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Forum: Quiz Room 04-07-2004, 03:13 PM
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Posted By Bombadil
Riddles in the Downs

One of my favorite parts in the hobbit is the Riddle-match between Gollum and Bilbo. So i thought, why not start a riddling game on anything in the hobbit and the lord of the rings, or even ME...
Forum: Quiz Room 04-07-2004, 02:50 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 112,163
Posted By Bombadil
to not eat all the cakes?

to not eat all the cakes?
Forum: The Books 04-07-2004, 02:31 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,770
Posted By Bombadil
alright thanks a lot

alright thanks a lot
Forum: The Books 04-06-2004, 09:37 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,770
Posted By Bombadil
Tolkien Is Arda earth?

In the beginning of the hobbit, Tolkien says "...- what is a hobbit? i suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since hey have become rare and shy of the big people, as they call us."

What...
Forum: The Books 01-11-2004, 08:19 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 29,018
Posted By Bombadil
Tolkien i think the observation of frodo using the words:...

i think the observation of frodo using the words: as a phrase with mutliple meanings is a great one. If Frodo said for example "I have chosen not" this could be taken as his decision, rather than the...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 02-27-2002, 05:37 PM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting This thread has really taken a magnificent turn. ...

This thread has really taken a magnificent turn. After my previous posts I've been content to just read and thoroughly enjoy myself.

Noncon, I'll say again what I've said a couple of times...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 02-15-2002, 10:32 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting HAHA! That's hilarious! Worthy of a thread to...

HAHA! That's hilarious! Worthy of a thread to start somewhere.
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 02-15-2002, 10:30 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting ADDENDUM: So why was the second word of the...

ADDENDUM: So why was the second word of the Melville title magically asterisked out? How amusing! Methinks there's a bug in the anti-profanity software! Let me try it again and see what happens:...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 02-15-2002, 10:25 AM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting Actually, Androndo, the place where Abraham...

Actually, Androndo, the place where Abraham nearly sacrificed Isaac was called Moriah, not Moria. (Both my KJV and NIV Bibles confirm this.) Tiny little ticky detail, but the pronunciation is...
Forum: The Books 02-10-2002, 04:52 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 19,644
Posted By Bombadil
Sting I'm in the middle of Parting the Waters, Taylor...

I'm in the middle of Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch's first volume about the Civil Rights struggle in the Southern U.S. from 1954-63. It centers on MLK, but it also touches on many other lives. ...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 02-09-2002, 05:42 PM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting So we ALL agree that one can interpret Tolkien as...

So we ALL agree that one can interpret Tolkien as one wishes, Christian or non-Christian. Let's get that straight and stop bringing up that particular angle.

What we disagree on is Tolkien's...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 01-27-2002, 01:53 PM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting General agreement here, RJ. But I'm sure you...

General agreement here, RJ. But I'm sure you didn't mean that the good guys in LOTR are purely good! Farmer Maggot wouldn't agree about Frodo, anyway . . .
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 01-26-2002, 12:17 PM
Replies: 215
Views: 144,071
Posted By Bombadil
Sting I've posted these thoughts elsewhere, so pardon...

I've posted these thoughts elsewhere, so pardon me if you're reading them again.

If you want Christian/Biblical allegory couched in fantasy, turn to C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. Those have...
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