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Bill Wilkinson
Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
What were they so nervous about?
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John Lodder
Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>
>What were they so nervous about?
Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
first movie. He was pretty scary.
But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
giant bats or something. What gives?
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Bill Wilkinson
> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDW...@earthlink.com>,
> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>> Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>>
>> What were they so nervous about?
>
> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
> first movie. He was pretty scary.
>
> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
> giant bats or something. What gives?
Here's how Tolkien coulda shortened it to a short story and sell it to F&SF:
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/eagles.html
John Lodder
Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>John Lodder wrote:
>> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDW...@earthlink.com>,
>> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>>> Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>>>
>>> What were they so nervous about?
>>
>> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
>> first movie. He was pretty scary.
>>
>> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
>> giant bats or something. What gives?
>
>Here's how Tolkien coulda shortened it to a short story and sell it to F&SF:
>
>http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/eagles.html
That is... so... *steeped* in fandom, I just can't say.
Man.
Bill Wilkinson
> In article <gYWdnYTLZfdnsY3W...@earthlink.com>,
> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> John Lodder wrote:
>>> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDW...@earthlink.com>,
>>> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>> Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>>>> Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>>>>
>>>> What were they so nervous about?
>>> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
>>> first movie. He was pretty scary.
>>>
>>> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
>>> giant bats or something. What gives?
>> Here's how Tolkien coulda shortened it to a short story and sell it to F&SF:
>>
>> http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/eagles.html
>
> That is... so... *steeped* in fandom, I just can't say.
Aw, go on. Say it.
> Man.
See? That wasn't so hard, was it?
John Lodder
Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>John Lodder wrote:
>> In article <gYWdnYTLZfdnsY3W...@earthlink.com>,
>> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> John Lodder wrote:
>>>> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDW...@earthlink.com>,
>>>> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>>>>> Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>>>>>
>>>>> What were they so nervous about?
>>>> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
>>>> first movie. He was pretty scary.
>>>>
>>>> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
>>>> giant bats or something. What gives?
>>> Here's how Tolkien coulda shortened it to a short story and sell it to F&SF:
>>>
>>> http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/eagles.html
>>
>> That is... so... *steeped* in fandom, I just can't say.
>
>Aw, go on. Say it.
>
>> Man.
>
>See? That wasn't so hard, was it?
Yes. Yes, it was.
Magnus Mulqvist
as follows:
> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
> >Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
> >What were they so nervous about?
backwards, or upside down. Those Brits, you know, from their foggy island.
And of course Mithrandir with his Bersting Fyr scared them, those
fireworkx, and the Balrog, those fireworks. Many frightening things did
this film crew meet on their journey to Mordor. White Horse floods, solar
eclipses, and other things unknown to Newzealandic movie makers.
> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
> first movie. He was pretty scary.
hoods to protect theyself from sheep hair, besause they're allergic.
> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
> giant bats or something. What gives?
He has a place and position for you.
Come!
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John Lodder
I've got this here second-hand palantir, just gaze inside...
William Wilkinson
> In article <MPG.2577d5296...@news.kolumbus.fi>,
> Magnus Mulqvist <ad...@operamail.com> wrote:
>> In article <hejmh8$7qe$1...@remote5bge0.ripco.com>, jlo...@ripco.com mumbles
>> as follows:
>>> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDW...@earthlink.com>,
>>> Bill Wilkinson <billwi...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>> Hay, did you ever notice in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies that
>>>> Fordo's and Sam's fingernails were chewed down to the quick?
>> I did, actually, yes, Frodo's. Sam's escaped me.
>>>> What were they so nervous about?
>> Going to New Zealand probably, fearing that their bloodstream would turn
>> backwards, or upside down. Those Brits, you know, from their foggy island.
>> And of course Mithrandir with his Bersting Fyr scared them, those
>> fireworkx, and the Balrog, those fireworks. Many frightening things did
>> this film crew meet on their journey to Mordor. White Horse floods, solar
>> eclipses, and other things unknown to Newzealandic movie makers.
>>> Maybe because of that one dude on the horse that shows up early in the
>>> first movie. He was pretty scary.
>> A Newzealandic sheep shepherd? Scary? I don't think so. They just wear
>> hoods to protect theyself from sheep hair, besause they're allergic.
I thnik it's kinda prophetic that many of the characters in "Bored of
the Rings" were riding sheeps.
>>> But then what? You never see horse-dude again. Instead you get these
>>> giant bats or something. What gives?
>> Sauron gives. Come and ask! He will not let you down. Sauron gives. Come!
>> He has a place and position for you.
>>
>> Come!
If Sauron and Emporer Palpatine got in a fight, who would win?
Of course, Palps could nuke the site from orbit, but that wouldn't be
very sporting of him, would it?
> I've got this here second-hand palantir, just gaze inside...
Do you need a converter box for digital compatibility?
John Lodder
Sauron. Hands down.
>Of course, Palps could nuke the site from orbit, but that wouldn't be
>very sporting of him, would it?
Ok, you got me there.
>> I've got this here second-hand palantir, just gaze inside...
>
>Do you need a converter box for digital compatibility?
Here, just gaze inside this converted for digital compatibility palantir,
it'll only take a moment...
Bill Wilkinson
What hands? He's just an eyeball.
>> Of course, Palps could nuke the site from orbit, but that wouldn't be
>> very sporting of him, would it?
>
> Ok, you got me there.
Then again, if he can focus that searchlight that shines out of his
eyeball and make it coherent, mebbe he can do unto the Death Star before
it does to him.
>>> I've got this here second-hand palantir, just gaze inside...
>> Do you need a converter box for digital compatibility?
>
> Here, just gaze inside this converted for digital compatibility palantir,
> it'll only take a moment...
How does he see out of his eyeboil since it's aways emitting a beam of
light?
The only way I can thnik of is that it works kinda like radar. It sends
out a pulse of light, then shuts off for an instant so he can see what
the reflected pulse of light shows to him. Then it switches on again and
the process repeats. It does this so fast that looks like a solid beam
to everybody else.
Considering the range of the thing, if he could make it coherent like a
laser and focus it, he wouldn't have needed to assemble that army of
orcs and other nasties. He coulda just starting sweeping that beam
around and burning the good guys and their cities to a crisp. End of
story somewhere around chapter two.
John Lodder
Yeah. That would put an end to all that speculation about the eagles,
too. Though they did get back together for that Hell Freezes Over Tour,
which, personally, I did not see.
Mircalla Mordenheim
> In article <Cpydnbvai7pk-67WnZ2dnUVZ_u6dn...@earthlink.com>,
> William Wilkinson <billwilkin...@mindBOINGspring.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> >John Lodder wrote:
> >> Magnus Mulqvist <ad...@operamail.com> wrote:
> >>> In article <hejmh8$7q...@remote5bge0.ripco.com>, jlod...@ripco.com mumbles
> >>> as follows:
> >>>> In article <d7-dndTEZr4qyJDWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdn...@earthlink.com>,
DON'T STARE AT IT. IT'S GOT DANGEROUS BITMAPS INSIDE.
-mm (is safe, it only works on programmers)
Bill Wilkinson
How can we find the buried treasure if we can't llok at the bit maps?
> -mm (is safe, it only works on programmers)
How will John find his way off the ledge?
Mircalla Mordenheim
He's been on that ledge for years now, hasn't he? A decade even.
Jump?
-mm (I think you're asposed to dig without looking.)
John Lodder
I tried jump once. It lead to this endless loop that I never got out of
but Bill seemed to work the parachute or something. I forget. All I know
is every time I hit the ground all SPLAT-like.
Gamve over. Snow crash.
>-mm (I think you're asposed to dig without looking.)
Then how do you know where to dig, exactly? I can't figure it out. I
think it's because I left the monkey wrench on the table in the Hall of
Persephone. How was I to know?
Bill Wilkinson
How high?
> -mm (I think you're asposed to dig without looking.)
I digit!
Bill Wilkinson
Persephone home. Hecate wants you to return her monkey wrench.