| Welcome! FAQs and important information. [message #141245] |
Do, 29 September 2005 10:14 |
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Posting-Frequency: ~4 days (FAQs posted monthly)
Welcome to the Tolkien newsgroups! Our FAQs can be found at:
http://tolkien.slimy.com/
Even if you haven't read all of _The Hobbit_ and _The Lord of the
Rings_, you are welcome here, but be careful! Spoilers for the
stories can be anywhere... even in the subject line of a message!
To help you join our community as comfortably as possible, we do ask
that you read our Frequently Asked Questions lists before posting.
The FAQs discuss proper "netiquette" for participating in discussions
here, and also introduce the basics of our most frequent debates (the
main "Meta-FAQ" page lists the most "important" questions in bold).
Once again, welcome! We look forward to your participation.
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| Re: Welcome! FAQs and important information. [message #141259 ] |
Do, 29 September 2005 18:43 |
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Steuard Jensen wrote:
> Welcome to the Tolkien newsgroups! Our FAQs can be found at:
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> http://tolkien.slimy.com/
I'm trying to think of a suitable simile for hosting a Tolkien FAQ on a
website called "slimy." Like keeping a diamond in an old boot? Like
drinking champagne out of a plastic cup? Like pouring perfume on a
compost heap?
Tsk-tsk.
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| Re: Welcome! FAQs and important information. [message #141287 ] |
Fr, 30 September 2005 04:12 |
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Quoth justinmoore [at] peacemail.com in article
<1128012234.294537.251390 [at] g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
> Steuard Jensen wrote:
> > Welcome to the Tolkien newsgroups! Our FAQs can be found at:
> >
> > http://tolkien.slimy.com/
> I'm trying to think of a suitable simile for hosting a Tolkien FAQ
> on a website called "slimy."
Aw, c'mon, it's not that bad. You'll remember the name, right? If
you're curious, the friends of mine who own the site named it after a
stuffed snail. :)
http://www.slimy.com/slimy.jpg
Would it help if I pretended that it was a reference to the Balrog
after its fall, when it had become a "thing of slime"? :)
Steuard Jensen
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| Re: Welcome! FAQs and important information. [message #142312 ] |
Fr, 30 September 2005 23:15 |
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On 29 Sep 2005 09:43:54 -0700, justinmoore [at] peacemail.com wrote:
>Steuard Jensen wrote:
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>> Welcome to the Tolkien newsgroups! Our FAQs can be found at:
>>
>> http://tolkien.slimy.com/
>
>I'm trying to think of a suitable simile for hosting a Tolkien FAQ on a
>website called "slimy." Like keeping a diamond in an old boot? Like
>drinking champagne out of a plastic cup? Like pouring perfume on a
>compost heap?
Clearly, he is honoring the Balrog of Moria, without whom Grey would not
have become White and Sauron might yet have prevailed.
--
R. Dan Henry
danhenry [at] inreach.com
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| Re: Welcome! FAQs and important information. [message #142349 ] |
Sa, 01 Oktober 2005 14:00 |
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Steuard Jensen wrote:
> Quoth justinmoore [at] peacemail.com in article
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> > >
> > > http://tolkien.slimy.com/
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> > I'm trying to think of a suitable simile for hosting a Tolkien FAQ
> > on a website called "slimy."
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> Aw, c'mon, it's not that bad.
Well, I can think of worse, but I'm not saying what they are. "Slithy"
would have been okay.
> You'll remember the name, right?
Yes, but I remember other things too and wish I didn't.
> If
> you're curious, the friends of mine who own the site named it after a
> stuffed snail. :)
I hope it died of natural causes beforehand. But I suppose we should be
thankful they didn't name it after that other prominent snaily
attribute, its horns.
> http://www.slimy.com/slimy.jpg
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> Would it help if I pretended that it was a reference to the Balrog
> after its fall, when it had become a "thing of slime"? :)
Now you're making it worse. :(
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