home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.fan.tolkien      JR Tolkien masturbatory worship echo      70,346 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 70,012 of 70,346   
   Louis Epstein to Paul S Person   
   Re: Queen Elizabeth and the Rohirrim   
   22 Apr 20 18:04:19   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien Paul S Person  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:17 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>The present monarch of Great Britain has now reached the age of ninety-four,   
   >>never reached by Eomer (or Thain Isumbras III,or the Masters of Buckland   
   >>Marmadoc and Saradoc Brandybuck)...only Aldor the Old among the Kings of   
   >>the Mark remains as having reached a greater age.   
   >>   
   >>Shall she surpass him?   
   >   
   > Interesting question.   
   >   
   > But would not "Will she surpass him?" have been better?   
   >   
   > Or is this some Brit/American English thing?   
      
   I'm really not sure which word works best to what listener...   
   but my intention is to ask whether it is going to happen,   
   without implying a deliberate act unnecessarily.   
   (To what extent is survival consciously willed and to what extent   
   a consequence of life processes?)   
      
   Interestingly,Her Majesty is entering into a gap between the   
   lifespans of the various Kings,Chieftains,Thains,Masters,and Stewards   
   with whom,besides Aldor,she is contending for longevity.   
   None died at 94,95,96,or 97...but there were multiple   
   deaths at surrounding ages.   
      
   Rorimac Brandybuck	106   
   Fortinbras I		103   
   Gorbadoc Brandybuck	103   
   Denethor I		102   
   Isengrim II		102   
   Fortinbras II		102   
   Gormadoc Brandybuck	102   
   Madoc Brandybuck	102   
   Aldor the Old		101   
   Isumbras IV		101   
   Paladin II		101   
   Arveleg I 		100   
   Aragorn I		100   
   Thorondir		100   
   Ferumbras II		100   
   Turin II	 	 99   
   Ferumbras III		 99   
   Ecthelion I	 	 98   
   Turgon		 	 98   
   Ecthelion II	     	 98   
   Isengrim III		 98   
   Isumbras III		 93   
   Marmadoc Brandybuck	 93   
   Eomer			 93   
   Saradoc Brandybuck	 92   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca