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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
The world would be a duller place without such things .... My grief for the tsars is controllable but I am not sorry that Faberge eggs exist, or cathedrals for that matter ...... My tastes are perhaps rather more baroque than this hobbit wendy house, but I would not live in a totally Benthamite world....
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Well, Cathedrals I agree with. The 18th century wall at least wasn't tacky.... Actually I have a soft spot for some follies.
Hoober Stand &
Stainborough Castle are lovely &, in the case of Hoober Stand, quite imposing, but I find this 'Hobbity' thing a bit of a white elephant.