From: "O. Sharp" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: The Great Battles Date: 8 Jul 2000 06:57:04 GMT Organization: Reposts For Fun And Profit Lines: 42 Message-ID: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: c7.b7.09.72 User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990517 ("Psychonaut") (UNIX) (SunOS/4.1.4 (sun4m)) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23075 I was looking around for an old article by John Osborne when I came across this. It seemed worth bringing up again. Quoted from an article of 24 September 1995, regarding what the greatest battles of Middle-earth would be: ...But surely there are harder matches to decide? How about: Carcharoth vs. Spiny Norman, the 2000-foot hedgehog (obviously the pre-Silmaril Carcharoth)? Santa's Elves vs. an equal number of Keebler's Elves (the great battle between generosity and greed - who will triumph)? Epic rematch: Shelob vs. Sam Gamgee, three years after the War of the Ring (she won't underestimate him again, but without Frodo to defend will Sam lose his edge)? And, ladies and gentlemen, the main bout of the evening... the grudge match of the Third Age... Arwen vs. Eowyn for the hand of Aragorn! Who will win? The noble descent and Elven endurance of the daughter of Elrond, or the feisty warrior-woman, child of kings, slender as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible? The undefeated beauty Arwen Undomiel, who boasts a bloodline straight from Melian, Luthien and Earendil, or the young upstart Eowyn who delivered such a surprise victory in her last bout against the Witch-King of Angmar? And with a prize up for grabs like the Queenship of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor at stake, you know they'll both be going all-out! Place your bets! Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen! :) ...It was suggested shortly afterwards that the Arwen -vs- Eowyn matchup would best be held as a mud-wrestling contest. :) :) :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ohh@netcom.com In the same thread, Mr. Osborne suggested that an epic match between Durin's Bane and the Humber and District Catholic River-widening Club would be appropriate. :) ###### From: Flame of the West Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 11:08:31 -0400 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <396743ED.8FDF8971@erols.com> References: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: W1ffCUyA7fHmehfeR4QSR62n89zzUtCXJV51piAASKQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Jul 2000 15:46:57 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23028 "O. Sharp" wrote: > Arwen vs. Eowyn for the hand of Aragorn! > > Who will win? The noble descent and Elven endurance of the daughter of > Elrond, or the feisty warrior-woman, child of kings, slender as a > steel-blade, fair yet terrible? Hah! I'm sure the Witch-King had plenty of endurance, but it doesn't do you much good if you get your head lopped off in the first thirty seconds. > Place your bets! Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen! :) Fifty quatloos on Éowyn! -- -- FotW Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-Earth. ###### From: "RLV" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> Subject: Re: The Great Battles Lines: 18 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 10:40:59 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.106.252.149 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@jazztel.es X-Trace: news.jazztel.es 963045714 212.106.252.149 (Sat, 08 Jul 2000 10:41:54 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 10:41:54 CEST Organization: Jazztel Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!news.otenet.gr!newsinternetskywayteltow!post.skyway.de!news.jazztel.es!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23224 O. Sharp escribió en mensaje <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>... >...It was suggested shortly afterwards that the Arwen -vs- Eowyn matchup >would best be held as a mud-wrestling contest. :) :) :) Mmmm... interesting... will somebody forward this to Mr. Jackson? R.L.V. ~~#~~ "Tilde Power!" ###### From: orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:46:55 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3106-3969553F-2@storefull-255.iap.bryant.webtv.net> References: <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhUAwho8KjOXofLfrAOwayf7w+1nW2ICFHZTMbMGcboc6HbKU5cfsXzcve9r Content-Disposition: Inline Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!webtv.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23169 Ermanna wrote: >>Fifty quatloos on =C9owyn! >Seventy quatloos on Arwen! One hundred quatloos on Eowyn! BTW, I'm wondering which color brain I am. --Dave ###### From: "Morgil" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> <396743ED.8FDF8971@erols.com> <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> Subject: Re: The Great Battles Lines: 18 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 05:13:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.197.65.184 X-Trace: read2.inet.fi 963206023 194.197.65.184 (Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:13:43 EET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:13:43 EET DST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!unlisys!news.snafu.de!newsfeedZ.netscum.dQ!netscum.int!news.algonet.se!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read2.inet.fi.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23188 Ermanna kirjoitti viestissä <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com>... > > >Flame of the West wrote: >> "O. Sharp" wrote: > >> > Place your bets! Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen! :) >> >> Fifty quatloos on Éowyn! > >Seventy quatloos on Arwen! > Is that the real Arwen or the movie Arwen? Morgil ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 06:59:03 -0400 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3969AC75.9DB0F2B5@erols.com> References: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> <396743ED.8FDF8971@erols.com> <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: PxqE3vFd6ZuPDOSW/M2AleXTTppjmkUmql7hPnY/HOU= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Jul 2000 23:54:27 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23166 Morgil wrote: > > Ermanna kirjoitti viestissä <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com>... > >Seventy quatloos on Arwen! > > Is that the real Arwen or the movie Arwen? Real Arwen. If the movie Arwen is what she's rumored to be, I dispise her. > Morgil Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight Elbereth Gilthoniel! ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:03:26 -0400 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3969AD7D.6CC53560@erols.com> References: <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> <3106-3969553F-2@storefull-255.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: PxqE3vFd6Ztdw8NlBwG1u1g2jNDnifSgDa98DS0EjrA= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Jul 2000 23:54:29 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!HSNX.atgi.net!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23163 David Sulger wrote: > Ermanna wrote: > >Seventy quatloos on Arwen! > > One hundred quatloos on Eowyn! One hundred FIFY quatloos on Arwen! Are these in CHOKLIT? > BTW, I'm wondering which color brain I am. If we're the brains, how can any of us tell? Brains don't have eyes. > --Dave Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight Elbereth Gilthoniel! ###### Reply-To: "Wolfman" From: "Wolfman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: <8k6jc0$lfn$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:43:03 +0100 Lines: 28 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 NNTP-Posting-Host: da147d238.dialup.callnet0800.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: da147d238.dialup.callnet0800.com Message-ID: <396a6fab@eeyore.callnetuk.com> X-Trace: 11 Jul 2000 01:51:55 GMT, da147d238.dialup.callnet0800.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!codeine.org!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!eeyore.callnetuk.com!da147d238.dialup.callnet0800.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23201 That's KINKY!!!! };o)~ -- Blessings Wolfman In Wildness is the preservation of the Earth. "the softrat" wrote in message news:vaefmso9101o8d8q8s42mianpgoptgaoql@4ax.com... > On 8 Jul 2000 06:57:04 GMT, "O. Sharp" wrote: > > >...It was suggested shortly afterwards that the Arwen -vs- Eowyn matchup > >would best be held as a mud-wrestling contest. :) :) :) > > Lemon-lime Jello......... > > > > ....with cocoanut! > > the softrat > mailto:softrat@pobox.com > -- > It's not only unique, it's different. ###### From: mlindanne@hotmail.com (China Blue Ribbon Commission) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:11:07 -0700 Organization: Collective against Consensual Sanity Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> <3106-3969553F-2@storefull-255.iap.bryant.webtv.net> <3969AD7D.6CC53560@erols.com> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Hello-Kitty: meow meow. X-Should: Prancing green elves on yellow daisy fields. X-Should-not: You're not allowed. X-Newsgroup-Bomb: Crossposted to heck and back. X-Ray-Specs: Off. X-Traneous-Reference: Kibo X-NSA-Bait: wiretap pgp cryptoterrorist rsa des Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!feeder.qis.net!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!corp.supernews.com!c162.ppp.tsoft.com!user Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23239 I see your Arwen and raise you a Ioreth. Never underestimate the worth of age sharpenned elbows and the ability talk your opponent comatose. -- CACS: Collective Against Consensual Sanity v0.123 Now a text site map http://www.tsoft.com/~wyrmwif/cacs/ pretty? http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/5079/ :)-free zone. Cthulu in '00: .../cacs/politics.html ###### From: orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 19 Message-ID: <6951-396AA75A-78@storefull-254.iap.bryant.webtv.net> References: <3969AD7D.6CC53560@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhQ9xKz8GppZYQwUM0kT18EMEZsz6QIUPQFshdmiKbabDTxJTqQCMccCgHM= Content-Disposition: Inline Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeedZ.netscum.dQ!netscum.int!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!webtv.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23176 Ermanna wrote: >>One hundred quatloos on Eowyn! >One hundred FIFY quatloos on Arwen! >Are these in CHOKLIT? Probably not. CHOKLIT is worthless to me. >>BTW, I'm wondering which color brain I >>am. >If we're the brains, how can any of us >tell? Brains don't have eyes. They still knew what was going on, didn't they? --Dave ###### From: Ermanna Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:17:12 -0400 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <396B0236.347F0E1C@erols.com> References: <39686F08.18F40EDF@erols.com> <3106-3969553F-2@storefull-255.iap.bryant.webtv.net> <3969AD7D.6CC53560@erols.com> Reply-To: jsolinas@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: rySxOREjVfFUtsV1RrSJBtkSBszOWoyXAYu8yVe2dew= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jul 2000 16:27:12 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23267 China Blue Ribbon Commission wrote: > I see your Arwen and raise you a Ioreth. How? You haven't bid any quatloos. > Never underestimate the worth of age sharpenned elbows Arwen's faster and stronger. > and the ability talk your opponent comatose. Arwen's 2000 years old. She can probably tune people out if she wants to. > CACS: Collective Against Consensual Sanity v0.123 > Now a text site map http://www.tsoft.com/~wyrmwif/cacs/ > pretty? http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/5079/ > :)-free zone. Cthulu in '00: .../cacs/politics.html Ermanna the Elven Jedi Knight Elbereth Gilthoniel! ###### From: orius@webtv.net (David Sulger) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: The Great Battles Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:52:00 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 17 Message-ID: <7163-396BEB60-89@storefull-256.iap.bryant.webtv.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhQ+lxr3nNwoUfKHVkMj1M0reEXYIAIVAK0cNm9T3h++z8P9o+W9ggkXiLGF Content-Disposition: Inline Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!webtv.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:23286 China Blue Ribbon Commission wrote: >I see your Arwen and raise you a Ioreth. >Never underestimate the worth of age Arwen is way older than Ioreth. >sharpenned elbows and the ability talk >your opponent comatose. Pffft. Arwen can probably outbore Ioreth, especially if she's had lessons from Grandpa Celebore, the undisputed master of meaningless drivel (that is when he's not verbally bashing the noble Khazad race). --Dave