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If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Awesome sauce!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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I think Irika owes us a new quote...
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Willow introduced Irika to Memes.
From Irika:
From Irika:
Bilbo, waiting for friends on mat, opening the door like a pop gun is different from you.
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Umm, it’s from the Hobbit...
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That would Gandalf when he arrived at Bag End behind Thorin and Bifur, Bofur and Bombur: "It is not like you, Bilbo, to keep friends waiting on the mat, and then open the door like a pop-gun!" (One of the odd anachronisms in The Hobbit, as I would not think that there are anything like "pop-guns" in Middle-earth.)
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Your turn!
And yes, I also found the pop-gun remark curious but felt that it might refer to some kind of firecracker?
And yes, I also found the pop-gun remark curious but felt that it might refer to some kind of firecracker?
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Huh.Middle English gunne, gonne, perhaps from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Gunnhildr, from gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war’.
On a tangent but remember the Moon Moon the Dumb Werewolf meme? I never knew Gunnhildr was War War, the Dumb Viking.
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Here's the new one:
Oh! If possible, remember the shaft.
Oh! If possible, remember the shaft.
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Is that Bard?
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Long before.
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it related to the walls of Thangorodrim?
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Nope! (Later than the episode in which Fingon rescues Maedhros.)
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Mine shaft?
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No, it is the kind of shaft that Frelga and Al were thinking.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Ah wait. I remember the approximate quote but not the speaker. "I would recall that shaft if I could" It was one of the sons of Fëanor IIRC?
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Right quote. Wrong speaker and context.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Did someone shoot at an Eagle?
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No. But someone (not the speaker) did shoot at person of a different race.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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I think someone was shooting at someone on horseback and accidentally killed/injured someone else? I know I could look this up, but its nagging at the edge of my brain...
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