balin had his tomb, in Moria? *phew*
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Just let us know where he fell. BTW, I think that Ori had the fine elf handwriting.
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Sincerely, Anthony 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) |
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