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Alcarillo · 04-11-2006, 11:27 PM

++Fattie Dorkins

Poor guy, his name is Fattie Dorkins. Imagine how the schoolkids must tease him! He must be traumatized, having the silliest name on the island. I can just imagine the Latin and Greek named characters picking on him. So he doesn't get too depressed, I'm voting him off the island and back to civilization where he can change his name to something more dignified.

Tuor in Gondolin · 04-12-2006, 08:17 AM

Alcarillo has unwittingly revealed a shocking
bit of bigotry by JRRT, to wit, his anti-large people
agenda. (Fattie Dorkins, Fatty Lumpkin, Fatty Bolger-
the noblest hobbit of them all). But then again
they are his works, so:
+ + Fattie Dorkins

And let's hope there's no elf singing of
Fat people got no right to live.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-12-2006, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

Alcarillo has unwittingly revealed a shocking bit of bigotry by JRRT, to wit, his anti-large people agenda.

... which you are condoning by voting for the fat one.

+ + MR PARISH

... again. I never liked the chap. He treated Niggle abysmally.

arcticstorm · 04-12-2006, 10:07 AM

He usurped the throne, he was nothing more than the pawn of a dragon!! Why do we need him?

++Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-12-2006, 12:06 PM

1,000 Readers can't be wrong, can they? At any rate, the argument for the

++Sea-serpent

is convincing, and I don't like deep water anyway and certainly not storms at sea - except when they're patchwork patterns!

(Storm at Sea patchwork pattern)

AbercrombieOfRohan · 04-12-2006, 12:44 PM

++King Augustus Bonifacius

He's greedy and lazy. Can someone explain why we're keeping him around?

Alcarillo · 04-12-2006, 01:35 PM

You know, Tuor in Gondolin, I think we're onto something. Just look at the descrimination against Bombur in the Hobbit. When at Beorn's house, Gandalf instructs the dwarves to enter by twos. Listen to what he says to Bombur:

Quote:

Bombur is fattest and will do for two, he had better come alone and last.

Shockingly rude! And in Mirkwood, when crossing the enchanted river, Bombur simply asks not to cross last, and is immediately insulted by Thorin.

Quote:

"I'm always last and I don't like it," said Bombur. "It's somebody else's turn today."

"You should not be so fat."

It is undeniable! Tolkien was against large people!

04-12-2006, 08:17 AM	#2
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	Alcarillo has unwittingly revealed a shocking bit of bigotry by JRRT, to wit, his anti-large people agenda. (Fattie Dorkins, Fatty Lumpkin, Fatty Bolger- the noblest hobbit of them all). But then again they are his works, so: + + Fattie Dorkins And let's hope there's no elf singing of Fat people got no right to live. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

04-12-2006, 12:06 PM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	1,000 Readers can't be wrong, can they? At any rate, the argument for the ++Sea-serpent is convincing, and I don't like deep water anyway and certainly not storms at sea - except when they're patchwork patterns! (Storm at Sea patchwork pattern) __________________ '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...'

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04-11-2006, 11:27 PM	#1
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	++Fattie Dorkins Poor guy, his name is Fattie Dorkins. Imagine how the schoolkids must tease him! He must be traumatized, having the silliest name on the island. I can just imagine the Latin and Greek named characters picking on him. So he doesn't get too depressed, I'm voting him off the island and back to civilization where he can change his name to something more dignified.

04-12-2006, 10:07 AM	#4
arcticstorm Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Johnson Bible College: Knoxville, TN Posts: 464	He usurped the throne, he was nothing more than the pawn of a dragon!! Why do we need him? ++Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo

04-12-2006, 12:44 PM	#6
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	++King Augustus Bonifacius He's greedy and lazy. Can someone explain why we're keeping him around?