Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed

From: RedEyeJoe <juden@algonet.se>

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Patrick F. McGehearty wrote:
>
> In article <17BEBAC5AS86.UK05647@ukcc.uky.edu>,
> John Lewis <jclewis@mis.net> wrote:
> >At the end of the jewels there came a war
> >   that swiftly did what could not be done before.
> >      Its name spelled fear far and wide
> >         and if it had come sooner, not so many would have died.
> >
> >Any and all help appreciated.
> >John
> >jclewis@mis.net
>
> Given the FA1000 context, the first line might mean the
> end of the three Elven rings, set with fine jewels.
> If so, the event which could not be done before would
> either be the destruction of
> Certainly, if the end of Sauron or the One Ring came sooner, not so many
> would have died.  Its name would be the answer to the riddle, and should be
> the name of the war.  But wouldn't that be "The War of the Rings"?  If so,
> it does not fit the "one-word answer" pattern of the riddles.
> Perhaps I'm on the wrong track, or I'm missing a better name for the War of
> the Rings.
>
> - Patrick McGehearty
> patrick@convex.hp.com

A "one-word" for War of the Rings are (the) "Ringwar", Isn't it??
Everyone talks about the ringwar in the books so....

Am I right or am I right?

RedEyeJoe

References

Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
jclewis@mis.net (John Lewis)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000
MEPBM-FA1000 Riddle help needed
jclewis@mis.net (John Lewis)
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000