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(Msg. 31) Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:41 pm
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>"Jette Goldie" <jet.RemoveThis@blueyonder.com.uk> wrote:
>I take it I'm one of the old wifies in the Houses of Healing? Or
>some Hobbit matron? (NOT Lobelia)
Perhaps you can be Rose Cotton? How do you feel about Stan Brown? 
Brenda
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:58 pm
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In message <news:e8ofd0tua7s0cr5p7vh957hr13gr0imbjn@4ax.com>
Morgoth's Curse <morgothscurse2002.RemoveThis@nospamyahoo.com> enriched us with:
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> Legolas: Troels Forchhammer
Fine - I absolutely refuse to shave my beard, though 
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:05 am
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:48 am
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Morgoth's Curse wrote:
> "Christopher Kreuzer" wrote:
>>Morgoth's Curse wrote:
>>> The Balrog: Morgoth's Curse
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>> Sorry about that little fight in Moria...
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> No hard feelings as long as you agree to pay for my new wings. 8^D
How much are a pair of shadows worth?
>>> Theoden: Kristian Damm Jensen
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>> Cirdan, surely?
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> The only one old enough to be Cirdan is the Softrat
I actually meant in terms of being here at the dawn of the newsgroups. I
would nominate Stan and Kristian to squabble over the roles of Treebeard
and Bombadil. Then we will find out who of those Tolkien characters is
oldest.
Christopher
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:32 am
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"Flame of the West" <jsolinas.DeleteThis@comcast.net> kirjoitti
viestissä:nKydnSMpt4twYUTdRVn-uw@comcast.com...
> Morgil wrote:
> > AND from Silmarillion:
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> > MORGOTH: Peter Jackson
> > Earendil: Louis Epstein
> > Eonwe: Shrek
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> Ermanna and I can also play Lúthien and Thingol. Mrs. FotW can play
> Melian (although I don't think she owns a girdle).
But what poor bastard would play Beren?? IIRC he'd have
to deliver Osama Bin Laden's headscarf jsut to *date* her...
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:32 am
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Morgil wrote:
> But what poor bastard would play Beren?? IIRC he'd have
> to deliver Osama Bin Laden's headscarf jsut to *date* her...
Nothing so drastic. He would just have to promise that, when
he returned, his hand would hold the headscarf.
-- FotW
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:58 pm
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>Subject: Re: Casting for the AFT/RABT Production of LOTR...
>From: "Jette Goldie" jet.DeleteThis@blueyonder.com.uk
>Date: 23/06/2004 17:42 GMT Daylight Time
>Message-id: <JpiCc.788$287.7771282@news-text.cableinet.net>
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>I take it I'm one of the old wifies in the Houses of Healing? Or
>some Hobbit matron? (NOT Lobelia)
Well, I'm third elf from the left (cut from theatrical version, but still in
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(Msg. 38) Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:41 pm
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In rec.arts.books.tolkien Morgil <Morestelx.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> MORGOTH: Peter Jackson
> Earendil: Louis Epstein
> Eonwe: Shrek
Then there's always
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1993Aug13.170559.20237%40cs.sfu.ca" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1993Aug13.170559.20237%40cs.sfu.ca</a>
....which may have been ever so slightly funnier in 1993.
(You may have to Google for "John Major" and "Kim Campbell".)
--Jamie. (a Dover edition designed for years of use!)
andrews .uwo } Merge these two lines to obtain my e-mail address.
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(Msg. 39) Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:38 pm
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I <GxgCc.187$fl5.139@read3.inet.fi> Morgil a scrÃobh:
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> Count Menelvagor kirjoitti viestiss‰
> <6bfb27a8.0406222241.6c30cbfc DeleteThis @posting.google.com>...
>>Morgoth's Curse <morgothscurse2002 DeleteThis @nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<e8ofd0tua7s0cr5p7vh957hr13gr0imbjn DeleteThis @4ax.com>...
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>>> The Bad Guys
>>>
>>> Sauron: Michael O'Neill
>>> The Witch-King: Ojevind Lang
>>> The Mouth of Sauron: David Flood
>>> Saruman: Morgil
>>> Wormtongue: Yuk Tang
>>> The Balrog: Morgoth's Curse (*blush*)
>>> Gollum: Count Menelvagor
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>>This won't do, mortal. For one thing, all the characters named here
>>are *good*guys. For another, I am the only *genuine* Balrog currently
>>posting in the gnusgroups.
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> Here be the corrected list of Bad Guyz:
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> Sauron: Ojevind Lang
> Witch King: Morgil
> The Mouth of Sauron: Meneldil
> Saruman: Michael O'Neill
> Wormtongue: David Flood
<snip>
Now I'm accused of plotting to kill Michael O'Neill???
(As if having to face down tanks-that-aren't-tanks in Shannon wasn't
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(Msg. 40) Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:38 am
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"Flame of the West" <jsolinas.DeleteThis@comcast.net> skrev i meddelandet
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> Yes. Your lines are: "deep they delved us; fair they wrought us;
> high they builded us; but they are gone."
And then Legolas adds: "They are gone. They sought the Havens long ago." I
think the passage is one of the most beautiful and haunting in the entire
book.
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(Msg. 41) Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:38 am
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Öjevind Lång wrote:
>>Yes. Your lines are: "deep they delved us; fair they wrought us;
>>high they builded us; but they are gone."
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> And then Legolas adds: "They are gone. They sought the Havens long ago." I
> think the passage is one of the most beautiful and haunting in the entire
> book.
I think so too.
-- FotW
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:17 am
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:09:53 GMT, "Jette Goldie"
<jet DeleteThis @blueyonder.com.uk> wrote:
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>"Hashemon Urtasman" <none DeleteThis @nospam.org> wrote in message
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>> Jette Goldie wrote:
>> > I take it I'm one of the old wifies in the Houses of Healing? Or
>> > some Hobbit matron? (NOT Lobelia)
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>> No, you should perhaps be Tom Bombadil.
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>My rhymes are better
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>(and I'd NEVER wear blue and yellow together!)
The role of Goldberry is still available.
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(Msg. 43) Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:22 am
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(Msg. 44) Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:17 am
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:20:23 +0100, "gp.skinner"
<gp.skinner.TakeThisOut@NOSPAM.talk21.com> wrote:
>> Somebody recently suggested that we stage a theatrical production of
>> the Lord of the Rings. I lack the talent to be a scriptwriter or
>> stagehand, but I do have a talent for choosing the right person for
>> the right role. That being the case, here are my suggestions for the
>> cast of The AFT/RABT production of LOTR.
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>> First the obvious disclaimer: This is purely in good fun and no
>> offense is intended to anyone.
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>Can I play a rock?
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>Graeme
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Oops! I forgot to include your role. I have cast you as Erkenbrand.
("In him lived again the valor of Helm the Hammerhand.")
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(Msg. 45) Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:17 am
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On 22 Jun 2004 20:29:01 GMT, Een Wilde Ier <theusual.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
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>I <e8ofd0tua7s0cr5p7vh957hr13gr0imbjn.RemoveThis@4ax.com> Morgoth's Curse a
>scríobh:
>> Somebody recently suggested that we stage a theatrical production of
>> the Lord of the Rings. I lack the talent to be a scriptwriter or
>> stagehand, but I do have a talent for choosing the right person for
>> the right role. That being the case, here are my suggestions for the
>> cast of The AFT/RABT production of LOTR.
>>
>> First the obvious disclaimer: This is purely in good fun and no
>> offense is intended to anyone.
>>
>>
>> The Bad Guys
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>> Sauron: Michael O'Neill
>> The Witch-King: Ojevind Lang
>> The Mouth of Sauron: David Flood
><snip>
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>are you insinuating that I'm an O'Neill sock-puppet?
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><takes *considerable* offence>
That _would_ explain a lot! < g >
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