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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The New Hobbit Hole

Concerning Hobbits

The New Hobbit Chronicles

This is a continuation of the infamous thread New Zealander Builds Hobbit Hole originally posted on January 26, 2001 by John Farson, who at the time undoubtedly thought he had found a rather obscure article that would elicit a few replies and die out. Without knowing it, he became the founder of the Hobbit Hole. For reasons incomprehensible to some, the thread grew to over 4100 replies. It became the place for hobbits and friends of hobbits to chit chat and share LoTR news and views, hang out, and talk amongst ourselves in the comfort of familiar surroundings.

In keeping with the new posting guidelines, the thread idea is continuing here, as will the Green Dragon Inn, our more structured spin-off thread, as soon as we figure out how to move all the good discussion that has been had there. As for the Hobbit Hole, we will just start fresh, bringing only a few mathoms such as the picture above with us to make it feel like home, and perhaps a walk down memory lane:

Our discussion has been light:

It very well may be that a thread named "New Zealander builds Hobbit hole" will end up being the longest Tolkien thread of them all, with some of the best heartfelt content... Sorry John, but I would have rather it had been one with a more distinguished title!… post 252 - HairOfTheDog

However, I can still celebrate, with quiet dignity, the fact that what started as a laugh about some wacko in New Zealand has mutated and grown into a multifaceted discussion of the art, literature, and philosophy that is Tolkien. And now that I've managed to write the most pompous sentence of my entire life, I agree, Rosie… post 506 - JenB

Hah! I was number 1000!! (Elvish victory dance... wait, no; that would be too flitty) … post 1001 - BibChr

Real men don't have to be afraid of being flitty! Go for it. – post 1011 – HairOfTheDog

Seventeen years to research one mystical object seems a bit excessive… post 1007 - JenB

Okay...who's the wise guy who didn't renew Gandalf's research grant?… post 1024 – Overtaxed

To the very philosophical:

…Judas Iscariot obviously was a good man, or he wouldn't have been chosen to be one of the Apostles. He loved Jesus, like all of the Apostles, but he betrayed him. Yet without his betrayal, the Passion and Crucifixion would never have occurred, and mankind would not have been redeemed. So without his self-destruction infinite good would not have been accomplished. I certainly do not mean this to be irreverant but it seems to me that this describes the character of Gollum, in the scenes so movingly portrayed above… Lucius Cornelius Sulla

To fun but heartfelt debates about the integrity and worth of some of the characters…

…Anyone else notice how Boromir treats the hobbits? He's very fond of them but he seems to think of them as children - ruffling Frodo's hair, calls them all 'little ones'. He likes them, but I don't think he really respects them… post 1536 - JenB

Yes... Tolkien told us not to trust Boromir right off the bat when he began to laugh at Bilbo, until he realized that the Council obviously held this hobbit in high esteem. What a pompous dolt… post 1538 - HairOfTheDog

…I think almost every fault of his can be traced directly back to his blindness to anything spiritual or unseen. He considers the halflings as children, because that is what they look like. He considers the only hope of the ring to be in taking it and using it for a victory in the physical realm. He cannot see what the hobbits are truly made of, he cannot see the unseen hope of what the destruction of the ring might mean--the destruction of Sauron himself, and he cannot see the unseen danger that lies in the use of the ring itself… I just feel sorry for Boromir--he is like a blind but honorable man, trying to take the right path on the road but missing the right path entirely because he simply cannot see it… post 1548 - Penny1

Boromir isn't a jerk, he's a jock… post 2401 – Overtaxed

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Oh, I think by the time Frodo reaches the Cracks, he's not even himself anymore! I think he's not only on the brink of a dangerous place physically, he's on the brink of losing himself completely during the exchange with Gollum. But for some reason, the take-over isn't complete till he actually has to throw the Ring in. The person speaking to Gollum is not Frodo, but the "Wheel of Fire" that Sam sees. After the Ring is destroyed, Frodo not only comes back to himself, but comes back with the unbearable (to him) knowledge of what it's like to be completely without compassion. I think that's why it's so important to him to be compassionate in the Shire… post 2506 - 2Jedismom

…Regarding Frodo's compassion... it's a little too much at the end. Even Merry tells him that he's going to have to quit being so darn nice. But you're right. He's learned a lesson about evil that very few ever learn since it wasn't an external lesson but an internal one. (Those kinds of lessons have the greatest impact) Not only did he totally succumb to it, but he was rather ruthless to my little Smeagol… post 2516 - carton253

Well that Frodo was a big mean bully! (to Smeagol)… post 2519 – Overtaxed

So as you can see, everything JRR Tolkien (and Peter Jackson) is welcome here in our New Row, our soon-to-be familiar New Hobbit Hole…; philosophy, opinion, good talk and frequent silliness.


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To: Alkhin
Hi!

I have no idea what Galadriel offered Pippin (unless it was a comfortable bed, lots of food, pints). Isn't he the one who wouldn't say? I'll have to get back to the source material when I get home.

"he looked and I understood."

That sounds to me like Sauron communicated by telepathy through the palantir. Or is it that all communication through the palantir was by telepathy?

Post palantir:

Again, I'd like to have the source material on hand before I answer more fully, but I think our poor hobbit "grew up" and left his prankish ways behind.

15,081 posted on 07/25/2002 9:41:13 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: htur_75; Alkhin
Yes! We're supposed to start discussing The Two Towers in the near future.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/646314/posts?page=14688#14688

15,082 posted on 07/25/2002 9:51:27 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed; g'nad
Hmmmm, almost an hour since the last post and G'nad Threadkiller is nowhere in site...
15,083 posted on 07/25/2002 10:44:18 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
He must be sneaking!
15,084 posted on 07/25/2002 10:45:47 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Corin Stormhands
I was just about to post my friend...

Just got back from the range...nothing like the smell of gunpowder and sending hot metal down range to make your day brighter...

15,085 posted on 07/25/2002 10:48:34 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Overtaxed
sneakin’…sneakin’…sneakin’…
15,086 posted on 07/25/2002 10:49:50 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Corin Stormhands
It's raining! You know, a day without rain is like...well...a day without sunshine. :)
15,087 posted on 07/25/2002 10:50:17 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: g'nad
I was just about to post my friend...

Figures. 15 away from the semi-precious...

15,088 posted on 07/25/2002 10:50:37 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Overtaxed; SuziQ
Got the recipe for the pork tenderloins:

¾ cup each- honey, soy sauce, oyster sauce
2 tblspns each- brown sugar, fresh garlic, jarred ginger
1 tblspn- ketchup
½ tspn each- onion powder, ground red pepper , cinnamon

Place all ingredients in large Ziploc, along with two pork tenderloins (approx 2 lbs.) Marinate in the fridge at least 8 hours. Cook on grill over indirect heat or in the oven @ 350. Use a meat thermometer to tell when done. Take marinade and simmer at least 15 minutes in a covered pan. Dollop over rice on the side.

15,089 posted on 07/25/2002 10:51:53 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Overtaxed
It's raining!

It's kinda drizzling here. I want rain and lots of it. I want downpours. I want Ark-building weather.

My county just went to mandatory water restrictions. I hope they help. (I wanted to rat out both of my neighbors Monday night for running their sprinklers for five hours.)

15,090 posted on 07/25/2002 10:52:49 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: g'nad; Overtaxed
Mmmmmm...pork...

My wife has a similar recipe. It's a favorite. She also can make a pretty mean North Carolina pork barbeque...

15,091 posted on 07/25/2002 10:54:11 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Funny you should show up about the same time...

15,092 posted on 07/25/2002 10:55:45 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Corin Stormhands
(I wanted to rat out both of my neighbors Monday night for running their sprinklers for five hours.)

I would...in a heartbeat...either that or burn down their houses ans shoot their animals...well...maybe not their animals...sneakin’…

15,093 posted on 07/25/2002 10:58:23 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad
Hey...I'm always here...
15,094 posted on 07/25/2002 10:58:27 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
you know what they say...everywhere you go, there you are...
15,095 posted on 07/25/2002 10:59:20 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad
burn down their houses...

Are you kidding? Our properties back up to the woods. As dry as it is, I got a little skittish lighting the grill the other night...

15,096 posted on 07/25/2002 10:59:25 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
O.K....how about peein' on their tomatos?...sneakin’…
15,097 posted on 07/25/2002 11:00:11 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad
Well, that's something I haven't thought of. Of course they have those motion sensor lights...
15,098 posted on 07/25/2002 11:00:59 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Yours or mine?
15,099 posted on 07/25/2002 11:01:31 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Mine?
15,100 posted on 07/25/2002 11:01:42 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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