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EIA #8: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
1. What did Frodo reply when asked what business he had in Bree?
* - Our business is our own. *waves hands*
- There business is their own.
- We are not the Hobbits you were told to watch out for. *waves hands*
- These aren't the Hobbits we were to watch out for. (LOTR_nutcase) ROFLMAO!!
* "I'm here to increase awareness about the Adopt-an-Elf foundation." (Eowyn of Penns Woods)
* "I am a member of the Salt-Shaker Police. *shows ID* I heard there's a concentration of blobs in Bree." (Marigold Gamgee)
* He offered the gatekeeper comp tickets to the Fellowship's upcoming performance of "The Silmarillion: The Musical." (The Trees of Yavanna)
* "We are on a sacred quest for the Holy Grail. Tell you master that if he will provide us shelter for the evening, he may join us in our quest." (Inferno)
* Well, I own the burlesque house just down the street. What? ooooh, you mean what am I *doing* here? Erm...can we start this conversation over? (Varda Elentari)
* "Destroying the One Ring... Er, Nothing! Nothing at all as a matter of fact. Nope, er, nothing to do with Evil Rings at all!" (huorn)
* "Avon calling!" (Carnimírië, Anamírë)
* "I've been following the purple leprichauns sice I ate some mushrooms off the road." (PervyElfFancier)
* "We're musicians looking for a gig - does the Prancing Pony take bands?" (Galadlinderiel)
* Health inspectors to check the mushroom stock at the Prancing Pony. There was a complaint lodged by a local goat herder. (glorfin2)
* Pipeweed stocks have been down during the last quarter, he's come to Bree to try and sell massive amounts Old Toby shares to drunken Men (a group of former day-traders) in the common room at the Prancing Pony. (Bell Willow)
* “I'm selling girl scout cookies for the hobbiton Bagettes”; Harry the Gatekeeper let him in right away, as nobody can resist a box of Thin Mints. (Emwhre Hithaelin and PinkOliphaunts)
* "I'm here to see a man about a pony" (SarcasticElf)
* "We've come to Emerald City seeking the Great and Powerful Oz, and these are my ruby slippers." (gullygilly)
* That he was the new Orbitz gum spokesperson… later when Harry is crushed by the gate, Frodo asks how he feels, and Harry flashes a big smile with the Frodo commenting, “Fabulous.” (blanche_niphredil)
* Frodo replied that he owned three very successful Krispy Kreme franchises in the Bree-Hill area. (Flower of Telperion)
*
Shrubberies are my trade. I am a
shrubber. My name is 'Frodo the Shrubber'. I arrange, design, and sell
shrubberies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those
who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at
this period in history... (Ossë)
2. What was Barliman Butterbur's occupation?
* Postmaster General of Bree (glorfin2) ROFLMAO!!
* Butterbur: "I forget. . .Oy! Nob! What's my occupation?!" (WhiteAslan)
* By day he was a humble accountant, but by night Barliman Butterbur transformed into Venus X, exotic dancer! (The Trees of Yavanna)
* He arranges, designs, and sells shubberies. But he really wanted to be... A Lumberjack! (Inferno, also Aydria Elenlinn)
* An American Idol judge (Estella Brandybuck)
* professional tattoo artist. Unfortunately, due to his constantly enebriated state, he rarely had a satisfied customer. (Varda Elentari)
* Trainee blunderer and message garbler, second level. (Greenwood Hobbit)
* PR man for Bree's Tourism Board. He came up with the rather unsuccessful slogan: "It's Bree-yootiful here!" (huorn)
* Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, BATMAN!" (Carnimírië)
* Well, he used to be a Gondorian secret agent, until his superiors realized that dressing up as an exotic dancer and seducing Mordorian officers was not his forte. (Aldebaran)
* Ale-ontologist (Galadlinderiel)
* first rate maker of barley sugar butter for bunions - oh and he served barley beer (Ciars)
* Official ale-tester for Breeweiser... Now retired. (Eärendil The Mariner)
* Town idiot. (Annael)
* Local Amnesiac Extraordinaire (gullygilly)
* He was Gandalf’s wrestling coach for the WWF (Wizards Wrestling Federation) and was the one that sent Gandalf to go the Gandalf and Saruman duel at Orthanc. (blanche_niphredil)
* Forum Admin (Marigold Gamgee)
* Bill Ferny's parole officer (Varda's Songbird)
* He was a professional dwarf tosser. (DAS)
* Out of work actor. He was waiting tables, while waiting to be discovered. (Miriel Telcontar)
* He was an Enchanter. Dropped out of wizard school after much (French) taunting about his name by Radagast. (Ossë)
* Author and infomercial personality, best known for his book and video series “How to Improve Your Memory” (only $69.99 + S&H). (Frodo Gardner)
* A lawsuit waiting to happen. Call your employees "woolly-footed slowcoach" and be prepared to be sued for harassment and anti-hobbit discrimination. (PinkOliphaunts)
3. What did Strider do that caught the attention
of Sam and Frodo?
* Set fire to his hood while lighting his pipe. (Greenwood Hobbit) ROFLMAO!!
*
He jumped up on the table and sang a
song about the Rangers:
"We're MEN! We're men in tiiights!
(TIGHT tights!) Running around, defending the Shire's rights!.." (Seillib)
ROFLMAO!!
* Can't really say but it involved a long trenchcoat and not much else... (Foe-Hammer_of_Gondolin)
* He catapulted farm animals at them, causing them to retreat in terror. (The Trees of Yavanna)
* He jumped onto a table, brandished the remnants of Narsil, and bellowed, "Hallo! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!" (Carnimírië)
* He said "Ecky-Ecky-Ecky-Ecky-b'kang-zoop-boing-gabrowl!" (Inferno)
* His thong straps were sticking out over his pants - over his hips. Very unsettling. (huorn)
* He performed a belching rendetion of the Lay of Luthien. (LOTR_nutcase)
* Dropped his pipe into his lap and then ran out screaming. (Aldebaran)
* Turned Merry into a newt! But he got better. (Joelle)
* Kept whispering, "Baggins. Baggins. Baggins." (Galadlinderiel)
* ummmmm..... (blushes) he was playing with...his sword . (Ciars)
* He did the Bakshi-Balrog impression, stumbled over his furry slippers and fell. (Eärendil The Mariner)
* A modified version of the pointed hat trick (glorfin2)
* He flashed around a few issues of PlayHobbit. Can't imagine why he'd have that, though... (Sandicomm)
* Did the "Y . . . M . . . C . . . A" dance. (Annael)
* He jumped up and down and yelled "Hey, Hobbits! Over here!" (SarcasticElf)
* Stood up and hollered, "Hey, you! The one with the One Ring!" (gullygilly)
* He walked over to the jukebox, put on "Stayin' Alive," and busted out his disco moves, a la John Travolta style. (Anamírë)
* Started chanting in Latin while his head did 360's. Apparently the Breelanders were accustomed to this. (Varda's Songbird)
* He hit them with spitballs using the detachable stem of his pipe and ABC chawin’ tobacco (one of the reasons Rangers were so despised in those parts). (Frodo Gardner)
* Well, the smell alone would have made anyone turn their heads. (PinkOliphaunts)
*
lets just say it had been a while since
he'd seen Arwen............ (Idaho)
4. How did Frodo distract the crowd at the Prancing Pony from Pippin's story-telling?
* He stood on a table and did his Elvis impersonation at Pippin:
“You ain’t nothin’ but a hobbit
Lying all the time
You ain’t nothin’ but a hobbit
Lying all the time
Well, that ain’t a good habit
And you ain’t no friend of mine.” (Frodo
Gardner) ROFLMAO!!!
* By doing the Chicken-dance (Marigold Gamgee, Carnimírië)
* He performed his famous lawn chair handcuff dance, to the sounds of iced tea being stirred. (The Trees of Yavanna)
* He gave a demonstration on how not to be seen. (Inferno)
* Stuffed the ferret down Merry’s breeches. (Greenwood Hobbit)
* He quickly ducked underneath the table and yelled "Which wire do I cut? The blue one or the red one? Hurry!" (LOTR_nutcase)
* By starting another "taste great, less filling" debate. (Aldebaran)
* Popped Pippin upside the head and said, "He's had a whole half already!" (Galadlinderiel)
* He yelled: "Hobbit tossing!!!" (Eärendil The Mariner)
* Started Testosterone Tower (ringers rock!)
* 2 words "free ale!" (glorfin2)
* "Hey, look! Orlando Bloom!" (Sandicomm)
* Challenged Pippin to a tongue twister tournament (Emwhre Hithaelin)
* Mooned them. (Embarrassed to remember this, he made up a story about singing a song when he wrote the Red Book, but by association of ideas made it a song about the Moon. Merry & Pippin always had a hard time reading that part to their kids with a straight face) (Annael , Pukel-man)
* havent you ever seen the MTV parody, he showed them all where he had a piercing made for the ring (Idaho)
* By screaming, "BEES! BEES! BEES EVERYWHERE! God, they're huge and they're sting-crazy! Save yourselves! Your weapons are useless against them!" (Anamírë)
* He immediately replaced Pippin with a blow-up Arwen to distract all the male’s attention…. although he then had a little trouble getting Aragorn upstairs to have a little chat. (blanche_niphredil)
* "DRINKS ON ME!" (Varda's Songbird)
* He kickstarted the Prancing Pony Karaoke night by singing "I Will Survive". (DAS)
* retold the story of Beren and Luthien using hand shadows. (Seillib)
* Ever notice that creepy guy with the ferret in the film? Ever see that commercial with the guy who's tongue is attacked by a ferret? Just imagine a hobbit running around a bar screaming with a weasle-y critter hanging out of his mouth. I bet you'd be distracted, too. (PinkOliphaunts)
5. What happened to Frodo when the ring slipped onto his finger?
* He looked down and said, "I don't see half of me half as well as I would like; and I see less than half of me half as well as I'm preserved." (gullygilly) ROFLMAO!!!
* He had a sudden urge to click his heels together three times and say "There's no place like home, there's no place like home..." (RosieLass)
* He turned into a blob (Marigold Gamgee)
* He said "I do" and with that he and Sam scurried through the flying rice into the Nazgul driven chariot that awaited them. From there they headed out on their wonderful honeymoon in the beautiful Lost Realm of Arnor. Never had the peoples of Middle Earth seen such marital bliss... (Foe-Hammer_of_Gondolin)
* He turned into a pot of geraniums. (The Trees of Yavanna)
* his finger was immediately and permanently stained green. stupid cheap jewelry (Varda Elentari)
* He turned into a poor, hapless sperm whale. *splot!* (Carnimírië)
* He shrank to the size of a mouse. He found a curiously labeled bottle on the floor..."Drink Me"...but declined to taste it. (LOTR_nutcase)
* He was informed that, by Bree custom, he had just inadvertently married Tom Bombadil. (Aldebaran)
* He saw everyone in their underwear. (Joelle)
* He shrank to 1/8 his former size and was immediately set upon by the bar cat. (luinfalathiel)
* He saw dead people. (Bell Willow)
* He started channeling Sting singing "You'll be wrapped around my finger . . ." (Annael)
* He turned into the Green Hobbit Lantern (SarcasticElf)
* he was transported to the shadowland, where he found all of the socks that he lost in the dryer (Samantha Baggins)
* His x-ray vision kicked in, and he noticed with a hint of fright that Aragorn was wearing Spiderman underwear. (Anamírë)
* He was lost in time and space, and missed Bill Ferny and the Squint Eyed Southerner doing the Macarena. (DAS)
* Legal proceedings (Pukel-man)
* He turned into Elijah Wood (Seillib)
* Much to Frodo's consternation, he ended up married to Barliman's buxom bar wench. This required much explaining on Frodo's part when they finally reached Rivendell (Miriel Telcontar)