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dernwyn
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Jan 26 2013, 3:07pm
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By 1966 it was a "cult classic"
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and outselling many former classic novels on America's college campuses. And Tolkien became a "cult hero". By 1968 the letters and gifts (and midnight phone calls) to his home became intolerable, and that, coupled with his and Edith's failing health, caused their move to Bournemouth where they hoped to live as "secretly" as possible. I do like what he had to say about all the hoopla: "Being a cult figure of one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to puff one up; in my case at any rate it makes me feel extremely small and inadequate. But even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense." (Carpenter's Biography)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Pipeweed
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IdrilofGondolin
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Jan 25 2013, 9:50pm
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For fun...
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jtarkey
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Jan 25 2013, 9:58pm
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Your signature quote should be noted too...
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Hamfast
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Jan 26 2013, 1:04am
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It's not so much
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SirDennisC
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Jan 26 2013, 1:26am
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Bomby..¿... is a Frist-Responder to Tolkien.
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Bombadil
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Jan 26 2013, 2:51am
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I was trying to be deliberately provocative....
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Hamfast
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Jan 26 2013, 3:54am
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Well Bomby will be 63 next week.
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Bombadil
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Jan 26 2013, 10:49am
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Well, you old *art!
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silneldor
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Jan 27 2013, 1:35am
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Far OUT!
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Bombadil
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Jan 27 2013, 2:07am
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Saruman isn't right about everything, though.
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Kassandros
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Jan 26 2013, 2:21am
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Agreed....
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Hamfast
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Jan 26 2013, 3:28am
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I'll say
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Ziggy Stardust
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Jan 26 2013, 3:30am
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Why not?
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Veridandir
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Jan 25 2013, 10:24pm
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Peter Jackson didn't invent it.
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Lightice
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Jan 25 2013, 10:28pm
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Yup, this +1
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Rostron2
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Jan 25 2013, 10:51pm
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I've smoked exactly one cigarette in my life
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Magpie
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Jan 25 2013, 11:17pm
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And it doesn't seem to have that effect on Bilbo or Gandalf.
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Kassandros
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Jan 25 2013, 11:21pm
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It depends
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SirDennisC
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Jan 25 2013, 11:47pm
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Have heard this from others as well
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Ziggy Stardust
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Jan 26 2013, 3:29am
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My first cigarette made me feel the same.
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sherlock
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Jan 26 2013, 12:04pm
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Correction
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Ziggy Stardust
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Jan 26 2013, 3:25am
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As I recall...
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Lightice
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Jan 26 2013, 11:58am
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all I can say is...
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Magpie
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Jan 26 2013, 3:03pm
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By 1966 it was a "cult classic"
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dernwyn
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Jan 26 2013, 3:07pm
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As a former hippie
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 28 2013, 1:30am
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Real hippies have trouble remembering the precise date for some reason. //
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SirDennisC
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Jan 28 2013, 2:23am
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*snigger*
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 28 2013, 10:53am
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It was the sixties
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dreamflower
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Jan 30 2013, 11:50pm
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I agree
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zarabia
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Jan 26 2013, 2:47am
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Was it PJ's idea?
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Ziggy Stardust
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Jan 26 2013, 3:27am
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depending
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elevorn
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Jan 28 2013, 3:55pm
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History
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dreamflower
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Jan 30 2013, 11:44pm
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