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Samwise

03-19-2002, 06:24 PM

Okay...but what do you mean by a "tag"?
Suddenly a low voice murmured:
"Gil-Galad was an elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of Heaven's feild
were mirrored in his silver shield..

But long ago he rode away
and where he dwelleth none can say
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are. "

The others turned in amazement, for the voice was Sam's.

Alchrivëwen

03-19-2002, 06:26 PM

a title of sorts

Samwise

03-19-2002, 06:43 PM

A Riddle Moved (per request of Alchrivëwen)
Okay, I never got to really try on the other thread, so...
All over the Barrowdowns me you'll find
some people think I'm not very kind
but if you don't to avoid me take heed;
I'll be sure and ruin a good read!

Yeah, easy...but it was the first thing to pop into my head.
smilies/smile.gif

Alchrivëwen

03-19-2002, 06:47 PM

That is a very good riddle samwise, give me a clue

Galdor

03-19-2002, 07:13 PM

Samwise's Riddle: A Spoiler?

Elenya

03-19-2002, 07:16 PM

Hmmmm....Is it a mediator? I don't know

Samwise

03-19-2002, 09:15 PM

Way to go, Galdor! See, told you it was simple! smilies/wink.gif
"That's all I know." stammered Sam, blushing. "I learned it from Mr. Bilbo when I was a lad. "

Samwise

03-20-2002, 03:47 PM

Yet another easy one from Samwise
Round on the outside
Round in the center
If you pass through me
Someplace warm and cozy you may enter.
Hopefully soon I'll be able to think of something hard... smilies/rolleyes.gif
"Elves! " exclaimed Sam. "Elves, sir!" He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off, if they had not pulled him back.

Galdor

03-20-2002, 06:43 PM

What has holes but holds water?

Samwise

03-20-2002, 06:57 PM

Holes but holds water...
smilies/frown.gif I know this is not right, but...a cloud?

Galdor

03-20-2002, 07:18 PM

Mmn... No.

Elenya

03-20-2002, 07:35 PM

A sponge?

Galdor

03-20-2002, 07:37 PM

Correct Elenya! Your turn.

Raefindel

03-21-2002, 01:14 AM

Round on the outside
Round in the center
If you pass through me
Someplace warm and cozy you may enter.

A door to a hobbit hole. smilies/smile.gif

Raefindel

03-21-2002, 01:15 AM

OK, How about this:

It has feathers but no wings.
It flies and it sings. smilies/tongue.gif

Marileangorifurnimaluim

03-21-2002, 01:19 AM

Um.. an arrow?

Raefindel

03-21-2002, 01:22 AM

That's right, Maril! smilies/smile.gif

How are you enjoying the snow on the first day of spring? (I live in Port Orchard)

Marileangorifurnimaluim

03-21-2002, 02:33 AM

No kidding! At least if it's going to snow, some of it could stay on the ground and give me a day off.

This one's not impressive, but it's late *yawn*:

This nag rides the night
Silent with fright
But all who are near
Know nothing to fear.

Raefindel

03-21-2002, 10:25 AM

A nightmare? smilies/tongue.gif

Actually, I thik I prefer it when it doesn't stick. then the kids don't miss school. (things really get backed up when they're home)

[ March 21, 2002: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

Elenya

03-21-2002, 05:45 PM

Yeah, it's the first day of spring, it's 10 degrees out, and there's a foot of snow on the ground smilies/mad.gif

Luinsewiel

03-21-2002, 06:48 PM

I don't think I will ever forgive nature for this! smilies/mad.gif 25cm of snow on the first day of spring.Like my sister said this morning"it's winter time" she went on to say it was every other season(shes only three)but still, it's supposed to be warm!! School was closed every where else but here it's march break! A perfectly good storm wasted. and I had to get up early and go grocery shoping before the roads got to bad smilies/mad.gif I am really bad at riddles and all things that require(sp?)thinking in general but someone think up a real easy one and I'll see what I can do.

[ March 21, 2002: Message edited by: Luinsewiel ]

Firladion Greenbow

03-21-2002, 07:56 PM

Changing colours every day,
Who knows what you will send our way,
With a light on high,
as the sheep float by.
Now you tell me,
What am I?

Marileangorifurnimaluim

03-21-2002, 08:23 PM

Rae's correctly guessed mine (knew it was too easy smilies/wink.gif ). A nightmare, go ahead Rae.

-Maril

Marileangorifurnimaluim

03-21-2002, 08:24 PM

Greenbow, is that the sky?

Samwise

03-21-2002, 10:01 PM

A door to a hobbit hole.
Yup. smilies/frown.gif

"There was a lot more," said Sam, "all about Mordor. I didn't learn that part, it gave me the shivers. "

Samwise

03-21-2002, 10:03 PM

Changing colours every day,
Who knows what you will send our way,
With a light on high,
as the sheep float by.
Now you tell me,
What am I?
Mm...sleep, Mister Greenbow, sir?
Sam refused to leave his master. He came and sat, curled up at Frodo's feet, where at last he nodded and closed his eyes.

Raefindel

03-22-2002, 01:33 AM

Sorry I made you wait. If I don't post a new one fast enough I don't mind if someone else takes a turn. (usually either my server has crashed or my Mother-in-law has come over, the latter being the worst nightmare)

Greenbow, could yours be a rainbow?

Here's one for guessing Maril's

Only one color,but not one size,
stuck at the bottom yet easily flies.
Present in sun but not in rain,
doing no harm and feeling no pain.

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

Marileangorifurnimaluim

03-22-2002, 08:30 PM

Hmm. We wonders... snow?

Raefindel

03-22-2002, 09:03 PM

Good guess, but, no. Not snow.

ElanorGamgee

03-22-2002, 10:13 PM

Only one color,but not one size,
stuck at the bottom yet easily flies.
Present in sun but not in rain,
doing no harm and feeling no pain.

A shadow?

Raefindel

03-22-2002, 10:15 PM

Very good Elanor! You're up! smilies/wink.gif

ElanorGamgee

03-22-2002, 10:22 PM

"What goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?"

Luinsewiel

03-23-2002, 11:02 AM

Water? maybe.... smilies/smile.gif

ElanorGamgee

03-23-2002, 04:56 PM

No, not water, but a good guess.

Samwise

03-23-2002, 05:43 PM

*Another Easy One (sort of in two parts)*
---------------------------------------------
Though tiny I may be
new life springs from me.

I have neither father nor mother
but produce my own sisters and brothers.
"Elves! " exclaimed Sam. "Elves, sir!" He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off, if they had not pulled him back.

ElanorGamgee

03-23-2002, 05:52 PM

Though tiny I may be
new life springs from me.
I have neither father nor mother
but produce my own sisters and brothers.

A seed?

Belin

03-23-2002, 06:25 PM

What goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?"
--------------------

A plate?

Samwise

03-23-2002, 06:33 PM

A seed?
That's the first part, Elanor. smilies/smile.gif
"Well, I'm back."
Sam Gamgee

ElanorGamgee

03-24-2002, 02:54 PM

A plate?

Nope, sorry.

Samwise, is the answer to the second part of your riddle a plant, like a flower?

Samwise

03-24-2002, 06:10 PM

Samwise, is the answer to the second part of your riddle a plant, like a flower?

Yep, Elanor. Sigh. smilies/smile.gif
'Yes, I am with you, Master,' said Sam...'And you're with me. And the journey's finished. But after coming all that way I don't want to give up yet. It's not like me, somehow, if you understand.'"
Sam Gamgee

Firladion Greenbow

03-24-2002, 06:58 PM

I am sorry for not replying sooner, busy on an adventure.

Yes, Marileangorifurnimalium (wow,what a name!) you were right, it was indeed the sky.

NEXT ONE

Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place.

A.Y.S.
F.G.

Raefindel

03-25-2002, 12:54 PM

Yes, Marileangorifurnimalium (wow,what a name!)

That's her full Ent name. We usually call her maril. smilies/tongue.gif

Samwise

03-25-2002, 03:18 PM

Sigh...here we go again.
Mister Greenbow, sir, it wouldn't be a pearl?
"Elves! " exclaimed Sam. "Elves, sir!" He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off, if they had not pulled him back.

Firladion Greenbow

03-25-2002, 06:37 PM

No, sorry Samwise my good friend.
Keep trying.

And thank you Raefindel, that makes perfect sense (I am such a fool at times!)

A.Y.S.
F.G.

[ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Firladion Greenbow ]

Samwise

03-25-2002, 07:48 PM

Hm. Okay, Mister Greenbow, sir, I shall have to think on it some more.
Sam stood by him, his round eyes wide open - for he was looking across lands he had never seen to a new horizon.

Samwise

03-25-2002, 07:51 PM

No, sorry Samwise my good friend.
Keep trying.[QUOTE]
Hum...the sun?
[QUOTE]Sam had a natural mistrust of the inhabitants of other parts of the Shire; and also he was not disposed to be quick friends with anyone who had beaten his master, however long ago.

Samwise

03-25-2002, 07:54 PM

Per Mister Greenbow:
No, sorry Samwise my good friend.
Keep trying.
Hum...the sun?
Sam had a natural mistrust of the inhabitants of other parts of the Shire; and also he was not disposed to be quick friends with anyone who had beaten his master, however long ago.

Galdor

03-25-2002, 07:56 PM

"Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place."

The moon?

Mayla Took

03-25-2002, 08:09 PM

Okay, here is one I just thought of off the top of my head. So bear with me (plus it is easy)! Ha ha, here we go;

"I am everywhere.
Some say I am many, some say I am one.
I have many forms. Solid when dry, liquid when wet.
I hold the living but also the dead.
What am I?"

Kidd2323

03-25-2002, 08:12 PM

"Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place."

Is this a tooth?

[ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Kidd2323 ]

Samwise

03-25-2002, 08:54 PM

"I am everywhere.
Some say I am many, some say I am one.
I have many forms. Solid when dry, liquid when wet.
I hold the living but also the dead.
What am I?"
Sam: Eh, would you be talkin' about dirt, Miss Took?
Stacey: You WOULD think of that.... smilies/rolleyes.gif
LOTR (Movie) Moment (IV) (Moria)
Orcs are everywhere
Samwise whacks one with a pot
gets..."the hang of this!" smilies/smile.gif

Copyright 2002 S. Uffelman

Firladion Greenbow

03-26-2002, 06:12 PM

Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place.

No, not got it yet, nice imagery though.

F.G.

Alchrivëwen

03-26-2002, 06:54 PM

that wouldnt happen to be a star would it? if not, give us a hint

Samwise

03-26-2002, 07:03 PM

Per Mister Greenbow's riddle:
Eh, is it a comet?
Sam had begged to be allowed to wait on his master, but had been told that for this time he was a guest of honour.

Firladion Greenbow

03-26-2002, 07:57 PM

Samwise

03-26-2002, 10:44 PM

Sigh....I have absolutely no idea.
(Glad you got your picture to work though, sir. )
"I made a promise, Mister Frodo! 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee,' Gandalf said;
'Don't you leave him! "
Sam Gamgee

Raefindel

03-27-2002, 03:31 AM

Greenbow! Cool Picture! Now I can't tease you anymore!

Mayla Took

03-27-2002, 10:53 AM

Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place.

Is it Ice for chance?

Samwise! You are so smart! Yes, it is dirt.

Samwise

03-27-2002, 02:42 PM

Sam: Thanks much, Miss Took....
Stacey: He only knew that 'cause he plays in dirt alot....*Yay! I got one right!!*
"But you won't send him off alone, Master?" cried Sam, unable to contain himself any longer.
"No, indeed!" said Elrond. "You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him. "

Samwise

03-27-2002, 02:45 PM

Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place.
AY....I know this is not right, but it's all I can think of....a moonstone?
"Eavesdropping Sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact."
Sam Gamgee

Samwise

03-27-2002, 02:51 PM

Mmmm....okay. Guess I'll title this "]Samwise's next try."
Though I am one of many
many people shun me alone--
except maybe on "special" occasions.
In certain places, I am left out completely.
What am I?
"Mr. Frodo, sir!" cried Sam, quaking. "Don't let him hurt me, sir! Don't let him turn me into anything unnatural! My old dad would take on so. I meant no harm, on my honour, sir! "

Firladion Greenbow

03-29-2002, 06:03 PM

Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
it was not born in the earth.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place.

Oh well, here is the answer (you will all probably think me mad now!)

It's a Goldfish in a bowl.

As for yours Samwise,
Though I am one of many
many people shun me alone--
except maybe on "special" occasions.
In certain places, I am left out completely.
What am I?

I was thinking along the lines of shoes, but on second thoughts I don't know now.

A.Y.S.
F.G.

Samwise

03-29-2002, 06:17 PM

A GOLDFISH!?!? Oh, my goodness.... smilies/smile.gif That one certainly was hard...
No, sir, not shoes.
"What about the elves?" said Sam, too excited. "Can't we go and see them? "

Firladion Greenbow

03-29-2002, 06:29 PM

I feel I should explain....
Though precious it looks, a shiny stone,
IT IS GOLD COLOURED LIKE A PRECIOUS STONE.
it was not born in the earth.
BEING A FISH, BORN IN WATER.
It speaks all day, but no sound is heard,
STUPID THING OPENS AND CLOSES ITS MOUTH ALL DAY.
and no matter how far it goes, it will always end up in the same place
BEING IN A BOWL IT CAN'T GET FAR

I am only explaining so I can justify my madness. smilies/biggrin.gif

F.G.

Samwise

03-29-2002, 06:39 PM

Sam:LOL, indeed! Thank you for the explanation, sir, as my lil' hobbit brain was havin' a hard time graspin' that one!

Stacey: Grasping? Well, you sure didn't have a problem grasping all those seed packets when we were out today....

Sam: smilies/frown.gif Well, goodness, Miss, you just got paid and they were a good price...

Stacey: Okay, I can't complain. As long as they make my garden pretty, and I'm sure they will... smilies/smile.gif
"Elves! " exclaimed Sam. "Elves, sir!" He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off, if they had not pulled him back.

Firladion Greenbow

03-29-2002, 06:49 PM

Stacey, I can't believe you are letting Sam spend all your money, They must be very good seeds!
Though I am one of many
many people shun me alone--
except maybe on "special" occasions.
In certain places, I am left out completely.
What am I?

This is taxing my poor little overworked noggin,
A tree?

F.G.

Samwise

03-29-2002, 07:45 PM

No, sir, I'm afraid not even close.
"You'd better be hidden, Mr. Frodo." said Sam. "We'll send this rider to the rightabouts! "

Nimrodel

03-29-2002, 10:17 PM

Though I am one of many
many people shun me alone--
except maybe on "special" occasions.
In certain places, I am left out completely.
What am I?
A Birthday?

Samwise

03-29-2002, 11:00 PM

Nimrodel, welcome to the 'Downs!
LOL--good guess, but nope.
(I can't believe this is lasting this long...it's a first for me! smilies/smile.gif)
"Yes, sir!" said Sam. "Begging your pardon, sir! But I meant no wrong to you, Mr. Frodo, nor to Mr. Gandalf. He has some sense, and when you said go alone, he said no! take someone as you can trust. "

Joy

03-30-2002, 01:13 AM

Sam, there is only one thing running through my head.

Is it Christianity.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:17 AM

Wow--good guess, Joy, but no.
Hint: There were two LOTR characters who didn't avoid the answer to my riddle in the least...
"And after all, sir," added Sam, "you did ought to take the elves' advice. Gildor said you should take them as was willing, and you can't deny it. "

Starbreeze

03-30-2002, 10:01 AM

Ok, I'm not sure if this counts as a riddle but I don't like be left out so I'm using it anyway.

You have fifteen sheep in a field, all grazing happily. Then some Sackville-Baggins comes along and steals all but 9 of them.
How many sheep do you have left?

This is really easy, but I'm silly and can't think of anymore - especially not as good as yours. smilies/frown.gif

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 11:36 AM

Though I am one of many
many people shun me alone--
except maybe on "special" occasions.
In certain places, I am left out completely.
What am I?

Is it Marriage?

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 11:37 AM

Samwise - That is a wonderful riddle. I was going to guess a church building but since two of the LOTR characters didn't avoid it, that's probably not the answer (well, were there any churches in ME?) Now I'm thinking...um...the hard way? The steep and thorny way to Heaven? Oh dear, what *has* it got it its pocketses? smilies/smile.gif

Starbreeze - 0, because being sheep they all followed where the first one went? Just a guess, no idea actually.

Starbreeze

03-30-2002, 01:45 PM

Nope Kalimac, sorry, you're wrong. I thought it was really easy - oh well. smilies/biggrin.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 02:28 PM

Per Mr. Greenbow:
Stacey, I can't believe you are letting Sam spend all your money, They must be very good seeds![QUOTE]
LOL--well, they were just your "garden variety" (pardon the pun, couldn't resist), but he was right, they WERE a good price (and a very SMALL fraction of the money I had, really. smilies/smile.gif)
[QUOTE]Sam stood by him, his round eyes wide open - for he was looking across lands he had never seen to a new horizon.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 02:34 PM

Is it Marriage?
Nope. Nor is it a church building. Though people certianly do shun those, don't they? smilies/frown.gif
Sam had a natural mistrust of the inhabitants of other parts of the Shire; and also he was not disposed to be quick friends with anyone who had beaten his master, however long ago.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 02:36 PM

OH! OH! *Jumps up and down, raising hand in the air* The answer to Starbreezes' is NINE!

LOTR (Movie) Moment (IV) (Moria)
Orcs are everywhere
Samwise whacks one with a pot
gets..."the hang of this!" smilies/smile.gif

Copyright 2002 S. Uffelman

Starbreeze

03-30-2002, 02:45 PM

Well done Samwise! I was beginning to wonder if anyone would get it, I personally thought it was too easy for people of your caliber...oh well, seems I was mistaken. smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 02:59 PM

Brain Teasers, Riddles...something of the same thing, when you think about it. Good one, Starbreeze!
LOTR (Movie) Moment (IV) (Moria)
Orcs are everywhere
Samwise whacks one with a pot
gets..."the hang of this!" smilies/smile.gif

Copyright 2002 S. Uffelman

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 07:07 PM

Starbreeze - d'oh. That's me, always taking the complicated way round and failing to notice the straight way just in front of me.

Samwise - string, or nothing!! Are you going to tell us the answer if nobody gets it after a few more days? smilies/smile.gif. And speaking of church buildings - happy Easter! (It's a few hours early, but I'm going to an Easter vigil in a bit so technically this should be OK).

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 07:08 PM

Hooray, at long last I'm a shade! smilies/biggrin.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 07:18 PM

And a very happy Easter to you, too, Kalimac!
Yes, if no one gets it after a few days, I'll tell you folks.
(I just can't believe my little brain thought up one to stump you guys, though... smilies/eek.gif ).
Let's see, clue #2...
(which may or may not be a giveaway)
The folks who shun this usually do so on a Friday.
Sam had begged to be allowed to wait on his master, but had been told that for this time he was a guest of honour.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 07:20 PM

Oh, and congrats, Kalimac! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 07:26 PM

Samwise - meat! Is it meat?

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 08:33 PM

Samwise, do you have someone with you adding to your posts, are you schtizophrenic or is your name Stacy? You are confusing the heck out of me! smilies/eek.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 08:56 PM

Sorry, Kalimac, no.
LOL, Rae--sorry. Yes, my name is Stacey. Talking back and forth between myself and my character was a habit I developed on another board...oddly enough, the character was Sam.

Sam: Character?? And what do you mean by that?

Stacey: smilies/rolleyes.gif
*Frodo and Sam walking across a feild*
*Sam stops*
*Frodo turns* "Sam, what's the matter? "
*Sam* "If I take another step, I'll be farther from home than I've ever been."

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 08:59 PM

ooOOOoohh, so you ARE schitzophrenic! smilies/wink.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:02 PM

Clue #3: The answer has to do with some events that happened after ROTK ends....at least, I don't think think they happen 'til after ROTK ends...and I'm not going to spoil it and look, 'cause I'm only barely done with FOTR.
"There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time," said Sam; "and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make al this, and most in hard rock, too! What did they do it all for? They didn't live in these darksome holes, surely? "

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:04 PM

Well, I'm never gonna get Samwise's riddle, so maybe it's time we had another .

What force and strength cannot get through
I with a gentle touch can do.
And many in the street would stand
were I not a friend at hand.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:09 PM

Stacey:LOL, Rae....I believe the term is "split personality".

Sam: Split? *looks at her* Miss Stacey, y' look 's whole 's anything to me..."

Stacey: *Well, at least he's a cute little thing...* smilies/rolleyes.gif *I've got to be nice to him, too, 'cause we just read the part where he lost Bill and he got all weepy....* smilies/frown.gif
Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. "Poor old Bill!" he said in a choking voice, "Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you."

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:12 PM

You're reading the Trilogy for the first time?

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:13 PM

Oh, well. I'll tell you folks on Monday.
Sam stood sullenly by the pony and returned no answer. Bill, seeming to understand well what was going on, nuzzled up to him, putting his nose to Sam's ear. Sam burst into tears, and fumbled with the straps, unloading all the pony's packs and throwing them on the ground.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:17 PM

No Fair! No Fair! I'm going on vacation Monday! Booo Hooo Hooo! smilies/frown.gif

I'll miss you Samwise! In fact, I'll miss everybody! and will probably suffer withdrawal from lack of Barrow-downs exposure! smilies/biggrin.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:18 PM

No, Rae, the second. The first time I read it, though, was roughly 19 years ago, and I'm finding I remember VERY little. smilies/smile.gif
At that moment from far off the wind bore to thier ears the howling of wolves. Bill the pony started in fear, and Sam sprang to his side and whispered softly to him.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:20 PM

We must be close to the same age. The first time I read it was 22 years ago.

Did you get your Sam statue you ordered?

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:20 PM

Oh.....when are you coming back?

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:21 PM

Thursday

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:23 PM

Hm...well, maybe I can save the answer 'til then....no one here knows were I live. smilies/wink.gif
No, It's not supposed to come (be shipped?) 'til April, which isn't too far away, fortunately.... smilies/smile.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:26 PM

I'm 31. I first read LOTR in Jr. High.
"He'd follow Mr. Frodo into a dragon's den, if I led him." protested Sam.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:26 PM

Gee Wiz Samwise, that was your 600th post!

(Raefindel orders fireworks for the occasion)

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:28 PM

smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/eek.gif
Wow! I wasn't even watching!
"What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?" said Sam, sheathing his sword. "Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head! "

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:31 PM

Wow! You are quick with those quotes! do you have the whole trilogy marked with a highlighter like your Bible?

[ March 30, 2002: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:36 PM

LOL! Actually, as I read, I've written them down, and I have a file full of them. Your post led me to dig up that one. You can kind of tell how far I am in the book from my latest quote.
"But you can't leave poor old Bill behind in this forsaken place, Mr. Gandalf!" cried Sam, angry and distressed. "I won't have it, and that's flat. After he has come so far and all! "
Well, I take that back. They're sort of mixed up, and some are off this board from places I haven't read to yet. Okay, scratch that.

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:41 PM

.....and actually, I don't think I've ever used a highlighter in my Bible--at least, not my newer one. My thing is to mark little notes in the margins everywhere.
"Well, I'm back."
Sam Gamgee
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Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:41 PM

Well, Everyone, Have a Wonderful Easter. God Bless!

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 09:43 PM

Raefindel, is the answer to yours a key?

Samwise, I was almost expecting you to tell me "the answer isn't a kettle boiling over" because I'm *really* trying to figure that one out and can't come up with anything that fits perfectly smilies/smile.gif. I'll stick with "string, or nothing!"

And I'm starting to feel embarrassingly young; I first read LOTR 12 years ago, and I was still young enough then that my father was reading it aloud to me and two of my brothers for a bedtime story (well I remember when we finished the "Flight to the Ford" chapter where at the end Frodo sees the Nazgul starting across the ford and then collapses into unconsciousness. My dad then closed the book: "OK, time to go to sleep." We protested loudly until he consented to read the first page of the next chapter, so we could see that Frodo was not, in fact, captured by Ringwraiths).

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:43 PM

And the same to you, Rae!
"There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time," said Sam; "and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make al this, and most in hard rock, too! What did they do it all for? They didn't live in these darksome holes, surely? "

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:46 PM

Thank You! smilies/smile.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:46 PM

LOL, Kalimac! Boy, I'm beginning to feel embarassingly old.... smilies/wink.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:50 PM

Wait a sec.....LOTR for a bedtime story!?!? Yike--I hope your dad didn't read you the part about the Dead Marshes before you went to sleep.... smilies/eek.gif

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:51 PM

Give that Elf a cigar! (I doubt she'd take one) Good job Kalimac! A key it is!

Samwise

03-30-2002, 09:52 PM

Wait a sec.....LOTR for a bedtime story!?!? Yike--I hope your dad didn't read you the part about the Dead Marshes before you went to sleep.... smilies/eek.gif

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:52 PM

Oh, you're a hobbit aren't you? Sorry about that! Your turn.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 09:55 PM

ok , just so we keep within the spirit of the thread, let's all tell our ages as a math riddle...lol

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 09:58 PM

Hooray! I wasn't actually too sure, Raefindel, just thought that was an answer that worked smilies/smile.gif. Happy Easter to you and all others who may be reading this as well; I said as much to Samwise earlier but it occurred to me rather belatedly that I should spread the joy, so to speak.

Samwise - he did indeed read that chapter before bedtime, but if I remember correctly he did tell us ahead of time that there was a really scary part coming up and we could wait until tomorrow afternoon, which of course none of us were having for a second; we wanted too much to find out what happened next. It's true that it took me a while to sleep after that, though.

For a riddle...I can't really think of any good straight-up riddles right now. Here's one which is sort of a "Who Am I" riddle; read the poem and identify what figure (real or literary) it's about (or whose epitaph could have read like this). Best I can come up with for the moment, I'm afraid:

If he'd have a happy life
Man should not obey his wife
Aspire to a higher post
Nor help a friend give up the ghost.

BTW I'm terrible with numbers so I'll just tell my age - 22.

[ March 30, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ]

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:00 PM

But math is my worst subject!!!
Sigh...
Okay, if Gollum had fish to eat over 3 days, and ate 10 one day, 10 the next, and 11 the next, and one got away, how many did he have to begin with?
(Sorry, YUCK, but that was the first thing to come to my head).

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:04 PM

Yikes! Kalimac! Did you pull that one out of your noggin? I've been getting mine off the internet. I think I'd be better off with the math...

Raefindel has been mrried for 17 years, if she waited 5 years to have her first child and...

Ok stupid idea

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:04 PM

Ahh! I said math was my worst subject. It should have only been 10 all three days.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:06 PM

Ahh! I said math was my worst subject. It should have only been 10 all three days.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:08 PM

Kalimac, is it MacBeth?

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 10:11 PM

Raefindel - Um, actually I did make it up smilies/smile.gif. Thanks. Hope it's not *too* vague. The figure it's about is someone pretty much every English-speaking person has probably heard of/read about. And like I said, they could be real or literary.

Samwise, since when is 31 embarrassingly old? Maybe if you lived 500 centures ago when the average life expectancy was about 19, but then hey, we'd both be crones together smilies/smile.gif.

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 10:12 PM

Samwise got it while I was making my last post (and if she doesn't want a cigar, how about a nice packet of seeds?)

Your turn smilies/smile.gif.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:13 PM

ooOOoohh, so I'm the old one here! I'm36

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:18 PM

*Sam, calm down, it's virtual....*
*Sigh* Well take the seeds, Pat--whoops, wrong place--I mean, Kalimac. smilies/smile.gif

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 10:21 PM

Certainly you can have the seeds, Samwise. What kind? (Are you a flower or vegetable planter?)

Raefindel, does that mean you got married when you were 19? And here I've had people tell me that *I'm* too young yet...

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:22 PM

Hm....

Number one she would be
the fair one for all to see
a prize for her husband she has been
she is now in service of the Queen.

Yeah, easy. (At least, I hope easier than my other one...) smilies/rolleyes.gif

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:25 PM

Gee wiz I'm never gonna get any of these historical ones!

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:25 PM

*Sam, I said they're VIRTUAL!* Agh...if you've got Hollyhocks, we'll take 'em. smilies/smile.gif

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:27 PM

Eh...if it helps, Rae, in the case of my riddle, it's MIDDLE EARTH history.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:27 PM

Yes, Dearest, I was ALMOST 19!

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:30 PM

When my parents got married, mom was 19 and dad was 21. To me, too young to get married is 16 and down. But that's me and I haven't got kids. smilies/wink.gif
"I made a promise, Mister Frodo! 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee,' Gandalf said;
'Don't you leave him! "
Sam Gamgee

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:31 PM

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:32 PM

I think I'll post a riddle while I'm sitting here.

I soar without wings, I see without eyes.
I've traveled the universe to and fro.
I've conquered the world ,
yet I've never been anywhere but home.

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 10:32 PM

Samwise...um...Elanor, maybe, since she was "the Fair" and waited on Queen Arwen? I feel like I'm missing it completely. (One of those things where after you know the answer you slap yourself on the head - "Should have known that!")

Raefindel, neat - belated congratulations smilies/smile.gif. Waiting until you're twenty-five, forsooth. No one rule will fit everyone.

Kalimac

03-30-2002, 10:34 PM

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:37 PM

Yep, Kalimac, Elanor!

Samwise

03-30-2002, 10:40 PM

Aw, man....I think I've even read that one, before, Rae, and I still don't know it!
"And Bill could take a bit more, couldn't you, lad?" said Sam. The pony looked at him mournfully.

Raefindel

03-30-2002, 10:43 PM

Are you married Samwise? If you tell me your address in a private message I'll send you some seeds- real seeds. Do you grow flowersZ

Raefindel

04-05-2002, 07:27 PM

Much better, Thank You Samwise. She has pneumonia.

Samwise

04-05-2002, 07:45 PM

Oh, good. So then she's at home now?
smilies/rolleyes.gif *Sam, would you calm down, for crying out loud.....*
It was Sam who had insisted on choosing him, declaring that Bill (as he called him) would pine if he did not come.
"That animal can nearly talk," he said, "and would talk, if he stayed here much longer. He gave me a look as plain as Mr. Pippin could speak it: if you don't let me go with you, Sam, I'll follow on my own. "

Alchrivëwen

04-05-2002, 08:06 PM

awww Rae I hope she gets better soon, Im not feeling to hot myself

Raefindel

04-05-2002, 08:12 PM

I sent you a private message about it. Thanks for asking.

Kalimac

04-06-2002, 01:39 AM

Stephanos, you are correct - the answer is money. (Though Samwise, your answer fits nicely as well - hadn't thought of it, though smilies/smile.gif).

Raefindel - ouch, I'm sorry to hear that. That must have been miserable for you, not to mention your daughter. How old is she? I do hope she's mending quickly.

Everyone - your riddles are fantastic but unfortunately my brain is pretty much a vacuum right now; worked far too late this evening and have a split shift coming up tomorrow morning. I'll try to come up with some more guesses and riddles tomorrow evening, though smilies/smile.gif. See you then! Time for this girl to go to bed.

Kalimac

04-06-2002, 01:40 AM

Kalimac

04-06-2002, 01:40 AM