Survivor: Surviving the Minor Works - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Celuien · 05-08-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Fool of a SaucePanakeia!

So you've noticed that she's been slipping out of Mordor lately?

But...but...Alf is Alf! The fuzzy brown alien thing with a talk show on TV Land. I can't stand that show, even before Alf got a talk show. Never could. What a disgraceful way for Alf the Prentice to behave a few centuries later.

Sorry, but I'll have to stand behind this vote.

Oh. And I declare Alf the candidate for all Whovians on this side of the pond. How can we allow the annoying Alf have a show when the Doctor is gone?

Bêthberry · 05-08-2006, 09:22 PM

Ah, dearie me, Possums! I see that Esty et al have not waited for tomorrow to turf out this cookish monster, as I suggested, but acted upon the suggestion this very day. Well, who am I to ignore my own bandwagon.

I shall update my vote.

-- Nell

++ Master Cook Rider

Diamond18 · 05-08-2006, 10:55 PM

There was a calculated attack on the SoWM characters day twenty-seven, but only one bit the bullet:

Master Cook Rider: 4 votes

Nell: 2 votes

Alf, King of Faerie: 2 votes

And so Rider bit the bullet. Literally. Someone baked a bullet into his cake and when he bit down, his head exploded, leaving bits of brain and bread all over the place.

Day the Twenty-Eighth finds 16 contestants remaining:

The Major Minor Works

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Parson
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie

The More Minor Minor Works

Goldberry
Badger
Fíriel
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mr. Day
Teddy
Bruno

Formendacil · 05-09-2006, 12:43 AM

Well, I've seen this guy's name up for eviction several times, but I have yet to see him actually voted off.

A favoured candidate, perhaps?

Well, we all know I won't stand for that. (Except in the case of Smith, but SPM's devotion to getting RID of him is a comparable situation.)

There is only one thing to do:

++ The Wizard Artaxerxes

For borrowing a Biblical name... May as well have called him "Paul" or "Joseph" or "Pilate"... Very lazy, Tolkien, very lazy indeed.

Anguirel · 05-09-2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

++ The Wizard Artaxerxes

For borrowing a Biblical name...

Smirk, smirk. Your Bible isn't the origin of everything it pinches. Our Great Kings were called Artaxerxes before the Scriptures were even conceived!

For the glory of Persia! Let's take down that silly Biblical plagiarist

++THE PARSON

in the name of the Prophet Zoroaster!

Let the priestling burn!

Formendacil · 05-09-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Anguirel

Smirk, smirk. Your Bible isn't the origin of everything it pinches. Our Great Kings were called Artaxerxes before the Scriptures were even conceived!

For the glory of Persia! Let's take down that silly Biblical plagiarist

++THE PARSON

in the name of the Prophet Zoroaster!

Let the priestling burn!

The insinuation that I didn't know that is almost too much to bear... I think I shall go drown myself in a bowl of green jello.

Of course Artaxerxes is a name of Persian origin, used by various kings of that land- that's how it ended up in the Bible, after all. Just like Ar-Pharazôn was the name of a Númenorean king, and so ended up in the Akallabêth...

You should be on my side! Who is this profane wizard to be using a noble name of Ancient Persia?

(Not that I have any particular liking for the Parson.. I'd be more than happy to vote off the Parsley.. er, Parson- but tomorrow.)

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-09-2006, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lmp

Alf was not whimsical!

...

He was the mover and shaker in the whole story!

Eh? The story is whimsical. So, as the "mover and shaker", he must take responsibility.

Besides, he deserves to be evicted for being a "mover and shaker" in such a dreadfully dull story.

+ + Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie

05-08-2006, 09:22 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Ah, dearie me, Possums! I see that Esty et al have not waited for tomorrow to turf out this cookish monster, as I suggested, but acted upon the suggestion this very day. Well, who am I to ignore my own bandwagon. I shall update my vote. -- Nell ++ Master Cook Rider __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-08-2006, 10:55 PM	#3
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Twenty-Seventh There was a calculated attack on the SoWM characters day twenty-seven, but only one bit the bullet: Master Cook Rider: 4 votes Nell: 2 votes Alf, King of Faerie: 2 votes And so Rider bit the bullet. Literally. Someone baked a bullet into his cake and when he bit down, his head exploded, leaving bits of brain and bread all over the place. Day the Twenty-Eighth finds 16 contestants remaining: The Major Minor Works Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Parson Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie The More Minor Minor Works Goldberry Badger Fíriel The Wizard Artaxerxes Moon-dog Mr. Day Teddy Bruno __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-09-2006, 12:43 AM	#4
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Well, I've seen this guy's name up for eviction several times, but I have yet to see him actually voted off. A favoured candidate, perhaps? Well, we all know I won't stand for that. (Except in the case of Smith, but SPM's devotion to getting RID of him is a comparable situation.) There is only one thing to do: ++ The Wizard Artaxerxes For borrowing a Biblical name... May as well have called him "Paul" or "Joseph" or "Pilate"... Very lazy, Tolkien, very lazy indeed. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.