The New Hobbit Hole

[Overtaxed]

As an official Charlie Brown, I'll be wishy washy and say that I can live with both choices. :)

[Overtaxed]

...or would that be "either choice?"

[HairOfTheDog]

The brushy zebra mane does look dominant... although the foal in your picture above looks to have a very normal mane for a horse foal that age. They don't grow out and lay over until they grow up and grow out a bit.

Donkeys have the same brushy mane. I have never seen a mule with a good mane and tail.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, I think that should be "either choice" we would never make you live with both choices at once!

[Alkhin]

Hello there Hair!! Thanks so much for the ping!!! I have been lost in Imladris-land (their forum) drooling on and on about Pippin and/or Billy Boyd...but I won't bore y'all anymore about that. I will try to restrain myself over here!!!

So..where are we going?

[HairOfTheDog]

Another observation about horse color genetics...

The stallion is almost always given complete credit for color, but as you can see, the mare adds something to the mix or the foals would all be black and white.

In paint horses, for example, there are stallions that are 100% guaranteed to throw painted offspring, no matter what they are bred too...

On the other hand, I would not be surprised if a horse stallion bred a zebra mare, if the foal showed no zebra striping at all, and yet his [if male] offspring would.

[Alkhin]

Speaking of which, all the someodd thousand posts that you have to this thread, has there been any discussion about the palantiri in Tolkien's Middle Earth? I've got an idea for a fan fic...

best,
Alkhin

[HairOfTheDog]

Where are we going?

Ahh... Well, we here are going no where fast... just waiting here for December to come and doing our best to keep each other entertained.

Please bring us news from Imladris land as you hear it, we would like that. I don't check that one as regularly as TORN.

Myself, I have elicit dreams about Elijah Wood when I lose my grip on the tight rein I hold on my subconscious! I don't tell the group about all of the dreams... they already know enough to have worries about me.

The group will introduce themselves to you, and if you offer up plenty of pints, they will even be nice!

[ksen]

Hi Alkhin,

Pleased to meet you. Hair, thanks for reminding me about my manners. ;^)

[Alkhin]

AWWW I love it!!! (He's SOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE!!)

Well, not exactly the Pippin of the book (Jackson spoiled Pippin's BEST line!), whom I tend to obsess over a bit more than Mr. Boyd, but Boyd is perfect! Thanks, Hair-y!

Can I tell you how desperate I am in this dry season between movies?? I actually sat down and watched Bakshi's version, which isn't TOO bad, script wise...it is actually quite faithful to the book and well written...its those crippled Nazguls that you have to watch out for. I kept wondering why Frodo didn't just stick his hairy foot out and trip them. Would have prevented Weathertop, don't you think??? LOL

[Alkhin]

Myself, I have elicit dreams about Elijah Wood when I lose my grip on the tight rein I hold on my subconscious! I don't tell the group about all of the dreams... they already know enough to have worries about me.

Oh dear, then I must be on that slippery slope, cause i just had a REALLY REALLY Sweet and nice dream about Mr. Green Eyes himself...it can only get better right??!!

But then, that dream was also followed by a very affectionate Mel Gibson...so I'm confused...is it the Scottish connection or what??!!

Of course, how can you resist these two faces?...

[Sam Cree]

That guy looks the part doesn't he, in post #55.

I'm going to check out atlatl.com, though I strongly want to make my own.

[g'nad]

Hullo Alkhin!

g'nad here...sometimes known as Threadkiller

My preferred weapon:

[HairOfTheDog]

Well very soon my dear, you can have the DVD! - Not the Bakshi version!

I will add you to our TTT reading that is about to start, if you plan on hanging around here now for awhile.

[JenB]

Hullo! I have been quite busy, managed to lose track of time yesterday and was nearly late for second work, so I couldn't stop here, and then I didn't get home til after midnight. I'm kinda tired but hey, I need the cash. That's what I keep telling myself.

What's new?

[Alkhin]

HI g'nad aka Threadkiller and Ksen! Glad to meet y'all..join me and my favorite hobbit for a pint:

[Alkhin]

I will add you to our TTT reading that is about to start, if you plan on hanging around here now for awhile.

OH please do! the playgroup thread in imladris is WAAAAY fun, and I am having a blast there (I post as 'esgaroth' there), but am finding I need to be back where I am with more familiar 'kin' ie Free Republic.

I have a tendency to shift in and out of various things.

I see y'all were talking about atlatls...i remember studying about those in my archaeology/anthro classes way back when.

best, alkhin

[HairOfTheDog]

Not much is new... Alkhin is new... sortof... she used to hang around on the Tolkien threads but then disappeared for awhile.

She says she was hanging out at another forum, but I think it may have been prison. Question is, did she escape? - Or was she turned loose?

She likes fanfic... I think you are the only one here that can talk about that. Look back about 10-15 posts.

[ksen]

Looks like Merry & Pippen were unlucky enough to bash the elves while JenB and Hair were present. ;^)

[Sam Cree]

I don't actually remember that scene, I have read Footfall, it's pretty much my favorite Niven novel, along with Lucifer's Hammer. I think I prefer Footfall of the two, though I sometimes think Lucifer's Hammer is a little more elegantly written.

Blam posted a story a couple weeks ago, in which it was theorized that pieces of comets hitting the earth may have been responsible for the onset of such historical eras as the dark ages, the end of the great Egyptian civilazations, etc.