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dernwyn
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Sep 22 2021, 1:00am
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**Party Game: Scrambled Gifts
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Happy Hobbit Birthdays! In honor of Bilbo and Frodo, here is a Word Scramble/Scavenger Hunt.
We all know that after The Party, Bilbo left special presents to be given to certain Hobbits. Do you remember what they were? To find out, you can use the clues to look them up in the book, or have fun unscrambling the words!
1. For the Gaffer, a bottle of MINTNOTE
2. And two sacks of STOOPATE
3. And also a woolen SACATOWIT
4. For Adelard Took, an ARUMBELL
5. For Dora Baggins, a waste-paper SAKBET
6. For niece Angelica, a round convex ROMRIR
7. For Hugo Bracegirdle, an empty KOBO-ASEC
8. For Rory Brandybuck, a dozen bottles of DOL SWAYDRIN
9. For Milo Burrows, a gold pen and KIN BETLOT
10. For Lobelia, a case of silver SNOOPS
(yes, very appropriate!  )
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Ataahua
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Sep 22 2021, 1:37am
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Right, I'm doing this closed-book.
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1: Ointment.
2: Potatoes
3: Waistcoat
4: Umbrella
5: Basket
6: Mirror
7:Book case
8: This one's got me stumped. Old ... ? Or something Dorwin?
9: Ink bottle
10: Spoons!
Thanks for the game! Although number 8's answer is going to bug me.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo
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Kimi
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Sep 22 2021, 5:20am
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Nicely scrambled, Dernwyn!
1. For the Gaffer, a bottle of MINTNOTE LINIMENT
2. And two sacks of STOOPATE POTATOES
3. And also a woolen SACATOWIT WAISTCOAT
4. For Adelard Took, an ARUMBELL UMBRELLA
5. For Dora Baggins, a waste-paper SAKBET BASKET
6. For niece Angelica, a round convex ROMRIR MIRROR
7. For Hugo Bracegirdle, an empty KOBO-ASEC BOOK CASE
8. For Rory Brandybuck, a dozen bottles of DOL SWAYDRIN OLD WINYARDS
9. For Milo Burrows, a gold pen and KIN BETLOT INK BOTTLE
10. For Lobelia, a case of silver SNOOPS SPOONS
The Passing of Mistress Rose
My historical novels
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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NottaSackville
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Sep 22 2021, 12:30pm
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Glad to start out with an easy quiz!
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I apologize, without my glasses it was hard to see some of the letters. The good news is that without them, A's and F's look the same!
1. For the Gaffer, a bottle of MINTNOTE
MINTNOTES - they're like a cross between envelopes and sticky notes. You have to lick them to stick them, and they have a pleasant minty glue.
2. And two sacks of STOOPATE
TOOTHPASTE
3. And also a woolen SACATOWIT
SCARECROW
4. For Adelard Took, an ARUMBELL
DUMBELL - Adelard was a workout fanatic
5. For Dora Baggins, a waste-paper SAKBET
MATH TEXTBOOK - just some light reading for our favorite teacher
6. For niece Angelica, a round convex ROMRIR
ROMEO- Angelica likes 'em nice and pudgy
7. For Hugo Bracegirdle, an empty KOBO-ASEC
KABUKI MASK - Hugo is a well-know thespian
8. For Rory Brandybuck, a dozen bottles of DOL SWAYDRIN
A dozen DRUMMERS DRUMMING
9. For Milo Burrows, a gold pen and KIN BETLOT
BLANKET - for writing on those cold winter days
10. For Lobelia, a case of silver SNOOPS
SNOOPS - like opera glasses, only more discreet
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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dernwyn
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Sep 22 2021, 11:16pm
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dernwyn
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Sep 22 2021, 11:17pm
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Your first answer is a synonym for the actual item!
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dernwyn
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Sep 22 2021, 11:21pm
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I hope you don't drive without those glasses!
The Gaffer's teeth must be in really bad condition, to be given two SACKS of toothpaste!
And what a nice gift for our dear Aunt Dora. 
I think I once had some scratch-and-sniff minty notes...
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Ataahua
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Sep 22 2021, 11:42pm
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Of *course* it was Winyards! I should have got that. 
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo
My LOTR fan-fiction
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Kimi
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Sep 23 2021, 1:16am
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"O" being the operative letter :) OINTMENT, of course (a day late and a dollar short).
The Passing of Mistress Rose
My historical novels
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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grammaboodawg
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Sep 23 2021, 2:42am
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So I totally relate to this game! ;)
Here goes...
1. MINTNOTE = ointment
2. STOOPATE = potatoes
3. SACATOWIT = waistcoat
4. ARUMBELL = umbrella
5. SAKBET = basket
6. ROMRIR = mirror
7. KOBO-ASEC = book-case
8. DOL SWAYDRIN = old winyards
9. KIN BETLOT = ink bottle
10. SNOOPS = spoons
And I didn't "snoop" at the book! This was a perfect resurrection, dernwyn. THANKS!
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(This post was edited by grammaboodawg on Sep 23 2021, 2:48am)
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SirDennisC
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Sep 24 2021, 12:05am
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These look kind of hard but here goes:
1. Ointment
2. Po-ta-toes
3. Waistcoat
4. Umbrella
5. Basket
6. Mirror
7. Book-case
8. Old Winyards
9. Ink bottle
10. Snoops, ha!
This was an exercise in remembering more than unscrambling. Thanks dernwyn!
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dernwyn
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Sep 24 2021, 11:27am
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dernwyn
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Sep 24 2021, 11:29am
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I was half considering also scrambling the names of the recipients...
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