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

The Only Real Estel · 05-11-2006, 08:03 AM

++ Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)

If I have to copy and paste this ridiculous name one more time...

Bêthberry · 05-11-2006, 01:07 PM

What a choice! Either a bear who highjacked a car or a pedestrian who cruelly forced it to undergo a sudden detour. One recalls Tolkien's own description of his driving methods. Do all the minor works have biographical references I wonder?

+ + Mr. Day

tom bombariffic · 05-11-2006, 01:32 PM

Not a fan of bandwaggons as such but...If I'd have been doing this from the start, Mr. Day would have been the first to go. Mainly because it conjures images of David Day.

[edit: just to make it official...++ Mr. Day ]

bombariffic

Formendacil · 05-11-2006, 02:19 PM

++ Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)

Nomus ad nauseum...

Alcarillo · 05-11-2006, 05:14 PM

++Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)

Requiescat in pace mox.

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-11-2006, 06:12 PM

Grrr!

I will not countenance Giles leaving before Smith.

- - SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

+ + MR DAY

Good day, Mister Day.

PS: My offer to those who would be rid of Giles still stands. If you join me in my quest to rid the island of the worthless dreamer Smith, I will, once Smith has gone, join you in your crusade against Giles.

Diamond18 · 05-11-2006, 11:01 PM

Mr. Day: 6 votes

Farmer Giles: 4 votes

Nell: 1 vote

And so, Mr. Day was set on the road and run over by a car, repeatedly, till all his bones were broke.

Day the Thirty-First finds 13 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
Teddy
Bruno

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-12-2006, 12:23 AM

I did a quick nose count statistic of the remaining characters. There are:

4 males
4 females
5 animals (1 dog, 1 dragon, 1 badger, 2 teddy bears)

I say that's one teddy bear too many, and as a teddy bear named Teddy could be considered archetypal, I vote to send off

++Bruno

Again, how many of you have actually read the Mr. Bliss story? And even if you have, do you remember which bear did what? Do you really want a supremely negligable and unimportant character like that to survive to the very end of the game?! Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.

Anguirel · 05-12-2006, 12:45 AM

Thankyou for the statistics Esty. Most interesting.

Fascinating that there are now as many women as men. How nice and equal and lovey dovey.

Has the feminist junta taken over your minds?

You've sent all the menfolk packing and not a single woman's been brought to book!

They're distracting you with petty Brunoesque bait while planning to take over the world and use the few men they spare for fertilisers in a twisted neo-Amazonian hegemony!

Stop the suffragettes before it's too late! Unite or die! Today is a test-do you have the willpower to get rid of an entirely unexeptional woman, or are you all in chains to feminine burblings?

(Naturally women may vote against this. But of course their votes don't count anyway...)

++NELL

05-11-2006, 01:07 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	What a choice! Either a bear who highjacked a car or a pedestrian who cruelly forced it to undergo a sudden detour. One recalls Tolkien's own description of his driving methods. Do all the minor works have biographical references I wonder? + + Mr. Day __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-11-2006, 01:32 PM	#3
tom bombariffic Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In the house of Tom Bombariffic Posts: 196	Not a fan of bandwaggons as such but...If I'd have been doing this from the start, Mr. Day would have been the first to go. Mainly because it conjures images of David Day. [edit: just to make it official...++ Mr. Day ] bombariffic __________________ The 'hum' generated by an electric car is not in fact the noise of the engine, but that of the driver's self-righteousness oscillating at a high frequency.

05-11-2006, 02:19 PM	#4
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	++ Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Nomus ad nauseum... __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

05-11-2006, 06:12 PM	#6
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Grrr! I will not countenance Giles leaving before Smith. - - SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR + + MR DAY Good day, Mister Day. PS: My offer to those who would be rid of Giles still stands. If you join me in my quest to rid the island of the worthless dreamer Smith, I will, once Smith has gone, join you in your crusade against Giles. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-11-2006, 11:01 PM	#7
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Thirtieth Mr. Day: 6 votes Farmer Giles: 4 votes Nell: 1 vote And so, Mr. Day was set on the road and run over by a car, repeatedly, till all his bones were broke. Day the Thirty-First finds 13 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 Teddy Bruno __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-11-2006, 08:03 AM	#1
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	++ Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) If I have to copy and paste this ridiculous name one more time...

05-11-2006, 05:14 PM	#5
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	++Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Requiescat in pace mox.

05-12-2006, 12:23 AM	#8
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I did a quick nose count statistic of the remaining characters. There are: 4 males 4 females 5 animals (1 dog, 1 dragon, 1 badger, 2 teddy bears) I say that's one teddy bear too many, and as a teddy bear named Teddy could be considered archetypal, I vote to send off ++Bruno Again, how many of you have actually read the Mr. Bliss story? And even if you have, do you remember which bear did what? Do you really want a supremely negligable and unimportant character like that to survive to the very end of the game?! Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case. __________________ '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...'

05-12-2006, 12:45 AM	#9
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Thankyou for the statistics Esty. Most interesting. Fascinating that there are now as many women as men. How nice and equal and lovey dovey. Has the feminist junta taken over your minds? You've sent all the menfolk packing and not a single woman's been brought to book! They're distracting you with petty Brunoesque bait while planning to take over the world and use the few men they spare for fertilisers in a twisted neo-Amazonian hegemony! Stop the suffragettes before it's too late! Unite or die! Today is a test-do you have the willpower to get rid of an entirely unexeptional woman, or are you all in chains to feminine burblings? (Naturally women may vote against this. But of course their votes don't count anyway...) ++NELL __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso