The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[RMDupree]

Corin, you said everything I wanted to say to Hair in the perfect way!

[HairOfTheDog]

Wow! - What a big launch! Good luck! - Hope you get some good replies!

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks Ruthy!

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, I try. ;-)

In other news, if you want something else to worry about, ksen and I are probably gonna be sent on vacation before the day is out...

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, I try. ;-)

In other news, if you want something else to worry about, ksen and I are probably gonna be sent on vacation before the day is out...

[HairOfTheDog]

if you want something else to worry about, ksen and I are probably gonna be sent on vacation before the day is out...

Stop it!

[HairOfTheDog]

Thank you!

[2Jedismom]

Hey!! Mine was just a link to the image!!

That's ok.

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh.... was it? - Heh. I painted with a broad brush.

[ksen]

It's a reminder that there is indeed good in the world.

Whoah, that was weird, I started hearing Howard Shore music during that post....

[Overtaxed]

Sounds good! My boss is out in KC this week househunting....so now I have two instruments that keep quitting on me!

[2Jedismom]

That's ok. I'm enjoying this salad and I'm practically in heaven.

[HairOfTheDog]

I am enjoying my leftover fettucini!

[ksen]

Whoops, in all the excitement I forgot to post the answers to today’s quiz. Here ya go:

Quiz #1 Hobbits

1. What was Tobold Hornblower’s claim to fame?
First Hobbit to cultivate Pipeweed.

2. Who were the Fairbairns of the Towers?
Hobbits of the Fourth Age descended from Sam Gamgee. They were the wardens of Westmarch

3. What colors were Hobbits particularly fond of?
Yellow and green

4. What showed that the Hobbits of the Eastfarthing were of the Stoor breed?
The down that many of them grew on their chins.

5. Who was the first Hobbit to wear the Ring?
Gollum aka Smeagol

6. What did the Hobbitish word “hlothran” mean?
A collection of two-room dwellings

7. Who were Marcho and Blanco?
The Hobbit brothers who founded the Shire (Sort of a Hobbit version of Romulus and Remus)

8. What breed of Hobbits had the most contact with Dwarves?
The Harfoots

9. What were the Hobbits called in Westron?
Banakil, meaning “halfling”

10. Who was the only real official in the Shire, and what were his duties?
The Mayor of Michel Delving who also served as Postmaster and First Sheriff

There you have it. I hope everyone enjoyed it. I will post another one tomorrow. The topic tomorrow will be “The Shire.”

[Pippin]

That ought to be an easy one for me!

[ksen]

Are you still here?

[Corin Stormhands]

Am I logged in?

I notice the thread went, but the mascots remain. Typical.

[SuziQ]

but apparently Boyd has a pretty big part

Do you know which part Billy is playing? I just finished reading "Master and Commander" but the only character I can think of him playing is the Lieutenant, and he's Irish. Can Billy do a convincing Irish brogue?

[SuziQ]

Hope I get lucky.

I'll keep you in my prayers and put you on our Parish Prayer line!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Thank you, I appreciate that very much.