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03-21-2014, 06:46 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
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Snork... more seriously, surely an axe ia more of a melée weapon and less suited to the stealth that hunted suggests. Could be a sniper spotter arrangement save that a dwarf's eyes aren't going to improve on an elf's. So yep WCH is probably right. At best Gimli held Leggy's coat and covered his back.
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03-21-2014, 04:25 PM
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The actual quote from Legolas was:
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That, or Gimli thought Orcs were made of wood. 
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03-21-2014, 04:42 PM
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Shade of Carn Dűm
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Gimli's a damnable liar! Never trust a Dwarf.
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03-21-2014, 04:48 PM
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Gimli's forgetfulness? Pipeweed induced.
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03-22-2014, 07:34 PM
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But more than that- you can build a bridge out of them! "Driven onward in madness, they.....bridged the dike with their dead." But to my knowledge nobody ever conducted an Orc/duck weigh-off
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03-25-2014, 04:11 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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But has anyone tried to float an orc? Are they waterfunks like the Nazgűl?
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03-26-2014, 11:24 AM
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Shade of Carn Dűm
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They don't sink like Hobbits.
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03-21-2014, 04:50 PM
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Shade of Carn Dűm
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This is a well-known discrepancy. See http://www.google.ca/search?q=till+n...iw=904&bih=507 for numerous comments.
It has not been corrected because mostly Christopher Tolkien and Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have only corrected discrepancies where the change is minor. Wayne G. Hammond and Chistina Scull mention in “NOTE ON THE 50ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY EDITION” in current publications of Fellowship: But those inconsistencies of content, such as Gimli’s famous (and erroneous) statement in Book III, Chapter 7, ‘Till now I have hewn naught but wood since I left Moria’, which would require rewriting rather than than simple correction, remain unchanged. Last edited by jallanite; 03-21-2014 at 04:58 PM. |
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