No, no, it's all in the name.

Guilbo

A mix of Bilbo (who is male) and gumbo that is from the south


Texadan

Texas-a southwestern state
dan-male's name

Could it be Hyarion, a very new downer. Hyar means south I think and -ion is a male suffix indicating belonging in various contexts....

Holby you got it! Texadan it was - and I thought it was so simple. :rolleyes:

garr I actually was considering Texadan, but I could not get it to fit with male

Yea!! It took awhile to scroll through names.

a former chip




*I only looked at the past 7 pages so I hope this hasn't been done

Any hints? I've looked a lot and cannot find anybody that seems to fit.

But to at least make a guess...

Sharku

Not Sharku.
Hint: it's all in the name (not elvish, I can't pronounce those)

excheeto?

Former is ex and I discover that cheeto is a type of crisp ("chip") ..

Exactly, Mithalwen!
Ya know, I never thought about different countries using different names for things and not having cheetos. Well done.

LOL it is okay - I'm multi-lingual ... though a proper Fish & Chip shop chip double fried and eaten for preferance by the sea in the open air, is a glorious thing to which "fries" didn't really compare.... :cool:

The one which freaks me out is you guys calling scone-y type things biscuits. When they were served smothered with butter and honey in the Green Dragon I kept imagining all those poor little hobbits having eating disorders....

And a clue
 

Probably not the correct response but a guess nonetheless.

Regin Hardhammer

Hammer is an implement other than that I don't know how it relates.

Erm... The Guy who be Short? :p

i'm thinking Squatter of Amon Rudh for somereason...he always comes first to mind

I'm scared of inventing a riddle myself, but with those the chance is small.

Somehow littlemanpoet or Meneltarmacil come into my head.

Short means that you are not looking for the whole name.. If you struggle I will attempt to encrypt the other element of the name. Teh old implement you need looks a bit like a short solid machete

The Saucepanman perhaps?

very very tricky hints, Mith, I've been having to research! (You know you're addicted to the barrowdowns when... :p )

Could it possibly be a tarpon and the downer be tar-ancalime?

...Of course I'm having to disregard the rest of the question for that to be true :rolleyes:

Gil- Saucepans are a bit too distant from machete ..


And Val... oh dear .. that is too obscure for me.... no.... will think up a hint..

A shot in the dark
 

TheBladeThatWasBroken ?

I have looked it up and it seems not to be an American thing at all - I guess becasue its primary use is for hedging (and you don't have hedgerow so much there do you?) - though it is used for coppicing, thatching and hurdle making.


hmm I need to think of a clue

The answer was Hookbill - reversal of billhook.

Anyone who has an idea can take the thread. :cool:

I learned new words today-I had to look up all the words except thatching. :D

I suppose I shall throw out a new clue...

a French hobbit

Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for. ;)

Hobytlass, all I can think of is LePetitChoux and I'd be seriously amazed if that's it!

The only thing I'm 'angling for' are more ridiculous stories to put in the newspaper. :p

I'd add a guess, but LePetitChoux seems like the most obvious answer.

Well to a British mind it could be the reverse ..a way of getting the bill(check? ) from the waiter first ... we call our paper money notes..... two countries divided by a common tongue ....

Nope, not LePetitChoux.

Yes, both terms 'bill' and 'check' I've heard used here, ( but I suppose I'm just stingy and would rather get money than give it), still one should never give notes to a waiter here unless one was fishing for something. A more generous slice of cake perhaps? ;)

But I nearly fell out of my chair yesterday when I went looking for the precise definition of 'biosphere' in the Webster's dictionary, there was 'billhook' right on the opposite page! I can't even say, "if only I had seen it a few days before"! I'm sure I would have passed by it, since they don't sell them at our hardware store. :D

Hookbill, I'd heap you with laurels if I could, both for your witty paper and for the time you spend on it, but writing an article might take a bit longer for me.

a clue then,

it's a french way of spelling the name

Merlilot?

no, nice try though

Lindolirian

Though I don't believe it matches your clue I can see how it may work.

sorry, it doesn't work.

Billbeaux?

I think Hilde's got it as beaux is the masculine, plural form of the french word meaning beautiful. Also, it's pronunciations sounds like 'bow.' So, it would sound like someone saying Bilbo.

Dratted Hilde, got to it before me...(I guess it would be smart though to wait for Holbytlass's confirmation...but I have a strong feeling this is it). Nice job...even if it's not.

Billbeaux is the french hobbit! You're right, Hilde.

Oh good! :)

Clue: This little known brother of Boromir and Faramir's, carries out Dad's program with an artificial intelligence.

Boromir88?
I think it was he who had a photo on the Barrow Downs Photo Page where it looked like he had a robotic eye.

???

i keep thinking MatthewM for his picture of Boromir Staring during the council