[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]
Qad, are you joking? I’m fairily certain that info was contained in the 30th anniversary edition of the Hobbit. Surely I can’t know have known something about Tolkien that I don’t; that would be freaky.
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Quite likely that you do; I don’t claim to be omniscient on all things regarding JRRT. I admit I never delved into my copy of “The Annotated Hobbit” nearly as deeply as I did HOMES, etc. It’s always something I meant to get around to.
And I get older, instead of studying Middle-Earth deeper and eeper, I get diverted more often by shiny objects, Wii systems, and planning our next road trip to the Mojave desert. It’s almost like losing my religion… :eek: