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Diamond18 · 04-24-2006, 11:02 PM

Despite impassioned pleas for the "misunderstood", the fourteenth day marked the departure of not one but two oafish fellows:

Troll: 3 votes

The Giant from the Wild Hills: 3 votes

Smith of Wooton Major: 1 vote

His wife, Nell: 1 vote

Herbert Dorkins: 1 vote

And so, as Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, munching and mumbling on a bare old bone, the Giant squished him to an indiscernible patty whilst walking by. The Giant then slipped because of the gooey slick of Troll-flesh on his foot, and tumbled off a cliff into the ocean.

Day the Fifteenth finds 32 contestants remaining:

Farmer Giles of Ham

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
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

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Princess Mee
Fíriel

Roverandom

Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Mew, the Seagull
Moon-dog
Mer-dog
Uin, the Whale

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Herbert Dorkins
Egbert Dorkins

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-25-2006, 02:06 AM

Well, since you want to get rid of some of the arrogant characters, let's go for

++Princess Mee

Honestly, do we need someone who's always looking at her own reflection, Narcissus-style, and talking to herself because she thinks that's the only person worth talking to? Besides, she's obsessed with what she's wearing - and isn't it unpractical for survival training?! Let's put her on the fan fiction forum, where she belongs, and let the Mary Sue hunters get her.

Tuor of Gondolin · 04-25-2006, 06:00 AM

+ + Princess Mee

With her it's always me, me, me!

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-25-2006, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esty

Well, since you want to get rid of some of the arrogant characters ...

You expect me to follow your lead, killer of Mewlips, Girabbits and Giants? Well, think again.

For me, it's going to be ...

+ + SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

... every day until the good-for-nothing idler goes and the poor, misunderstood misfits are avenged!

Anguirel · 04-25-2006, 06:55 AM

Well, I'm disappointed in the sentimentality of you all in shielding the evil Nell.

But I shall side for the present with Saucie.

++SMITH OF WOOTON MAJOR

Bêthberry · 04-25-2006, 07:54 AM

Well now, all of this siding sounds rather like the Battle of the Big Endians and the Little Endians in Gulliver. Who is the least empowered and so therefore not deserving of rejection?

I suggest we look elsewhere, at those who are the most empowered, and there of course we will find those most undeservingly empowered and thus most in need of a healthy dose of rejection. Save the miscreants and the misfits and the misty-eyed!

Anyone up for a little regicide?

++ KING AUGUSTUS BONIFACIOUS

Formendacil · 04-25-2006, 09:15 AM

Such a dilemma...

I clearly can't vote Princess Mee, because that's the main bandwaggon thus far, and I don't like to bandwaggon unless it's my idea.

On the other hand, I do like to actually vote for a candidate who's going to win. ("Strategic voting"). So what to do? I rather like Smith, and I don't ALWAYS want to side with Saucey....

++ KING AUGUSTUS BONIFACIOUS

If I need a reason... erm... yeah... he's a git. Really.

Celuien · 04-25-2006, 07:55 AM

++PRINCESS MEE
Let me put it this way. Princess Mee doesn't mean that her name is Mee. This is a typo. Her name is Princess Me, as in it's all about me. Arrogant and self-absorbed.

Away with her!

04-24-2006, 11:02 PM	#1
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Fourteenth Despite impassioned pleas for the "misunderstood", the fourteenth day marked the departure of not one but two oafish fellows: Troll: 3 votes The Giant from the Wild Hills: 3 votes Smith of Wooton Major: 1 vote His wife, Nell: 1 vote Herbert Dorkins: 1 vote And so, as Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, munching and mumbling on a bare old bone, the Giant squished him to an indiscernible patty whilst walking by. The Giant then slipped because of the gooey slick of Troll-flesh on his foot, and tumbled off a cliff into the ocean. Day the Fifteenth finds 32 contestants remaining: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog 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 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Princess Mee Fíriel Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Mew, the Seagull Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Herbert Dorkins Egbert Dorkins __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

04-25-2006, 02:06 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Well, since you want to get rid of some of the arrogant characters, let's go for ++Princess Mee Honestly, do we need someone who's always looking at her own reflection, Narcissus-style, and talking to herself because she thinks that's the only person worth talking to? Besides, she's obsessed with what she's wearing - and isn't it unpractical for survival training?! Let's put her on the fan fiction forum, where she belongs, and let the Mary Sue hunters get her. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-25-2006, 06:00 AM	#3
Tuor of Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, WtR, passed Sarn Gebir: Above the rapids (1239 miles) BtR, passed Black Rider Stopping Place (31 miles) Posts: 1,548	+ + Princess Mee With her it's always me, me, me! __________________ Aure Entuluva!

04-25-2006, 06:55 AM	#5
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Well, I'm disappointed in the sentimentality of you all in shielding the evil Nell. But I shall side for the present with Saucie. ++SMITH OF WOOTON MAJOR __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

04-25-2006, 07:54 AM	#6
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Well now, all of this siding sounds rather like the Battle of the Big Endians and the Little Endians in Gulliver. Who is the least empowered and so therefore not deserving of rejection? I suggest we look elsewhere, at those who are the most empowered, and there of course we will find those most undeservingly empowered and thus most in need of a healthy dose of rejection. Save the miscreants and the misfits and the misty-eyed! Anyone up for a little regicide? ++ KING AUGUSTUS BONIFACIOUS __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-25-2006, 09:15 AM	#7
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Such a dilemma... I clearly can't vote Princess Mee, because that's the main bandwaggon thus far, and I don't like to bandwaggon unless it's my idea. On the other hand, I do like to actually vote for a candidate who's going to win. ("Strategic voting"). So what to do? I rather like Smith, and I don't ALWAYS want to side with Saucey.... ++ KING AUGUSTUS BONIFACIOUS If I need a reason... erm... yeah... he's a git. Really. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

04-25-2006, 07:55 AM	#8
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	++PRINCESS MEE Let me put it this way. Princess Mee doesn't mean that her name is Mee. This is a typo. Her name is Princess Me, as in it's all about me. Arrogant and self-absorbed. Away with her! __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.