One Thing in Common - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Might · 11-30-2008, 11:08 AM

Wow, that's a hard one since I can't imagine where to start looking.
Apparently they had little to do with each other, but surely there is something if you say so.

The problem is a lot is said in the books about them and if they are the only ones to have it in common then it must be some minor detail hard to find.

Ummm... maybe the fact they both heard that Hasufel and Arod had met Shadowfax that night near Fangorn Forest?

I know it's a strange answer, but nothing else comes to mind right now.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-30-2008, 11:30 AM

No, that is not what I am looking for.

I understand that it is a hard one, and I am actually trying to think of how to give a hint which way to look without giving away too much.

Hmm... I think I may as well leave it for a while, that with chance, you may think of it on your own. And if after let's say a day or two people still seem at loss, I may give a bit of a direction.

Thinlómien · 12-01-2008, 03:35 PM

Okay I'm still thinking about Legolas and Saruman, but I have a question about the previous riddle. Just, out of mere curiousity, where does it say that strawberries are from the Anduin Vales?

I thought about an explanation like that too but rejected it because I didn't remember anything like that about strawberries...

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-01-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Just, out of mere curiousity, where does it say that strawberries are from the Anduin Vales?

I thought about an explanation like that too but rejected it because I didn't remember anything like that about strawberries...

I actually wondered about it yesterday too, but then I concluded that Miggy probably meant just the fact that they were growing in the Anduin Vales: Bilbo ate some after he got out of the Goblin tunnels and was hungry.

The Might · 12-01-2008, 03:48 PM

Indeed, it only meant they existed there, not that they were from the Anduin Vales as nor were the Eotheod nor the Hobbits for that matter.

Beregond · 12-06-2008, 10:35 AM

Can we have a hint, please? This question kept me up last night and I still couldn't find a relationship between Legolas and Saruman. I think it might be something they said?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-06-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Beregond

Can we have a hint, please? This question kept me up last night and I still couldn't find a relationship between Legolas and Saruman. I think it might be something they said?

Oh, Yes, indeed, since you ask, it was expressed by something they said. It was a kind of... common view of things

Like for example if they had met somewhere (if they happened to sit together in an inn, or in a train or something

) and started to talk, they could discover that they have this thing in common.

11-30-2008, 11:08 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Wow, that's a hard one since I can't imagine where to start looking. Apparently they had little to do with each other, but surely there is something if you say so. The problem is a lot is said in the books about them and if they are the only ones to have it in common then it must be some minor detail hard to find. Ummm... maybe the fact they both heard that Hasufel and Arod had met Shadowfax that night near Fangorn Forest? I know it's a strange answer, but nothing else comes to mind right now. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

11-30-2008, 11:30 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	No, that is not what I am looking for. I understand that it is a hard one, and I am actually trying to think of how to give a hint which way to look without giving away too much. Hmm... I think I may as well leave it for a while, that with chance, you may think of it on your own. And if after let's say a day or two people still seem at loss, I may give a bit of a direction. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

12-01-2008, 03:35 PM	#3
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Okay I'm still thinking about Legolas and Saruman, but I have a question about the previous riddle. Just, out of mere curiousity, where does it say that strawberries are from the Anduin Vales? I thought about an explanation like that too but rejected it because I didn't remember anything like that about strawberries... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

12-01-2008, 03:48 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Indeed, it only meant they existed there, not that they were from the Anduin Vales as nor were the Eotheod nor the Hobbits for that matter. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-06-2008, 10:35 AM	#6
Beregond Playful Ghoul Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,251	Can we have a hint, please? This question kept me up last night and I still couldn't find a relationship between Legolas and Saruman. I think it might be something they said? __________________ "Hope and memory shall live still in some hidden valley where the grass is green."

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