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Old 06-03-2005, 07:02 AM   #441
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Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.
Fortunately, they were the doctors.
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Old 06-03-2005, 03:08 PM   #442
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Unfortunately, they were destroyed by an army of giant evil cows.
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Old 06-03-2005, 04:10 PM   #443
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Fortunatel they were destroyed by an army of giant Termites seeking to make the world right
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Old 06-03-2005, 06:50 PM   #444
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Unfortunately, the hospital was made mostly of wood, so it collapsed due to the termites' eating it.
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Fortunately the Hobbits had recovered and had run from the hospital just in time.
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Old 06-04-2005, 04:43 PM   #446
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Unfortunately they ran right into the army of giant termites.
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Old 06-04-2005, 05:07 PM   #447
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Fortunately the army of giant Termites were good and decided to help the hobbits
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Old 06-04-2005, 05:13 PM   #448
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Unfortunately thew weren't very smart, and couldn't help all that much.
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Old 06-04-2005, 10:33 PM   #449
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Fortunately the Pimpernel got back to his own time. (He survived the battle of Agincourt because Henry V canceled the order to kill the prisoners before they got to the Pimpernel.)
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Old 06-04-2005, 10:36 PM   #450
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Unfortuantely that had nothing to help with the story so the hobbits were still with the Giant Termites
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Fortunately, the Grand Termites were allergic to mushrooms, and the hobbits smell strongly of mushrooms.
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Unfortunately, everybody was trampled by a stampeding herd of angry musk oxen.
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Fortunately the Musk Oxen were hungry, so they stopped.
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Old 06-05-2005, 06:58 PM   #454
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Unfortunatley they ate poor sam and agreed to let Frodo go if he can anwser them these questions three, otherside they see
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Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Hookbill the Goomba is lost in the dark paths of Moria.
Fortunately, they were very easy questions, "What is you're name?", "What is you're quest?" and "What is you're favourite colour?"
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Old 06-06-2005, 07:00 AM   #456
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Unfortunately Frodo anwsered "Kevin Dubrow", "Neverending quest to save my girlfriend" and "Alabaman Chicken"
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Fortunately the Musk Oxen believed him
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Unfortunately, the magic powers did not and threw them into the lake of doom!
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Fortunately the lake was dry.
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Unfortunately there were alligators who lived in the once un-dry lake.
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Fortunately, they were too dehydrated to notice the Hobbits.
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Unfortunately a badger eyed Master Fer and he was so scared he ran into a river and drowned.
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Fortunately that held no meaning to the dazed hobbits who were still in the dried up lake.
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Unfortunately, a sudden torrential downpour began to refill the lake.
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Fortunately, the hobbits had climbed out of the dry, uh, lakebed by now.
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Unfortuantely it was slippery so the hobbits fell and Kevin Dubrow broke his leg
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Fortunately, a mysterious stranger on a flying beast picked them up.
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Fortunately, he was now so old that he could not remember why he had been chasing them, and so let them go.
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Unfortunately, when he let them go they were still a good 100 feet up in the air.
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Unfortunately, worse things waited for them on the ground, like angry cousins and mud fights.
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Fortunately, they were all asleep and the Hobbits could sneak past with ease.
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Unfotunately the couldn't remember where they were going or why and had a 'what is the point!' crisis just on the outskirts of the group of angry cousins.
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Fortunately, Samwise suggested that they go and sit in the bar he saw on the horizon and think about things.
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Unfortunately they got drunk.(or atleast I think thats unfortunate )
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fortunately they were already drunk for the past events to happen
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Unfortunately they were kidnapped by an evil circus operater.
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Fortunately, the evil circus operater was drunk too, so that the hobbits could escape.
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Fortunately the angry cousins walked right past Aragorn and Legolas whose completely opposite and very strong sents completely threw off the angry cousin's noses and they got all confused about where the hobbits were.
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