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New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
Ananova / The Evening Post ^
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Posted on 01/27/2002 6:18:35 PM PST by John Farson
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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." |
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carlgifford; hobbithole; newzealand; tolkien
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To: Countyline
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To: HairOfTheDog
Now the number to beat on the old thread is 4142...hehehe
To: Overtaxed
We are not going to play THIS game are we?
To: HairOfTheDog
Hmm, I have a feeling some people will be unamused to see we haven't entirely left the old Hole...
4,144
posted on
05/02/2002 3:29:12 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog,JenB
Hello ladies, I found this picture on a site and thought you'd get a kick out of it, if you have'nt seen it already.
George's Ring
To: Rebelbase
Thanks! - How'd you end up finding the old Hobbit hole anyhow? hehehehe I will post it over in the new one for us!
To: John Farson
Bump. This is a great story. Some person built their own hobbit hole... in New Zealand! I'm somehow not shocked that it happened there.
To: HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed
Just strolling down memory lane.
To: 2Jedismom; Admin Moderator
You're goofy 2J!
Dear Admin Moderator, is there any chance you would move this thread to General Interest so we can file it under the Hobbit Hole Topic?... This old thread is near and dear to our hearts, you know... And we would like to have it over there with the new stuff!
HairOfTheDog
To: JenB
woooo,snaiggle. first one at the new house.
4,150
posted on
12/11/2003 2:41:59 PM PST
by
My back yard
(Ahhh, this is tying in well with the fly-lady of late.)
To: JenB; HairOfTheDog
This is embarrassing. I was lost again.
But I can ever go home?
4,151
posted on
12/12/2003 5:48:12 AM PST
by
My back yard
(Ahhh, this is tying in well with the fly-lady of late.)
To: My back yard
Home is were ever you are, MBY!
4,152
posted on
12/12/2003 6:23:41 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(Please don't break the plates!)
To: John Farson
4,153
posted on
07/13/2005 11:56:38 AM PDT
by
Rhadaghast
(Yeshua haMashiach hu Adonai Tsidkenu)
To: HairOfTheDog
4,154
posted on
09/22/2006 9:23:08 PM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
Still goofy after all these years :~)
To: HairOfTheDog
Five years ago today...in just an hour or so...
Happy Hobbit Hole anniversary, my friend...
4,156
posted on
01/26/2007 5:02:09 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Won't you get hip to this kindly tip When you make that California trip.)
To: 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Alouette; ambrose; Anitius Severinus Boethius; Anne of DC; artios; ...
Well, friends, here we are, precisely Five Years since this apparently benign article started us down the long and winding road.
4,157
posted on
01/26/2007 6:18:07 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(Giuliani 2008 - http://www.rudygforamerica.com/)
To: 2Jedismom
Happy anniversary to you, too :~)
To: ecurbh
... and what a long, strange trip it's been! ;-)
I do believe this is my first post on the original thread. Hmm.
To: ecurbh
I love this thread... I met my honey here :~)
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