Which Downer Am I! - Page 19 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Diamond18 · 06-02-2006, 05:26 PM

I still don't get it even knowing the answer.

Valier · 06-02-2006, 06:01 PM

You have to know Orson Scott Card's book The speaker for the dead, I think Orual's title is speaker for the dead.

mormegil · 06-02-2006, 06:05 PM

Yes the hint was Card's Ender which is of course related to the series Ender's Game. A later book was Speaker for the Dead and his PT is Speaker of the Dead. Sorry for having such an awful clue.

Kath · 06-02-2006, 06:07 PM

It wasn't an awful clue morm, we're just not well-read enough to know the answer

Valier · 06-02-2006, 06:13 PM

I thought it was a good clue!

I never even thought to look at peoples titles, from now on I will! Good job Morm for the question and good job to Jenny for getting it! Nice to see another person who has read the books (besides me and Jenny)

Roa_Aoife · 06-02-2006, 07:33 PM

*hits self in head* I adore that series, and I didn't get it.... I must be losing my mind. So Jenny's clue is up next?

JennyHallu · 06-02-2006, 09:16 PM

Yes, as soon as I come up with a clue. I was so pleased with myself for coming up with an answer I ignored the little man in my head saying "But you'll have to have a clue! You don't have a clue!" I just shushed it with the tried and true "Why start now?"

JennyHallu · 06-02-2006, 09:18 PM

Here...this is simple but should hold you:

Luke's other sister

Glirdan · 06-02-2006, 09:35 PM

Ahh! To simple, that would be Lhuna.

Diamond18 · 06-02-2006, 10:55 PM

Eowyn Skywalker

Glirdan · 06-03-2006, 06:31 AM

Ok, now that I think of it, that was to simple. But I thought it would have been a little more cryptic...hmm...Jenny?

JennyHallu · 06-03-2006, 08:11 AM

Diamond has it. It was pathetically simple, I know...but I really didn't have a clue.

Diamond18 · 06-03-2006, 05:39 PM

I really appreciated the simple clue after Morm's brain soupifer.

(Which was really clever, and I SO would have gotten if I'd read any Orson Scott Card. Or worked in a library and saw his books daily. Oh, er... nevermind then.)

Anyway,

Noggin's Meteor Dialler

Kath · 06-03-2006, 05:51 PM

Ok there is some seriously mad reasoning behind this so I'm just going to post the guess not how I got there!

Fea?

Diamond18 · 06-03-2006, 06:07 PM

Sorry, nope!

mormegil · 06-03-2006, 09:59 PM

Silly question, does it have anything to do with Noggin Television Station?

Diamond18 · 06-04-2006, 12:59 PM

No. Especially since I have no idea what that is.

mormegil · 06-04-2006, 02:18 PM

Nogrod?

Quote:

No. Especially since I have no idea what that is.

No kids, I see

Diamond18 · 06-04-2006, 02:49 PM

No on both counts.

Diamond18 · 06-05-2006, 11:14 AM

Here's a little hintsy wintsy:

Think anagrammacally.

Kath · 06-05-2006, 11:41 AM

Ah! It's Durelin.

"Estelo dagnir, Melo ring" becomes Noggin's meteor dialler

Diamond18 · 06-05-2006, 11:49 AM

Correct!

Take it away, Quath.

Kath · 06-05-2006, 11:50 AM

It'll have to be easy. There's a reason I don't often reply to these!

As cold as death.

littlemanpoet · 06-05-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kath

As cold as death.

Lush?

Kath · 06-05-2006, 01:37 PM

Fraid not.

symestreem · 06-05-2006, 02:59 PM

arcticstorm?

Kath · 06-05-2006, 03:40 PM

symestreem! I've heard many good things about you

However, you're not right.

Durelin · 06-05-2006, 03:48 PM

Hookbill the Goomba perhaps?

"Alive without breath" is another part of Gollum's riddle about fish as I recall.

Kath · 06-05-2006, 03:53 PM

That's the one Durelin

Durelin · 06-05-2006, 05:20 PM

Okey doke, here's a hint:

The sound of baking chocolate.

symestreem · 06-05-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kath

symestreem! I've heard many good things about you

However, you're not right.

Knowing who you probably heard it from, I'm not particularly cheered...

Is it Encaitare?

Durelin · 06-05-2006, 06:28 PM

Quite!

symestreem · 06-05-2006, 06:59 PM

Frankenstein pen.

Glirdan · 06-05-2006, 07:06 PM

B-W comes to mind...yet I think it's probably more cryptic isn't it?

symestreem · 06-05-2006, 09:23 PM

No, and no.

Alcarillo · 06-05-2006, 09:41 PM

Crystal Heart comes to mind, being an RPer and having "risen from the dead".

symestreem · 06-05-2006, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcarillo

Crystal Heart comes to mind, being an RPer and having "risen from the dead".

You're on the right track with the last part of your statement, but it's not Crystal Heart.

Actually, come to think of it, you're on the right track with the second part of your statement, too.

Lhunardawen · 06-06-2006, 02:07 AM

What in Arda are you doing here, symestreem?

(And yes, I'm not used to calling you that - not anymore.)

Anyways, Diamond18? A way wild guess here. Well, she's an RPer, and she has just lately roamed around the rest of the forum again.

symestreem · 06-06-2006, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

What in Arda are you doing here, symestreem?

(And yes, I'm not used to calling you that - not anymore.)

Anyways, Diamond18? A way wild guess here. Well, she's an RPer, and she has just lately roamed around the rest of the forum again.

Bothering your brother.

Nope, not Diamond18. Here's a hint: the clue refers to a personal title.

Kath · 06-06-2006, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Knowing who you probably heard it from, I'm not particularly cheered...

All good I promise

Envinyatar?

06-02-2006, 05:26 PM	#721
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	I still don't get it even knowing the answer. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-02-2006, 06:01 PM	#722
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,737	You have to know Orson Scott Card's book The speaker for the dead, I think Orual's title is speaker for the dead. __________________ grand return?........

06-02-2006, 06:05 PM	#723
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,679	Yes the hint was Card's Ender which is of course related to the series Ender's Game. A later book was Speaker for the Dead and his PT is Speaker of the Dead. Sorry for having such an awful clue. __________________ When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P. J. O'Rourke

06-02-2006, 06:07 PM	#724
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	It wasn't an awful clue morm, we're just not well-read enough to know the answer __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-02-2006, 06:13 PM	#725
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,737	I thought it was a good clue! I never even thought to look at peoples titles, from now on I will! Good job Morm for the question and good job to Jenny for getting it! Nice to see another person who has read the books (besides me and Jenny) __________________ grand return?........

06-02-2006, 07:33 PM	#726
Roa_Aoife Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Someday, I'll rule all of it. Posts: 1,731	hits self in head I adore that series, and I didn't get it.... I must be losing my mind. So Jenny's clue is up next? __________________ We can't all be Roas* when it comes to analysing...* -Lommy I didn't say you're evil, Roa, I said you're exasperating. -Nerwen

06-02-2006, 09:16 PM	#727
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,686	Yes, as soon as I come up with a clue. I was so pleased with myself for coming up with an answer I ignored the little man in my head saying "But you'll have to have a clue! You don't have a clue!" I just shushed it with the tried and true "Why start now?" __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

06-02-2006, 09:18 PM	#728
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,686	Here...this is simple but should hold you: Luke's other sister __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

06-02-2006, 09:35 PM	#729
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,449	Ahh! To simple, that would be Lhuna. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

06-02-2006, 10:55 PM	#730
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	Eowyn Skywalker __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-03-2006, 06:31 AM	#731
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,449	Ok, now that I think of it, that was to simple. But I thought it would have been a little more cryptic...hmm...Jenny? __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

06-03-2006, 08:11 AM	#732
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,686	Diamond has it. It was pathetically simple, I know...but I really didn't have a clue. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

06-03-2006, 05:39 PM	#733
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	I really appreciated the simple clue after Morm's brain soupifer. (Which was really clever, and I SO would have gotten if I'd read any Orson Scott Card. Or worked in a library and saw his books daily. Oh, er... nevermind then.) Anyway, Noggin's Meteor Dialler __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-03-2006, 05:51 PM	#734
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Ok there is some seriously mad reasoning behind this so I'm just going to post the guess not how I got there! Fea? __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-03-2006, 06:07 PM	#735
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	Sorry, nope! __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-03-2006, 09:59 PM	#736
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,679	Silly question, does it have anything to do with Noggin Television Station? __________________ When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P. J. O'Rourke

06-04-2006, 12:59 PM	#737
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	No. Especially since I have no idea what that is. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-04-2006, 02:49 PM	#739
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	No on both counts. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-05-2006, 11:14 AM	#740
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	Here's a little hintsy wintsy: Think anagrammacally. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-05-2006, 11:41 AM	#741
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Ah! It's Durelin. "Estelo dagnir, Melo ring" becomes Noggin's meteor dialler __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-05-2006, 11:49 AM	#742
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,561	Correct! Take it away, Quath. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-05-2006, 11:50 AM	#743
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	It'll have to be easy. There's a reason I don't often reply to these! As cold as death. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-05-2006, 01:37 PM	#745
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Fraid not. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-05-2006, 02:59 PM	#746
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	arcticstorm?

06-05-2006, 03:40 PM	#747
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	symestreem! I've heard many good things about you However, you're not right. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-05-2006, 03:48 PM	#748
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,121	Hookbill the Goomba perhaps? "Alive without breath" is another part of Gollum's riddle about fish as I recall.

06-05-2006, 03:53 PM	#749
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	That's the one Durelin __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

06-05-2006, 05:20 PM	#750
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,121	Okey doke, here's a hint: The sound of baking chocolate.

06-05-2006, 06:28 PM	#752
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,121	Quite!

06-05-2006, 06:59 PM	#753
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	Frankenstein pen.

06-05-2006, 07:06 PM	#754
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,449	B-W comes to mind...yet I think it's probably more cryptic isn't it? __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

06-05-2006, 09:23 PM	#755
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 729	No, and no.

06-05-2006, 09:41 PM	#756
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,032	Crystal Heart comes to mind, being an RPer and having "risen from the dead".

06-06-2006, 02:07 AM	#758
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,724	What in Arda are you doing here, symestreem? (And yes, I'm not used to calling you that - not anymore.) Anyways, Diamond18? A way wild guess here. Well, she's an RPer, and she has just lately roamed around the rest of the forum again.