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Forum: Quotable Quotes
12-01-2009, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 16,719
Views: 1,982,687
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Someone talking to another about a third party...
Someone talking to another about a third party not present: "_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ , / _ _ / _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ." |
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Forum: Quiz Room
12-01-2009, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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Wow, that's tough... I can't think of anything...
Wow, that's tough... I can't think of anything Biblo and Morwen had in common, save that they both lived in Arda. One was a male, hobbit bachelor with no children who lived in Middle Earth, adopted a... |
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Forum: The Books
12-01-2009, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,507
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I know the rings gifted to the Elves had the...
I know the rings gifted to the Elves had the glamour of keeping people from noticing the rings unless they were specifically looking for them on the hands of their owners, but with all his knowledge... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
12-01-2009, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 12,679
Views: 1,973,919
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The rules seem to have changed since the...
The rules seem to have changed since the beginning of this thread, where it was said that the first letter of each answer forms the password. But here (the previous riddle) the first word of each... |
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Forum: Quotable Quotes
12-01-2009, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 16,719
Views: 1,982,687
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"Fly, if you value your foul skin! I will shrivel...
"Fly, if you value your foul skin! I will shrivel you from tail to snout, if you move within this ring!" "sno_t " did it for me. :) |
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Forum: Quiz Room
12-01-2009, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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Well, I certainly can't figure it out. You say...
Well, I certainly can't figure it out. You say it's unique, but if it's something that a relative of Nienor's had in common with a relative of Frodo's, then you'd be able to say the same thing about... |
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Forum: The Books
12-01-2009, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,507
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I suppose Saruman knew about Gandalf's possession...
I suppose Saruman knew about Gandalf's possession Narya, didn't he? I imagine the entire Council of the Wise must've known it, and anyway Saruman was the wisest in the lore of the great rings. I... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-30-2009, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 768,921
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I'd say the maze of New York State divorce law,...
I'd say the maze of New York State divorce law, but that's much worse than getting stuck in Mordor. |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-30-2009, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-30-2009, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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Which particular relatives of theirs? They each...
Which particular relatives of theirs? They each have way too many relatives. I give up. |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-30-2009, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 768,921
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The mischaracterization and sanctification of...
The mischaracterization and sanctification of legal entitlements: designating as "rights" things that require the enslavement of others to pay for. :p |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-30-2009, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,280,042
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Aha, a direct quote from the text! I would never...
Aha, a direct quote from the text! I would never have gotten that. Good work, Lalaith! |
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Forum: The Movies
11-30-2009, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 152
Views: 67,127
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Yes, the earlier view of faeries did portray "the...
Yes, the earlier view of faeries did portray "the other" according to the worst instincts of xenophobic racial hatred that came largely from the infusions of Germanic myth into English culture that... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-29-2009, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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Relatives of people (Bilbo, Hurin) whom Sauron...
Relatives of people (Bilbo, Hurin) whom Sauron was looking for or were enemies of Sauron? |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-28-2009, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 1,211
Views: 331,895
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The first thing that came to mind is that they...
The first thing that came to mind is that they were both carried away by water, so that they have no known final resting place in Middle Earth. But since then you've given us further hints: focus... |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-28-2009, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,280,042
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Well, I'm stumped; there's no more to go on. How...
Well, I'm stumped; there's no more to go on. How about a wee hint: Is it a person, place, thing, action/activity, or a saying? Or something else? |
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Forum: The Books
11-28-2009, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,507
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Thanks for the cross-cultural education. In the...
Thanks for the cross-cultural education. In the same vein, I see the Balrog as akin to Godzilla. :p |
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Forum: Quiz Room
11-27-2009, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,280,042
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Just thinking aloud...
Can be felt but...
Just thinking aloud... Can be felt but not touched: some kind of feeling like fear, hunger, cold, warmth, etc. Is fed but has no taste: ambition, curiosity, desire, fire? Your opposites:... |
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Forum: The Books
11-27-2009, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,507
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I never understood how Melian, a Maia, was able...I never understood how Melian, a Maia, was able to "take the form" of one of the children of Ilúvatar, to be able to procreate a child of Ilúvatar from her womb. I don't see how she was able to do... |
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Forum: The Books
11-26-2009, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 18,507
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Where are y'all getting all this info about the...
Where are y'all getting all this info about the nature of the Istari and Melian? Outside of the "canon" (LotR & Silmarillion)? |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-26-2009, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,418,036
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Well... thanks, but I'd never claim that Mugwump...
Well... thanks, but I'd never claim that Mugwump was more Tolkienian than Skip. ;) |
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Forum: The Movies
11-25-2009, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 30,181
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I think blindfolding the eagles was done to...
I think blindfolding the eagles was done to counter the argument that they couldn't have used eagles because the eagles would have refused to go near the volcano if they saw it. Not a problem,... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
11-25-2009, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 129
Views: 56,356
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Bingo--I think you've got it! Using further in...
Bingo--I think you've got it! Using further in that sense must've been merely standard idiomatic British English of Tolkien's day, just as of free will meant of [his/her/my/our/your/their] own free... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-25-2009, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,418,036
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Yes, but the word's derivation is much earlier...Yes, but the word's derivation is much earlier than that. Mugwump was an Americanism, an early 19th century revival of the Massachusett Indian word mugquomp, a syncopated form of muggumquomp, meaning... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
11-25-2009, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 129
Views: 56,356
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One of the first things I noticed about the...
One of the first things I noticed about the Prologue is it contains frequent references to and information about events that occur after the events of the rest of the novel. Apparently Tolkien is... |
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