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Gibbering Gibbet
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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*)
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Corpus Cacophonous
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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 ... ![]()
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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.
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I think SpM has forgotten about this thread too and not only the Musical thread.
![]() A quiz if you please, Mr. SaucepanMan.
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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.
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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"... ![]()
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Princess of Skwerlz
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*Esty pokes Saucy...
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I'm sorry. I had overlooked this one.
A hint? Look in the Letters.
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Princess of Skwerlz
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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.
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