# Bill the Pony needs your help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805 "2003-09-15T20:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/1 "2003-09-15T20:57:11Z")
[TheOneRing.net](http://TheOneRing.net) is currently having a poll of the coolest LOTR horse. _Obviously_, Bill the Pony needs to win this sucker. But for some reason, that namby-pamby goody two shoes Shadowfax has a 20 point lead over Bill. So please, go [here](http://www.theonering.net/pollpage.html?vote+here.x=25&vote+here.y=5) and vote for Bill. Middle Earth is counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/2 "2003-09-15T21:18:11Z")
Um, isn’t Shadowfax a goody _four_ shoes? And where do we vote for Fatty Lumpkin? ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/3 "2003-09-15T21:24:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Middle Earth is counting on you. Then I’ve just let Middle Earth down. Shadowfax all the way, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/4 "2003-09-15T21:31:43Z")
I’m really evil, but I voted for “Winged Fell Steed.” Come on, you have to admit those are _cool_. Not really a horse – but a pony isn’t really a horse either, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/5 "2003-09-15T21:38:58Z")
Sorry Munch, but I voted ‘other’. My old horse Berascoth was the best ever. Roamed Valinor she did, many moons ago. Strong as Huan, fast as Thranny. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ummm.yeahh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ummm.yeahh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ummm.yeahh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/6 "2003-09-15T21:56:26Z")
I did my share for Bill. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/7 "2003-09-16T13:47:54Z")
I hate all of you. Except **ummm… yeahh…**. BTW, I did something horrible the other day. In the midst of all my studying for grad school, I picked up FOTR again… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/8 "2003-09-16T15:13:26Z")
I kinda liked the horses the Black Riders used in the _FOTR_ movie. When the Black Rider stopped by the side of the road and sniffed the air for hobbits, his horse looked like it had just eaten someone. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/9 "2003-09-16T17:45:03Z")
Is it just me or does anyone else read “theonering” as Onion Rings. (I don’t have an opinion, but I voted Bill the Pony for you. You are going to loose though, Bill the Pony may be the “best” horse, but the cool word - boy, steep competition in cool). ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/10 "2003-09-16T19:21:01Z")
I have done my part for ‘poor ol’ Bill’. Shadowfax still leads by 20% ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/11 "2003-09-16T21:25:08Z")
I voted for Bill. I know a lot of people on my horse message board also voted for Bill. Go Bill Go! Although, the horse that played Shadowfax in the movie is so cute I can’t help squealing “I love that horse!” everytime he crosses the screen. But Bill is still the coolest. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/12 "2003-09-16T23:54:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TelcontarStorm \* > \*\*I have done my part for ‘poor ol’ Bill’. Shadowfax still leads by 20% \*\* And coming around the far turn is … Beetlebaum! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/13 "2003-09-17T00:21:21Z")
Black horses of the Nazgul for me ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/14 "2003-09-17T00:27:41Z")
Did my bit for Bill! Get it? Horse? Bit? Eh, I got nothin. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/15 "2003-09-17T00:27:53Z")
Ok good educated Tolkien people I need some help because I dont recognise half these names! Who had Arod, Asfaloth, Hasufel & Snowmane? Id vote for Aragorns horse, after reading about an extended scene thats in TT, that horse just gets cooler! Arwens horse seemed kinda cool too. Or maybe it was just the scene where shes being chased by the Black Riders. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/16 "2003-09-17T00:51:31Z")
I vote for Nahar! (Oromë’s steed) ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/17 "2003-09-17T02:21:13Z")
I voted for Bill the Pony. Bill rocks. I even named my car after him. Why are you looking at me like that? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/18 "2003-09-17T02:35:50Z")
I tried to vote for Nahar too…i assume none of them were pseudonyms? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/19 "2003-09-17T03:00:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dangerosa \* > \*\*Is it just me or does anyone else read “theonering” as Onion Rings. > \*\* Onion Ring to rule them all, Onion Ring to find them. Onion Ring to bring them all, And in the Darkness bind them. ~Dragon Magazine ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805/20 "2003-09-17T04:03:59Z")
I did this as a personal favor for you; the Black Horses are the only good looking bad guys in the movie. Shadowfax’s lead has dropped below 20%. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-the-pony-needs-your-help/201805.md?page=2)