Odds and Ends

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-xD--xD--xD--xD-

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"The Wisdom of Trees" by Loke Mei Yin
from elfwood.com

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From the BBC Radio production of The Hobbit.

- Thorin is pronounced Toreen throughout. Therefore the Arkenstone of Thrain is pronounced the Arkenstone of Train.

- The distorted voices are hilarious. The Elvenking sounds like a parrot

- Battle cries:
Dain!
Esgaroth
Thran'dwheel
^ fail
Remember the Mines of Mo'reeaar
^fail

But seriously, if you ever get to listen to it, listen to the background voices; they're brilliant.

Elves: It's the Dwarves' Hobbit.
- Yees! Dripping wet, and in a coat of mithril
- What's he doing here?
- What indeed

Bilbo: nosy parkers


another scene. Bilbo is talking but in the background
Gloin: Gandalf, Bilbo appears to have taken up writing
Gandalf: Writing what?
Gloin: I don't know...
Gandalf: Well he would never get a publisher.

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PLEEASE don't let him back out again!

Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit

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replacement star if the brollies are gone for good

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Thranduil:

(Sindar) Thrond+du+il = Halls of Star Shadow (my favourite translation)
(Sindar) Thar+anda+duin = Across the Great River
(Silvan) Thara+ndul+il = Tall, slender and Dark
(Silvan) Tharan+tuil = vigorous spring (one I only found out today)
(can't remember the Elvish ><) = One who lives in a cave in a forest (least favourite) If anyone can find the Elvish for that pleeease PM me with it.

And I found out how many Elves Oropher took to Dagorlad: 30,000. Which means Thranduil marched back with around 10,000.

Tolkien Gateway - the longest entry for Thranduil I have ever seen -bounce-

You know what's really annoying, though? Phoenix knows all this and he won't fricking tell me anything!

Anyway, general mood: -woot-

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The Now Show ~ Bad Things

The basic reason people are scared of it [The Hadron Collider] is because it’s underground. It’s a golden rule; if it’s underground, it’s bad. Sewers, evil headquarters, Morelocks, Hades, Gollum, the Northern Line, all of these are bad.

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by Lady Zu (the expression I know and uh, love?)

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Valar and their Maia

Manwë: Eönwë | Olórin* | Eagles
Ulmo: Ossë | Uinen | Salmar
Aulë: Mairon** | Curumo***
Oromë: Tilion | Alatar | Pallando

Varda: Ilmarë | Olórin* | Arien
Yavanna: Aiwendil****
Estë: Melian
Vána: Melian

*Gandalf
**Gorthaur (Sauron)
***Saruman
(Aulë was pretty unlucky really)
****Radagast

- Balrogs were originally corrupted Maia

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Glomp

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Politically incorrect but hilarious! Kudos to the author. I didn't write this but I'll take out a country if you ask... apart from England. XD

Global Terror Threat Levels

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved". Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross". The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940, when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance". The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards"; they don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide". The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender". The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing". Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides".

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully-designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Americans meanwhile, and as usual, are carrying out preemptive strikes on all of their allies "just in case".

Canada doesn't have any alert levels.

New Zealand has raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA". Due to continuing defense cutbacks, New Zealand has only one more level of escalation, which is "Maybe Australia will come and rescue us".

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be all right, mate". Three more escalation levels remain:
• "Crikey!"
• "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend" and
• "The barbie is canceled"
To date no circumstance has ever warranted Australia's invocation of the final escalation level

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I don't believe this!

'However, there can easily be justification of Frodo being around during the time of The Hobbit'
I've got one; he won't be born for another fricking 28 years! I give up on this film. You know what? I don't give a -censor- who plays Thranduil anymore!

-whispers- What's the betting she's bluffing? -winks-

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So I was just snooping around NaNo's Ref. Desk, as you do, when I saw my county's name. Great, I thought, I can finally help someone out! Uh, no. They're asking about a specific little village waaaay down south, so down South it's actually on the Thames. Whereas I am about a dozen miles from the Northern boarder and my county's very long and thin. And this person has never even been to the UK. >.< So how on earth do they know about that little village?

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For goodness' sake, people! So someone made a mistake and thought Britain and England were the same thing. Someone else has already told them about the existance of Scotland and Wales and they've apologised so stop railing. Sheesh.