[Overtaxed]

Bash him for not liking hobbits, if you like, but remember that's because he loved the Elves

I thought he didn't like Elves either. Wonder if Merry and Pippin drank all his pints and put a firecracker up his shorts. :)

[JenB]

I think he liked the Elves. That's why he doesn't have any in Narnia. Ever notice how the Narnia dwarves have a lot in common with Tolkien's dwarves? Especially... what's his name, the DLF. Trumpkin. Not a Tolkien-dwarf name, but definitely related to Thorin Oakenshield