From: deathbychocolate@webtv.net (Chocolate Death) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien Subject: Top 10 List of Really Bad Times for a Hobbit to get Hiccups Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:05:11 -0700 (MST) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2260-3EAEB0C7-1057@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhRFbTs/uCR4sFVJ/cZrtW66cThfzwIUTDExLliJu93hNJkYQJZOal5sSHs= Content-Disposition: Inline Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news.compaq.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newssorter-2001.public.lawson.webtv.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:116251 Guess what brought this on.... 10. Just after you've wiggled the Palantir out from under Gandalf's elbow, but before you've replaced it with a big rock. 9. During a cold, snowy night on Carathras. Not even elves enjoy avalanches. 8. While bantering with Smaug. It's really hard to keep your wits and dignity when a dragon is laughing at you. 7. Walking past the S-Bs with your magic ring on. 6. Trapped under a crotchety, sentient willow tree, with no room to move. 5. In the middle of reciting your new poem about Earendil in front of the the elves of Rivendell. They just will not ask for another go. 4. While offering your sword to the Steward of Gondor. Denethor just won't take you seriously. 3. Trying to help Eowen by sneaking up behind the Witch King. 2. After taking an orc-spear to the ribs. Damn those mithril mail rings! And the number one Really, Really Bad Time for a Hobbit to Get Hiccups is.... Grappling with Gollum. No one can out live the scars of being taunted, "Tipssy it is, my preciousssss, yes, tipsssssssssy. P'raps we eats it and gets pissssssssed too." Windy Just another ho-hum day in paradise. ###### From: "Jette Goldie" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien References: <2260-3EAEB0C7-1057@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Top 10 List of Really Bad Times for a Hobbit to get Hiccups Lines: 17 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:44:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.39.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-text.cableinet.net 1051645492 80.195.39.248 (Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:44:52 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:44:52 BST Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.tu-darmstadt.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!194.168.222.21.MISMATCH!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-text.cableinet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:116303 "Chocolate Death" wrote in message news:2260-3EAEB0C7-1057@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net... > Guess what brought this on.... Try swallowing a teaspoonful of dry sugar - that usually cures the hiccups for me ;-) -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes jette@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ ###### From: "Öjevind Lång" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien References: <2260-3EAEB0C7-1057@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Top 10 List of Really Bad Times for a Hobbit to get Hiccups Lines: 18 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <6gOra.341$C93.513@nntpserver.swip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.101.76.107 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@swip.net X-Trace: nntpserver.swip.net 1051701378 213.101.76.107 (Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:16:18 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:16:18 MET DST Organization: A Customer of Tele2 X-Sender: s-774765@d213-101-76-107.swipnet.se Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:17:09 +0200 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!nntpserver.swip.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:116326 "Chocolate Death" wrote: > Guess what brought this on.... > [snip] > 5. In the middle of reciting your new poem about Earendil in front of > the the elves of Rivendell. They just will not ask for another go. Well, that is precisly what the Elf Lindir (a smug, superior bastard, by the way) did. The person who said that Elves had difficulties distinguishing beteen Men and Hobbits, though they themselves no doubt saw differences. "To sheep other sheep no doubt appear different. Or to shepherds, But Mortals have not been our study. We have other business." Öjevind ###### From: "Robert J. Kolker" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.tolkien Subject: Re: Top 10 List of Really Bad Times for a Hobbit to get Hiccups Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:13:45 -0400 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3EAFDA19.2080905@attbi.com> References: <2260-3EAEB0C7-1057@storefull-2151.public.lawson.webtv.net> <6gOra.341$C93.513@nntpserver.swip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: h000102d0ed93.ne.client2.attbi.com (24.34.210.232) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1051712014 12566654 24.34.210.232 (16 [76471]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!h000102d0ed93.ne.client2.attbi.COM!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:116352 Öjevind Lång wrote: > > Well, that is precisly what the Elf Lindir (a smug, superior bastard, by the > way) did. The person who said that Elves had difficulties distinguishing > beteen Men and Hobbits, though they themselves no doubt saw differences. "To > sheep other sheep no doubt appear different. Or to shepherds, But Mortals > have not been our study. We have other business." Snotty beggars, these Elves. It took a mortal Hobbit to save their asses, and that with the help of mortal men and mortal dwarves. Bob Kolker