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**An Unexpected Party** - 10. A few thematic questions…simple stuff... the Narrator, Social Class, Anachronism, Fairy Tales...
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squire
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Mar 29 2009, 3:19pm
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Long story made longer...
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Morthoron
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Mar 29 2009, 5:21pm
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Whoa! Thank you very much!!
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squire
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Mar 29 2009, 5:48pm
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Yes, thanks indeed!
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 29 2009, 7:10pm
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And another thank-you!
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dernwyn
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Mar 30 2009, 2:06am
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Fascinating story! Thank you! //
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sador
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Mar 30 2009, 6:19am
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Very interesting. Obviously I didn't read your post
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Curious
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Mar 30 2009, 2:50pm
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Thanks, squire! Enjoyed the week!
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batik
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Mar 29 2009, 5:35pm
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tales out of school
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Luthien Rising
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Mar 29 2009, 9:44pm
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Thoughts.
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Curious
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Mar 29 2009, 10:20pm
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This has been fun!
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dernwyn
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Mar 30 2009, 2:28am
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A few answers, some to the point
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sador
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Mar 30 2009, 6:17am
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You remember correctly.
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Curious
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Mar 30 2009, 3:04pm
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Thank you!
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sador
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Mar 31 2009, 6:47am
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Thankyou for a wonderful week and a great beginning ...
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Elven
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Mar 30 2009, 10:27am
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Thank you, squire, for an interesting discussion.
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Curious
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Mar 30 2009, 3:10pm
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The servant question
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Dreamdeer
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Mar 30 2009, 7:55pm
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He reminds me of some bachelors I know
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Curious
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Mar 30 2009, 8:02pm
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Thank you
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Dreamdeer
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Mar 30 2009, 8:44pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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Mar 30 2009, 8:48pm
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Thorin reminds me of some scam artists of the time.
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Curious
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Mar 30 2009, 9:06pm
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*faint voice from the back of the room* That was me!
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GaladrielTX
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Mar 31 2009, 12:14am
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Yes! Sorry indeed!
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squire
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Mar 31 2009, 12:26am
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Some comments and some wondering
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simplyaven
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Mar 31 2009, 3:49am
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Where and when does "The Hobbit" take place?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 4:40pm
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Sam starting a new business?
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simplyaven
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Mar 31 2009, 7:43pm
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It's in the Prologue to LotR.
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Curious
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Mar 31 2009, 8:35pm
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I answered to NEB below but
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simplyaven
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Mar 31 2009, 11:19pm
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"On Fairy Stories"
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 3:20am
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I'm sorry, I can't help but chuckle.
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 6:42am
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Is "Farmer Giles of Ham" a Fairy-tale?
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sador
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Apr 1 2009, 7:09am
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I suppose so, although
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 7:27am
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Eucatastrophes
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 1 2009, 4:45pm
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I don't find Farmer Giles'
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 9:53pm
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I find the choice of child very unexpected indeed...
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 2 2009, 4:19am
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Yes, but
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Curious
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Apr 2 2009, 4:58pm
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Noakes is the tragedy
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 2 2009, 5:12pm
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Okay.
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Curious
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Apr 2 2009, 5:18pm
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Maybe different experiences have something to do with it.
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 2 2009, 5:29pm
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Fair enough, although
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Curious
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Apr 2 2009, 5:35pm
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Not a very good job
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 1:58pm
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In his defense, Tolkien had a different purpose.
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 2:25pm
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I have the “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 2:53pm
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In addition to what Curious notes
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 8:52pm
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A few names and quick thoughts
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simplyaven
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Mar 31 2009, 10:44pm
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Tolkien actually mentions de Saussure.
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 11:18pm
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Yes, there are references but I don't recall "On Fairy Stories" among them
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 2:41am
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How would you define Faerie?
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 6:58am
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Few quick words on "Faerie" and "fairy" terms
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 2:22pm
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Very interesting stuff.
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 2:41pm
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I'm not questioning the quality of his work!
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 2:51pm
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Yes, and that makes sense.
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 3:19pm
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Sea Ania?
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 1 2009, 4:39pm
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Defining Faerie has nothing to do with origins
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simplyaven
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Apr 1 2009, 7:12pm
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I miscommunicated.
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 1 2009, 7:19pm
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Europe.
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Darkstone
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Mar 31 2009, 8:55pm
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Earning
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Dreamdeer
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Mar 31 2009, 10:17pm
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On spec
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Dreamdeer
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Mar 31 2009, 10:31pm
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"...a Warwickshire village of about the period of the Diamond Jubilee..."
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Darkstone
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Mar 31 2009, 8:52pm
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What is this "Shire" you mention?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 9:05pm
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Where is Byzantium?
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Darkstone
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Mar 31 2009, 9:15pm
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Past, or passing, or to come. //
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 10:28pm
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A few explanations.
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Dreamdeer
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Mar 31 2009, 9:42pm
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The Gaffer may have been an enabler,
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Curious
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Mar 31 2009, 10:13pm
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Thank you for all these!
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simplyaven
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Mar 31 2009, 11:22pm
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Egalitarianism
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sador
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Apr 1 2009, 6:03am
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Luck and opportunity
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 1 2009, 4:05pm
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Beautifully said
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Apr 1 2009, 4:19pm
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The story of Evariste Galois
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 4:52pm
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Every now and than
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Apr 1 2009, 5:22pm
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Is it?
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sador
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Apr 2 2009, 6:29am
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I could be wrong.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Apr 2 2009, 4:44pm
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Those graduate-level mathematicians are such cut-ups.//
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Curious
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Apr 2 2009, 4:50pm
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I was raised with jokes like that.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Apr 2 2009, 5:41pm
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So you're not such a radical after all!
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sador
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Apr 2 2009, 7:08am
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Quite radical in the USA
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 2 2009, 5:02pm
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Man! I never realized this had started...
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Compa_Mighty
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Mar 31 2009, 3:23pm
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Is there really "nothing happy" about LOTR? //
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 3:37pm
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Welcome to the discussion!
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Curious
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Mar 31 2009, 4:36pm
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The "1960 Hobbit" was published in "The History of 'The Hobbit'".
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 31 2009, 4:50pm
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I suspected as much. Thanks.//
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Curious
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Mar 31 2009, 5:00pm
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Thank you!
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Compa_Mighty
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Mar 31 2009, 5:33pm
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What about 'The Field of Cormallen' and 'The Steward and the King'?
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sador
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Mar 31 2009, 6:43pm
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Thanks, sador!
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Compa_Mighty
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Mar 31 2009, 10:57pm
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Confirming - and not confirming
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dernwyn
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Apr 1 2009, 4:01am
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So I didn't make it up, but perhaps Carpenter did? Interesting. //
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Curious
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Apr 1 2009, 6:45am
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And we all believed it
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dernwyn
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Apr 1 2009, 10:30am
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I should be grading algebra papers
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Mar 31 2009, 4:59pm
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Class, it's time to turn in your papers.
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Mmatmuor
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Apr 3 2009, 3:11am
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They never eat supper!
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N.E. Brigand
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Aug 10 2009, 4:03am
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Supper is like "tea" in 'A journey to the Cross-roads'
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sador
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Aug 10 2009, 5:39am
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