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Curious
Half-elven
Aug 24 2010, 7:00pm
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Perhaps if he just gave refuge to women and children, the army of Angmar wasn't so interested -- or perhaps Bombadil has resources we can't comprehend.
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Book I, Chapter 11, “A Knife in the Dark”: Are Black Riders Wimps?
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 2:02am
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My own thoughts
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Lord of Magic
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Aug 23 2010, 2:20pm
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Good point about Bombadil talking to ponies!
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 4:03pm
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Let me know if you find
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 4:17pm
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Horn calls, commerce, and Wimpy Black Riders
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Jerene
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Aug 23 2010, 2:51pm
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Thanks for acknowledging
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 4:14pm
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Unanswerable Questions
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Jerene
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Aug 23 2010, 9:26pm
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Not 3.6, but 6 pennies
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 2:28pm
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Great summary and analysis, Curious
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FarFromHome
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Aug 23 2010, 5:27pm
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Okay, here's a closer analysis of the timing in Buckland.
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 6:13pm
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Nazgul as cowards
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Arwen Skywalker
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Aug 23 2010, 7:27pm
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There is an element of ghosts afraid of the light.
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 8:32pm
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Gandalf and the High Elves
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FarFromHome
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Aug 23 2010, 10:40pm
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Taking the ring from Frodo
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 11:56am
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It wouldn't take long
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 12:07pm
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Nazgul and fear of fire
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 12:17pm
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I can explain Minas Tirith.
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 12:43pm
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I'm guessing element of surprise
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xy
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Aug 24 2010, 3:31pm
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Good point about the Riders being tired,
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 4:33pm
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On the other hand; and, Bombadil and the Siege of Imladris
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 5:06pm
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Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wights
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 5:27pm
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Bombadil and the war...
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Evernight
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Aug 24 2010, 6:25pm
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Could be. Interesting.
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 7:00pm
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Excellent point
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 7:28pm
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Another point
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xy
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Aug 24 2010, 6:39pm
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It's also tricky
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 7:06pm
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It's frustrating
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 7:23pm
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At the very least
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 7:34pm
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And maybe Tolkien
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 7:55pm
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I think there are hints
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FarFromHome
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Aug 25 2010, 10:35am
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The definitive essay!
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CuriousG
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Aug 25 2010, 2:13pm
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That's not what bothers me
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 2:26pm
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Wasn't there a prophecy?
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FarFromHome
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Aug 26 2010, 11:37am
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Who issued this prophesy?
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Elizabeth
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Aug 27 2010, 7:18am
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Good question.
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FarFromHome
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Aug 27 2010, 8:21am
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The Riders seemed to open Fatty's gate
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 4:32pm
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Thanks, CuriousG!
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FarFromHome
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Aug 26 2010, 11:58am
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A wooden shield
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Curious
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Aug 26 2010, 2:58pm
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The narrator does exactly what you suggest
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 3:37pm
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well
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xy
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Aug 26 2010, 5:41pm
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Timelines
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FarFromHome
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Aug 23 2010, 10:18pm
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I agree about the horn
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 11:26pm
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Maybe you're right
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FarFromHome
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Aug 24 2010, 9:04am
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Oh, how to explain those Nazgul
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CuriousG
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Aug 23 2010, 7:54pm
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It's also revealing
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 10:14pm
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Who were the culprits in the attack in the inn?
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CuriousG
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Aug 23 2010, 7:30pm
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Here's what Strider said:
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Curious
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Aug 23 2010, 8:25pm
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Nazgul or Ferny
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 12:05pm
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There's also the question
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 12:38pm
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Good point
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 12:48pm
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However, that very night
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 2:51pm
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Good point.
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 4:49pm
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Not Bakshi.
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 2:47pm
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Your second link doesn't work.
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 4:47pm
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Does this one?
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sador
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Aug 27 2010, 11:52am
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If your point is that we can't be sure,
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 12:34pm
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Bolsters and other thoughts
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Elizabeth
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Aug 27 2010, 10:08pm
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Comments on the Summary
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sador
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Aug 24 2010, 9:41am
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Frodo: the exceptional hobbit and hero
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CuriousG
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Aug 24 2010, 12:40pm
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Frodo is an exceptional hobbit.
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Curious
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Aug 24 2010, 1:11pm
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Comments on your Analysis
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 10:53am
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A thought about "Peregrin."
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 4:21pm
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Comments on your Analysis - part II
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 2:15pm
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There are hints
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 4:43pm
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Did the Riders know that Frodo would take off the Ring?
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sador
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Aug 25 2010, 7:15pm
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Not nonexistent.
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 8:10pm
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"...with timbers burst and lock broken"
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squire
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Aug 25 2010, 6:00pm
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Great point about the Nazgul as police.
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Curious
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Aug 25 2010, 8:01pm
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Inside information
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FarFromHome
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Aug 25 2010, 9:57pm
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There's no fist...
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FarFromHome
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Aug 25 2010, 9:35pm
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Right, no fist mentioned, but how far can you take that?
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squire
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Aug 25 2010, 9:43pm
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Well, I did wonder about the horse...
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FarFromHome
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Aug 25 2010, 10:00pm
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Response the money question
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Hyarmendacil
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Aug 27 2010, 12:54am
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So you think there was money
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 2:26am
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Money
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Hyarmendacil
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Aug 27 2010, 3:03am
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It's still a choice
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 12:39pm
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"Fact"?
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squire
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Aug 27 2010, 2:49pm
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I'm sorry, the Shire and Bree are not feudal.
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 3:17pm
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Stick to your guns!
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squire
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Aug 27 2010, 10:24pm
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Dirty pool!
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 11:07pm
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Agreeing with Curious...
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Desicon9
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Aug 27 2010, 11:55pm
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Disagreeing with Curious ...
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Curious
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Aug 28 2010, 12:17am
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If nuttin' can be known, what are we talking fer? LOL!
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Desicon9
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Aug 28 2010, 2:08am
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Arguably,
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Curious
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Aug 28 2010, 3:10am
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The Muster of Rohan
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Elizabeth
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Aug 28 2010, 3:33am
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They didn't spend three days on it
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Curious
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Aug 28 2010, 4:04am
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The Shire and Breeland were not Feudal
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Hyarmendacil
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Aug 29 2010, 9:22pm
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More on Middle Earth economics
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Hyarmendacil
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Aug 29 2010, 8:52pm
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"Don't go there."
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Elizabeth
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Aug 29 2010, 10:24pm
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How One Thing Leads to Another...
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Desicon9
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Aug 30 2010, 1:54pm
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Dangerous indeed
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sador
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Aug 30 2010, 3:01pm
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Curious gender...
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Desicon9
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Aug 30 2010, 5:35pm
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No problem.
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Curious
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Aug 30 2010, 11:47pm
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If I may suggest a roadmap
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squire
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Aug 30 2010, 3:35pm
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Precising definitions; and valid "speculations."
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Desicon9
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Aug 30 2010, 7:28pm
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Hmmmm
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Tim
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Aug 30 2010, 8:28pm
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I wonder if Mordor and its slave colonies
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Curious
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Aug 30 2010, 11:45pm
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The Aztecs were a stretch
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squire
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Aug 31 2010, 12:45am
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I feel quite sure
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Curious
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Aug 31 2010, 1:27am
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Points of view
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FarFromHome
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Sep 2 2010, 9:22am
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Now there's a bit of fan fiction for you.
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Curious
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Sep 2 2010, 12:19pm
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Only Sam
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FarFromHome
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Sep 2 2010, 1:28pm
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Wait...
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squire
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Sep 2 2010, 2:08pm
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It can be depended on
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FarFromHome
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Sep 2 2010, 2:43pm
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I think maybe Squire is concerned with fan fic history revisionism
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Tim
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Sep 2 2010, 2:58pm
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Texts giving Mordor's side of the question
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squire
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Sep 2 2010, 2:03pm
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And Sauron speaking to Pippin in the Palantir
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CuriousG
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Sep 2 2010, 4:23pm
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Yes, for what it's worth.
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squire
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Sep 2 2010, 5:05pm
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Sauron's diction vs. his boss's; who is more menacing?
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CuriousG
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Sep 3 2010, 12:15am
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Sauron speaks like a hobbit!
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Curious
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Sep 3 2010, 12:26am
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It's a function of who's translating.
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Elizabeth
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Sep 3 2010, 12:52am
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Sauron is the only bad guy who speaks Hobbit
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CuriousG
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Sep 4 2010, 9:34pm
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The difference may be...
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Elizabeth
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Sep 4 2010, 9:40pm
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Yes well
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FarFromHome
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Sep 2 2010, 5:43pm
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I think you've hit on it
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Tim
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Sep 2 2010, 5:59pm
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The Ring Spell is Sauron's composition
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squire
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Sep 2 2010, 6:39pm
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I know! ;-)
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FarFromHome
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Sep 2 2010, 8:49pm
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It's possible, I guess
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squire
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Sep 2 2010, 11:35pm
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Ha! And you say you don't like fan fiction!
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Curious
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Sep 2 2010, 11:52pm
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I am
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Tim
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Sep 3 2010, 12:44am
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That's it!
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FarFromHome
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Sep 3 2010, 9:05am
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Celebrimbor heard those lines, didn't he?
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CuriousG
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Sep 2 2010, 7:24pm
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In 'Mount Doom'
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sador
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Sep 2 2010, 7:43pm
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Did Tolkien ever think LOTR economics could be recovered?
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Desicon9
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Aug 31 2010, 1:38am
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Tolkien talks quite a bit about economics in The Hobbit.
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Curious
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Aug 31 2010, 4:19am
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Weak feudalism; more on money; Shire princes
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CuriousG
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Aug 31 2010, 1:34pm
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That's a great insight!
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Curious
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Aug 30 2010, 9:58pm
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Cultures in The Hobbit
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Elizabeth
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Aug 27 2010, 11:24pm
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It's not a matter of inconsistency.
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Curious
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Aug 27 2010, 11:56pm
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