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Snorri Swifthammer · 01-11-2005, 11:45 AM

I disliked the new drinking scene in RotK:EE mostly because I thought they could do better for a laugh than sinking to the level of fart jokes. But the other thing that bugs me is the fact that Gimli loses the contest? Doesn't it strike anyone else as wrong that an elf could outdrink a dwarf?

Is there any text to support this idea? It seems to me that the defining characteristic of dwarves is their hardiness. When they were first created by Aule they were meant to be a race that could endure the darkness Melkor was spreading. It seems to me that their fortitude would extend to alcohol too. And I know that in the Hobbit, that the dwarves escape after the elven guards pass out drunk on wine.

Anything to suggest otherwise?

01-11-2005, 11:45 AM	#1
Snorri Swifthammer Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Erebor Posts: 49	Drinking Contest: Any Support From the Books? I disliked the new drinking scene in RotK:EE mostly because I thought they could do better for a laugh than sinking to the level of fart jokes. But the other thing that bugs me is the fact that Gimli loses the contest? Doesn't it strike anyone else as wrong that an elf could outdrink a dwarf? Is there any text to support this idea? It seems to me that the defining characteristic of dwarves is their hardiness. When they were first created by Aule they were meant to be a race that could endure the darkness Melkor was spreading. It seems to me that their fortitude would extend to alcohol too. And I know that in the Hobbit, that the dwarves escape after the elven guards pass out drunk on wine. Anything to suggest otherwise?