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Fordim Hedgethistle · 12-03-2004, 07:32 PM

Foul! I cry Foul! (Possibly even Havoc. . .where are my dogs of war?)

This very letter and topic was recently discussed over in the Cellar Door thread.

Harumph, I say - Harumph.

(I woulda got this one, too *sulks*)

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-03-2004, 07:49 PM

Professor Hedgethistle! Are you daring to suggest that I would not have got it without the Cellar Door discussion? Harumph indeed to that!

Actually, it's one of those passages from the Letters that really sticks in my mind. Can't think why ...

Bêthberry · 12-03-2004, 08:24 PM

Oh, SpM, you left out some of the best bits, which I shall quote here before I have to turn the thread over to you.

Quote:

I stood the hot-air they let off as long as I could; but when I head the Yank burbling about 'Feudalism' and its results on English class-distinctions and social behavour, I opened a broadside. The poor boob had not, of course, the very faintest notions about 'Feudalism', or history at all--being a chemical engineer.

I can just imagine the scene.

Bêthberry · 12-16-2004, 08:36 AM

I think SpM has forgotten about this thread too and not only the Musical thread.

A quiz if you please, Mr. SaucepanMan.

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-16-2004, 07:39 PM

Oops. I keep losing track of which Quiz threads I'm on. Must be getting out of practice ...

Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay, together with this early Christmas present:

In what circumstances did Tolkien adopt the title of Member for Longbottom, and in what way was it appropriate to him?

Shouldn't be too difficult, I suspect.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-04-2005, 02:32 AM

Can you give a little clue to this one, Saucy? I have no idea where to start looking; it sounds like something that could have belonged to the time of his youth and the clubs that were begun then, but must have been after the writing of LotR.

As to the reason it would be appropriate, I assume because of his "love of the Halflings' leaf"...

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-10-2005, 03:17 AM

*Esty pokes Saucy...

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-10-2005, 03:32 AM

I'm sorry. I had overlooked this one.

A hint? Look in the Letters.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-11-2005, 10:17 AM

Praise Scull and Hammond for an excellent index - praise them with great praise! I was able to find this answer without reading the Letters in their entirety.

Tolkien agreed to an informal association with the Tolkien Society of America and suggested that he would

Quote:

as an inveterate pipe smoker be happy to accept the title of Member for Longbottom...

12-03-2004, 07:32 PM	#1
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Foul! I cry Foul! (Possibly even Havoc. . .where are my dogs of war?) This very letter and topic was recently discussed over in the Cellar Door thread. Harumph, I say - Harumph. (I woulda got this one, too sulks) __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

12-03-2004, 07:49 PM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Methinks he doth cry foul too much ... Professor Hedgethistle! Are you daring to suggest that I would not have got it without the Cellar Door discussion? Harumph indeed to that! Actually, it's one of those passages from the Letters that really sticks in my mind. Can't think why ... __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

12-16-2004, 08:36 AM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	We don't have to wait 'til Christmas to open this thread, do we? I think SpM has forgotten about this thread too and not only the Musical thread. A quiz if you please, Mr. SaucepanMan. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

12-16-2004, 07:39 PM	#5
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Oops. I keep losing track of which Quiz threads I'm on. Must be getting out of practice ... Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay, together with this early Christmas present: *In what circumstances did Tolkien adopt the title of Member for Longbottom, and in what way was it appropriate to him?* Shouldn't be too difficult, I suspect. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

01-04-2005, 02:32 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Can you give a little clue to this one, Saucy? I have no idea where to start looking; it sounds like something that could have belonged to the time of his youth and the clubs that were begun then, but must have been after the writing of LotR. As to the reason it would be appropriate, I assume because of his "love of the Halflings' leaf"... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-10-2005, 03:17 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Esty pokes Saucy*... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-10-2005, 03:32 AM	#8
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I'm sorry. I had overlooked this one. A hint? Look in the Letters. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

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