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Diamond18 · 05-25-2006, 01:48 PM

No

Diamond18 · 05-27-2006, 01:04 PM

It's Snaga and Elanor.

Ask me how to snag an elven flower and I'll teach you how to shovel an orc.

Mith, you can go next.

Mithalwen · 05-28-2006, 10:46 AM

That was stupid of me ... I was thinking Elanor as an elven flower and despite having seen snanga didn't notice !!!

No good follows an imperfectly broken heart. Replace with a broken spanner?

Diamond18 · 05-30-2006, 11:48 PM

I'm quite stumped. A little hint, please? *looks sweet and helpless*

Mithalwen · 06-01-2006, 01:01 PM

Ooh I thought noone was trying... ok well if a flower can be a river in cross words ( ie something that flows) then a spanner might be ....? And it would have been kinder for me to write re. place with a broken spanner

Diamond18 · 06-01-2006, 02:16 PM

Ah, now I get the river=flower connection (was confused about that before!) but I don't have an answer yet. This is really quite tricky.... Must give it some thought.

Diamond18 · 06-01-2006, 02:19 PM

Well, on second thought, I'll throw out an off the cuff guess just to get it out of the way:

The Bridge of Khazad Dum? It's a bridge, ie something that spans, and as I recall, it was broken. Not sure how to reconcile it with the first part.

Anyway, I wanted to rule that out before thinking about it any further.

05-25-2006, 01:48 PM	#1
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	No __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-27-2006, 01:04 PM	#2
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	It's Snaga and Elanor. Ask me how to snag an elven flower and I'll teach you how to shovel an orc. Mith, you can go next. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-28-2006, 10:46 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	That was stupid of me ... I was thinking Elanor as an elven flower and despite having seen snanga didn't notice !!! No good follows an imperfectly broken heart. Replace with a broken spanner? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 05-28-2006 at 12:46 PM.

05-30-2006, 11:48 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I'm quite stumped. A little hint, please? looks sweet and helpless __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-01-2006, 01:01 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Ooh I thought noone was trying... ok well if a flower can be a river in cross words ( ie something that flows) then a spanner might be ....? And it would have been kinder for me to write re. place with a broken spanner __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-01-2006, 02:16 PM	#6
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Ah, now I get the river=flower connection (was confused about that before!) but I don't have an answer yet. This is really quite tricky.... Must give it some thought. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-01-2006, 02:19 PM	#7
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Well, on second thought, I'll throw out an off the cuff guess just to get it out of the way: The Bridge of Khazad Dum? It's a bridge, ie something that spans, and as I recall, it was broken. Not sure how to reconcile it with the first part. Anyway, I wanted to rule that out before thinking about it any further. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.