short list, who HASN'T read lord of the rings - (boxley) - (50) - Aug. 18, 2001, 10:39:26 PM EDT
         Me. -NT - (Meerkat) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 04:00:07 AM EDT
             You must! - (imric) - Aug. 19, 2001, 09:40:41 AM EDT
         Me too. I found "The Hobbit" tedious in HS when I tried to - (Another Scott) - (10) - Aug. 19, 2001, 09:51:22 AM EDT
             The Hobbit - (imric) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:09:19 AM EDT
             Hobbit is very different from LotR. - (admin) - (7) - Aug. 19, 2001, 11:05:10 AM EDT
                 The Hobbit is a set up... - (ChrisR) - Aug. 19, 2001, 12:27:25 PM EDT
                 Yeah.. seems to have become fashionable of late, - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:08:29 PM EDT
                     "of late"?!? This was in 1978! :-) Good points though. -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:17:00 PM EDT
                         You mean.. they was a pickin at it way back then, too? -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:47:08 PM EDT
                             Heck yeah -- the translator who rendered it into Swedish,... - (CRConrad) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 04:20:03 PM EDT
                                 Wow!.. heh, do we need any further proof then, - (Ashton) - Aug. 19, 2001, 06:27:37 PM EDT
                 Who cares if he borrowed? - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:44:12 PM EDT
             Tolkien's writings predict that movie will fail - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 19, 2001, 09:01:50 PM EDT
         I have - to my eternal regret. - (CRConrad) - (25) - Aug. 19, 2001, 04:30:05 PM EDT
             No takers - (ChrisR) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 04:52:04 PM EDT
                 Make a statement - make an exception. -NT - (CRConrad) - Aug. 19, 2001, 06:33:38 PM EDT
             Concur - (pwhysall) - (17) - Aug. 19, 2001, 05:30:48 PM EDT
                 Concur with the criticisms, nevertheless - (Ashton) - (16) - Aug. 19, 2001, 06:53:00 PM EDT
                     Or maybe he was just a senile blabbermouth. -NT - (CRConrad) - (15) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:19:59 PM EDT
                         Since the *effect* was exactly the same as if he were... -NT - (CRConrad) - (7) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:21:02 PM EDT
                             That is, *in effect*, what he *was* being. Wanna bet... -NT - (CRConrad) - (6) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:22:45 PM EDT
                                 ... he *didn't* ASK for his salary to be *lowered*, by an... -NT - (CRConrad) - (5) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:23:58 PM EDT
                                     ...amount correponding to the time (*work* time, no doubt -- -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:26:55 PM EDT
                                         -- they always do this shit on work hours) he *wasn't*... -NT - (CRConrad) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:28:21 PM EDT
                                             ...teaching ancient languages? Bet he didn't -- they... -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:30:04 PM EDT
                                                 ...*never* do. So he was a senile old blabberer and *fraud*. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 07:35:08 PM EDT
                                                     ...all together now: lovely spam, spam, spam.... -NT - (pwhysall) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:13:06 PM EDT
                         Yeah.. but I'll bet he had more class -NT - (Ashton) - (6) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:22:42 PM EDT
                             ...than to try to defend the quality of his prose -NT - (Ashton) - (5) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:24:06 PM EDT
                                 ...with quantity over -NT - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:25:25 PM EDT
                                     ...umm well, you know________________________:-\ufffd - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:34:05 PM EDT
                                         Um, Ash... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:37:28 PM EDT
                                             Damn.. another good Plan ruinted by a Fact____:[ -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:42:26 PM EDT
                                         He's fucking \ufffdEARNED\ufffd that senility fair & square so \ufffd-off ! -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:37:53 PM EDT
             hobbit great tlor the first OK rest went on an on - (boxley) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:21:35 PM EDT
             TV attention span? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:31:48 PM EDT
                 Bingo: root cause with er 'prooves'! as our *ami would say.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:55:19 PM EDT
                 Agreed. well put, nothing to add -NT - (Fearless Freep) - Aug. 19, 2001, 11:30:32 PM EDT
                 Counterpoint - Crime and Punishment. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 20, 2001, 09:17:34 AM EDT
         Me! - (warmachine) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:56:34 PM EDT
         and Hobbit, Silmarillion, Bored Of The Rings... - (Fearless Freep) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 11:21:51 PM EDT
             There actually was a book of that title - (wharris2) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2001, 05:12:37 PM EDT
                 Harvard Lampoon, IIRC - (GBert) - Aug. 21, 2001, 05:21:51 PM EDT
                 I know.. - (Fearless Freep) - Aug. 21, 2001, 05:32:43 PM EDT
         Not this week - (DonRichards) - Aug. 20, 2001, 09:36:34 AM EDT
         Yo. - (addison) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2001, 11:59:48 AM EDT
             Quiero Gilthoniel? ;-) -NT - (admin) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2001, 01:23:35 PM EDT
                 Huh? - (Fearless Freep) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2001, 03:50:19 PM EDT
                     remember "our" spanish is taught by - (boxley) - Aug. 21, 2001, 03:54:36 PM EDT
                     *sigh* - (admin) - Aug. 21, 2001, 07:09:20 PM EDT