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Mithalwen · 03-20-2005, 11:32 AM

Ooh so is that why Boromir had to die first as a morally suspect non smoker?

I have finally got around to looking at the EE ROTK appendices and commentaries and Gandalf coughing on his pipe in Minas Tirith (unlikely given his reborn Maia constitution - but in the scale of things a minor "crime") was apparently to appease the rabid non-smoking lobby in the US.... which I find rather bizarre......

03-20-2005, 11:32 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Ooh so is that why Boromir had to die first as a morally suspect non smoker? I have finally got around to looking at the EE ROTK appendices and commentaries and Gandalf coughing on his pipe in Minas Tirith (unlikely given his reborn Maia constitution - but in the scale of things a minor "crime") was apparently to appease the rabid non-smoking lobby in the US.... which I find rather bizarre...... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 03-20-2005 at 11:36 AM.