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Joy

06-27-2002, 05:12 PM

I know that this one has already been answered, but I just want to write the correct quote also.

See, sister! These are duller than thy feet. Fail but twice more to restore my place and the hatred of my mother and surely it will add to the Vanyar one who seeks to be the servant of kings.

See half-brother! This is sharper than thy tongue. Try but once more to usurp my place and the love of my father, and maybe it will rid the Noldor of one who seeks to be the master of thralls.

For the next quote, Give this Ring, for you will have great happiness and be free of care, and it will support you in nothing and let you be weary.

It is Cirdan to Olorin/Mithrandir/Gandalf.

Take now this ring for thy labors and thy cares will be heavy, but it will support thee and defend thee from weariness.

Daniel Telcontar

06-28-2002, 03:12 AM

You are correct, Joy, but you probably knew that already. smilies/wink.gif
Please proceed.

Orome

07-16-2002, 03:35 PM

Joy? are you there?

Joy

08-17-2002, 02:59 PM

Hey guys, lost this topic for a while. I was out sick for a time. I'll give a post later tonight, unless someone else wants a go.

Susan Delgado

10-05-2002, 02:06 PM

I'll go.

"Silverleaf!" she whispered, "Oh, naked geezer! Ever are they greeting him and see him every day!

Susan Delgado

10-06-2002, 02:17 PM

Is it really that hard? It's in Fellowship, if that helps.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-06-2002, 03:42 PM

I found it, Susan - yes, that clue narrowed down the possibilities! It was Frodo; here is the original quote: 'Goldberry!' he cried. 'My fair lady, clad all in silver green! We have never said farewell to her, nor seen her since the evening!'

Susan Delgado

10-06-2002, 04:53 PM

You got it smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

10-07-2002, 06:11 AM

OK, this one shouldn't be too hard: But later, sir, since you hate the lady ____, crawl as slowly as my knees and throw away queen's iron, since here is no branch out of the country.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-14-2002, 02:44 PM

This quote has been up a week with no takers - I'll give a hint in hopes of encouraging some brave soul. The key word is "queen's iron" - think of the thinnest form of metal you know as the opposite of iron. And the opposite of queen should be obvious...

mark12_30

10-14-2002, 03:33 PM

I don't think so, Rimbaud; I think it's Aragorn to Ioreth. "And now, dame, if you love the Lord Faramir, run as quick as your tongue and get me kingsfoil, if there is a leaf in the city."

Run as quick as your tongue. smilies/biggrin.gif Aragorn doesn't get nearly the credit for his humor that he should.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-15-2002, 02:06 AM

*Estelyn applauds* You got it, mark12_30! Yes, I've always loved the humor in that chapter - and yet another aspect of Aragorn's character that makes him so fantastic! Your turn - looking forward to what you come up with!

*Estelyn briefly considers sueing Rimbaud just for fun, then remembers that his knowledge of legal matters is greater than hers and dismisses the idea.*

mark12_30

10-15-2002, 06:45 AM

"No, they have not seen anything since they first looked away from the window, " she said to her shadow. "And then for a grievous parting!"

[ October 15, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]

Estelyn Telcontar

10-15-2002, 07:40 AM

That one took some serious searching, but I found it; the speaker is Frodo, in Rivendell. 'Yes, you have seen a thing or two since you last peeped out of a looking-glass,' he said to his reflection. 'But now for a merry meeting!'

mark12_30

10-15-2002, 07:48 AM

Bravo, Estelyn! That was fast! Your turn.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-15-2002, 08:47 AM

These are fun, both to guess and to pose! Try this one: Yea, the hostess who has been caught in the cellar will not feel once when she goes away through the window.

Susan Delgado

10-18-2002, 12:25 PM

It sounds like, "No, the King who has gone to the tower (something) when he enters through the door"

Denethor, perhaps? Let me ferret out a quote...

[ October 18, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

Susan Delgado

10-19-2002, 01:23 AM

Of course, I went away for the weekend and forgot to bring my book smilies/rolleyes.gif Ah, well, somebody else take it.

HerenIstarion

10-19-2002, 02:50 AM

Gandalf to Saruman

Nay, the guest who has escaped from the roof, will think twice before he comes back in by the door

Estelyn Telcontar

10-19-2002, 03:04 AM

Very good, HI - proceed at will.

HerenIstarion

10-19-2002, 03:32 AM

merlilot, we are going to take this place over as well
smilies/evil.gif

just kiddin. k, next one:

Forbid his arms give our entity, they haven’t been carried so near yet

Estelyn Telcontar

10-22-2002, 05:57 AM

This quote has me puzzled, HI - I thought of the Three Runners, but nothing there seemed to fit. I also thought of the Eagles, but again, found no match. Will you give a clue, please?

HerenIstarion

10-22-2002, 06:19 AM

Certain amount of angry fellaz snapping at one poor chap
smilies/wink.gif

HerenIstarion

10-24-2002, 11:40 PM

well. further hinting: in The Hobbit smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

10-25-2002, 07:36 AM

Thanks for another clue, HI - I've almost reread the Hobbit and still can't find it. The word 'entity' is puzzling me - if it were 'enemy', it could be this quote by Thorin to Bilbo: "Get down now to your friends!" he said to Bilbo, "or I will throw you down."

HerenIstarion

10-28-2002, 01:06 AM

entity: 1 a : BEING, EXISTENCE; especially : independent, separate, or <font color="FF0029">self-contained existence b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its attributes

think along lines suggested by colored definition of the word "entity", as thing self contained and therefore not divided, or shared (hint, hint
smilies/rolleyes.gif )

Estelyn Telcontar

10-28-2002, 09:17 AM

Is it Bilbo speaking to Thorin?
Take it that I have disposed of my share as I wish, and let it go at that!

HerenIstarion

10-29-2002, 01:03 AM

well, try situation which occured a bit earlier, sometime in August 2941 TA

Estelyn Telcontar

10-29-2002, 10:48 PM

OK, I finally found it: Let your legs take their share, we have carried you far enough. That's what the dwarves say to Bombur in Mirkwood.

HerenIstarion

10-30-2002, 12:00 AM

Aye Estelyn, you've got it. I assume reverse quote was quite crude, since you have spent so much time in guessing it out. Sorry for that. Proceed

Estelyn Telcontar

10-30-2002, 10:02 AM

Here's a new one to try: Here is nothing which is not worse to end and to accept, since the beginning has been light.
(No, HI, yours wasn't crude - just not one of the better known quotes, and it was difficult to guess the opposite of the word 'entity'!)

HerenIstarion

10-31-2002, 02:49 AM

Aragorn to Gimli and Legolas at Fangorn:

There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.

I suppose smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

10-31-2002, 03:07 AM

Quite right, HI - I guess that was fairly obvious. It is a nice quote, isn't it? Go ahead with a new one!

HerenIstarion

10-31-2002, 03:33 AM

funny thing to follow, methinks:

pacifists are not lazy loving each other in nearest pool

Orodoliel

11-03-2002, 01:41 PM

Could we have a clue please?
Just a small one?
Nothing I can find seems to fit.

HerenIstarion

11-03-2002, 02:05 PM

The Hobbit smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

11-05-2002, 09:05 AM

That is a cute quote, HI! Gandalf says to Bilbo and the dwarves: Warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found.

HerenIstarion

11-06-2002, 01:47 AM

yes, Esty, That's it. Thanks for the compliment, BTW

*bows

well, proceed smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

11-06-2002, 09:15 AM

Revive none including the giants; you will not be taken away dead as slowly as impossible.

HerenIstarion

11-07-2002, 01:48 AM

that's Grishnakh quarreling with Ugluk and others over Pipppin and Merry:

Kill all but not the Halfings; they are to be brought back alive as quickly as possible

Estelyn Telcontar

11-07-2002, 04:17 AM

Well, HI, the name of the speaker is not specifically mentioned, but the quote is correct and I consider the question answered well enough. Go ahead with a new one.

HerenIstarion

11-07-2002, 06:37 AM

ah, but who else that 'deep voice' may be? Still more who else beside Ugluk had 'orders'?

Anyways, easy one to follow:

Fili is not the thinnest, so was undone by one

[ November 07, 2002: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

Estelyn Telcontar

11-09-2002, 12:28 PM

The opposite of Fili and thinnest had to be Bombur and fattest, so this one was just a matter of searching for the right passage in the Hobbit. Gandalf says: Bombur is fattest and will do for two.

HerenIstarion

11-11-2002, 01:15 AM

correct smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

11-13-2002, 08:51 AM

Here's a new one: You take the feeling of none which you hate from none which you undo.

LePetitChoux

11-13-2002, 10:12 AM

I give a numbness for one which I love for all that I do.

As a wild guess

Estelyn Telcontar

11-13-2002, 10:28 AM

'Love' is right, but the rest isn't even close - keep trying! smilies/smile.gif

HerenIstarion

11-14-2002, 03:04 AM

sounds like Lorien:

we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make

Estelyn Telcontar

11-14-2002, 05:10 AM

But who says it?

HerenIstarion

11-14-2002, 05:55 AM

Ah sorry Estelyn. It was said by some unnamed leader of 'elves that could speak their tongue'

Estelyn Telcontar

11-14-2002, 07:01 AM

Precisely - go ahead!

HerenIstarion

11-15-2002, 04:54 AM

well well

Because that was murmured as Boatpool

LePetitChoux

11-15-2002, 11:25 AM

So this is shouted for Shipland

? http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif ?

HerenIstarion

11-16-2002, 02:02 AM

nay, dear Mr. Cabbage, it's a bit trickier smilies/wink.gif than that

LePetitChoux

11-17-2002, 05:57 AM

Hint? (I've not got got much experience in quote guessing games) smilies/smile.gif

hobbitlass

11-17-2002, 12:23 PM

My guess....
Why is it called Carrock?

HerenIstarion

11-18-2002, 12:48 AM

yes, hobbitlass, you hit it smilies/smile.gif

proceed

hobbitlass

11-19-2002, 12:52 PM

Come nothing that can't be necessity in front! They won't lift off by night and light!

LePetitChoux

11-21-2002, 11:40 AM

Leave all that can be spared behind! We will press on by day and dark! ~ Aragorn, Departure of Boromir, in TTT to Legolas and Gimli. http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif

[ November 21, 2002: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

LePetitChoux

11-21-2002, 01:02 PM

Two policemen unfairly get the same http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif

LePetitChoux

11-22-2002, 10:08 AM

Is it really that hard, or is nobody bothering to post? http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif
And I worked so hard... smilies/tongue.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

11-22-2002, 10:30 AM

Can you give us a clue? I don't know where to start looking yet...
(btw, cute avatar picture! smilies/wink.gif )

LePetitChoux

11-22-2002, 10:40 AM

It is in RotK, if that helps.

Estelyn Telcontar

11-24-2002, 06:16 AM

LePetitChoux, I'm still hunting, but can you give another clue? I'm not sure if my 'translation' of opposites is right - I thought 'one' for the first word and 'difference' for the last one, but I have no idea what the opposite of policemen could be!

LePetitChoux

11-24-2002, 06:44 AM

Gosh, I thought it was good at the time... smilies/rolleyes.gif I'll have to change it...it is pretty confusing, now I come to think of it...
OK, here is the new, refurbished quote.

Two sponsors are unworthy of the same one

Hopefully thats better.... smilies/frown.gif http://www.plauder-smilies.de/tiere/grommit.gif

Orodoliel

11-24-2002, 07:05 AM

One thief deserves another?

LePetitChoux

11-24-2002, 03:45 PM

Yes. I'm sure you know who said it, but its in the rules that you must state the speaker smilies/wink.gif

Orodoliel

11-25-2002, 01:56 PM

Sorry, i've no idea who said it, anyone who does can go right ahead.

Estelyn Telcontar

11-25-2002, 02:22 PM

'Twas Saruman, speaking of the tobacco pouch when he met Gandalf and the hobbits on their way back to the Shire.

Orodoliel, you did the hard part, getting the quote - would you like to make up the next one?

Orodoliel

11-26-2002, 12:33 PM

No, you go right ahead. You got the whole answer.

Anyway, I prefer guessing quotes to making them up.

Estelyn Telcontar

11-26-2002, 12:44 PM

Her joy she may remember, and it might lighten her mind, and she will forget folly.

LePetitChoux

11-26-2002, 02:06 PM

His pain he will forget, or it will darken his mind, or he will remember wisdom.

I was just gussing so its probably wrong...clue please? smilies/rolleyes.gif Iknow i'm boring smilies/rolleyes.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

11-26-2002, 04:04 PM

That's pretty close, LePetitChoux - try looking in RotK...

LePetitChoux

11-27-2002, 12:36 PM

I cannot find it! Which book is it in (5 or 6)? I was sure it was the speech that Elrond said in the film, "That wound will never fully heal"-i.e. concerning Frodo's Nazgul stabbing. Am I anwhere near?

Estelyn Telcontar

11-27-2002, 12:56 PM

It's in Book V, and it's not Frodo's wound - think of another wounded Hobbit!

LePetitChoux

11-27-2002, 01:44 PM

Thanks! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
Aragorn, to Pippin when he was worried Merry would die. smilies/smile.gif

That was so silly of me...I read that part yesterday! smilies/rolleyes.gif

LePetitChoux

11-27-2002, 01:54 PM

Now! No, when I lack the locks of Lad-Galad itself you know; and the boots of eight queens, and the ropes of six muggles, and have sold myself an odd number of stilettos no sizes smaller than these I take off then.

Whooo, that was long! If its too difficult, tell me please... smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/wink.gif

Edit: Hee hee, thanks, Estelyn! I kinda went ahead without permission there...ah well smilies/wink.gif smilies/evil.gif

[ November 27, 2002: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

Estelyn Telcontar

11-27-2002, 02:41 PM

(Correct answer, by the way...)

LePetitChoux

11-30-2002, 10:18 AM

Nobody? Is it really that hard? smilies/rolleyes.gif smilies/eek.gif smilies/confused.gif smilies/wink.gif

Orodoliel

11-30-2002, 02:03 PM

It is Saruman:

"Later! Yes, when you also have the Keys of Barad-dur itself, I suppose; and the crowns of seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards, and have purchased yourself a pair of boots many sizes larger than those that you wear now.

He is talking to Gandalf in The Voice of Saruman.

I think.

LePetitChoux

11-30-2002, 06:52 PM

Yay!!!! It's right!!! smilies/biggrin.gif

-Imrahil-

11-30-2002, 07:06 PM

Cool game!

Orodoliel

12-01-2002, 03:31 AM

"You despair so," thought ___. "You want to be both!"

Who and Where?

LePetitChoux

12-01-2002, 04:26 AM

"I hope so," thought ________."I don't want to be both."
That was just a literal translation, btw. smilies/smile.gif

Orodoliel

12-01-2002, 11:52 AM

That's quite close!
But not quite there.
If no one has got it in a couple of days I'll post a clue.

LePetitChoux

12-01-2002, 03:51 PM

It sounds like a Frodo thing to say, in RotK, but I'm probably wrong... smilies/frown.gif smilies/rolleyes.gif

Orodoliel

12-02-2002, 01:35 PM

Nope! It's not Frodo, nor is it in the Return of the King.

As a clue I'll say...

It's in FotR.

Orodoliel

12-05-2002, 12:41 PM

Anyone?

It's said by Sam in the FotR.
Is it hard or has no one seen it?

Orual

12-05-2002, 07:09 PM

Yeah, it was Sam in FotR, he says "I hope not! I don't want to be neither!" in response to Frodo's joke that he'd be a warrior or a wizard by the end of the quest.

~*~Orual~*~

Orodoliel

12-06-2002, 12:29 PM

Yep!
That's right Orual! Go ahead when you're ready!

LePetitChoux

12-12-2002, 11:38 AM

Orual? I think we've lost him. Oh deary, deary me! smilies/frown.gif

On a happier note, I will steal the turn, if it may be called stealing, and try to baffle all of you with...
She is cheap to me, you smell. And her laziness is two that I hope to succeed? It hasn't. Or later she was succumbing to the fast carefreeness of days, as short and fast as your arts in the small valley can't contrive, and always be imprisoned, especially definitely when she is the same and mended, so that she won't go from me and I won't smell what I haven't done.
Good luck! That was very long! smilies/biggrin.gif

hobbitlass

12-13-2002, 12:19 PM

"He was dear to you, I see. Or else his errand was one that you did not wish to fail? It has. And now he shall endure the slow torment of years, as long and slow as our arts in the Great Tower can contrive, and never be released, unless maybe when he is changed and broken, so that he may come to you, and you shall see what you have done."
-Mouth of Sauron to Gandalf about Frodo at the Morannon.

LePetitChoux

12-13-2002, 03:59 PM

Yes! smilies/biggrin.gif

hobbitlass

12-14-2002, 06:34 AM

'I haven't wilted, wholing. No, I haven't wilted a little. I am not ignorant, or kind. I haven't given your forgiveness of bitterness, or later you must not come out sweetness, out lein from my vengefulness. You love it or I.'

LePetitChoux

12-14-2002, 07:01 AM

You have grown, halfling. Yes, you have grown very much. You are wise, and cruel. You have robbed my revenge of sweetness, and now I must go hence in bitterness, in debt to your mercy. I hate it and you!
Sharkey (Saruman) to Frodo in the Scouring of the Shire, RotK. smilies/biggrin.gif

LePetitChoux

12-14-2002, 08:34 AM

Most of all at bad certainty you went to the left day to punish me for my hastiness. That was the door of the dawn, ____________, ugliest of none the flies of ________, sea of few valleys.

LePetitChoux

12-16-2002, 02:55 PM

Honestly, people! smilies/rolleyes.gif Am I too clever for you? smilies/wink.gif

Clue, maybe? OK, It is in TTT. smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

12-16-2002, 03:45 PM

'At least by good chance we came at the right hour to reward you for your patience,' said Faramir. 'This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annûn, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains.

LePetitChoux

12-17-2002, 11:40 AM

Yep! smilies/smile.gif

mordor136

12-17-2002, 11:54 AM

Is your signiture written in Russian HerenIstarion? just guessing

LePetitChoux

12-17-2002, 02:12 PM

Yes, it is from a book called "Master i Margarita" which means "The Master and Margaret" smilies/smile.gif

I am aware that I'm not HerenIstarion, but hey. smilies/wink.gif

HerenIstarion

12-18-2002, 07:43 AM

thanks LePetitChoux

it may be translated as:

...I'm not fooling around, not touching anyone, merely repairing my primus stove...

[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

Estelyn Telcontar

12-18-2002, 10:27 AM

Here's the next backwards quote for you: Since you do not have to fail and go away; but it will be undone by standing and feeling.

LePetitChoux

12-20-2002, 10:04 AM

So I must succeed and come; and it won't be done by sitting and thinking.

It sounds like Bilbo, or Sam, ofr the Gaffer...someone like that. smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

12-20-2002, 01:45 PM

LePetitChoux, you have the last part of the quote precisely right, and your guess as to the speaker isn't far off. Keep thinking... or reading!

LePetitChoux

12-22-2002, 05:43 AM

Which book is it in? (1-6) smilies/eek.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

12-22-2002, 08:44 AM

Book 1 smilies/smile.gif

LePetitChoux

12-22-2002, 03:49 PM

I'm sorry...I'm still completely stumped... smilies/confused.gif
Oh dear.... A nice pickle you've landed me in! smilies/wink.gif

Beren87

12-22-2002, 05:34 PM

mwhahaha, found it!
"I was thinking so," said Frodo. "But we have got to try and get there; and it won't be done by sitting and thinking."

[ December 22, 2002: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

LePetitChoux

12-23-2002, 05:32 AM

I knew that. smilies/wink.gif

No, seriously, well done! smilies/biggrin.gif

(I think it is right)

Estelyn Telcontar

12-23-2002, 07:04 AM

That's it, Beren87! Good job, and welcome to the game! Your turn to come up with one now...

LePetitChoux

12-26-2002, 09:28 AM

Ach, it's been three days! I can't stand it any more! Please post! smilies/eek.gif

hobbitlass

12-27-2002, 11:05 AM

Ha Ha Ha! I think you ought to take your signature picture's advice, Lepetitchoux! smilies/biggrin.gif Besides they have a couple more days before they have to post, and you'll have to wait it out. Slowly and torturously and with great agony! MUUUHAHAHAHA! smilies/evil.gif

Beren87

12-27-2002, 02:37 PM

Well, Im back! smilies/biggrin.gif

"They'll be way ahead of us," said _____, "we have no one out there."

Good Luck!

LePetitChoux

12-29-2002, 03:56 PM

"We can't be far behind of them," said .........., "They don't have many in here"

Just an approximation smilies/smile.gif

Beren87

12-29-2002, 05:58 PM

Haha, well....Its not "directly" backwards if you get my meaning. You'll have to actually look for a quote to fit it.

LePetitChoux

12-31-2002, 01:10 PM

Could I have a clue please? Which book is it in (1-6)? smilies/confused.gif

LePetitChoux

01-03-2003, 01:42 PM

No?

Beren87

01-03-2003, 06:46 PM

Ack sorry LePetit, I seem to have a knack for losing this thread.

The quote is from book 6

LePetitChoux

01-10-2003, 11:28 AM

Oh dear, a week has gone by.

"Which should we give undone for you?" stated ______ "Which was a Walker lazing to undo?"

Easy. http://www.smilies.nl/dieren/grommit.gif

Orual

02-04-2003, 10:36 PM

I don't know the answer, but it's been almost a month, and this is such a cool thread. So here's another backwards quote:

"Well, there's more to be asked."

Here's a hint: it's from the Return of the King.

LePetitChoux

07-24-2003, 04:05 PM

Righty-ho, I thought I'd resurrect this, seeing as it was a fun game in the first place, and, well, you know. Better than starting a new thread of the same idea, anyway. (N.B. There was an even older thread on the same game started by either HerenIstarion, or Estelyn...I can't remember which, but I can't find that)

Just to explain the rules, which are very simple indeed:
Basically, you get a quote (which hopefully isn't a widely used one-this makes it more fun), and reverse it.
This is best explained by example:

Back, you devils!

would become

Forward, he angel!

See? I replaced each word with its antonym (a word that means the opposite to it), to get the desired puzzle phrase.
It can be more complicated, though.

What is this new devilry?

Could be reversed a little more freely, because the technical antonym for "what" can be argued, so one may apply a little artistic lisence, as it were, to perfect the backwards quote. One possibility (not necessarily the best one) is:

That isn't that old holiness!

This is perhaps more difficult than the first example.
Sometimes, one might need to even be creative, as
"From take down no palace by Shrimpy"

Which can be translated as
"To put up some sheds for Sharkey"
(I was quite proud of my "Shrimpy" at the time smilies/wink.gif )

So, I hope that went over the Rules simply enough...And now I'll give a new quote (it's been slightly more than a week smilies/wink.gif)

"Go!" asked _______. "That was a moment then he erase marshmallows separately!"

I like the marshmallows bit, can't you tell? smilies/biggrin.gif

Mithisilien

09-01-2003, 09:39 PM

Hey there! I'm new!
Would you believe that I opened the book to the right page when I was looking for this quote....I was thinking it was somewhere completely different, too. Anyways, I'm almost positive that it's
'Come!' said Aragorn. 'This is the hour when we draw swords together!'
It was Aragorn to Eomer at Helm's Deep. I like the marshmallows part! Very clever!

LePetitChoux

09-02-2003, 02:01 PM

Yes, well done! smilies/smile.gif

Mithisilien

09-02-2003, 03:59 PM

yay! my turn!

next quote:
____ is dead and given from an ally

LePetitChoux

09-05-2003, 10:08 AM

I believe that is the very last sentene of TTT:
"Frodo was alive but taken by the enemy"

smilies/smile.gif

Mithisilien

09-05-2003, 02:00 PM

Quite right, LePetitChoux!

LePetitChoux

09-06-2003, 04:41 AM

Okey-dokey, doopdeedoo:
"Hello, but december I look for that I hide!" laughed ______. "Go away without that slowness I december, but hinder your marshmallows therebefore absorb light apart!"

"Marshmallows" should be fairly obvious. smilies/wink.gif

[ September 06, 2003: Message edited by: LePetitChoux ]

Evisse the Blue

09-06-2003, 03:08 PM

I got it!

"Farewell, and may you find what you seek!" cried Eomer. "return with what speed you may, and let our swords hereafter shine together!"
I loved the may-december part - Great one! smilies/smile.gif

LePetitChoux

09-07-2003, 02:39 AM

You are very correct indeed, Evisse! smilies/smile.gif
Please proceed.

Evisse the Blue

09-07-2003, 08:21 AM

Okay!
"Arrive and all of us were destroyed. All were right dead to receive stoppings from the South. We were aware of our safety."

[ September 07, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

LePetitChoux

09-10-2003, 01:13 PM

May I please have a hint? smilies/smile.gif

Evisse the Blue

09-10-2003, 06:09 PM

Alright - it's from TTT, Aragorn is speaking.

Evisse the Blue

09-19-2003, 03:45 AM

Hint no2: About the antonym of that weird word , stoppings think a continuous flow of something...seasons...

LePetitChoux

09-25-2003, 10:37 AM

I'm sorry, I still can't find it! I've searched and searched, but to no avail! smilies/confused.gif

Arwen1858

09-26-2003, 12:29 AM

I got it! I saw this yesterday, and tried to figure it out, and it started bugging me. So I sat down and figured out what half the words were, then found the quote to match it. Is this it?
Depart, or not one of you will be spared. Not one will be left alive to take back tidings to the North. You do not know your peril.

Said by Aragorn, the the Uruk-hai at Helm's Deep.

Evisse the Blue

09-26-2003, 06:36 AM

Yes that's the one! Well done, Arwen1858! smilies/smile.gif

Arwen1858

09-26-2003, 10:49 AM

I haven't lost. Many didn't lose such a defeat. I'm not fighting.

OK, this is kinda hard. One of the words in the second sentence I couldn't come up with an antonym for, so I left it as is. This quote ended up being harder than I thought to turn it aound backwards! Have fun! smilies/biggrin.gif
Arwen

Evisse the Blue

09-26-2003, 01:05 PM

Is this the one?

"You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace."
Aragorn to a dying Boromir.

Arwen1858

09-26-2003, 01:09 PM

very good, Evisse! Your turn!

Evisse the Blue

09-27-2003, 11:22 AM

Okay, this will be quite lame, as I'm in sort of a hurry now:

"I am silent from this who is foul within the leave from my feelings, but also great wisdom cannot forgive me."
If it's not guessed in five days, I'll give a clue who says it. smilies/wink.gif

Arwen1858

10-02-2003, 03:35 PM

A hint, please, Evisse? I've tried, but I'm rather confused on this one!
Arwen

Evisse the Blue

10-04-2003, 07:07 AM

Promised hint: Gimli says these apparent harsh words, to a friend.

Additional hint: it's from TTT.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-08-2003, 06:04 AM

Evisse, your clue actually gives the answer - it is Gimli speaking. I did find the exact quote additionally, and can tell you to whom it was said - to Éomer. Gimli says: You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you.

Evisse the Blue

10-11-2003, 04:15 AM

Evisse, your clue actually gives the answer
Well, yes - it was my feeling nobody would have got it otherwise. smilies/wink.gif
Your turn now, Princess!

Estelyn Telcontar

10-13-2003, 06:42 AM

Have fun with this one! Out of light or companionship I am not weakest; I can secretly protect flets, here is darkness or few animals.

Estelyn Telcontar

10-20-2003, 01:21 PM

It's been a week - any takers? Or do you need a clue?

Evisse the Blue

10-24-2003, 05:07 AM

Yes, please a clue! smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

10-24-2003, 12:35 PM

OK, here's a clue - it's from FotR. Does that narrow it down enough? If not, try looking in Book 1...

Turambar

10-24-2003, 12:44 PM

Is this it? (Strider)

In dark and loneliness they are strongest; they will not openly attack a house where there are lights and many people

Estelyn Telcontar

10-24-2003, 01:00 PM

Hurray for Turambar - that's it! And welcome to the thread - nice that you found your way to this place of devious words! smilies/wink.gif Your turn now...

Estelyn Telcontar

10-31-2003, 10:27 AM

Turambar, are you going to give us a new quote to guess here?

Turambar

10-31-2003, 02:12 PM

I'm sorry, I lost track. I'll come up with one right now.

For that bliss is yet to come, and I would leave the sorrow that has departed from here, haunted by oblivion.

[ October 31, 2003: Message edited by: Turambar ]

LePetitChoux

11-08-2003, 06:00 AM

Could I have a clue please? smilies/smile.gif

Turambar

11-10-2003, 10:51 AM

It's from the Silmarillion, and is spoken by a female.

Nice avatar !

Turambar

11-24-2003, 01:51 PM

*bump*

LePetitChoux

11-29-2003, 08:54 AM

I'm useless for this one, never having read ths silmarillion myself (I know, I know...), but not to let this thread peter out, *second bump*

smilies/smile.gif

Evisse the Blue

12-15-2003, 03:07 AM

I got it:
'For that woe is past, and I would take what joy is here left, untroubled by memory.
Galadriel to Melian.

Turambar

01-06-2004, 12:45 PM

Correct !

Evisse the Blue

01-16-2004, 10:20 AM

The silence for that muggle sit in our toes.
These things are dam- hard to make!

Estelyn Telcontar

01-17-2004, 07:27 AM

Ah, that's a wonderful quote! Gimli is speaking of Saruman: The words of this wizard stand on their heads. In the language of Orthanc help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain.

"Muggle" was a great clue, Evisse! smilies/biggrin.gif

Evisse the Blue

01-19-2004, 02:43 AM

Your turn, my lady! smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

01-20-2004, 11:30 AM

~They wandered here many times, but loudly they left where they couldn't. Here your head is not; and that was your free-will to stand at war.~

Evisse the Blue

01-22-2004, 06:02 AM

"I dwelt there once, and still I return when I may. there my heart is, but it is not my fate to sit in peace"
Strider to the hobbits in "Flight to the Ford'.

(the *here your head is not* bit gave it away smilies/wink.gif )

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Estelyn Telcontar

01-22-2004, 07:03 AM

Well-done, Evisse! I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.

Evisse the Blue

01-23-2004, 08:55 AM

Surely Orcs couldn't crawl underneath the plains, we must throw away the Moon, to let them perish', asked the Black Rider. 'And you might lack nothing to lay idle under. You can put out rain.

The quote contains a name that I had also given an 'opposite' to.

Estelyn Telcontar

01-27-2004, 03:55 AM

That's another great quote, Evisse! "throw away the moon" was the clue that gave it away to me. Gandalf speaking, of course: 'If Elves could fly over mountains, they might fetch the Sun to save us,' answered Gandalf. 'But I must have something to work on. I cannot burn snow.'

Evisse the Blue

01-30-2004, 07:13 AM

Thanks, Estelyn! smilies/smile.gif I had a little trouble with the antonym for 'snow', I'm sure there's a better one than 'rain'. Anyways, the thread's yours!

Estelyn Telcontar

02-04-2004, 08:11 AM

‘None of this ends without Clearasil, unlike you send her away,’ sang Industrialist Polyester; ‘or this ends unlike late unlike they’d come on, Miss _____.’ Have fun! smilies/wink.gif

luthien-elvenprincess

02-04-2004, 09:03 PM

"It all began with Pimple, as we call him,' said Farmer Cotton; 'and it began as soon as you'd gone off, Mr. Frodo."

Estelyn Telcontar

02-05-2004, 01:59 AM

That's exactly right, luthien-elvenprincess - welcome to the Barrow-Downs and to this thread! I hope you have as much fun turning a new quote around for us as I did with that one!

luthien-elvenprincess

02-05-2004, 08:26 AM

Thank you Estelyn. Well, here we go with my first try...
____________________________________________
Quote:
I can come in, gushed Ilmig, 'Unfortunate for them the desert rose much, and the Unseeing was aroused in the north origin.
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Estelyn Telcontar

02-07-2004, 04:10 AM

That quote sounds so familiar, but my searching has been unsuccessful so far! I'm assuming that the name is 'Gimli' backwards and am looking for something that refers to water that has receded and the Eye sleeping in the South. Am I on the right track? I looked at the places with water - Orthanc and outside of the Gate to Moria, but didn't find anything there...

luthien-elvenprincess

02-07-2004, 12:47 PM

Yes, Estelyn, Gimli is the one speaking.
You are on the right track about water receding.
However, the "Unseeing" in my quote is not the "Eye". Anyway, I assumed you were thinking of the eye of Sauron. It is not him.
Check the account of Moria again...especially the conversations within the walls of Moria. smilies/smile.gif

Estelyn Telcontar

02-07-2004, 02:13 PM

Thanks for the clue, luthien! That helped me to find it. 'We cannot get out,' muttered Gimli. 'It was well for us that the pool had sunk a little, and that the Watcher was sleeping down at the southern end.'

luthien-elvenprincess

02-07-2004, 02:20 PM

you are exactly right, Estelyn. smilies/smile.gif Your turn.

Estelyn Telcontar

02-10-2004, 03:32 PM

'After clay is lost and rock is raised, where old is valley above sun; after necklace is destroyed, and undone is joy, we sat in the lakes shortly in the future.'

Evisse the Blue

02-10-2004, 04:26 PM

"Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made or wrought was woe
It walked the forests long ago."

This is it, no? The rhythm is roughly the same. I liked the 'undone is joy' bit.

Estelyn Telcontar

02-11-2004, 03:57 AM

That's it, Evisse! Yes, I tried to keep as much of the rhythm as possible without making it too obvious that it was a poem... Now you can struggle to create a new one! ;)

Evisse the Blue

02-12-2004, 05:36 AM

Good luck with this one ;)

"Now at leisure she caught forward her multicoloured mask but kept close her shoe but crawled from donkeyfront. She was clad in nightcap and cotton. Her raven baldness walked incarcerated out of the still air, her black nightgown dimmed bleakly out of the moon."

Mariska Greenleaf

02-12-2004, 05:49 AM

Then suddenly he threw back his grey cloak, and cast aside his hat, and leaped to horseback. He wore no helm nor mail. His snowy hair flew free in the wind, his white robes shone dazzling in the sun

"donkeyfront":D lol

Evisse the Blue

02-12-2004, 06:06 AM

That's right!:D

Mariska Greenleaf

02-13-2004, 10:13 AM

Ok, try this:

"Wake up. But let's be scared." cried Saruman,"Because I'm, unlike Sam, flying away from the Shire, and not to Bree, but here we will be in great danger, not as we can't be nowhere in the past."

That wasn't easy at all!

Estelyn Telcontar

02-13-2004, 11:23 AM

Oh, that's one I recognize and know where to find! Well done, Mariska! 'Sleep again, and do not be afraid!' said Gandalf. 'For you are not going like Frodo to Mordor, but to Minas Tirith, and there you will be as safe as you can be anywhere in these days.'

Mariska Greenleaf

02-13-2004, 11:30 AM

Good job!:)

Estelyn Telcontar

02-14-2004, 03:38 AM

We come from their mother. But not out of my weak loneliness you will someday be proud. They raised the white eagle. Some cheerful evenings, but some sad nights, or some grey sunrises!

Evisse the Blue

02-14-2004, 05:22 AM

I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not be ashamed. I felled the black serpent. A grim morn and a glad day and a golden sunset! Theoden dying on the Pellenor Fields.

Estelyn Telcontar

02-14-2004, 06:06 AM

Right, Evisse - I look forward to a new one from you!

Evisse the Blue

02-14-2004, 02:24 PM

"She has shrunken, and nothing. She cannot be only nastier but less comforting, gloomier and less goofy as afterwards, you sense. She has stayed the same, and I have had a misfortune to be blind to what scarce, from now on."

Solve it if you dare!:D

Estelyn Telcontar

02-14-2004, 03:53 PM

That was a tough one, Evisse! I thought it could be the "You have grown, Halfling" speech by Saruman at first, but when I looked more closely, the differences were too great. I finally found it in TTT - Merry is speaking to Pippin of Gandalf: He has grown, or something. He can be both kinder and more alarming, merrier and more solemn than before, I think. He has changed; but we have not had a chance to see how much, yet.

Evisse the Blue

02-15-2004, 08:31 AM

A tough one, and it took you about an hour to find it :p Things sure happen fast here at the downs! Good work, Estelyn and sharpen your pencil for the next one! ;)

Estelyn Telcontar

02-16-2004, 07:55 AM

Definitely. From wolves the same wolves possibly vanish similarly, wept _____. And from robbers. And immortals are their hobby. They have nothing else for pleasure.

HerenIstarion

02-16-2004, 08:15 AM

Maybe. To sheep other sheep no doubt appear different,' laughed Lindir. `Or to shepherds. But Mortals have not been our study. We have other business.

who is seen from the quote. whom is Bilbo. Conversation concerning which parts of the poem belonged to him and which to Dunadan

Estelyn Telcontar

02-16-2004, 09:02 AM

All correct, HI, and nice to see you here! Go ahead with a new one.

HerenIstarion

02-16-2004, 09:19 AM

thanks :)

here we go:

Though it is a bit bad evening with some glasses of wine indoors, out of a humbug. As I happen not to have her glass, I'm free of her and a bit of stand up woud do me good, than. What with the night left behind, haste is what they have to make.

Arestevana

02-16-2004, 07:24 PM

I think I've found it! I'm not sure of it, but might it be:

And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain. If you have a pipe about you, sit down and have a fill of mine! There's no hurry, we have all the day before us!

Bilbo to Gandalf in the first chapter of The Hobbit.

HerenIstarion

02-17-2004, 12:02 AM

right you are :) ahead

Arestevana

02-17-2004, 03:48 PM

Hurrah! :) Okay, here goes:

"A woman may not do either?" asked Rosie. "But we, and not these who went before will destroy the truths of their delay. A blue sky, I ask. This was a small triviality of truth, though I flew it over the darkness of night!"

Good Luck!

Evisse the Blue

02-17-2004, 04:40 PM

"A man may do both", answered Aragorn. "For not we but those who come after us will make the legends of our time. The green grass, you say. That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it in the light of day".
Aragorn to Eomer, in Riders of Rohan. (It may not be entirely accurate because I don't have the book with me but it's one of my favourite quotes so I expect I got most of it right)

Arestevana

02-18-2004, 03:32 PM

That's the one! :)

Evisse the Blue

02-19-2004, 04:11 AM

"It they won't reject out of forgetfulness for your enemy', she laughed. 'And not of our holiday, they accept us partly. I stay here, not because my unofficial message has begun but life was far from me."

HerenIstarion

02-19-2004, 04:20 AM

'These we will take in memory of our friend,' he cried.
'But as for your terms, we reject them utterly. Get you gone, for your embassy is over and death is near to you.

That is Gandalf to Mouth of Sauron

Evisse the Blue

02-19-2004, 06:09 AM

Well done, HerenIstarion!

HerenIstarion

02-19-2004, 07:10 AM

hum, thanks, :)

the next one than:

The load of tealeafs should dissaccord him worse, certainly that being not even partially different for us, our bad lady

Evisse the Blue

02-24-2004, 05:52 AM

A hint, pretty please?:)

HerenIstarion

02-24-2004, 06:03 AM

manyfrightened persons talking at once

luthien-elvenprincess

03-04-2004, 09:00 PM

another hint, please:)

HerenIstarion

03-05-2004, 02:39 AM

many frightened bearded persons talking at once ;)

Estelyn Telcontar

03-07-2004, 09:22 AM

HI, that clue ("many frightened bearded persons") sent me off to search 'The Hobbit' for a quote, though I haven't found anything like it yet. Am I on the right track? I'm mostly guessing, since I'm not sure what the actual quote is. Would the opposite of tea leaves be coffee beans?

Feeling rather clueless, Esty

luthien-elvenprincess

03-07-2004, 03:10 PM

I, too, have been looking for this for a loooooong time! I was wondering if tea leaves might be tobacco leaves???:)

luthien-elvenprincess

03-08-2004, 09:08 PM

I think I found it.

Balin said to Bilbo:
"A little beer would suit me better, if it is all the same to you, my good sir."
But I don't understand the frightened people part...

HerenIstarion

03-09-2004, 07:16 AM

sorry about the 'frigtened' and 'many', the hint applies to "another way round" thread really, the two got mixed up
a bit for me.

Yes, luthien-elvenprincess, that was Balin, pray proceed :)

luthien-elvenprincess

03-09-2004, 06:40 PM

"Ignore!" said Saruman. "How ugly are the dark ears in the dirt."

HerenIstarion

03-10-2004, 12:42 AM

hard to crack, that...

... hm, could it be Legolas passing through Huorns?

'There are eyes!' he said. 'Eyes looking out from the shadows of the boughs

luthien-elvenprincess

03-10-2004, 10:00 PM

No, but you are right in figuring out that 'ears' mean eyes.:)

HerenIstarion

03-11-2004, 01:02 AM

I think I've got it this time :)

'Look!' said Gandalf. 'How fair are the bright eyes in the grass! Evermind they are called, simbelmyne in this land of Men, for they blossom in all the seasons of the year, and grow where dead men rest. Behold! we are come to the great barrows where the sires of Theoden sleep.'

luthien-elvenprincess

03-11-2004, 03:50 PM

Yes, Heren :) You are correct.

HerenIstarion

03-12-2004, 01:54 AM

thanks

A bit ugly. Still she's got space to draw in squares of fire. She was listening to anyone to deprive her of calmness she was disordering, so it was not easy to loose everyone

Estelyn Telcontar

03-18-2004, 10:43 AM

I've been trying to solve this quote but am absolutely clueless so far. It doesn't even sound familiar when I try to figure out the antithesis of the words. Could you give a bit of help, please?

HerenIstarion

03-20-2004, 01:12 AM

avec plaisire, madame :)

a bit ugly=very pretty (word to word)

Conversation took place one fine morning, too...

Estelyn Telcontar

03-20-2004, 03:11 AM

Thanks, HI - the "fine morning" got me on the right track. It's in the first chapter of The Hobbit: "Very pretty!" said Gandalf. "But I have no time to blow smoke-rings this morning. I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone. I must confess, I always enjoy Bilbo's description of adventures: Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

HerenIstarion

03-21-2004, 03:50 AM

Correct :)

Estelyn Telcontar

03-24-2004, 08:21 AM

Here's a new one: Up the slow light road we come forward from seas we often were unfamiliar with.

HerenIstarion

03-25-2004, 12:11 AM

It is the first poetic piece to be 'backwarded' to the best of my knowledge. Well done, my lady :)

I like the verso so much, I'm inclined to give it here in full :):

Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!
Leave the halls and caverns deep,
Leave the northern mountains steep,
Where the forest wide and dim
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
Float beyond the world of trees
Out into the whispering breeze,
Past the rushes, past the reeds,
Past the marsh's waving weeds,
Through the mist that riseth white
Up from mere and pool at night!
Follow, follow stars that leap
Up the heavens cold and steep;
Turn when dawn comes over land,
Over rapid, over sand,
South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day,
Back to pasture, back to mead,
Where the kine and oxen feed!
Back to gardens on the hills
Where the berry swells and fills
Under sunlight, under day!
South away! and South away!
Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!

Estelyn Telcontar

03-25-2004, 01:40 AM

Why thank you, kind wizard! You're quite right, of course - in fact, those lines show up twice, at the beginning and the end of that poem. Now I look forward to the next one.

Evisse the Blue

03-25-2004, 11:05 AM

sorry, couldn't help it. ;)
This was not the first piece of backwarded poetry to grace this thread. Princess Esty came up with the backwarded Ent rhyme recited by Gandalf on page 6. Alright, commercial break over, you can now return to the game. :D

HerenIstarion

03-26-2004, 02:20 AM

My apologies, Evisse

Let us build up a tradition than :) the following is 'backworded' (or 'anotherwayrounded', if you please) verse as well:

Near under the warm clear plains, from towers high and peaks srouted not long before, they maybe here after dusk, to loose commonplace shining lead

Not to hard to crack, I suppose, but it was much fun to crypt

The Saucepan Man

03-26-2004, 03:46 AM

... so it must be easy. :rolleyes:

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold Well, it's one of those songs that becomes ingrained, isn't it? :D

HerenIstarion

03-26-2004, 05:37 AM

it is. right you are, take a shot :)

The Saucepan Man

03-26-2004, 10:56 AM

And I thought it was difficult to guess an inverted quote. Making them is even harder! :eek:

So this one is probably rather easy. But it made me chuckle, so here goes:

You provide much that is worthless, you spit out lots of water, you excrete all sorts of vegetables; and not one person bravely taps my walls, on the one occasion I am oblivious to your head.

HerenIstarion

03-27-2004, 02:13 AM

hum, that took a lot of finding out before I finally got it (so it easier to contrive one, than guess one out, whatever you say, my good sir). So, (I hope it is) the Troll of Perry the Winkle:

I steal no gold, I drink no beer,
I eat no kind of meat;
but People slam their doors in fear,
whenever they hear my feet