Riddling III - Page 43

Noble Elf Lord · 11-19-2009, 11:09 AM

The riddle thread... is alive!!!!!!

LOL.

Midge · 11-20-2009, 05:42 PM

I'll be obscure:

I'm no vertebrate - I'm squishy
But I am rather tough
As was illustrated by my part
In the fulfillment of a prophecy.

Note: I'm loth to put "prophecy" there. You could substitute it for "spell" or "hint or clue" as well, I suppose.

Noble Elf Lord · 11-23-2009, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midge

I'll be obscure:

I'm no vertebrate - I'm squishy
But I am rather tough
As was illustrated by my part
In the fulfillment of a prophecy.

Note: I'm loth to put "prophecy" there. You could substitute it for "spell" or "hint or clue" as well, I suppose.

A wild guess - Sam's Elven rope?

Midge · 11-23-2009, 10:30 AM

Not what I was thinking.

I guess I could see how that would fit, but I was hoping the word "vertebrate" would suggest life. Like.. it's an alive thing.

Gordis · 11-23-2009, 11:28 AM

The only invertebrates in the story, IIRC, are the Watcher-in-the-Water and Shelob

Which one?

Midge · 11-23-2009, 01:02 PM

Oh.. no, there are several others. And you're on the wrong track. It's not a villain. Just an invertebrate. This is harder than I thought... Huh.

Gordis · 11-24-2009, 07:24 AM

Several others apart from the spiders and the octopus?

I know, I know - The midges! In the Midgewater marsh!

Midge · 11-24-2009, 05:30 PM

Now what on earth kind of prophecy or spell or hint/clue would they fulfill?

And I thought this one would be really easy! Maybe you just need to practice a bit more!

Midge · 12-14-2009, 10:21 PM

Hey! Come on, peeps! Keep guessing! *bump*

"Head of the chief table"
Standing tall,
Then fallen low,
Now gold and bright.

Noble Elf Lord · 12-15-2009, 11:51 AM

For the first one: a snail? (if you don't know at all what I'm talking about, don't care. I just have a funny memory of The Hobbit including a snail.

)

And...haven't the foggiest of the other.

Eye of Sauron? XD

***Valandil*** · 12-15-2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midge

Hey! Come on, peeps! Keep guessing! *bump*

"Head of the chief table"
Standing tall,
Then fallen low,
Now gold and bright.

Baldor son of Brego?

Midge · 12-15-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

For the first one: a snail? (if you don't know at all what I'm talking about, don't care. I just have a funny memory of The Hobbit including a snail.

)

And...haven't the foggiest of the other.

Eye of Sauron? XD

YES! The snail is right! The thrush knocked a snail against the rock on Durin's Day, which made Bilbo realize that was what the runes meant, and thusly they opened the little side-door.

Your other guess is very far from the answer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valandil

Baldor son of Brego?

If possible, I think this answer may be even farther away than NEL's, in time especially.

Yay! Good guessing! Post some riddles, peeps!

Midge · 12-25-2009, 10:57 PM

*bump* No Christmas guesses for my super cool riddle?

Quote:

"Head of the chief table"
Standing tall,
Then fallen low,
Now gold and bright.

Hint: It's talking about two different things which are technically the same thing.

***Earniel*** · 12-26-2009, 06:40 AM

The head of the king's statue at the crossroads, that was knocked off by orcs but that ended up crowned with flowers on the ground?

Midge · 12-27-2009, 01:13 AM

Not what I was thinking of, but a very good idea! The first line is a direct quote from the book, hence the "" around it. That doesn't fit the two different things clue either.

Noble Elf Lord · 01-08-2010, 08:15 AM

A wild guess, but the Great tree of Hobbiton?

Midge · 01-08-2010, 02:57 PM

Yeah! The Party Tree, which stood at the head of the table (that was the quote, you remember), then it was chopped down, then a Mallorn grew in its place.

Noble Elf Lord · 01-09-2010, 03:12 PM

What on Middle-earth! How my wild guesses can be right? Twice! ...Perhaps for the same reason I tend to look at the clock when it's like 11:11, 12:34 21:12, and so on. It just happens to me. A funny little fact.

Midge · 01-11-2010, 11:27 AM

Interesting... Anyone got any riddles? Riddling can be hard sometimes!

***Valandil*** · 01-11-2010, 05:54 PM

Yes - hard to make. I fear this one may be easy to answer:

My older son died with me, at my side,
My younger said he'd stay home, but lied.
He rode to battle disguised, and died.
Leaving only my daughter, a northern man's bride.

11-19-2009, 11:09 AM	#841
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	The riddle thread... is alive!!!!!! LOL. __________________ Hers.

11-20-2009, 05:42 PM	#842
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	I'll be obscure: I'm no vertebrate - I'm squishy But I am rather tough As was illustrated by my part In the fulfillment of a prophecy. Note: I'm loth to put "prophecy" there. You could substitute it for "spell" or "hint or clue" as well, I suppose. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

11-23-2009, 10:30 AM	#844
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Not what I was thinking. I guess I could see how that would fit, but I was hoping the word "vertebrate" would suggest life. Like.. it's an alive thing. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

11-23-2009, 01:02 PM	#846
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Oh.. no, there are several others. And you're on the wrong track. It's not a villain. Just an invertebrate. This is harder than I thought... Huh. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

11-24-2009, 07:24 AM	#847
Gordis Lady of the Ulairi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 2,783	Several others apart from the spiders and the octopus? I know, I know - The midges! In the Midgewater marsh! Last edited by Gordis : 11-24-2009 at 07:26 AM.

11-23-2009, 11:28 AM	#845
Gordis Lady of the Ulairi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 2,783	The only invertebrates in the story, IIRC, are the Watcher-in-the-Water and Shelob Which one?

11-24-2009, 05:30 PM	#848
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Now what on earth kind of prophecy or spell or hint/clue would they fulfill? And I thought this one would be really easy! Maybe you just need to practice a bit more! __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-14-2009, 10:21 PM	#849
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Hey! Come on, peeps! Keep guessing! bump "Head of the chief table" Standing tall, Then fallen low, Now gold and bright. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-15-2009, 11:51 AM	#850
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	For the first one: a snail? (if you don't know at all what I'm talking about, don't care. I just have a funny memory of The Hobbit including a snail. ) And...haven't the foggiest of the other. Eye of Sauron? XD __________________ Hers.

12-26-2009, 06:40 AM	#854
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	The head of the king's statue at the crossroads, that was knocked off by orcs but that ended up crowned with flowers on the ground? __________________ We are not things.

12-27-2009, 01:13 AM	#855
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Not what I was thinking of, but a very good idea! The first line is a direct quote from the book, hence the "" around it. That doesn't fit the two different things clue either. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

01-08-2010, 08:15 AM	#856
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	A wild guess, but the Great tree of Hobbiton? __________________ Hers.

01-08-2010, 02:57 PM	#857
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Yeah! The Party Tree, which stood at the head of the table (that was the quote, you remember), then it was chopped down, then a Mallorn grew in its place. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

01-09-2010, 03:12 PM	#858
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	What on Middle-earth! How my wild guesses can be right? Twice! ...Perhaps for the same reason I tend to look at the clock when it's like 11:11, 12:34 21:12, and so on. It just happens to me. A funny little fact. __________________ Hers.

01-11-2010, 11:27 AM	#859
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	Interesting... Anyone got any riddles? Riddling can be hard sometimes! __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

01-11-2010, 05:54 PM	#860
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Yes - hard to make. I fear this one may be easy to answer: My older son died with me, at my side, My younger said he'd stay home, but lied. He rode to battle disguised, and died. Leaving only my daughter, a northern man's bride. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

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