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dormouse
Half-elven
Feb 1 2010, 7:20pm
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.... especially for the explanation of your experience of The Hobbit as the gateway to Middle Earth - it's always fascinating to hear other readers reactions to these books that have enchanted me for decades. I didn't read The Hobbit first and for me the gates opened with 'The Shadow of the Past' and its vast perspectives of time and history - then with Frodo's first encounter with the Elves. 'Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod' still sounds like music to me. I felt as you did about the Bakshi film when it came out and I haven't looked at it since. I hope you get your 'strange little frumpy middle-aged guy being confronted by this Mysterious rather pedantic Wizard' (lovely description!) 'cos it sounds just like the hobbit I'm looking for too.
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Time
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"For sixty years the ring has laid quite in Bilbo's keeping,
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 31 2010, 10:40pm
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but also keep in mind
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almas_sparks
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Jan 31 2010, 10:52pm
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The opening Quote above is from the Peter Jackson Movie not the book
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Kangi Ska
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Jan 31 2010, 10:57pm
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Hobbit`s 51 not actor`s 51
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almas_sparks
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Jan 31 2010, 11:28pm
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yes, I suppose...
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Oiotári
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Jan 31 2010, 11:53pm
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Agree
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Elafacwen
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Feb 1 2010, 12:18am
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other *film* hobbits--for comparison
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batik
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Feb 1 2010, 12:53am
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hmm... interesting
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Oiotári
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Feb 1 2010, 1:14am
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Humans Have the Same Statistical Spread on Aging and thus Appearance
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 2:45am
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The point, rather
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Altaira
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Feb 1 2010, 3:22am
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No intention to discount anyone's opinion or control thread
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 3:32am
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I appreciate the apology
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Oiotári
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Feb 1 2010, 4:07am
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I support you on this!
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Gildor
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Feb 1 2010, 3:52am
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I really really agree with you on this. //
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 4:19am
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thank you for saying that
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Annael
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Feb 1 2010, 4:16pm
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in that post I was more just observing
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Oiotári
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Feb 1 2010, 3:32am
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Humans versus Hobbits in age and maturity
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Gildor
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Feb 1 2010, 4:06am
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I like seeing all the information laid out nicely
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Oiotári
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Feb 1 2010, 4:24am
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It’s all in the genes: 100 hobbit-years = 70 human-years
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Finrod
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Feb 1 2010, 8:55am
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This is perfectly true
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 9:43am
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More true than we have a right to expect
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squire
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Feb 1 2010, 11:47am
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Yes also true:
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 1:08pm
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No-one is suggesting that they cast a 20 year old
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Feb 1 2010, 3:11pm
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I think maturity is the point.....
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dormouse
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Feb 1 2010, 4:35pm
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It's important not to put a modern cultural spin on this, though
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Tiria
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Feb 2 2010, 4:56am
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Just when I think we've exhausted all possible takes
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Oiotári
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Feb 2 2010, 5:04am
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Bilbo is upper class
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squire
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Feb 2 2010, 11:18am
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Bilbo is comfortable middle class, I'd say
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FarFromHome
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Feb 2 2010, 12:25pm
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On the other hand,
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Eldy
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Feb 2 2010, 4:18pm
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I am with you.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 5:29pm
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You didn't have to be upper class
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FarFromHome
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Feb 3 2010, 3:40am
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It appears that we have a Taxinomic conflict on the definition of terms.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 3 2010, 4:44am
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Sure.
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FarFromHome
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Feb 3 2010, 4:59am
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Hobbit social classes
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Idril Celebrindal
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Feb 2 2010, 10:42pm
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An Accurate Adaptation of the Story:
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 5:58pm
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I appreciate your open candor
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Feb 1 2010, 6:29pm
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Thanks for this....
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dormouse
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Feb 1 2010, 7:20pm
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One thing worth remembering
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Silverlode
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Feb 2 2010, 1:45am
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You acknowledge that no one in this discussion wants a 20-year-old, and yet...
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Tiria
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Feb 2 2010, 4:52am
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I speak not against a person but against the concept. //
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 3:45pm
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More stats.
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N.E. Brigand
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Feb 2 2010, 6:06am
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Tiny typo in quote + more remote sourcing
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Finrod
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Feb 1 2010, 4:08am
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long lain quiet
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 5:27am
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What’s with all the arithmetic, folks?
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 1 2010, 6:52pm
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Number Non-sense
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 1 2010, 10:48pm
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Go back and reread good Squire
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Finrod
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Feb 2 2010, 4:20am
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Ya had to go ahead and make it math-related, anyway!
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 2 2010, 7:02pm
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Bringing math into the matrix was a mistake.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 10:35pm
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"Quant, quant, quant, quant, -- lovely quant!!"
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squire
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Feb 2 2010, 10:51pm
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I hate Quants. (/koala)//
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L. Ron Halfelven
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Feb 4 2010, 8:38pm
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I found it all quite enjoyable actually
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Oiotári
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Feb 3 2010, 4:36am
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Well. . . Frodo should have been 50 as well, though I know they fudged the dates
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 1 2010, 11:39pm
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How old was Frodo at the beginning of LoTR?
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shadowdog
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Feb 2 2010, 2:52am
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Seventeen years passed
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 3:21am
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they seem to have a lot of directions they could go for casting
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Oiotári
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Feb 2 2010, 4:12am
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what makes sense to me
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Gildor
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Feb 2 2010, 6:56am
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The 60 year Gap:
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 4:08pm
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Re: Frodo should have been 50
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Finrod
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Feb 2 2010, 4:06am
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Think they will out Dis?//
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 5:25am
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????
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Oiotári
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Feb 2 2010, 5:27am
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Read Finrods post that mine is an answer to. It is just above it.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 5:31am
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Yes, I had read that
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Oiotári
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Feb 3 2010, 4:45am
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Dig Deep:
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 3 2010, 5:03am
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I think you're misunderstanding me
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Oiotári
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Feb 3 2010, 5:29am
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Good, I was not sure of the Difficulty.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 3 2010, 5:36am
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Wearing braids in front of their faces...
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Plurmo
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Feb 2 2010, 7:46pm
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Umm...
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Eldy
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Feb 2 2010, 4:16pm
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Bilbo as anomaly.
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Plurmo
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Feb 2 2010, 4:40pm
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You have a point worth long and close examination.
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 5:21pm
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Movie canon contradictions; But really, it's about the right actor, period
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Tiria
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Feb 2 2010, 2:42am
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Your Statement Razors Through The Fog:
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Kangi Ska
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Feb 2 2010, 5:41pm
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