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New Zealander builds Hobbit hole

A New Zealand man has built a Hobbit house.

Carl Gifford, a stonemason from Wellington, says he used a 10-tonne digger to make the hole.

He's put rocks either side of the front door and plans to install a chimney and lantern on top.

He told the Evening Post he was embarrassed as he was constructing the home.

He said: "I must admit I was hiding as the cars were driving past. I thought, 'These people think I'm an idiot'."

The house is part of a series of stonework mounds, designs and sculptures dotted around his land.

"I'm just having a bit of fun. Things that were built by those ancient people like caves have always fascinated me."

1 posted on 01/16/2006 6:56:18 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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2 posted on 01/16/2006 6:56:44 AM PST by ecurbh
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5 posted on 01/16/2006 6:59:12 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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Ya! New hole!
Is there anyway to say that without it sounding all wrong...
11 posted on 01/16/2006 7:10:03 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: HairOfTheDog

Hey! No fair starting a new hole while half of us are asleep!

Hm...the title may be aptly fitting for a lot of us over the next coupla months.


24 posted on 01/16/2006 7:37:35 AM PST by RosieCotton
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Hello Hair.

A pic for you. This is Maggie.


27 posted on 01/16/2006 8:11:09 AM PST by SkyPilot
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*grumble* *grumble* *grumble*

I ~already~ had enough to do today without having to move.

But somebody pour me a pint (or two) and I'll just mellow out over here in the corner.


31 posted on 01/16/2006 8:28:53 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
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Whoa...flashbacks...


188 posted on 01/16/2006 2:11:30 PM PST by ExGeeEye (What a long, strange trip it's going to be...)
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