The Gashlycrumb Downers

[THE Ka]

After re-reading The Gashlycrumb Tinies for the zillionth time, a thought came upon me. What would happen if there was a Gashlycrumb version of the Downs?

http://tinypic.com/4qmtj5 ( This is the book i'm discussing.)

So, here's what you do. First, start with your or some other member's name (ask first!) and devise a simple way for them or someone else to pass on. Then someone else writes about a name, and another, ect. Most important of all,
don't forget to go in alphabetical order!


Lastly, remember to make it original! You can draw inspiration, but don't repeat someone else's idea. Oh, yes, before I forget, have morbid fun! :D

~ K is for Ka

[Gil-Galad]

mmmmkay....well i guess i can try at this...

Abercombie and her obsession of Eomer of the Rohirrim


(So i guess the theme is realtions between downers)

[The Barrow-Wight]

I'm sure I hate this topic, but I haven't figured out exactly why yet. Perhaps it is because it is one of those idea topics that don't start with an example. Maybe it is because I have no idea what the topic is really about. Most likely I hate it simply because it seems to have nothing to do with Tolkien and very little to do with the Downs. BUT I like the picture. It reminds me of myself, herding all of the tiny Downers into a neat circle. And because of that, I will allow it to linger a bit longer to see what it becomes.

With low expectations,

[AbercrombieOfRohan]

Here's an excerpt from the book if you're confused:
http://www.wishville.co.uk/gorey/a.htm

I think what THE Ka is saying is that we take a downer's name like mine Abercrombie and create a gruesome death for that person.

Ex:
S is for Shelob speared by a Spam Viking...

I hope I'm giving you the right info...

[THE Ka]

You're right BW, that was the picture's first response to me about the downs...

In any ways, thank you abercrombie for clearing it up :) . My allergies (and spring pollen) have taken a hit on my brain... Sorry. Also to make it more Tolkien related, we could add some bio's about characters as well. Also, you could make the deaths tolkien related.

Here are some examples what you can do:

Member example: (I'm using my own as to not spoil anyone's fun. Or apperance.)

'K is for Ka who fell down the barrow...'

Character example:

'D is Denethor who was caught by the match...'

Sorry for being horrible... It's completely my fault for forgetting examples. You can boo now...

Have fun none the less...

~ Gloomious Doom Ka

[Ainaserkewen]

Naw, I wouldn't do that to be mean. I'm just pullin' your leg The Ka.

I'm not sure about the Alphabeticalness of this thread? Would it be easier to let it fly without that border?

'A' is for Ainaserkewen who stopped to smell the daisies under a falling Piano.

[THE Ka]

I'm not sure about the Alphabeticalness of this thread? Would it be easier to let it fly without that border?

Alright, sure... :rolleyes: But, if you really want to, you can.

And if you still are not sure who or what the Gashlycrumb tinies are, here is a brief description...

The Gashlycrumb Tinies, or After the Outing is an alphabetical phantasmagoria of rhyming couplets
in which twenty-six infants meet dreadful ends,
from Amy falling down stairs and Basil assaulted by bears,
to Yorick whose head is knocked in and Zillah who drinks too much gin.
Each demise is bizarre and unsettling, messy or lonely, and unerringly Gorey.

Okay! Let's get this train of endings beginning!

~ Ka

[Oddwen]

'A' is for Ainaserkewen who stopped to smell the daisies under a falling Piano.

'B' is for Boromir88 who was smothered under an orange beaded sombrero

[Celebuial]

C is for Celebuial who was cut into peices and eaten by cave trolls.

(is that the kinda thing you're looking for?)

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

I love the Gashlycrumb tinies. Must these rhyme? I'm no Edward Gorey, and this is stretching my powers a bit... I'll venture a "no" and come back and edit if there are enough protests?

D is for Diamond18 smashed flat by an ent.

[wilwarin538]

E is for Eomer of the Rohirrim who choked on a 200 year old peace of lembas.

[Oddwen]

'F' is for Formendacil, who was cut with some glass

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

G is for Guinevere, who choked on a scone.

[Maeggaladiel]

H is for Heren, attacked by a gnome.

(Heren Istarion, for anybody who didn't... y'know.. get the connection. And yes, those garden gnomes are evil.)

[wilwarin538]

I is for Imladris who attempted to fly off Mount Doom.

[The Barrow-Wight]

We don't have any active J's, so I'm skipping to K.

http://forum.barrowdowns.com/kacar.jpg
K is for Ka, hit by a kar.



These are much better with pictures.

[wilwarin538]

L is for Lalwendë, attacked by a mutant daisy.

[Oddwen]

'M' is for Maeggaladiel, who went absolutely crazy.




The Wonderful BW is right - a picture is worth a thousand words.
(My computer drawing skills are rusty - I hope it at least slightly resembles you, Maeg ;) )

[Gil-Galad]

N for Numenor, who can get pretty vicous at Pong


http://img256.echo.cx/my.php?image=pong2uc.png

[THE Ka]

O is for Oddwen who's head was used for a gong...

~ H D Ka

[wilwarin538]

P is for poisenniel, who died from laughter.

[Son of Númenor]

R

[wilwarin538]

S is for Sharku, eaten by a shark.

[Gil-Galad]

T is for Telchar, who forget his bread-crumbs when he got lost in a park

[wilwarin538]

skipping U.

V is for Vuelve who tryed to touch the Titanic.

[Son of Númenor]

u

[THE Ka]

W is for Wilwarin, who's head was used to strum a cello...

As seen below...

http://tinypic.com/4trd6d

~ Morosely humourous Ka

[Oddwen]

'X' was for The X-Phial, who was squashed into Jell-o.

[wilwarin538]

Y is for Yavanna II who drowned in some glue.

[Mithalwen]

Z is for Zebedee impaled by gnus

[Orominuialwen]

I love this idea. My math teacher has a poster of the book on the wall in her classroom, and I always love to look at it during class.

So do we start over again at A?

[wilwarin538]

Yepperz, you can go ahead.

[bilbo_baggins]

A is for alatar , pierced by arrows.

[THE Ka]

I love this idea. My math teacher has a poster of the book on the wall in her classroom, and I always love to look at it during class.

So do we start over again at A?


Of course, especially since you've had some experience... ;)

~ Bauhaus Ka

[THE Ka]

B is for Bandobras Took, who choked on Italian vegetable marrow (http://www.rhymezone.com/r/d?u=italian_vegetable_marrow)...


~ Veggie Ka

[wilwarin538]

C is for Child who got lost in the wild.

[Encaitare]

D is for davem who smiled at a crocodile.

[Gil-Galad]

E is for Enca, who went on a cruise an lost her file

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

"F" is for Fea who choked on a pickel.

:D

[wilwarin538]

G is for Gil, deathly allergic to dill.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

"H" is for Hookbill who swallowed a knat.

[bilbo_baggins]

I is for Imladris , who stepped on a cat

[wilwarin538]

skipping j.

K is for Kath who ate a poisson ivy(sp?) salad.

[the phantom]

L is for littlemanpoet, who listened to a lethally lengthy ballad.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

"M" is for Meela, crushed by an Ent.

[ElementFire]

A is for Assassin, who looked in a pot and fell in.
-EF

[mormegil]

"N" is for Nimrodel_9 who danced her way of a cliff

[bilbo_baggins]

O is for Olorin who got a big "*Biff*"

[wilwarin538]

P is for Paavo, who was eaten by a giant fig.

[bilbo_baggins]

r is for red, who forgot where to dig

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

s is for shelob, attacked by a werewolf.

[bilbo_baggins]

t is for tar-ancalime, who fell in the gulf

[mormegil]

Jumping back up to "S" being for Saucepan Man who became Werewolf stew...poor SpM you will be sorely missed in our councils

[wilwarin538]

skipping U.

V is for VanimaEdhel who was killed by you.(my horrible attempt at rhyming with the last death.)

[the guy who be short]

W is for WarBringer, killed in a war

Ah, what a rich imagination I possess. :p

[wilwarin538]

skipping X and Y.

Z is for Zifnab who walked into a door.

[mormegil]

A for Anguirel who fell through the floor (with a noose around his neck)

[wilwarin538]

B is for the Barrow-Wight who burnt down with the store.

[Gil-Galad]

C is for Captain of Despair who didn't here the catapult yelling Fore...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

D is for Durufin whose died with much gore.

[mormegil]

F is for Firefoot who died because of my lore

[Orominuialwen]

G is for Gurthang, who couldn't swim any more. (i.e. he drowned)

[the guy who be short]

H is for Hilde Bracegirdle, who also sank before she got to the shore

[Mithalwen]

I Is for Imladris who walked into a door...

[the guy who be short]

One wonders if Imladris and Zifnab walked into the same door. If so, I vote we destroy the wretched contraption.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

"J" is for Joy (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/member.php?u=348) who doesn't post any more.

[mormegil]

K is for Kath on whose head developed a large spore

[Shelob]

L is for Lush who choked on a smore.

[Mithalwen]

One wonders if Imladris and Zifnab walked into the same door. If so, I vote we destroy the wretched contraption.


Oops I missed that ......... perhaps it is the door in the famous aria "Questa porta maledetta ......" (Maskerade)

[Mithalwen]

M is for Mithalwen crushed by a rickshaw (in Singapore? ....)

[the guy who be short]

Relaying your own death, Mith? Ah, but then again, this is The Downs... most apt. :p

N is for Nilpaurion Felagund, who was shot due to her slow draw...

Who will be defeated by the rhyming pattern?

[The Only Real Estel]

so are we rhyming with Mith's 'rickshaw' or Mith's Singapore?

O is for Orual, who snored one to many a snore.
-or-
O is for Orual, who underestimated the aim of the law.

continue rhyming with whichever one we should be continuing with :D.

[Gil-Galad]

keep it Singapiore... we have to see if we can rhyme the whole way

P is for Pallando who never came back from the Nucelear Core

[the guy who be short]

Is it just my accent, or do rickshaw / Singapore rhyme anyway? :confused:

In any case, skipping Q.

R is for Rumil, eaten by lions on a safari tour.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

"T" is for The Barrow-Wight who's head lost a fight with Thor.

[Oddwen]

'V' is for VanimaEdhel, who was a deadly bore.

[Holbytlass]

W is for Witchqueen, a hit by the mafia 'cause she was poor.
(she couldn't pay up)

[the guy who be short]

V is for Vanwalossien, mobbed by the fans for being unable to score.

A thought: perhaps we should make these deaths more Tolkien-related?

[Holbytlass]

At the top of the page is a spot called Members List, between FAQ and calendar. Click on that, then choose the letter you are working on. Every letter including Q and X has members. This place is great because one does not have to think of names and everyone might have a fair shot of seeing their own fun deaths.
You're right, guy who be short, it should be Tolkien related as possible, but it is fun trying to keep the 'or' rhyme going.

'Y' is for Yavanna who was eaten by Meneldor.
(one of the eagles)

[Holbytlass]

I was mopping the kitchen when it dawned on me that I didn't follow my own advice. 'X' is after 'W', not 'Y' (sorry, guy who be short, I think you forgot the ABC order part, too).

X is for Xphial who got poisoned from the fruit of the trees of Valinor.

[the guy who be short]

A 15 year old forgetting his alphabet :eek:. Whatever next? I do apologise...

Holbytlass: I did use the Members list function before, but I didn't want to do members who aren't active. Some of those people havn't come on the BD since 1970! And a very large number signed up, posted a little and left. I much prefer referring to the people I've come to know so well. :)

[zifnab]

One wonders if Imladris and Zifnab walked into the same door. If so, I vote we destroy the wretched contraption.


Someone used to much windex on that sliding glass door, I believe.

[THE Ka]

A 15 year old forgetting his alphabet :eek:. Whatever next? I do apologise...

Holbytlass: I did use the Members list function before, but I didn't want to do members who aren't active. Some of those people havn't come on the BD since 1970! And a very large number signed up, posted a little and left. I much prefer referring to the people I've come to know so well. :)

At least there was a correction of this fault. Now, let's continue... These are greatly humorious. ;)

~ The list goes ever on ka

[the guy who be short]

Someone used to much windex on that sliding glass door, I believe

I once ran into a clear plastic door that my father had just cleaned and polished. I sympathise with all you other door-walkers.

Another thought: perhaps we should make a Tolkien characters version? That way we could put in their actual deaths :D.

Anyway, I'm in two minds about doing "Z." The only regular Downer beginning with Z is Zifnab, and he's already been done (in by a door).

[Gil-Galad]

We don't want the Barrow-wight coming down on us do we now? back on topic!

[Holbytlass]

'Z' is for zb who was stabbed by Elanor.

[Mithalwen]

Relaying your own death, Mith? Ah, but then again, this is The Downs... most apt. :p

[


Well compensating for my summary execution at the Werewolf village...

[Mithalwen]

so are we rhyming with Mith's 'rickshaw' or Mith's Singapore?




In my version of English (and I sound as if I could get a job with the BBC's World Service most of the time ) Rickshaw and Singapore rhyme... obviously the scansion is different.....

[Gil-Galad]

A is for Abercombie of Rohan, who fell off the catwalk trying to impersonate The Phantom of the Opera

(now it should be something that describes the person, like abercombie who likes The Phantom of the Opera)

[Lalaith]

Blimey Gil-Galad, that rhyme is what I call throwing down the gauntlet. Here goes:

B is for Bethberry, whose essay on classical myth gave mortal offence to the goddess Hera.

(Btw - the original gashlycrumb tinies were in rhyming couplets, so perhaps we could allow C to be a new rhyme...)

[bilbo_baggins]

C is for Celebuial who got lost on the moor

[THE Ka]

D is for Dark Rose who died from great ennui, better known as much bore...






~ Ka

(**Announcement**. PLEASE! Keep on topic, I would like as much as everyone else like to see this thread continue, but If it is abused we lose it. Thank you. And also, thanks to those who continued the ryhmes in the great turmoil of nonsense that could be made into PM's. This was not meant to be harsh, just advisable!)

[Orominuialwen]

E is for Everdawn, who hit her head on the floor.

[Mad Baggins]

F is for Feanor of the Peredhil, who ate an apple core (apple seeds are poisonous, unbeknownst to Feanor).

[Lily Bombadil]

B is for Barrow Wight, hideously mangled in a forum mutiny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smokin:

(I apologise for getting out of order, but I read Barrow Wight's first post on this thread, and I felt I should avenge THE Ka.)

G is for Glorfindel, REPLACED BY ARWEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gil-Galad]

H is for Hookbill who refuses to acknowledge my awesomeness and more

[Amanaduial the archer]

I is for Ithaeliel, the unfortunate tea-lady of the Three Armies War.

(They rhyme, alright? From where I'm sitting anyway...)

[Kitanna]

J is for Joy, attacked by a wild boar.

[The Only Real Estel]

K is for Kitanna, smacked upside the head with an oar. :p

[wilwarin538]

L is for Lalwende stuffed under a door.

[Kitanna]

M is for Meneltarmacil , stuffed into a drawer.

[Orominuialwen]

N is for narfforc, killed by a stoor.

[Eönwë]

O is for obloquy who got stuck in a moor.

[Oddwen]

P is for peonydeepdelver who was sliced with sharp things galore

[obloquy]

Q is for quam who has quit the board.

[wilwarin538]

(oh my gosh, I remember this, this was sooo fun!)


R is for Roa who was hung by a cord.

[Morsul the Dark]

S is for Sliw who had a mere 6 posts before being eaten by a troll

[Boromir88]

S is for Shasta, who was mangled by the axe of a Nord (http://chorrol.com/files/163/harbadakus-nord_sketch.jpg). *ignore this one*

Edit:

Boo Morsul! :p

T is for TGEW, who lost a bet and her soul! :eek:

[Morsul the Dark]

U is for Ulmondil who rose from the depths of other forgotten downers with less than ten posts, just to be trampled by a drunk ent

[wilwarin538]

V is for Valier who got trapped in a small heating vent

[Morsul the Dark]

W is for Wilwa who gave her life to protect a horrible beast.

[Boromir88]

X is for xyzzy who was eaten in a great feast.

[Morsul the Dark]

Y is for Yavanna who died in a fight about who'd get the name yavanna

[wilwarin538]

W is for Wilwa who gave her life to protect a horrible beast.

bahahahaha :p


Z is for zifnab who was tortured in a an orchard


(oh, I think these are supposed to rhyme with the previous one, haha, not really doing that are we....)

[Boromir88]

(oh, I think these are supposed to rhyme with the previous one, haha, not really doing that are we....)
Yes. You got a problem with that? :p

A is for Aganzir who was pecked to death by a buzzard.

[wilwarin538]

(no, not really, but I shall kill you now anyways for giving me such a hard rhyme, :p)

B is for Boro, who was assassinated in a billiard....

[Morsul the Dark]

C is for Craydon1 who got punched in the Gizzard

[Pitchwife]

D for Durelin who froze in a blizzard

[The Saucepan Man]

E is for Eomer of the Rohirrim who meddled in the affairs of a wizard.

[Morsul the Dark]

F is for Fea Chomped down by a giant Lizard

[The Saucepan Man]

G is for Gil Galad who was tickled to death by by Eddie Izzard.

[Morsul the Dark]

H is for Heren-Isatarian destroyed by Eru's word
:eek: running out of rhymes

[wilwarin538]

I is for Inzil who was bloodly scissored.........bahaha

[Valier]

J is for JennyHallu who was killed by the delights of Eru


Lol sorry my first time:p

[Boromir88]

K is for Kitanna who was boiled in Mulligans stew.

[Morsul the Dark]

L is for Lari who drowned in morning dew, who knew?:p

[satansaloser2005]

M is for Morsul, who was manhandled, mauled, (molested?:eek:) and more or less maliciously murdered by Melkor/Morgoth/etc. Meh. (Take that! ;))


ETA: I love Saucie's for Gil, by the way. :)

[Morsul the Dark]

N is for Nerwen whined to death by a jew

*It's a joke if you're offended...too bad:p

[skip spence]

O is for Oliphaunts_Rule who deemed himself sacrosanct but was trampled by an elephant

[Morsul the Dark]

P is for Petty Dwarf defeated in a duel by Ulysses S. Grant

[skip spence]

Q is for QuickSlash, decapitated in a car crash

[Morsul the Dark]

R is for Radagastly overdrank at a bash

[skip spence]

S is for Sauron the White, blown to pieces by the dude who dresses like a woman in M.A.S.H.

[Morsul the Dark]

T is for TwelveMile crushed by a pile of cash

[skip spence]

V is for Volo, stabbed by the G'n'R guitarist Slash

[Loslote]

W is for Wilwa who wished to see a Balrog. Her wish came true.

[The Saucepan Man]

X is for XPhial who succumbed to Fell Beast flu.

[skip spence]

Y is for Yavanna who messed with the Morgoth's hair-do

[The Saucepan Man]

Z is for Zoe who, travelling First Class by Gandalf Air*, was pampered to death by air crew.

* The only way to fly, you fools.

[Morsul the Dark]

A is for Abrakhaphur is so scared, had a heart attack when someone shouted Boo!:eek:

[skip spence]

A is for A Little Green who fell into a manhole in Aberdeen

beat my to it Morsul.

Well, B is for Beregond who had a dodgy curry in Vindaloo

[Morsul the Dark]

C is for Coral.. I Thought she flew?

[skip spence]

D is for Davem who overindulged sniffing glue

[Morsul the Dark]

E is for Eonwe jumped into a lion pit, well what are you going to do?

[skip spence]

F is for Fëanor of the Peredhil, incinerated by Smaug's lesser known nephew

[Morsul the Dark]

G is for gandalf22111 hi over the back with a pool cue

[skip spence]

H is for Hakon, buried alive in dog's poo

[Morsul the Dark]

I is for Ikaros taken down in a Canadian coup

[The Saucepan Man]

J is for JennyHallu trampled by a giant JennyHallu

[skip spence]

K is for Kent2010 who as it turned out we already knew

[Pitchwife]

L is for Lari who drowned in the loo

[Morsul the Dark]

M is for Morsul strangled myself after getting stuck behind a Bean filled Gimli, PEEEYUU!

[skip spence]

N is for Nerwen, pounded to a pulp by a drunk, boxing kangaroo, but what finished her off was hearing the didgeridoo

[Morsul the Dark]

O is for OelteA posted once then was squashed by a Troll's Frying Pan or two

[Loslote]

P is for Piosenniel who fell down a well.

[skip spence]

Q is for Quempel who was looked up for treason and eventually died in his cell