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The Hobbit ring that may have inspired Tolkien put on show
The Guardian ^
| April 1, 2013
| Maev Kennedy
Posted on 04/03/2013 9:44:42 AM PDT by Altariel
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To: Kartographer
I have it on good authority that the ring in question is presently in the possession of the present occupant of the ‘White Hut’.Nah. It is in the possession of Dr. Leonard Hofstadter.
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posted on
04/03/2013 11:17:50 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
To: kevkrom
I think it was Wagner’s ring music and its impact on the nazis which inspired tolkein.
To: Altariel
Did y’all read the story about Senicianus & the tablet? Pretty cool! An ancient Miss Marple mystery unfolds....
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posted on
04/03/2013 11:42:16 AM PDT
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
To: Altariel
raises the intriguing possibility that the Roman ring in the case, and the ring of power in JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit, and in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, are one and the same. A hypothesis easily tested: Put in on and see whther you become invisible and acquire strange powers. How difficult can that be?
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posted on
04/03/2013 12:02:03 PM PDT
by
Moltke
("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
To: Moltke
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posted on
04/03/2013 12:03:22 PM PDT
by
Moltke
("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
To: Moltke
Put in on and see whther you become invisible and acquire strange powers. How difficult can that be? What if you're already invisible and have strange powers, like me ever since I found this old watch in a cave?
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posted on
04/03/2013 12:14:34 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
To: kevkrom
It doesn’t count if you’re only invisible to females...just sayin’ ;-)
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posted on
04/03/2013 12:53:55 PM PDT
by
Moltke
("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
To: Altariel
I actually believe Richard Wagners ring cycle was stolen by Tolkien.
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posted on
04/03/2013 1:01:42 PM PDT
by
crazydad
(Obamamohamed is a traitor)
To: BenLurkin
Thank you! Another well cultured Freeper.
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posted on
04/03/2013 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
crazydad
(Obamamohamed is a traitor)
To: crazydad
Well, I’m getting plenty ripe...if that counts as well cultured.
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posted on
04/03/2013 1:06:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Altariel
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posted on
04/04/2013 11:25:07 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: KC_Lion
I mean like this:
Seeing as I was quoting from the book (Yep, even the reference to Viking Kitties. Little known fact: J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the original Freepers...)
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posted on
04/04/2013 10:07:35 PM PDT
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: what's up
Most of the Nazi brass were bored by Wagner’s operas. Hitler loved them but ideologically they don’t really fit the Nazi agenda.
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posted on
04/09/2013 1:14:13 PM PDT
by
Borges
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