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Originally Posted by Rhod the Red
'... So it relatively a speculative issue. Did he CHOOSE to leave that poop on his face, or have difficulty regularly washing?'
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I would say he either chose to, or maybe was so out of his mind that he wasn't aware of bird droppings running down to his shoulders in his hair, despite that he seems aware that he kept birds under his hat.
Or maybe you have some other reason? Not washing because he doesn't have easy access to water doesn't cut it in my opinion, as...
A) I doubt Tolkien's maps intend to show
every source of water in the lands depicted, never mind the collection of rain.
B) One doesn't necessarily need water to wipe excrement off of one's head. White's Merlyn didn't.