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Seaborn
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Apr 20 2013, 11:36am
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How much wine?
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During the drinking contest in ROTK EE Gimli and Legolas drank about 20 pints each or roughly about 10 l of beer per person, as you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/...;v=-vUOwz11x0Y#t=72s. By UK standards, at 4% alcohol by volume, this would be about 20 alcohol units. Two standard wine bottles (750 ml each at 12%) contain 18 alcohol units, which means that Legolas would start to feel a slight tingle in his fingers shortly after finishing the second bottle of wine. How quickly it would escalate from peripheral to central nervous system manisfestations (passing out) is a speculation issue but I think we can safely assume that the Captain of the Guards would need at least 10 bottles of wine or about 50 normal glasses (or much more). Cheers, Captain!
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utku
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Apr 20 2013, 1:34pm
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However we should bear in mind that Legolas is a Sindarin Elf while the Captain would probably be one of Silvan Elves. As far as we can make up, Eldarin Elves* may be blessed with extra resistance to alcohol. So while Legolas would be a designated driver in a possible party, Captain of the Guards may easily lose himself. :) *Just realised I may be wrong with Eldarin. I don't really remember so feel free to correct me.
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Luinnár
Rivendell
Apr 20 2013, 2:08pm
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that the wine was extremely strong and was meant for the king's table only.
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erynion
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Apr 20 2013, 3:51pm
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I think Legolas was pretending to be a lot more sober than he actually was...
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...to prove a point to Gimli. As soon as Gimli was out, he staggered into Eomer and had to be helped to sit down. He's just very good at balancing himself generally. ;) So Elves really can't stand that much alcohol with just their fingers tingling.
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Hamfast Gamgee
Tol Eressea
Apr 20 2013, 8:48pm
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But I always thought that was wrong. A Dwarf would beat an Elf in a drinking competition of beer. The Dwarf would have had more experience of it. Elves tend to drink wine, not beer and there is a difference.
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Elizabeth
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Apr 20 2013, 9:54pm
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Dorwinion Wine is strong stuff.
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Probably more than 12%, more like brandy (typically 35-60%).
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Kangi Ska
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Apr 20 2013, 11:26pm
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How much beer can a Wood-elf chug...
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Did you factor in the square root of Pi ?
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain Life is an adventure, not a contest. At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Lio
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Apr 21 2013, 12:30am
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It will be worth keeping track of how much wine the Elves have before passing out in DoS. Assuming the scene is still in it, that is!
Dwalin Balin Kili Fili Dori Nori Ori Oin Gloin Bifur Bofur Bombur Thorin Orcs are mammals! Want to chat? AIM me at Yami Liokaiser!
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Eleniel
Tol Eressea
Apr 21 2013, 6:37am
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Not to mention they were drinking out of flagons, not goblets! //
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Probably more than 12%, more like brandy (typically 35-60%). "Choosing Trust over Doubt gets me burned once in a while, but I'd rather be singed than hardened." ¯ Victoria Monfort Avatar: Elwing by art-nouveau-club on DeviantArt
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Fredeghar Wayfarer
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Apr 21 2013, 8:31am
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Yes, that was my assumption as well
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Dorwinion wine would be much stronger than what they drink in Rohan. In fact, since Dorwinion is in the east of Middle-earth, it could be that there are Avari Elves living there. And who better to know the right alcohol percentage to get an Elf good and sloshed?
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dijomaja
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Apr 21 2013, 10:29am
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To Hamfast: Actually, since wine has more alcohol per unit of volume, it's usually beer drinkers who need to adjust the pace of their drinking when they switch to wine. Also, we can probably assume that, as with humans, some Elves, Dwarves, et al. can hold their liquor better than others. Trivia: By his own admission, Orlando Bloom was a lightweight as a drinker. The drinking game scene was apparently a source of inside-joke laughter for the cast and crew.
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Lusitano
Tol Eressea
Apr 21 2013, 7:46pm
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to awake up the next day with the only hope for a renewed dwarf-elfs amity and peace, inside her womb, without any recollection of the perpetrator's name.
Vous commencez à m'ennuyer avec le port!!!
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Gandy
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Apr 21 2013, 9:02pm
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if the studio sponsored the making of official "Wines of Middle Earth"? I would be crazy about that. They could have dwarf wines, Hobbiton, Elven, Rohan, Mordor, wizard's wine - all the best places. And a Bree Brew beer. They could be in beautiful decorative bottles each unique to their respective Middle Earth regions. All from New Zealand of course. No doubt they would sell out instantly. I'd buy several each to last the rest of my life.
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