Hmm... learn something new every day. But seeing as how I didn't know that rowans were part of the rose family before, not really the answer I was looking for.
Well, I suppose you could always say "flame resistant sunglasses" if you prefer that to "shoes"
From The Return Of The King, when Aragorn is healing folks at the Houses Of The Healing, Ioreth speaks:
'Well now! Who would have believed it?' said Ioreth to a woman that stood beside her. 'The weed is better than I thought. It reminds me of the roses of Imloth Melui when I was a lass, and no king could ask for better.'
Earlier in the story Bergil is speaking to Pippin:
"We might have journeyed to Lossarnach, to my grandsire's house; it is good to be there in Spring, the woods and fields are full of flowers."
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
The condition created by or the effect produced by the the rings of Power, particularly, The One Ring, though they all had chronic effects and left one with a chronic condition.
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
The condition created by or the effect produced by the the rings of Power, particularly, The One Ring, though they all had chronic effects and left one with a chronic condition.
You're up Boraxxe, the effects of the ring are certainly chronic. The answer I had in my mind was Frodo's morgul wound.
It would have been funny to get a racial skill for hobbits that raised morale, so as not to be late for second breakfast .
"Aurë Entuluva!" (Day shall come again!) - Húrin Thalion
I think we have had that one before. The answer last time was the colloquial name for a certain waybread customarily eaten by the men of Esgaroth on long journeys.
After sleeping on it "Stuff" is a more correct clue than "Stuffed"
Originally Posted by Boraxxe
Ok, here's a new one.
Stuff
Originally Posted by Urias
I think we have had that one before. The answer last time was the colloquial name for a certain waybread customarily eaten by the men of Esgaroth on long journeys.
Yeah.
Sheesh, I think it has been used twice before....
And what's worse, the last time it was me and I used almost exactly the same language.
You are up Urias.......and I am going to find some vitamin B or something.....
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
I think we have had that one before. The answer last time was the colloquial name for a certain waybread customarily eaten by the men of Esgaroth on long journeys.
That was me accidentally posting on my old SoA beta account. Sorry for the delay in serving up a new riddle. Here we go:
Flabby
Two correct answers are required to get credit here.
That was me accidentally posting on my old SoA beta account. Sorry for the delay in serving up a new riddle. Here we go:
Flabby
Two correct answers are required to get credit here.
I would normally spend the effort to look up and quote the exact references, but it's very late for me and I am tired and I am so happy to see you back Vilnas that I am going to just go with what I remember,
A. One of the spiders that Bilbo battled in Mirkwood
and
B. Frodo's concern that he was out of shape.
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
I would normally spend the effort to look up and quote the exact references, but it's very late for me and I am tired and I am so happy to see you back Vilnas that I am going to just go with what I remember,
A. One of the spiders that Bilbo battled in Mirkwood
and
B. Frodo's concern that he was out of shape.
As it happens you are right on both counts. The specific word flabby is used in both places. Well done.
Ah...
You may have found a better instance of "peculation" than the one I had in mind.
So, I hear-by pass the trivia stick to you Vilnas.
But just for fun, can anyone come up with the one I have in mind?
There may be others that I haven't thought of.
Not sure if this fits under peculation
Lobelia's petty thefts
From FOTR
He escorted her firmly off the premises, after he had relieved her of several small (but rather valuable) articles that had somehow fallen inside her umbrella.
For LOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS, as a PRESENT, on a case of silver spoons. Bilbo believed that she had acquired a good many of his spoons, while he was away on his former journey.
"Aurë Entuluva!" (Day shall come again!) - Húrin Thalion
Not sure if this fits under peculation
Lobelia's petty thefts
From FOTR He escorted her firmly off the premises, after he had relieved her of several small (but rather valuable) articles that had somehow fallen inside her umbrella.
For LOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS, as a PRESENT, on a case of silver spoons. Bilbo believed that she had acquired a good many of his spoons, while he was away on his former journey.
I think we could charge Lobelia with petty-theft, but not peculation.
Interesting incident though.
Bilbo becomes famous (though thought to be more than a bit eccentric) as a burglar.
And Lobelia is vilified when she burgles.
Double standard?
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
I suppose it has more to do with who they stole from. Bilbo Stole from trolls and a dragon, both of which acquired their wealth through the murder of (mostly) innocent peoples. Its a bit like the Robinhood concept, it is acceptable because Robinhood is stealing from corrupted rich people and giving the money back to the poor(who ironically are just going to have to give it back in taxes, but that is besides the point).
That is also probably the reason why some 'burglars' call themselves 'expert treasure-hunters'
"You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like. Some of them do. It's all the same to us.
-Gloin, An Unexpected Party, The Hobbit
Freeps:Taredhelion(63,Guard) ; Turmanarmo(32,RK) ; Rawlings(22,Burg) ; Drengi(29,Champ) ; More that will be leveled later
Creeps: None of note ... yet.
Yes, Grima is who I was thinking of as one who did peculation. He was stealing from the king and others in the royal household.
He used his authority as the king's adviser to gain access to this stuff.
As I noted above, Vilnas' answer was a better example of peculation than what I originally had. Grima's crimes were less one's perpetrated against the state than they were personal thefts. Though a bit of both was probably involved.
The text is pretty specific on the Master of Laketown. Definite peculation.
The old Master had come to a bad end. Bard had given him much gold for the help of the Lake-people, but being of the kind that easily catches such disease he fell under the dragon-sickness, and took most of the gold and fled with it, and died of starvation in the Waste, deserted by his companions.
Though, I guess a case could be made that he was suffering with PTSD. (post traumatic Smaug disorder)
Last edited by Boraxxe; Mar 28 2012 at 11:51 AM.
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
Aye, that was the person and passage I was thinking of. You may take the next riddle if you like, as you have satisfied Boraxxe's outstanding question as well.
Woops. The forums frequently log me out against my wishes. When I log back in again it defaults to the Urias profile. I almost always forget to manually switch to Vilnas. Normally I go back and delete the Urias posts and repost under the usual profile. This time I was too late. Drats!
Ah, both good guesses. But the question mark in the clue cannot be disregarded. I guess I should have recapped what it means in these riddle threads when the question mark is tacked on at end. We basically follow the crossword convention. It indicates that there is something wonky going on in the clue - that the answer is a bit of a stretch, is a bad pun, relies on some form of analogy, etc.
In this case, the question mark was intended in part to indicate that the straightforward answer of the stewed conies in Ithilien is not correct.
"So here you all are still!" he said. He picked up the hobbit and laughed: "Not eaten up by Wargs or goblins or wicked bears yet I see"; and he poked Mr. Baggins' waistcoat most disrespectfully. "Little bunny is getting nice and fat again on bread and honey," he chuckled. "Come and have some more!"
Like I told you... What I said...Steal your face right off your head.
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