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SirDennisC
Half-elven
Mar 26 2010, 2:30am
Views: 5584
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I have a feeling this thread will be picked over and added to for a while yet. It's funny, but of Frodo's virtues, his undying will is not one that comes immediately to mind for me. Clearly he possesses this trait though and I thank you for shining a light on it.
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It's Tolkien Reading Day! Post your ABCs of Tolkien here.
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 25 2010, 3:48am
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C is for Cerin Amroth...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 3:57am
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Wow - nicely done!
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NottaSackville
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Mar 25 2010, 11:57am
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<Bows low>
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 1:24pm
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GREAT ELEPHANTS!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 3:27pm
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No problem - it's a common mistake
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NottaSackville
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Mar 25 2010, 3:53pm
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But you did so...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 4:56pm
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A question
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 1:42am
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Yep.//
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Elizabeth
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Mar 27 2010, 3:01am
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As Lady Elizabeth says...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 3:18am
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It *raises* the question...
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Elizabeth
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Mar 27 2010, 4:09am
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<chuckle>
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 5:57am
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A good poet is aware of all levels of meaning in his work.
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 2:32pm
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But he never tells us...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 3:56pm
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A guess...
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Elizabeth
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Mar 27 2010, 6:20pm
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A good poet offers the poem not its meaning
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 6:26pm
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(smile)
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 7:07pm
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Simbelmyne or Evermind in ths common tongue
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 7:16pm
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Thank you!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 7:21pm
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Yes it is about time I reread the Silmarillion. It has been a couple years.//
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 8:09pm
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The Heart of Elvendom on earth
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 8:03pm
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Am I to understand then...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 27 2010, 8:21pm
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A bit more difficult to explain
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 8:41pm
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Cool!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 28 2010, 1:44am
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The perilous realm
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FarFromHome
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Mar 31 2010, 4:22am
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Nicely said! //
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Mar 31 2010, 2:33pm
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No.
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Night Wolf
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Apr 1 2010, 4:58pm
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Perhaps the place chose them. //
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 2:22pm
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T is for Tolkien
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Magpie
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Mar 25 2010, 4:10am
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Very "British"...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 3:25pm
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British wit
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Magpie
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Mar 26 2010, 1:16am
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"Frank-ness"
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 1:32am
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well...
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batik
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Mar 26 2010, 1:11am
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re: coffee
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Magpie
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Mar 26 2010, 1:14am
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X is for X-Ray vision ...
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NottaSackville
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Mar 25 2010, 4:12am
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LOL at #5 :-) //
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Magpie
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Mar 25 2010, 4:16am
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Interesting question!
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FarFromHome
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Mar 25 2010, 7:21am
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E is for Emission Theory
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Darkstone
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Mar 25 2010, 3:46pm
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Interesting - good to know I wasn't alone...
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NottaSackville
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Mar 25 2010, 3:54pm
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I think....
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 4:54pm
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Light of eyes
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White Gull
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Mar 26 2010, 2:00pm
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The answer to Smaug's powers...
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 2:05am
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P is for Peregrin Took!
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fairelvenlady
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Mar 25 2010, 4:46am
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Give or Took...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 5:20pm
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K is for Kirith Ungol
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Modtheow
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Mar 25 2010, 5:32am
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corrected link
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Modtheow
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Mar 25 2010, 12:33pm
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Tolkien - word pictures.
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Istari68
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Mar 25 2010, 4:16pm
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"Ha, hmm, my friends, let us go for a walk!"...
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batik
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Mar 25 2010, 5:54am
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sidestepping the quiz for a comment on the word Quickbeam
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Magpie
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Mar 25 2010, 1:57pm
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Wow!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 5:32pm
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My son is Rowan
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Kangi Ska
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Mar 27 2010, 3:15pm
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Hmmmm....
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Darkstone
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Mar 25 2010, 7:38pm
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T is for Thursday!
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sador
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Mar 25 2010, 6:10am
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How subversive, satirical and sharp of you
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 7:49pm
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E(ä) is for Eärendil
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Night Wolf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:15am
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Interesting
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 9:13pm
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B is for Beowulf
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 9:35am
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worthy of study
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Modtheow
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Mar 25 2010, 5:56pm
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I'm glad we agree!
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 9:18pm
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Scholarly...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 6:01pm
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Thank you
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 10:33pm
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Yes but don't forget...
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FarFromHome
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Mar 26 2010, 4:52am
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(laughs)
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 1:30pm
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I have to agree
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FarFromHome
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Mar 26 2010, 2:05pm
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Cool stuff!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 4:14pm
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Would that be a stoat?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 26 2010, 5:51pm
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Whoops!
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FarFromHome
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Mar 27 2010, 1:13am
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Regardless of the typo
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SirDennisC
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Mar 27 2010, 3:38am
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F is for Fëanor
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Elizabeth
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Mar 25 2010, 10:03am
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In pity for Feanor...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 6:39pm
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Thank you!
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Elizabeth
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Mar 25 2010, 8:05pm
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I is for Ioreth
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dernwyn
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Mar 25 2010, 10:15am
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I think it says a lot...
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Magpie
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Mar 25 2010, 2:07pm
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Yes, a favourite
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SirDennisC
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Mar 26 2010, 3:42am
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Intriguing idea indeed!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 1:33pm
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Concurring with GAndy
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dernwyn
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Mar 26 2010, 3:43pm
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Ioreth is a fun character.
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fairelvenlady
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Mar 27 2010, 8:26pm
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A little learning...
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FarFromHome
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Mar 28 2010, 1:01am
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From a medieval history syllabus...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 28 2010, 1:51am
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my own favorite quote
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sevilodorf
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Mar 28 2010, 5:43pm
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L is for Lothórien
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drogo
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Mar 25 2010, 10:19am
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through a high window
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Modtheow
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Mar 25 2010, 5:49pm
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I'd never thought about it that way
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Oiotári
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Mar 25 2010, 9:36pm
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Nasmith, for me.
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Elizabeth
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Mar 25 2010, 10:46pm
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Thanks for those links!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Mar 26 2010, 1:00am
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Middle-earth in HD...
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batik
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Mar 26 2010, 9:16pm
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I guess it depends
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FarFromHome
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Mar 29 2010, 1:09pm
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J is for Josef Stalin
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Pryderi
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Mar 25 2010, 11:36am
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It seems,
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SirDennisC
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Mar 25 2010, 9:32pm
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He does seem to dislike "globalisation" doesn't he?...
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Pryderi
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Mar 25 2010, 11:01pm
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'D' is for Denethor
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Hamfast Gamgee
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Mar 25 2010, 11:38am
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Denethor, son of Ecthelion
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 6:57pm
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W is for Woses!
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Tweezers of Thu
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Mar 25 2010, 12:22pm
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always something new
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Modtheow
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Mar 26 2010, 12:20am
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Oh, yes! Even after 44 years (gasp!)...
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Tweezers of Thu
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Mar 26 2010, 4:58pm
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Ack - they're everywhere!
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NottaSackville
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Mar 26 2010, 12:24pm
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Another example! Flame-eyed Elves!
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Tweezers of Thu
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Mar 26 2010, 5:36pm
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"L" is also for "Letters"
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Elwen
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Mar 25 2010, 1:37pm
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(Soft, benevolent smile for Frodo)
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:17pm
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O is for Olórë Mallë
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Oiotári
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Mar 25 2010, 2:33pm
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Roverandom?
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:23pm
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R is for Rosie
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Mar 25 2010, 3:27pm
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(laughs) Getting two in at once?
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:29pm
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Yep
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Mar 26 2010, 9:23am
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Wish I had your impishness!
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 4:50pm
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Muchos gracias
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Mar 26 2010, 6:59pm
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It's not too far off...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 7:14pm
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Close enough...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 7:21pm
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Marido Oscuro, lol...
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Evernight
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Mar 26 2010, 7:03pm
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<Takes his lumps>
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 7:16pm
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G is for Gandalf
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Nerdanel
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Mar 25 2010, 6:01pm
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At a guess...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:35pm
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laughter
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Modtheow
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Mar 26 2010, 2:33am
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S is for Smith of Wootton Major.
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Evernight
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Mar 25 2010, 6:08pm
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(Daubs tears)
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:44pm
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"Why is Faery important? How important is it to you?"
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SirDennisC
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Mar 26 2010, 4:12am
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A is for Arkenstone!
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entmaiden
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Mar 25 2010, 6:53pm
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Because you asked...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 25 2010, 7:51pm
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It just so happens
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Oiotári
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Mar 25 2010, 8:57pm
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Z is for Zirakzigil
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weaver
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Mar 25 2010, 8:29pm
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"I need no map," said Gimli...
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 25 2010, 9:20pm
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Aha! More Z's!
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weaver
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Mar 25 2010, 9:46pm
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On living rock.
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Pryderi
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Mar 25 2010, 11:34pm
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Zis monument, carved into ze hillside - it is zuspicious, no?
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squire
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Mar 26 2010, 1:53am
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U is for Uolë Kúvion, the Man in the Moon
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Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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Mar 25 2010, 10:43pm
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How charming...
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SirDennisC
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Mar 26 2010, 2:48am
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E is for Erendis
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acheron
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Mar 26 2010, 12:39am
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I really like this story
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Modtheow
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Mar 27 2010, 1:49pm
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V is for Voronwë
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Mar 26 2010, 2:12am
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One of the amazing things about the depth of Tolkien's writing -
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NottaSackville
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Mar 26 2010, 12:48pm
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I remembered...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 4:55pm
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H is for Halfling!
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aranelthehobbit22
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Mar 26 2010, 2:21am
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No worries
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SirDennisC
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Mar 26 2010, 2:30am
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Thank you
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 2:40am
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M is for Morwen
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Saelind
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Mar 26 2010, 2:54am
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The saddest...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 3:18am
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M is for Morwen
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Saelind
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Mar 26 2010, 3:48am
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'H' is for, hip, hip, hooray, everyone!
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Altaira
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Mar 26 2010, 3:33am
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N is for Niggle
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Finding Frodo
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Mar 26 2010, 4:11am
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Whoops!
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Finding Frodo
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Mar 26 2010, 2:33pm
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Niggle and Tasks...
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GAndyalf
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Mar 26 2010, 4:33pm
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Y is for Yggdrasil.
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 26 2010, 6:42am
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How did drasils turn into wargs?
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NottaSackville
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Mar 26 2010, 3:47pm
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A is for N.E. Brigand -
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NottaSackville
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Mar 26 2010, 12:28pm
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Seconded!
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sador
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Mar 26 2010, 12:31pm
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Thirded!
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entmaiden
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Mar 27 2010, 12:09am
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All in favour
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Modtheow
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Mar 27 2010, 1:57pm
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And a big thank-you from me, too
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Lily Fairbairn
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Mar 28 2010, 6:03pm
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Wow! This is great!
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Compa_Mighty
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Apr 4 2010, 7:52pm
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