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Bêthberry · 09-02-2004, 05:28 AM

Ah, sweet HerenIstarion, how you do love numbers as well as words!

If I may be so bold, I think there is a flaw in this arguement, a fly in the ointment, a false ipso facto, a road incorrectly taken etc. What if the replies and the views are inspired not so much by Tolkien's chapters as by the threads themselves, by the very ideas the posters raise about the chapters? After all, I have a wee hunch that some of us just love to niggle away at each other's arguements more than discuss the Professor. *shocked look that such might be the case, but fears it is*

Now, if such is the case, these statistics generate "Most popular discussion" rather than "Most popular chapter". We might even be able to generate a "Most common duelling posters" statistic or something like that. The "Pens at fifty paces" award!

Mayhap it is the presence of certain posters which produces the most popular chapter discussion? If Saucy's away, do fewer play? Or is the battle cry, "Meet you at the Fordim" or "On the Mark" ? Is there a dark and winding davem that draws us on? Are we fond of a Red Heron?

You haven't, by the way, been watching too much Olympic coverage have you? I see you don't offer gold, silver and bronze finalists, and so I am heartened.

To be honest, I don't think size of the thread matters much at all. Sometimes the truest heights of a discussion can be reached by shortest or even quickest means. And after all, likely it is different for each of us every time, isn't it? We will each have our own preferred position in regard to the chapters.

Humbly submitted,
Bb

09-02-2004, 05:28 AM	#54
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Ah, sweet HerenIstarion, how you do love numbers as well as words! If I may be so bold, I think there is a flaw in this arguement, a fly in the ointment, a false ipso facto, a road incorrectly taken etc. What if the replies and the views are inspired not so much by Tolkien's chapters as by the threads themselves, by the very ideas the posters raise about the chapters? After all, I have a wee hunch that some of us just love to niggle away at each other's arguements more than discuss the Professor. shocked look that such might be the case, but fears it is Now, if such is the case, these statistics generate "Most popular discussion" rather than "Most popular chapter". We might even be able to generate a "Most common duelling posters" statistic or something like that. The "Pens at fifty paces" award! Mayhap it is the presence of certain posters which produces the most popular chapter discussion? If Saucy's away, do fewer play? Or is the battle cry, "Meet you at the Fordim" or "On the Mark" ? Is there a dark and winding davem that draws us on? Are we fond of a Red Heron? You haven't, by the way, been watching too much Olympic coverage have you? I see you don't offer gold, silver and bronze finalists, and so I am heartened. To be honest, I don't think size of the thread matters much at all. Sometimes the truest heights of a discussion can be reached by shortest or even quickest means. And after all, likely it is different for each of us every time, isn't it? We will each have our own preferred position in regard to the chapters. Humbly submitted, Bb __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.