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End of Day the Fourth
With the fourth round of voting came the largest margin of agreement yet:
Mr. Binks: 3 votes The Wizard Artaxerxes: 1 vote Sergeant Boffin: 1 vote Psamathos Psamathides: 1 vote And so, Mr. Binks was made an offer he could not refuse, and put in a rocket ship to be sent to a galaxy far, far away. Day the Fifth finds 46 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog The Giant from the Wild Hills King Augustus Bonifacious Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Nokes Smith of Wooton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle Mr. Parish The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel The Mewlips Troll Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes The Little Boy Psamothos Psamathides Mew, the Seagull Man-in-the-Moon Moon-dog Great White Dragon Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Mr. Bliss Girabbit Mr. Day Mrs. Knight Archie Teddy Bruno Albert Dorkins Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins Sergeant Boffin |
I suddenly have an overpowering desire to give the Adventures of Tom Bombadil a proper read. In the spirit of modern idleness, is it online somewhere?
I'm going to go straight to the leading offender today. This Bliss character is another conniving pseudonymed sneak. "Bliss"? What kind of name is that? Sounds like slang for some kind of substance if you ask me... ++MR BLISS |
Sorry, Ang, not that I know of.
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No, no, lets leave a few respectable "Mr.'s" around Ang.
Instead, I vote ++ The Great White Dragon Come on, everyone knows dragons should be green or red or black, some cool color! White? Who's white but Gandalf (when he's cloaked at least...well actually - no nevermind!)? It's a poor excuse for a Dragon I say. At the very least it could've basked in the sun awhile and been called something truly fearsome like "The Great Tan Dragon." Great White? Bah Humbug. Only if there were sharks in Tolkien's works... |
I vote for
++Nokes. Poor cooking may be better than none, but who really wants to have a mediocre cook around? Besides, he thinks he's the one doing the work, while actually letting his apprentice do it for him. And he doesn't recognize Faerie even when in the presence of the King of Faery for years. His team will be better off without him. |
End of Day the Fifth
I'm ending this round half an hour early because I'm tired, my shoulder hurts, and I want to go to bed. So! The fifth round was extremely quiet, with only three judges weighing in. Thus came about the dreaded Trifecta, and three characters got the boot:
Mr. Bliss: 1 vote The Great White Dragon: 1 vote Nokes: 1 vote And so, Mr. Bliss was put in a car and rolled off a cliff into the sea, the Dragon was beset by little dogs until he flew away on his own accord, and Nokes was baked into a cake. Day the Sixth finds 43 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog The Giant from the Wild Hills King Augustus Bonifacious Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wooton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle Mr. Parish The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel The Mewlips Troll Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes The Little Boy Psamothos Psamathides Mew, the Seagull Man-in-the-Moon Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Girabbit Mr. Day Mrs. Knight Archie Teddy Bruno Albert Dorkins Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins Sergeant Boffin |
Why so quiet everyone? Have some spirit!
The Greek/Persian feud is causing promlems in the Roverandom tribe. We need to get rid of ++PSAMATHOS PSAMATHIDES before he causes serious injury to the Wizard Artaxerxes... |
Now is that any way to go rousing up debate, Anguirel? You really must learn to do it properly... Half the 'Downers around here probably can't even pronounce Psamathos Psamathides- at least not without getting their tongues tied in knots.
If you want some roaring debate you need to aim at the big names, the names with connections to the beloved Legendarium. ++ Uin Who, if I am not mistaken, actually has a mention or two in the HoME as the great whale that ferried the Eldar to Valinor. As a reasoning, I say that we remove him from this childish tale so that he may return to the great tale that is the History of the Noldor- your precious Noldor, Anguirel... |
+ + The Polar Bear
What? The Father Christmas Letters aren't included! Well, then, in Priscilla's Revenge let's eliminate one of JRRT's boys. :) + + The Little Boy |
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I'll take a chance and say the s is silent and it's pronounced pa-math-os-pa-math-ides. ++Uin. For the reasons For stated and also, he's not minor enough. He's from the world of Middle-Earth and not a minor work. So, like Bombadil, he's not qualified. |
++Psamathos Psamathides
1. His name is unpronouncable, and he always gets angry when you don't say the all the P's. 2. Ang's right. Psamathos spending time alone on a desert island with Artaxerxes is sure to reopen old Greek/Persian wounds. And it is almost certain that the Latin-named characters of the Farmer Giles tribe will team up with Psamathos and horribly injure poor Artaxerxes. For Artaxerxes' safety, we should get rid of Psamathos. |
++ Princess Mee
Look, I'm all for female participation (of course! :D), but it's these prim-and-proper-princesses that really get under my skin. Mee doesn't hold a candle to the likes of Goldberry, and she should've been gone what - four days ago when Bethberry so astutely said: Quote:
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++Psamathos Psamathides
Anybody with a Greek name who sends dogs as toys to the moon ought to be done away with. |
End of Day the Sixth
*insert witty summation of day six here*
*follow with result* Psamothos Psamathides: 3 votes Uin, the Whale: 2 votes The Little Boy: 1 vote Princess Mee: 1 vote And so, P.P. was buried so deep under the sand he was unable to dig himself out, and eventually he became a fossil in the sedimentary rock. Note: this next day will last 48 hours, due to the holiday. Day the Seventh finds 42 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog The Giant from the Wild Hills King Augustus Bonifacious Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wooton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle Mr. Parish The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel The Mewlips Troll Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes The Little Boy Mew, the Seagull Man-in-the-Moon Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Girabbit Mr. Day Mrs. Knight Archie Teddy Bruno Albert Dorkins Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins Sergeant Boffin |
++THE LITTLE BOY
Obviously far too young to compete. |
++ King Augustus Bonifacious clearly is far too full of himself and deserves death or at least banishment. Cowardly and too concerned about style instead of running a kingdom. So there.
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++ The-Man-in-the-Moon
Again, a character from the canon, moonlighting in the Minor Works... Not that he's a particularly intelligent fellow, his main role in the canon being to get drunk in a fictitious version of the Prancing Pony. |
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What he said, but smarter.:p ++Man-In-The-Moon. |
But if we send the Man-in-the-Moon away too soon, who's to help Roverandom when he gets into trouble?
I would much prefer to get rid of one of the Dorkins - who needs three of them, and what important purpose do they fulfill anyway? Albert is the second fattest Dorkins, and his short legs make him slow - sounds like a good choice, as he won't be able to run away from capture, right? ++Albert Dorkins |
I'm swayed by Esty here. Blasted Dorkinses, so many of them. I smell nepotism in the works.
--THE LITTLE BOY, ++ALBERT DORKINS |
I feel like sticking up for the little fat boy. There's been enough fatism on this thread already ... :p
++ The Man-in-the-Moon Becuase he sits in the sky all high and mighty, only deigns to come down to earth when he feels like a drink, and then ends up getting drunk and raucous and ruining everyone's (unusually dark) evening. |
+ + Albert Dorkins
Esty put it well - we really don't need him much. The Man-in-the-Moon, on the other hand, knows how to have fun (see Frodo's song about him in the Prancing Pony); and I can't stand to see a decent fellow like him go this early. :( For the love of the Cow jumped over the moon line - vote Dorkins! :eek: edit: I'm assuing this is the same Man in-the-Moon that Frodo was singing about...but not being familiar with most of the characters here has its drawbacks. Still, it's a good defense either way. ;) ;p |
So as to save the Man-in-the-moon:
- - King Augustus Bonifacious ++ Albert Dorkins Because of what Estelyn said. :p |
++Albert Dorkins
Being rather fat, he shouldn't be able to do much island work, and is just another mouth to feed. This puts far too much strain on his tribe's food-gathering abilities. |
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I almost put him in the Adventures of Tom Bombadil tribe as well, but decided not to, as that's like having the same character in twice. |
End of Day the Seventh
A skinny mob, incensed by the gluttonous tendencies of the Dorkins family, converged upon one unfortunate contestant in particular the seventh day:
Albert Dorkins: 5 votes Man-in-the-Moon: 3 votes And so, whilst the little dogs laughed to see such sport, the fork ran away with the spoon, and er, wait, what was that? Not his time yet? Okay. And so, Albert was sent to fat-camp on the other side of the island, where he was eaten by rouge wildebeasts. Day the Eighth finds 41 remaining contestants: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog The Giant from the Wild Hills King Augustus Bonifacious Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wooton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle Mr. Parish The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel The Mewlips Troll Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes The Little Boy Mew, the Seagull Man-in-the-Moon Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Girabbit Mr. Day Mrs. Knight Archie Teddy Bruno Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins Sergeant Boffin |
++MRS KNIGHT on the off-chance she has some bond of kinship with Keira Knightley...
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Rumor has it she's a third cousin, twice removed on her mother's side, (whatever that means :) ) to Goldberry, And Goldberry brooks no equals! (now that that incessant rhymer is gone and she's back in action :D ) |
Fattists! :p
But now that I have found a contestant that people are prepared to defend, I am going to stick with it: ++ THE MAN-IN-THE-MOON For going out boozing of a night and leaving people stumbling about in the darkness. |
Queen of Faerie!?!?! :eek:
What den of foul play have you been listening to whispers from?!? :p I shall indeed defend the Man-in-the-Moon, Saucewolf. ++Mrs. Knight(ly). ;) I'll throw in my vote with Anguirel this day and see what comes of it. |
Since I agree that both the Man-in-the-Moon and the Queen of Faerie are much too important to eliminate yet, I will jump on the bandwagon and vote for
++Mrs. Knight. Anyone want to have a banana? |
Oh, I can't even remember who Mrs. Knight is so that must be some grounds for elimination--of her if not of me! :rolleyes:
++ Mrs. Knight |
Hmm.... You're most right, milord Saucepan Man... People ARE willing to defend the Man-in-the-Moon. Odd choice, that, but all the more fun to those of us interested in voting people off more than keeping people on...
++ The Man-in-the-Moon I hear he's made of green cheese. |
Well, I don't think The Man-in-the-Moon deserves to win - definitly not. What kind of a message would that send to our youth? That irresponsibility and drinking is okay? Well I won't send that message! :mad:
But I do still want him around, because he knows how to have a good time & makes a marvelous fake ID. ;) + + Mrs. Knight |
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Really, Artaxerxes, Man-in-the-Moon, and the Little Boy are the only ones in that tribe with thumbs, even, and the Little Boy doesn't really count because he's far too young to be doing dangerous island work anyways. The rest are animals. Without the Man-in-the-Moon, Artaxerxes will have too much work to handle, and the tribe will begin to starve. But oops, they got rid of the green cheese man. :p ++Mrs. Knight |
End of Day the Eighth
On the eighth day, the judges continued to batter the Mr. Bliss tribe, converging on Mrs. Knight in a stunning show of solidarity for two of the more canonical characters.
Mrs. Knight: 6 votes Man-in-the-Moon: 2 votes Queen of Faerie: 1 vote And so, whether because of her name, her obscurity, or her banana fetish, Mrs. Knight was shown the door. And after she had seen the door, she was boiled to death in a vat of bleachwater. :) Day the Ninth finds 40 contestants shaking in their boots: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog The Giant from the Wild Hills King Augustus Bonifacious Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wooton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle Mr. Parish The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel The Mewlips Troll Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes The Little Boy Mew, the Seagull Man-in-the-Moon Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Girabbit Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins Sergeant Boffin |
I checked out the number of members on each team, and the TB Adventure Gang has more than the others. Time to change that! I again suggest getting rid of those rapacious
++Mewlips Who wants spooky creatures like those around, and who's to say where they choose their victims?! Why, they belong in a Werewolf game rather than here! |
+ + The Barrow-wight
Even in poems they're bad guys. |
++TEDDY
Like the Roosevelt of that name, he hides a subtle and devious mind behind his geniality and cuddliness. Down, snake! |
Hmm. What have you got against Mr Bliss, Ang? Did it give you nightmares or something? :D
Having identified a contestant that people are prepared to take action to protect I have no intention of abandoning my quarry. + + THE MAN-IN-THE-MOON He should be maintaining his station on the moon of a night, not out carousing. And what kind of a job is that anyway? Being "in the moon"? What does it involve? Mooning around? Mooning? Pointless at best and discourteous at worst. We should not be encouraging this kind of behaviour. |
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