Nona from The Compleat Sean Bean sends in an interesting auction opportunity for those of you looking to get your hands on a Boromir signature. [more]
Month: September 2000
Nona from the Compleat Sean Bean has sent us this interesting tidbit:
Hi guys,
Celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, the Duchess of York, Sir Michael Caine and Sean Bean have been showing off their artistic flair in aid of the endangered red squirrel in the UK.
More than 200 stars agreed to take part in a “scribble a squirrel” competition to raise awareness of the plight of the mammal, which could become extinct in England in the next decade.
The pictures are being auctioned on the Internet during Red Squirrel Week.
The auction will run for two weeks and will raise money for the North East Wildlife Trust and The Calvert Trust, charities which both work to raise awareness of the dangers facing the red squirrel in England.
The auction ends 29/09/2000 11:00 PM.
The QXL auction website is here, along with a list of all the celebrity contributors:
http://www.qxl.com/isroot/html/uk/redsquirrel.shtml
To place a bid on Sean Bean’s sketch of a red squirrel, click here:
http://www.qxl.com/isroot/html/uk/redsquirrel.shtml
A copy of Sean’s sketch is attached.
Cheers,
Nona
In honor of Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday, its time to play Gollum’s Riddle Challenge 2000!
“Come and play a game with us, my preciousss! If you win, I giveesss you nice prizesses. If you lose we eatsss it, my precious!”
To play, surf on over to our contest section! [ Riddle Challenge ]
Happy Birthday Frodo and Bilbo!
Update: The contest has been won, stay tuned for more information.
Hello again everyone!!! Gamgee here, with yet another enticing Tolkien adventure! Our last winner was Androg! Way to go my friend!!! The answers were:
1) Asfaloth
2) Longbottom leaf
3) Bombadil
Here are the questions for today:
1) “What was the special weapon which slew Smaug? (mentioned in The Hobbit)”
2) “wolrbeohnr” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing…check “Fellowship” for this answer)
3) “Who are you, and who is your Lord” (Who said this?… try FotR)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail all 3 correct answers in on letter will be posted here next time!….Gamgee
Have you ever wanted to find out what the faces behind the nicks *really* look like? Hurl *real* salad bar fixings at your fellow patrons? Face them in mortal combat?? (oh, wait…wrong article…)
Next summer, you’ll have your chance! Curunir and Messiah are working tirelessly to make your 1420 Wishes and Balrog Wing Dreams come true. In August of 2001, we plan to hold Barliman’s Bash, an event for the folks of Barliman’s to meet, greet, and enjoy one another’s company for a few days.
Food and drink, fun and games, will help to minimize the panic attacks brought on by not actually being in the channel, and the opportunity to watch Mormegil overindulge and drool on himself can’t be passed up!
At the moment, we’ve very little in the way of details about the event, other than the date (August, 2001) and probable location (Chicago, IL…subject to change). We’re waiting to start in-depth planning until after we’ve an idea of how many folks would like to attend – then, we can start seriously arranging the particulars of the event.
If you’d like to meet your fellow Barlimaniacs, please drop an email to barlibash@hotmail.com.
Once we have your interest note, we can start keeping you informed, via email, of the progress we’re making.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to bring the fun and fellowship that is Barliman’s into the real world!
Ringer Spy Dominic sends in a nice little article from ‘The Net’, a UK based internet magazine.
