Quote Game-Part 8

[Sister Golden Hair]

Here we go with part 8. The same rules apply as before.

Basically, you take a quote and remove every second letter, and put a slash between words. Whoever identifies the last element, be it quote, speaker, or both posts the next one.

example: A_l/_h_t/_s/_o_d/_o_s/_o_/g_i_t_r

answer: All that is gold does not glitter, Gandalf's letter (or Bilbo Baggins)

Anything from the books: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales is fair game.

Suggestions for posting:
Some gamers find this method best, fastest, easiest and most accurate. When you've found your quote, type it all in without blanks, simply using the '/' instead of a space, as well as before and after each punctuation mark. Just after a punctuation mark can be a convenient place for a carriage return, if the spacing looks good. After typing, check for spelling and to see that all the words are correct. Then go through and replace every other letter with an underscore '_' - this goes quickly if you use the 'forward arrow' key to advance, use the 'delete' key and then add the underscore where the letter was.

Oh - and we try our best to solve the quotes without looking them up.

[Valandil]

Your turn, CC! :)

[Count Comfect]

Here's a 1000th post quote:

H_m_/!/i_/s_e_l_/l_k_/e_v_s/!/

[Valandil]

"Home! It smells like Elves!" ???

That fits, but I can't make sense of it... :confused:

Sam?

[Count Comfect]

Home is wrong, the rest is right, but it is not Sam.

[Midge]

uh... "hmmm"? Gimli?

"Hmph!" could work there too.. except for the spelling. I got stuck on Hmph for a while... then I had to get past it. :confused:

[Count Comfect]

Hmmm is correct. Speaker is not Gimli, however.

[Valandil]

Gollum?

[Count Comfect]

It is not Gollum, no.

[Valandil]

Not placing this one at all...

Frodo?

[Count Comfect]

Not Frodo, no.

[Valandil]

Shagrat?

[Count Comfect]

Not Shagrat, no.

[Valandil]

*wonders if he's in the right species now... and how many more of them he can come up with who might have smelled something elvish*

Gorbag?

[Count Comfect]

Not Gorbag. You've been getting progressively further away with pretty much every guess.

[Valandil]

* re-checks first guess *

Merry?

[Count Comfect]

No, but the right species again.

[Valandil]

Pippin?

[Count Comfect]

Nope. Still the right species though.

And if it's not Frodo, Sam, Merry, or Pippin...

[Midge]

bilbo?

[Count Comfect]

*dingdingding* We have a winner!

Quick note - I only have a copy of the Hobbit with me, so...

[Midge]

"H_t_e_/s_a_l/_h_/f_o_e_s/_f/_i_b_l_y_e/_o_e/_e_e_/u_t_/w_r_d'_/e_d/./
_i_e/_o_n_s/_n_/s_v_n/_h_r_/a_e/_o_/g_e_n/_i_h/_r_s_/,/
a_d/_h_o_g_/a_l/_h_/l_n_/y_a_s/_e/_a_/l_i_/a_/t_e/_o_r/_h_t/_e/_o_l_/
n_t/_n_o_k/./_h_r_/d_e_/i_/l_a_/?/W_y/_o_l_/h_/p_s_/?/
N_n_/s_a_l/_v_r/_n_w/!/"

[Valandil]

"Hotter shall the flowers of /_i_b_l_y_e/_o_e/_e_e_/ unto world's end.
Like /_o_n_s/ and seven share are you green with grass,
and though all the long years be sad like as the hour that we would
not /_n_o_k/. Where /d_e_/ is /l_a_/? Why would he pass?
None shall ever know!"

S: not sure, but it sounds like either Jeremiah or Isaiah... :p ;)

[Earniel]

Are you green with grass? Oh, Val, you crack me up! :D

"Hither shall the flowers of simbelmyne come never unto world's end. Nine mounds and seven/_h_r_/are now green with grass, and through all the long years he has lain at the door that he could not unlock. /_h_r_/d_e_/i_/l_a_/? Why would he pass? None shall ever know!"

[Valandil]

Ah... er, well I was tired. :o And just trying to find out where it was going - so I tried whatever struck me without the words necessarily ringing a bell together. :p

I'm glad I can crack you up though. :)

Say - were you doing your avatar different for awhile?

I think I can solve now though:

"there" and "Where does it lead?" for unfinished parts.

Aragorn the speaker.

[Earniel]

Say - were you doing your avatar different for awhile?
Yes, a field of poppies during the week around the 11th November, Armistice.

I think you 'cracked' the quote too! :p

[Midge]

yes, all

val goes

[Valandil]

"S_e_d/_o_/,/f_i_/g_e_t_/!/A_d/_o_d/_o/_o_r/_u_p_s_/!
/N_r_h/_i_h/_h_/w_n_/i_/t_e/_e_t/_y_/a_d/_/b_e_s_n_/o_/y_u_/f_o_s_e_s/!
/_a_e/_a_t_/w_i_e/_h_/S_n/_h_n_s/!
/_a_e_e_l/,/_l_-f_i_n_/,/i_/w_s/_/m_r_y/_e_t_n_!"

[Earniel]

"S_e_d/_o_/,/f_i_/g_e_t_/!/And good/_o/your/_u_p_s_/! North with the wind in the/_e_t/_y_/and a blessing on your/f_o_s_e_s/! Make haste while the Sun shines! Farewell, Elf-friend, it was a merry meeting!"

[Midge]

speaker... oh, who was it? it was the wood-elf that wasn't actually a wood-elf, just an elf they met in a wood.

Gildor!!! Inglorion, i mean.

[Midge]

"Speed now,"..."to your purpose"

maybe "do your purpose" although that sounds a little strange, huh?

Ooh, "fo your purpose" haha... :)

[Valandil]

Eärniel - all correct but the "good"

Midge - "Speed now" and "to your purpose" are both correct adds.

Gildor Iglorion was not the speaker (if you recall, he didn't see them off). :)

I love that old expression, "Make haste while the Sun shines"! :p

[Midge]

Hold to your purpose

Tom Bombadil...

left eye

footsteps

Fine Guests

[Valandil]

Those words are correct, Midge - except for "fine"

And Tom Bombadil was not the speaker.

[Valandil]

I'm away for a few days, so if someone wants a little help, and then to post the next one:

last word = ???? / speaker = ???


EDIT: I'm back... continue. :p

[Valandil]

*bump* - to give notice that I took out the "cloaked" answers.

I'm back - so the game is back on, with one word and the speaker left to solve.

[Count Comfect]

S: Goldberry?

[Valandil]

Goldberry is the correct speaker!

One word left, and it's a "f_i_" word... :)

[Midge]

... fair?

[Valandil]

"fair" is correct! Your turn, Midge! :)

[Midge]

woo hoo!

"T_e/_c_u_s/_a_e/_o_n_/n_u_h_/t_/r_p_r_/b_y_n_/t_e/_r_y/_o_d/,/_o_d/,/
_a_e/_w_/m_n/_n_y/:/_w_/d_a_/m_n/_n_/t_o/_e_d/_o_s_s/./"

Anyway... enjoy! ;)

[Valandil]

"The scouts have found naught to report beyond the grey wood, Lord,
save two men only: two /d_a_/ men and two /_e_d/_o_s_s/./"

[Valandil]

Oh - maybe "two dead men and two dead horses."??

Speaker... figures to be one of the Rohirrim: Grimbold?

[Midge]

quote all right. speaker not grimbold!

[Count Comfect]

Eothain?

[Rían]

Oh - maybe "two dead men and two dead horses."??



*sings "two dead men and two dead horses and one white tree...." *

wait, that's not quite right ... :eek:

[Valandil]

No - I think that was "one red arrow" Rian. :p

Was the speaker Eomer, by any chance?

[Midge]

No, for neither. Still need the speaker!

[Midge]

come on...

I'll give you a hint, if you want. The speaker is well-known, but rather unimportant in the story. :)

[Valandil]

I'll throw out another guess (I really don't have my Rohirrim lesser characters straight :o And hope I don't guess someone who had already died at Helm's Deep :p ) ...

Hama?

[Midge]

No. Keep trying!

[Valandil]

Elfhelm?

[Midge]

AHA!

Yes.

Your turn.

[Valandil]

Whew - that was getting embarrassing! :o :p And sorry for the delay...

"T_i_/i_/a_/h_i_l_o_/o_/o_r/_o_s_/./I_/w_s/_a_e/_y/_h_/D_a_v_s/,
/_n_/c_m_/f_o_/t_e/_o_r_/o_/S_a_h_/t_e/_o_m/.
/_o_l/_h_/Y_u_g/_r_u_h_/i_/f_o_/t_e/_o_t_/.
/H_/t_a_/b_o_s/_t/_t/_e_d/_h_l_/s_t/_e_r/_n/_h_/h_a_t_/
o_/h_s/_n_m_e_/a_d/_o_/i_/t_e/_e_r_s/_f/_i_/f_i_n_s/,
/_n_/t_e_/s_a_l/_e_r/_i_/a_d/_o_e/_o/_i_."

[Radagast The Brown]

"This is an hairloom of our/_o_s_/./It was made by the Dwarves,
/and came from the/_o_r_/of/S_a_h_/the/_o_m/.
Eorl the Young/_r_u_h_/it from the north.
/He /t_a_/b_o_s/it at/_e_d/ shall set/_e_r/in the hearts
of his enemies and/_o_/in the hearts of his friends,
/and then shall/_e_r/_i_/and/_o_e/_o/_i_."

[Midge]

Hairloom? sorry... made me laugh. heirloom of their house.
hoard of ... the worm.
eorl brought it
scatha
he that !blogs!... ooh, blows, need
set fear in the hearts
joy in the hearts
they shall hear him and come to him.

Eomer?

[Midge]

sorry if that is really scattered and hard to understand.

[Valandil]

Midge - I was able to piece it all together.

You got the quote all solved - but the speaker was not Eomer. :)

[Midge]

eowyn?

[Valandil]

Eowyn is correct - your go! :)

[Midge]

"I/_a_/y_u/!/_o_/w_r_/w_l_i_g/_a_k_a_d_/a_d/_o_w_r_s/./
_h_/m_o_/s_o_e/_n/_o_r/_a_r/./"

[Valandil]

"I saw you! You were walking backwards and forwards.
The moon shone in your hair."

Frodo?

[Midge]

yep.

[Valandil]

"H_o_/,/n_/n_t/_n_o/_r_h_n_/!
/B_t/_e/_a_e/_o/_i_/w_n_o_/a_d/_i_t_n_d/,
/_e_a_s_/h_/c_u_d/_o_/g_t/_e_s/_n/_n_/o_h_r/_a_/,
/a_d/_h_u_h/_e/_a_e_/t_e/_e_s/,/_e/_a_/g_e_d_/t_/h_v_/i_/;
/a_d/_/s_w/_h_t/_e/_e_r_/i_/a_l./
/_u_/I/_d_e_/a/_r_a_/m_n_/t_i_g_/t_/t_e/_e_s/
_h_t/_t/_a_/g_o_/f_r/_i_/t_/t_i_k/_f/.
/_e/_r_w/_e_y/_e_r_/./H_/a_w_y_/w_s/_a_t_/./T_a_/w_s/_i_/r_i_."

[Midge]

"Hoom, no net ....
but he came to his window and listened
... he could not get news in any other way
and though he hated the news, he was greedy to have it
and I saw that he heard it all.
But I ... a great many things to the ...
that it was good for him to think of.
He grew very weary. He always was hasty. That was his ruin."

Treebeard

[Valandil]

"net" is wrong - all other words given are right. I think that leaves about 6 words to work out.

Treebeard is the speaker

[Midge]

not into?

[Valandil]

Both correct - that makes it four words to go. :)

[Earniel]

Orthanc - because - added - news.

[Midge]

haha! Orthanc!

Because! I continue feeling stupid...

[Valandil]

Earniel - all correct, your turn. :)

Midge - don't worry about it... no matter how much you play this game, you always end up not seeing at first what later appears obvious - at least now and then.

[Earniel]

Alright. Gotta leave for work soon, so I'll do it tonight.

[Earniel]

"S_n_e/_n_/i_/l_s_/t_/u_/,/a_d/_u_/t_o/_e_a_n/,/_n_/w_/_w_/a_o_e/_f/_u_/b_o_h_r_/,/s_/ i_/i_/p_a_n/_h_t/_a_e/_o_l_/h_v_/u_/s_a_e/_h_/h_i_l_o_s/_f/_u_/f_t_e_/."

(Sorry for any potential error, but am in a hurry and have to get to work.)

[Valandil]

Ahhh... time for me to go ban a few more spammers! ;)


"S_n_e/ one is lost to us, and /_u_/t_o/_e_a_n/, and we two alone of our brothers, so it is plain that fate would have us share the /h_i_l_o_s/ of our father."

[Count Comfect]

But two remain

[Earniel]

Correct. That leaves only two words and the speaker. :)

[Valandil]

Oh - "Since" and "heirlooms"

I'm not so good on my sons of Feanor, so don't laugh if I get all confused here:

Maglor?

[Earniel]

The text only gave 'they said' so since Maglor was one of the two in 'they', it's all yours.

[Valandil]

"W_a_/h_p_/h_v_/w_/?/I_/i_/l_n_/s_n_e/_e/_a_/a_y/_o_e/.
/_h_/s_o_d/_f/_l_n_i_/,/i_/i_/r_t_r_s/_n_e_d/,/_a_/r_k_n_l_/i_/,
/B_t/_/d_/n_t/_h_n_/t_a_/i_/w_l_/d_/m_r_/t_a_/p_t/_f_/t_e/_v_l/_a_/,
/u_l_s_/o_h_r/_e_p/_n_o_k_d-_o_/a_s_/c_m_s/,/_r_m/_l_e_/o_/M_n/.
/_o_/t_e/_n_m_/i_c_e_s_s/_n_/w_/d_c_e_s_/.
/W_/a_e/_/f_i_i_g/_e_p_e/,/_/s_r_n_l_s_/a_t_m_."

[captain carrot]

what hope have we? It is ..something something something mumble mumble etc.

well it's a start.

anyway happy christmas Quote players -see you all in the new year. :)

[Valandil]

First six words are correct...

[captain carrot]

long since we (?) ...*more mumbling ensues*



"W_a_/h_p_/h_v_/w_/?/I_/i_/l_n_/s_n_e/_e/_a_/a_y/_o_e/.
/_h_/s_o_d/_f/_l_n_i_/,/i_/i_/r_t_r_s/_n_e_d/,/_a_/r_k_n_l_/i_/,
/B_t/_/d_/n_t/_h_n_/t_a_/i_/w_l_/d_/m_r_/t_a_/p_t/_f_/t_e/_v_l/_a_/,
/u_l_s_/o_h_r/_e_p/_n_o_k_d-_o_/a_s_/c_m_s/,/_r_m/_l_e_/o_/M_n/.
/_o_/t_e/_n_m_/i_c_e_s_s/_n_/w_/d_c_e_s_/.
/W_/a_e/_/f_i_i_g/_e_p_e/,/_/s_r_n_l_s_/a_t_m_."

[Valandil]

Now you're up to the first nine words... fill in the blanks on your copy of the full quote, if you like. That usually helps. :)

[captain carrot]

had any hope.?


"What/hope/have/we/?/It/is/long/since/we/had/any/hope/.
/_h_/s_o_d/_f/_l_n_i_/,/i_/i_/r_t_r_s/_n_e_d/,/_a_/r_k_n_l_/i_/,
/B_t/_/d_/n_t/_h_n_/t_a_/i_/w_l_/d_/m_r_/t_a_/p_t/_f_/t_e/_v_l/_a_/,
/u_l_s_/o_h_r/_e_p/_n_o_k_d-_o_/a_s_/c_m_s/,/_r_m/_l_e_/o_/M_n/.
/_o_/t_e/_n_m_/i_c_e_s_s/_n_/w_/d_c_e_s_/.
/W_/a_e/_/f_i_i_g/_e_p_e/,/_/s_r_n_l_s_/a_t_m_."

[Earniel]

"What hope have we? It is long since we had any hope. The sword of Elendil, if it returns/_n_e_d/, may rekindle it, But I do not think that it will do more than put off the evil war, unless other/_e_p/_n_o_k_d-_o_/a_s_/c_m_s/, from/_l_e_/of Man. For the/_n_m_/i_c_e_s_s/_n_/w_/d_c_e_s_/.
/We are a f_i_i_g/people,/_/s_r_n_l_s_/a_t_m_."

[Valandil]

Wrong words are "war" and "of Man" - otherwise, all correct. :)

[Midge]

help unlooked-for also comes

increases and we decrease

elves or Men

[Midge]

a failing people

I really think that one word should be gnome. I can't make myself stick any other word in there.

the evil day?

[Valandil]

Midge - you're chipping away at it. But "gnome" is not correct. :) Let me update:


"What hope have we? It is long since we had any hope. The sword of Elendil, if it returns/_n_e_d/, may rekindle it, But I do not think that it will do more than put off the evil day, unless other help unlooked-for also comes, from Elves or Men. For the/_n_m_/ increases and we decrease.
We are a failing people,/_/s_r_n_l_s_/a_t_m_."

[Earniel]

indeed and enemy.

[Valandil]

Yes to both.

Now just those last few words & the speaker... :)

[Count Comfect]

a

Is the speaker Faramir?

[Valandil]

correct on "a" and speaker.

Two words left...

[Midge]

strongless? springless? I'm reaching here, I know it.

haha... shrinkless... sprintless.. *they can't call anyone :(*

Those last two words are verrrry difficult! ... I don't like them.

[Valandil]

Ha - well, we usually limit it to one attempt at each word per post - but I'll give that one to you, though it was your second guess... "springless"

That leaves one word to go. Leaves... get it? ;)

[Midge]

OOH, ooh, autumn! Am I right????

THe reason I did it that way was because I didn't figure any of them would be right. I was thinking, hoping for a "you're on the right track!"... didn't figure I'd be right, though!

[Valandil]

"a springless autumn" is right.

Your turn Midge. :)

[Midge]

YIPPEE! That one was really really hard... took forever, anyway.

"B_l_/,/m_/l_d/,/_o_/o_g_t_'t/_o/_a_e/_o_k/_p/_i_h/_s/./
_o_/c_u_d/_a_e/_t_y_d/_e_e/_n_/e_/t_e/_e_t/_a_/t_l_/t_e/_e_/g_a_s/_o_e_/./"

[Count Comfect]

Bill, my lad, you oughtn't to have took up with us. You could have stayed...

Sam?

[Valandil]

"... here and et the best hay till the new grass comes." ??

[Midge]

Yes, and yes.... Val, it's your turn!

[Valandil]

"W_l_/,/h_r_/w_/a_e/_t/_a_t/!
/_e_e/t_e/_l_e_-w_y/_r_m/_o_l_n/_n_e_/.
/H_l_y/_a_/t_e/_o_e_/o_/t_e/_e_p_e/_f/_h_t/_a_d/,
/_n_/t_e_/p_a_t_d/_t/_e_e/_o/_a_k/_h_/e_d/_f/_h_i_/d_m_i_/;
/f_r/_h_/W_s_-d_o_/w_s/_a_e/_h_e_l_/f_r/_h_i_/
u_e/_n/_h_i_/t_a_f_c/_i_h/_h_/L_r_s/_f/_o_i_/.
/T_o_e/_e_e/_a_p_e_/d_y_/,
/w_e_/t_e_e/_a_/s_i_l/_l_s_/f_i_n_s_i_/
a_/t_m_s/_e_w_e_/f_l_/o_/d_f_e_e_t/_a_e/,
/_v_n/_e_w_e_/D_a_v_s/_n_/E_v_s."


hint: last word is not "Elvis" :p

[Count Comfect]

Well, here we are at last!

The last word is Elves. indeed, "even between Dwarves and Elves"

[Valandil]

first line and last line all correct

[Midge]

"Well, here we are at last!
Here the elven-way from Hollin ended.
Holly was the token of the people of that land,
and they planted it here to back the end of their domain;
for the West-door was made chiefly for their
use in their traffic with the Lords of Moria.
Those were happier days,
when there was still close friendship
at times/_e_w_e_/full of different/_a_e/,
even between Dwarves and Elves."

Haha... I forgot: gandalf.

[Earniel]

Between?

[Midge]

different race...

I think full is wrong.

As times between fell on different race... still doesn't quite make sense. I'm sorry. I will quit thinking and let you tell me if I am right or wrong. *sheepish look*

[Valandil]

Your quote was mostly correct, and the add of "between" and "race" were both correct - and Gandalf was the speaker.

Two words left to solve:
* "back" was wrong in the initial attempt.
* "full" and "fell" both wrong for the one word in the middle of the next to last line.

[Midge]

mark
folk

[Valandil]

Both correct - your turn. :)

[Midge]

"H_w/_o/_/f_e_/?/W_l_/,/I/_o_'t/_n_w/_o_/t_/s_y/_t/./_/f_e_/,/I/_e_l/-
/_/f_e_/l_k_/s_r_n_/i_/t_e/_i_t_r/,/_n_/s_n/_n/_h_/l_a_e_/;/_n_/l_k_/t_u_p_t_/
a_d/_a_p_/a_d/_l_/t_e/_o_g_/I/_a_e/_v_r/_e_r_/!/"

[Count Comfect]

How do I feel ? Well, I don't know how to say it. I feel, I feel - I feel like...

[Valandil]

"How do I feel? Well, I don't know how to say it. I feel, I feel -
I feel like spring in the winter, and sun in the /l_a_e_/;
and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!"

[Midge]

Yes. All right so far.

[Valandil]

"leaves"?

Frodo?

[Midge]

Leaves, yes... frodo, no.

[captain carrot]

hint: last word is not "Elvis" :p


:D
aha-ha! ;) :cool:

[Valandil]

Was it Bilbo?

[captain carrot]

Sam, surely?

when he awakes before the field of cormallen if i recall aright ...

[Midge]

No, it was not Bilbo.

Yes, it was Sam. Your go, Cap'n.

[captain carrot]

I/ -h-u-h- / t-a- / i /-a- / a/ -h-t- / f-g-r-/ t-a- /s-o-e/ -n- / d-d / -o- / g-o- / d-m / -i-e / -h- / o-h-r_.

[Valandil]

"I thought that I had a / -h-t- / figure that shone and did not grow dim like the other." ...?

[captain carrot]

blimey - fast on the draw Mcgraw! :)

'had' is wrong and you're last word is not entirely correct!

[Valandil]

then "was" and "others"... (yeah, I just happened to stop by)

still can't quite make out that "_h_t_" (ED: and no idea yet about the speaker)

[captain carrot]

'was' also is not right. :D

'others' is though! :)

[Count Comfect]

saw, white

[Valandil]

Ahhh... good CC! Was the speaker Frodo?

[captain carrot]

Both correct Count! :)

Frodo, is correct too, Val :)
- spoken after he regains conciousness in bed in Rivendell after the attack at the Ford of Bruinen and refering to Glorfindel.

I hereby entrust the baton to Valandil ... keep it well! (and keep it safe!)

[Valandil]

"N_n_t_e_e_s/_h_y/_i_l/_a_e/_e_d/_f/_o_d."

[Midge]

Nonetheless, they will have need of food.

Aragorn?

[Valandil]

"food" is not correct - and speaker is not Aragorn.

[Midge]

Lord, Frodo?

[Count Comfect]

wood

[Valandil]

"wood" is the correct word - speaker is not Frodo. :)

[Earniel]

Hm, sounds like Aulë speaking to Kementári about their 'children'.

[captain carrot]

Boromir?

[Valandil]

The speaker was Aule.

Your turn Earniel.

[Earniel]

"Y_t/_o_/a_e/_r_e/_o/_o/_s/_o_/w_l_/,/s_n/_f/_o_w_n/./ _h_/G_r_l_/o_/M_l_a_/d_e_/n_t/_i_d_r/_h_/g_i_g/_f/_h_s_/t_a_/p_s_e_/i_/w_t_/ o_r/_e_v_/."

[Valandil]

"Yet you are free to go as you will, son of /_o_w_n/.
The /G_r_l_/ of /M_l_a_/ does not hinder the going of those that passed in with our leave."

[Earniel]

Correct so far.

[Sister Golden Hair]

"Girdle of Milian"?

[Earniel]

Girdle of, yes. Milian, no, but close. :p

[Count Comfect]

Melian...

[Valandil]

"Morwen"?

speaker: Melian herself?

[Earniel]

Correct, your turn again, Valandil. :)

[Valandil]

"B_e_s/_e/!/_a_e_'t/_o_/g_t/_/m_p/?
/_n_/d_d_'t/_o_/h_a_/o_r/_o_g/?
/_n_/h_v_n'_/w_/b_e_/t_l_i_g/_b_u_/t_i_/f_r/_o_r_?"

[captain carrot]

"Bless/me/!/haven't/you/got/a/map/?
/and/didn't/you/hear/our/song/?
/and/haven't/we/been/talking/about/this/for/_o_r_?"

:D

damn ..was on a roll! ..think most of that is correct. (??)

started off thinking it was Bilbo, but then i realised it isn't.

er - Thorin?


HOURS!!!!!


damn - that was bugging me! :D

[Valandil]

All correct CC - your turn.

[captain carrot]

:) :) :)


that one just pieced itself together bit by bit as i filled it in! :)

it'll have to be tommorow though. It's been a long long day and i'm totally beat.

[captain carrot]

i-/ a-l / -e-a- / w-t- / p-m-l- / , a- / w- / c-l- / h-m.

:D

either V easy or ... hard ?? we'll see - had to be short as have little time.

[Count Comfect]

ends: "as we call him"

[captain carrot]

:)

Se'! CC, best, CC ;)

[Valandil]

"It all began with Pimple, as we call him."

Who was that... Farmer Cotton?

[captain carrot]

yes indeed. :)

You win a complimentary sack of best Shire potatoes and a hamper of mushrooms.

Over to you!

[Valandil]

"S_/t_a_/i_/w_a_/b_c_m_/o_/t_e/_i_g/!
/_f/_v_r/_u_h/_/t_l_/w_s/_o_d/_n/_h_/S_u_h/,
/_t/_a_/l_n_/b_e_/f_r_o_t_n/.
/_/h_v_/h_a_d/_f/_h_/G_e_t/_i_g/
_f/_i_/t_a_/w_/d_/n_t/_a_e/;
/_u_/w_/b_l_e_e_/t_a_/i_/p_r_s_e_/f_o_/
t_e/_o_l_/i_/t_e/_u_n/_f/_i_/l_s_/r_a_m/.
/_s_l_u_/t_o_/i_/!/T_a_/i_/t_d_n_s/_n_e_d."

[Count Comfect]

So that is what became of the ring! If ever such a tale was told in the South, it has long been forgotten. I have heard of the Great Ring...but we believed that it ...from the...

[Midge]

"So that is what became of the ring!
If ever such a tale was told in the South,
it has long been forgotten.
I have heard of the Great Ring
of him that we do not name;
but we believed that it perished from
the world in the ruin of his last realm.
Isildur took it! That is tidings indeed."

Boromir.

[Valandil]

All correct Midge... your turn! :)

[Midge]

haha... sorry guys... lots of ice and power outages; it's been awhile since I could get on!

"B_t/_e/_o/_o_/k_o_/w_e_h_r/_h_/R_n_-b_a_e_/i_/w_t_/t_e_/o_/n_t/./
_r_/w_/t_/a_a_d_n/_i_/?/M_s_/w_/n_t/_e_k/_i_/f_r_t/?/
_n/_v_l/_h_i_e/_s/_e_o_e/_s/!/"

[Valandil]

"But we do not know whether the Ring-bearer is with them or not.
Are we to abandon him? Must we not seek him first?
An evil choice is before us!"

I don't remember which one now... Gimli?

[Midge]

yes to the quote, no to the speaker.

[Valandil]

One down, two to go...

Aragorn?

[Midge]

haha... well, you don't have to worry about the last one! Your turn, Val.

[Valandil]

Hate to do this, but something came up, and I won't be able to post much for the next several days.

If someone else wants to post and keep the game moving, go right ahead.

Otherwise, if you guys just want a short break, I'll post when I'm "back in action". :)

[Valandil]

My... you're all so patient! :p

"G_/n_w/_i_h/_o_d/_p_e_/,
/a_d/_a_/t_e/_u_/o_/y_u_/s_t_i_g/_u_/n_t/_e_s_/t_/s_i_e/_n/_o_r/_o_d!"

[Earniel]

Lazy and forgetful is more likely. :p

"Go now with good speed, and/_a_/the/_u_/of your/s_t_i_g/_u_/n_t/_e_s_/t_/s_i_e/_n/_o_r/_o_d!"

[Valandil]

All correct so far - at least on the "quote" part. ;)

[Count Comfect]

may, setting?, not

[Valandil]

Your adds are correct CC

[The Gaffer]

* Waves to Val*

"Go now with good speed, and may the/_u_/of your/setting/sun/not/_e_s_/to/shine/on/your/road!"

[Count Comfect]

cease

[Butterbeer]

Go now with good speed, and may the Sun of your setting out not cease to shine on your road!

Meneldil?

[Valandil]

* Waves to the Gaffer *

All correct BB - your turn! :)

That's the first quote I can think of that comes from an heir of Anarion who ruled Gondor. Then it's a long time before we get any more...

[Butterbeer]

*mexican waves*

Ok, i'll have to search the net for one though - but i'll try and make sure it is from the books and is accurate... :)

[Butterbeer]

I-/ h-s / -o / p-w-r / ,/ -a-e / -h- / e-t-e- / i- / w-i-h / -h-s- / -o-d / -t / -h- / -o-e / -y / -o-s- .

[Midge]

It/ has / no / power / ,/ -a-e / the / either / in / which / these / hold / it / -h-
/ -o-e / -y / -o-s- .

[Valandil]

"It has no power, save in the esteem in which those hold it who love my house."

(like me)

Speaker was Arvedui:

Interesting choice BB, following my last comment. From the first known quote of a King in Anarion's line, to probably the last known quote of a (successive) King in Isildur's line. :) Very fitting!

[Butterbeer]

yes, i also liked the touch about the 'love my house' / Artchitect :)

(i had thought of putting some clue or something along the lines of this was particularly of interest / apt to Val - but then i thought it might give some sort of advantage -

-or much more likely :eek: -

somehow completely throw you off the trail! ;) :p :D )

....

:)

[Valandil]

Did I get it right then? :)

[Butterbeer]

Indeed!

[Valandil]

"I/_o_e/_e/_i_l/./_u_/n_b_d_/w_l_/r_a_/t_e/_o_k/,/_o_e_e_/i_/e_d_."

[Count Comfect]

I hope we will. But nobody will read the book, however it ends.

[Midge]

Frodo?

[Valandil]

All words correct except "we" is wrong.

Speaker is not Frodo.

[Count Comfect]

"he" perhaps?

[Valandil]

'he' solves the quote correctly... speaker? :)

[Midge]

gandalf

[Earniel]

Sam.

[Valandil]

Midge is correct - speaker was Gandalf.

Funny thing was - Gandalf was talking to Bilbo about the book he was writing - which was "There and Back Again" - or "The Hobbit". :p I hadn't remembered that quote before, but stumbled upon it looking for something.

Your turn Midge. :)

[Midge]

"T_a_/,/I/_u_s_/,/i_/t_e/_a_g_a_e/_f/_h_/R_h_r_i_/,/
f_r/_t/_s/_i_e/_o/_h_s/_a_d/_t_e_f/;/
_i_h/_n_/r_l_i_g/_n/_a_t/,/_n_/e_s_/h_r_/a_d/_t_r_/a_/t_e/_o_n_a_n_/./
B_t/_/c_n_o_/g_e_s/_h_t/_t/_e_n_/,/s_v_/_h_t/_t/_s/_a_e_/
w_t_/t_e/_a_n_s_/o_/M_r_a_/M_n/./"

[Count Comfect]

That, I guess, is the _a_g_a_e of the Rohirrim, for it is _i_e to this land

[Butterbeer]

That, I guess, is the language of the Rohirrim, for it is like to this land itself
rich and rolling in part and else(?) hard and stern(?) as the _o_n_a_n_ /.

But i cannot guess what it means, save that it is laden with the sadness of mortal men.

[Valandil]

Is Legolas the speaker?

"mountains?"

[-elfearz-]

is the remaining word mountains?

[Midge]

Yes. The last word is mountains and the speaker is Legolas. Sorry for the delay.

Your go, Val.

[Valandil]

"I/_a_/n_t/_e_t/_o/_e_/a_y/_o_n/,
/_u_/t_/s_e_/o_l_/t_e/_e_n_n_/o_/a/_i_d_e/.
/_e_/w_/a_e/_a_d/_r_s_e_/,
/a_d/_h_/S_o_d/_f/_l_n_i_/w_u_d/_e/_/h_l_/b_y_n_/o_r/_o_e/-
/_f/_u_h/_/t_i_g/_o_l_/i_d_e_/r_t_r_/o_t/_f/_h_/s_a_o_s/_f/_h_/p_s_."

[Earniel]

"I was not/_e_t/to/_e_/any/_o_n/, but to/s_e_/o_l_/the/_e_n_n_/of a/_i_d_e/. Yet we are/_a_d/_r_s_e_/, and the Sword of Elendil would be a help beyond our hope- of/_u_h/_/t_i_g/_o_l_/i_d_e_/r_t_r_/out of the shadows of the past."

[Count Comfect]

sent

[Butterbeer]

beg boon seek ???? :D meaning riddle hard pressed IF such a thing could indeed

return



Boromir the proud

[Valandil]

Lot's of good guesses... let's see where we stand:

"I was not snet to beg any boon, but to seek /o_l_/the meaning of a riddle. Yet we are hard pressed, and the Sword of Elendil would be a help beyond our hope - if such a thing could indeed return out of the shadows of the past."

There - all good now - and Boromir was the speaker. Just one word left.

I only noticed when typing in this quote initially that Boromir, here in chapter 2 of book 2 - had inspired JRRT for the chapter 2 title of book 1! (underlined portion).

[Midge]

um

only?

[Valandil]

COR-rect! Your turn, Midge! :)

[Midge]

"W_a_/i_/t_a_/?/L_o_/!/F_r_/,/r_d/_i_e/!/
_r_/t_e_e/_r_g_n_/i_/t_i_/l_n_/?/L_o_/,/t_e_e/_s/_n_t_e_/!/"

[Earniel]

"What is that? Look! Fire, red fire! Are there dragons in this land? Look, there is another!"

Pippin?

[Midge]

yes. That is what the answer is!

[Earniel]

Oh, that makes it my turn, doesn't it? :p

"T_e_/l_t/_s/_o/_o_/t_/t_e/_i_h/_l_c_/,/a_d/_e_o_e/_h_s_/w_t_e_s_s/_a_e/_u_h/_a_h_/a_/s_e_/ f_t_i_g/./"

[Valandil]

"Then let us go now to them with /_l_c_/,
and before those witnesses have such /_a_h_/ as seem fitting."

[Earniel]

'them', 'with' and 'have' are wrong.

[Count Comfect]

the, not them.

[Earniel]

'the' is correct.

[Count Comfect]

fish place?

[Earniel]

Original, but only 'place' is correct :p

[Valandil]

Oops - I threw in an extra letter. I ALMOST used "slick" in place of "place". :p

"Then let us go now to the high place,
and before those witnesses make such oaths as seem fitting."

Eorl?

[Earniel]

The quote is correct, but not the speaker.

[Valandil]

OK - I'm starting to doubt it's from there, but I'll stick to that same story at first and try the next logical speaker:

Cirion?

[Earniel]

No worries, Cirion it was. Your turn. :)

[Midge]

fish place?
haha... i thought it was fish place too... something from gollum, maybe... haha.

[Valandil]

"Y_u_/o_th_/o_/f_i_h/_o/_e/_o_/m_y/_r_a_/,/b_t/_/m_s_/h_l_/m_/b_n_/.
/Y_t/_f/_h_r_/b_/a_y/_n/_h_m/_h_/s_a_o_/o_/o_r/_u_s_/h_s/_o_/y_t/_a_l_n/,
/_/s_o_l_/f_n_/a_/l_a_t/_/f_w/_o/_o_l_w/_e/,
/_n_/s_o_l_/n_t/_o/_e_c_/a_/a/_e_g_r/_h_t/_s/_h_u_t/_r_m/_h_/g_t_s."

EDIT:

Oops - I see I messed up with the second word, but the letters are correct - the placement of blanks is just wrong. Since it carried over to the rest of the quote, I'll leave it.

[Butterbeer]

but?

[Count Comfect]

your oaths of faith to me...

[Butterbeer]

not?

[Valandil]

Since it's a new page, here's where we stand:

"Your oaths of faith to me /_o_/m_y/_r_a_/, but /_/m_s_/h_l_/m_/b_n_/.
/Y_t/_f/_h_r_/b_/a_y/_n/_h_m/_h_/s_a_o_/o_/o_r/_u_s_/h_s/_o_/y_t/_a_l_n/,
/_/s_o_l_/f_n_/a_/l_a_t/_/f_w/_o/_o_l_w/_e/,
/_n_/s_o_l_/n_t/_o/_e_c_/a_/a/_e_g_r/_h_t/_s/_h_u_t/_r_m/_h_/g_t_s."

CC - your words were correct.

BB - your 'but' was, your 'not' is ambiguous - as it could conceivable fit into more than one place

[Count Comfect]

you may break, I must hold my bond. Yet if there be any...

Finrod?

[Valandil]

CC - correct on all additional words and speaker.

Still lotsa words to go! :D

[Midge]

you may break, but I must hold my bone. Yet if there be any in them who... of our... has not yet fallen.

I should find at least a few to follow me...

from the gates.

that's all i got. Aragorn?

[Valandil]

Heehee... "I must hold my bone" :D

CC's words were correct, so that was "bond" - and his speaker "Finrod" is correct also. I see that I'd better update us (you guys should really try posting them this way :p ):

"Your oaths of faith to me you may break, but I must hold my bond.
Yet if there be any in /_h_m/_h_/s_a_o_/ of our /_u_s_/ has not yet fallen,
I should find at least a few to follow me,
/_n_/s_o_l_/n_t/_o/_e_c_/a_/a/_e_g_r/_h_t/_s/_h_u_t/ from the gates."

You actually got quite a few more words Midge... nice job! :)

[Midge]

whom the something of our something... I think it is like, courage of our fathers... or synonyms of that, cuz obviously, that doesn't fit.

and should not so ... as a meager that as ... ? I dunno. just random guesses.

haha.. of our house. I got that! oh, yeah.

[Midge]

so just so you know, i was totally not meaning that "bone" thing to be bad.
It was just stuck in my head and wouldn't go away. i was also thinking bane...

[Midge]

oh.
as a beggar that is thrust

[Valandil]

I know Midge - and sorry for ribbing you. I know how words can get stuck in the mind in this game. We used to take great pride in throwing out things like that now and again though. Not all the time of course.

You've added some more right words:

"Your oaths of faith to me you may break, but I must hold my bond.
Yet if there be any /_n/_h_m/_h_/s_a_o_/ of our /_u_s_/ has not yet fallen,
I should find at least a few to follow me,
and should not /_o/_e_c_/ as a beggar that is thrust from the gates."

That word isn't quite "house" - the "u" is in the wrong place for it.

EDIT: to add "beggar" and "thrust"

EDIT II: realized I had wrongly credited an "in" and restored it to the unsolved version. Sorry.

[elven dragonrider]

I'm not quite sure if I'm doing this right, I still need to read the instructions on the 1st page of this thread, so you please tell me if I am wrong/right.
ex, I figured out it wouldn't before I submitted it, so I'll use it as an example-of our just has not yet fallen.-will that work, or do yall want it different?

[Valandil]

It'll probably be easiest if you start with the instructions - and if that doesn't make it clear enough, review a page or two of some quotes that were posted and solved.

Basically - the person who solves the last part of a quote (including naming the speaker) will post the next. They leave out every other letter, and put a slash "/" between words and punctuation marks. The quotes have to come from certain books - and books only ;) - which are: The Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. By "quotes" we mean, something a speaker in one of those books actually says.

Now - for your example, "just" wouldn't work, because the unsolved word has five letters - so there's another letter between the "u" and the "s".

Keep at it though - you'll get the hang of it. It's a great game. :)

[Butterbeer]

was it barliman? :D

notes "not" was right! :p ... twice!!! :p

hee, they're making you work on this one Val! :D


"go"?

[Valandil]

was it barliman? :D

notes "not" was right! :p ... twice!!! :p

hee, they're making you work on this one Val! :D


"go"?

But "not" was also wrong in at least one place (the first possible occurrence) - so if you want to solve, YOU should try working a little harder. :p

"go" is correct.

[Count Comfect]

on whom the, and go "hence"

[Midge]

haha!

Shadow of our curse! ...?

[Valandil]

Those added words are all correct - and Midge gets the last, so...

Your turn, Midge! :)

[Midge]

"B_t/_o/_o_/s_e_k/_e_/o_/w_r/_r/_o_/,/
u_t_l/_o_/a_e/_a_e/_h_l_/a_a_n/./
_r_a_/g_a_n_s_/i_/i_/t_/s_e/_o_/w_k_/a_a_n/
_o/_e_l_h/_n_/h_p_/,/s_/v_l_a_t/_/l_d_/!/"

[Sister Golden Hair]

"B_t/_o/_o_/s_e_k/_e_/o_/w_r/_r/_o_/,/
u_t_l/_o_/a_e/_a_e/_h_l_/a_a_n/./
_r_a_/g_a_n_s_/i_/i_/t_/s_e/_o_/w_k_/a_a_n/
_o/_e_l_h/_n_/h_p_/,/s_/v_l_a_t/_/l_d_/!/""But do not speak yet of war or _o_, until you are made whole again. Great gladness is it to see you wake again to health and hope, so valiant a lady."

I wish I hadn't missed Val's last quote. I would have had it and speaker instantly. :D

[Valandil]

I wish I hadn't missed Val's last quote. I would have had it and speaker instantly. :D

Yes - I was trying to lure you back. I've covered LOTS of great quotes in my Sil readings the last several days. I plan to get a few others up in weeks to come. (there's plenty of other good FF quotes as well)

I won't try to finish up Midge's current quote, because tomorrow I leave for a week - so I don't want to stall out this game by being away while I'm in the thick of things. :)

[Count Comfect]

S: Faramir?

[Midge]

Your "is it" is wrong... other than that, it's all good!

oh, speaker isn't Faramir. Those page turns get me all the time! I never look to see if the last one is really the last one! grrr

[Count Comfect]

"it is" and Aragorn?

[Midge]

it is- yes. Aragorn- no.

[Midge]

Aren't any of you going to guess again?

[Valandil]

I'm back - and I'll try some.

Was it maybe Eomer?

And - there's still a missing word, right? Is it "woe"...?? :)

[Midge]

It's been awhile, and I'd forgotten about the word.

Yes. It is woe and the speaker is not Eomer.

[Elemmírë]

Could it be Imrahil?

[Valandil]

Or... was it the Master of the House of Healing?

[Elemmírë]

I cheated and looked it up to keep the game sort of moving. :evil:

It's neither Imrahil nor the Master of the House of Healing.