The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

Actually, Tolkien's answer was something about eagles not liking to be told what to do. They sortof act when they want, but you can't ask them to do anything. That, and that it would have been a short story.

4,661 posted on 04/24/2004 8:47:49 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)

To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree

Somebody remind Sam that he can't swim!

Oh no! Frodo did!

He's gonna drown himself anyway!!

Ruthy! Get over there and help your man SAM!!!

(rosie's gonna kill me for that!)

4,662 posted on 04/24/2004 8:47:50 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! Have you found an opportunity here yet?)

4,663 posted on 04/24/2004 8:48:17 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

4,664 posted on 04/24/2004 8:48:18 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)

We've been friends so long that we know we love each other dearly, so if we don't end up together, it's not as heartbreaking as if we had actually dated once.

Well that helps! Hope that works itself out.

4,665 posted on 04/24/2004 8:48:41 PM PDT by Fedora

Zettai = "No way!" I like it. It suits me, for a few days.

Is also featured prominently in the 4th season Ranma opening, which starts out with a bit of classical music... the exact title of which I cannot now recall because it's bedtime. See ya!

4,666 posted on 04/24/2004 8:48:42 PM PDT by JenB (Zettai!)

To: HairOfTheDog

It's a Boromir float!

4,667 posted on 04/24/2004 8:48:50 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! Have you found an opportunity here yet?)

*looks left*

*looks right*

*jumps into the water*

He needs mouth to mouth!! Sorry, Rosie!! ;-)

4,668 posted on 04/24/2004 8:49:36 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

Aragorn! Say something Corny!

"Not if we hold true to each other!"

4,669 posted on 04/24/2004 8:49:44 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)

To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree

Ruthy had her chance to save Sam. Frodo beat her there!

4,670 posted on 04/24/2004 8:49:48 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! Have you found an opportunity here yet?)

It was just a bit of fun!

[Gandalf grumbles. . .] :-)

4,671 posted on 04/24/2004 8:50:21 PM PDT by Fedora

To: HairOfTheDog

They will look for his coming from the White Tower.... but he will not return.

Gets me fahklempt every time!

4,672 posted on 04/24/2004 8:50:32 PM PDT by SuziQ

4,673 posted on 04/24/2004 8:50:46 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

He needs mouth to mouth!! Sorry, Rosie!! ;-)

Way to go Ruthy!!!! YEA!!!!

4,674 posted on 04/24/2004 8:51:12 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! Have you found an opportunity here yet?)

I am glad you are all with me!

4,675 posted on 04/24/2004 8:51:26 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)

Naaaw! I handed him over to Frodo when I was done ~~with~~ reviving him. *grinning*

4,676 posted on 04/24/2004 8:51:49 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

Right to TTT? or are you taking an intermission?

4,677 posted on 04/24/2004 8:52:08 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)

To: HairOfTheDog

Actually, Tolkien's answer was something about eagles not liking to be told what to do. They sortof act when they want, but you can't ask them to do anything.

True--kinda like Tom Bombadil.

4,678 posted on 04/24/2004 8:52:33 PM PDT by Fedora

Is also featured prominently in the 4th season Ranma opening, which starts out with a bit of classical music... the exact title of which I cannot now recall because it's bedtime. See ya!

Have a good night! :)

4,679 posted on 04/24/2004 8:53:16 PM PDT by Fedora

To: Fedora; Wneighbor; HairOfTheDog

The "Flying to Mount Doom" scenario came up on TORN a few years ago... Here is their take on the question.

Q: The Eagles often appeared when things looked darkest. They saved Gandalf and his companions many times, as well as actually taking part in battles. Why then did it not occur to Gandalf or the White Council to use the Eagles to fly the Fellowship directly to Mount Doom and take care of the matter very quickly?
–Timothy Germann
A: Again, my first thought (as with a previous question about why Gandalf did not immediately flee with Frodo instead of letting him dawdle along through the summer) is the obvious: because then there would be no story. :) But if we must ask the question, I think it can be answered. Firstly, remember that the Eagles were the path of least intervention. As servants of Manwë, they represent an aspect of the divine in the story, and as it is, their use already provokes cries of deus ex machina!! But secondly, and more importantly (because it's more concrete to the plot), what do you think would have happened if nine huge Eagles, bearing the Ring, had swept into the sky and simply flown to Mordor? Who would have been there to meet them? I can tell you: winged Nazgûl. The Company got by because the Nazgûl, having been unhorsed and de-shaped, didn't know where they were and could not find them quickly enough. People creeping along on the land are far less noticeable than people flying through the sky on gigantic birds. Instead of slipping through the defenses, they would have been met with everything Sauron had to throw at them, and to my way of thinking, could actually have been defeated in plain battle. A huge distraction at his front gate, on the other hand, while two tiny figures crawled over the back fence, is a believable, if more troublesome and wearying, way to go.
–Anwyn

4,680 posted on 04/24/2004 8:53:53 PM PDT by ecurbh

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