Welcome and Introductions (Newbies, Please)

Mrs Figgs' fascination with his jib is what's troublin' me most!

Yes - and so you should be embarrased, Mrs Figg; you being in a long term defactonet relationship, and all!

I do have a nice gib though.... Mrs Figg isnt the only one that has commented on its cut.

I am not going to openly encourage these adulterous comments though!

{{{{{This should be enough encryptioningness Mrs Figg.... nobody else can read this.... you carry on those comments as much as you like!!}}}}}

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Move along Orwell.... nothing to sniff here....

I used to be the idiot back in the good old days of 09

I have been contemplating a Scout like organization for the village for quite some time, tentatively called, "The Young Idiots." I'm thinking, Ally, I have found my first inductee!

odo banks wrote:I have been contemplating a Scout like organization for the village for quite some time, tentatively called, "The Young Idiots." I'm thinking, Ally, I have found my first inductee!

OK but there's no way I'm paying you a weekly fee (or any kind of fee for that matter) to sit around eating biscuits (I used to go to scouts for a week or two this is what I did)

Lance my compliments on the avatar, its classy.

That's me peeking out of the window if you look closely.... honestly.

What is it? Some sort of carriage? Where do the horses go?

maybe Thestrels thats why they are invisible?

I have no idea what a Thestrel is Mrs Figg (presumably because I have never seen one what with them being invisible!), its sounds suspicously like a HP thing- one of her sad little combo-words.

I breed dwarf horses and they go inside the carriage to turn the wheels.... i learnt from my time hanging with the dark lord who was quite partial to a wheel or 2 (i went for 4!!!!)

I call it an 'automobile'. Automatic and mobile... see how I came up with that name all by myself and nobody else did before I was even born?

You know, I dont know why, but I am certain Tolkien would not have approved.

That's cause Tolkien never had a Cossie!!

A what?

A Cossie!

Lancebloke wrote:That's me peeking out of the window if you look closely.... honestly.

You're looking very .... precioussss.

A Cosworth Orwell a Cosworth, favourite car of cockney geezers, wideboys and Scouse footballers with mullets. sadly not made any more.

Mrs Figg wrote:A Cosworth Orwell a Cosworth, favourite car of cockney geezers, wideboys and Scouse footballers with mullets. sadly not made any more.

Scouse footballers with mullets? No more? Damn shame.

Hi all!

Just following Eldo's request to introduce myself before I go posting anywhere. It's nice to meet you all!

How did you first come across Tolkien?
My uncle gave his battered copy of The Hobbit (which he'd discovered from the hippy-dippy '70s angle) to my more straight-laced father to read. After he'd read it, he gave it to me. I suppose I must have been around ten years old.

What do you think of the movies?
I love them. Am I happy with every aspect of all three of them? No. But do I think some of the uber-purist criticisms can be a little churlish? Yes. My favourite? "Fellowship".

How did you pick your username? Does it have any meaning?
As a long-time console gamer, I thought I'd reference one of my favourite games of all time, "Vagrant Story", from Japanese maestro Yasumi Matsuno (also responsible for the seminal Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII). However, as I played the game in 2000, I can't remember for the life of me exactly what a Riskbreaker was! Still, my avatar is Ashley Riot, the lead character and a Riskbreaker, and my signature is a quote from the main antagonist. Nice.

How did you find Forumshire? Search engine, referral, or something else entirely?
It was constantly referred to on "The Hobbit Movie News" forum where I used to post until recently as Kendalf. After a short break from commenting on Jackson's films, I thought the CinemaCon reel was the perfect excuse to get back to it...

Riskbreaker/Kendalf - welcome!

I have only recently made the transition from over yonder myself (I wonder if you can guess who I was).

Be nice to have someone else to talk to on the game thread I started up... look forward to chatting.

WELCOME!! WELCOME!!

finally on the best forum of all

Lance, who were you in Bree?