1,3,7,9, where's 5?

[Bullroarer]

1 for the Dark Lord
3 for the Elves
7 for the Dwarves
9 for the Men

Where's five?
5 for Hobbits?
Ents?
Orcs?!?!

And who would wield them?

[RKittle]

The Battle of 5 Armies?

[Bullroarer]

Sorry forgot to say Rings. If there were 5 Rings of Power left over who would have them?

5 Wizards?

[galpsi]

They were given by Sauron to the lawyers of ME. They were called the five rings of power of attorney and they were very evil!

[etherealunicorn]

Great minds must think alike Bullroarer.:)
I was thinking about that exact same thing a couple of days ago. It sure does seem like there ought to be a group of 5 rings to complement the others.

[Darth Tater]

If there was a group of five then it wouldn't be the year Tolkien died.

[trevkw]

Good call, Darth...

And the five rings go to...the Los Angeles Lakers!

Is Shaq part ent?

[noldo]

Hrrmm... LOL. :D

[Eruve]

The Five are the five Olympic rings!

[arynetrek]

yes - they were given to a tribe of semi-humans in the far East (past Rhun) who obsessed over athletic ability & shot themselves full of steroids every chance they got. They were called the Olympirhim. & they were the reason that Aragorn didn't like travelling around Rhun - because compared to them, he was puny.

:lol:

aryne *
if that answer's not good enough, how about this -

the 5 were in the keeping of Tom Bombadil - but he lost them! :lol:

[etherealunicorn]

Or perhaps the Druadan have them?
Or, wait, maybe the five wizards had them to begin with but traded them in for better gimicks.

[Quickbeam]

Curly: "Hey Moe, where's 5?"

Moe: "Right here!" (slaps Curly's face)

[Antau]

its the five golden rings in that christmas song

[anduin]

OMG, I think you've got it!!

[etherealunicorn]

Works for me :)

[noldo]

:lol:

On a second thought... It sounds scary. :evil:

[Darth Tater]

:rollin: ROTFLMAO!!! :rollin:

Methinks Antau got it!

[bmilder]

Hehe. Nice to see you back Antau, it's been awhile (if you check his profile, you'll see he posted some messages in forums of Entmoot that haven't existed in 9 months ;) )

[Fat middle]

sorry, what´s that Christmas song? i believe i´m missing something... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\">

[Eruve]

Have you ever heard the English Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? The one where the singer's true love gives him/her a present for each day? On the fifth day, the present is five golden rings.

[anduin]

If you want to hear it, I suggest tracking down an MP3 of the Muppet's version! :) Miss Piggy sings the "5 golden rings" line. Very funny stuff.

[etherealunicorn]

:) :) :)

[Grand Admiral Reese]

Interesting idea.

[Elanor]

I missed this thread before and just saw it because of the post in the Middle Earth forum. But I don't think it's that weird of a conincidence. The song was around long before The Lord of the Rings was written. Maybe JRRT purposely skipped the number 5 because he didn't want people making corny jokes about the five golden rings. :D

[dumb jock voice]"dood, 'five for the ents in their leafy forest', that's like the fifth day of Christmas, dood. Like the ents are talking Christmas trees..."[/dumb jock voice]

[HerenIstarion]

all of those are sacral numbers - 1, 3, 7, 9. And five is somehow out of the rank. Simple, it is. Though it is used anyways - 5 wizards of the order etc