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Old 06-19-2013, 11:20 AM   #1
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I was disappointed when I first opened this thread though, because I thought for a second that it would be about Tom Bombadil and it obviously wasn't.
Well I was disappointed that this wannabe Tom--erm, "i Tom"--lacks the finesse with language which the original Tom has.
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Old 06-19-2013, 12:38 PM   #2
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Well I was disappointed that this wannabe Tom--erm, "i Tom"--lacks the finesse with language which the original Tom has.
I tom,
sell tom tom
buy bombadillo!
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Old 06-19-2013, 12:55 PM   #3
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I tom,
sell tom tom
buy bombadillo!
Or perhaps:

"I Tom
Buy Tom
Sell spamadillo" ?
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Well I think that this Tom is a better poet..touch of the William Carlos Williams quality.
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Old 06-19-2013, 05:59 PM   #5
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Well I think that this Tom is a better poet..touch of the William Carlos Williams quality.
Do I foresee a duel--(red) wheelbarrows at dawn?

Poetry of course is 9/10ths taste, but for me the really interesting aspect of the original Bombadillo--well, there are several--is the fact that even his prose is rhythmic, metred. Nonsense as he is, there's quite a bit to old Tom if one scratches the surface, like much in Tolkien.
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I think Mith has a point, though. There is something to be said for the simple directness with which “i tom” conveys his message...
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