But you have to admit lava coated flaming hobbits would look kinda cool. larry
On 7/6/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I first read it as a kid I couldn't understand why > > they just did not tie Frodo up with the ring, then using > > an eagle, dive bomb him into the Cracks of Doom. As for > > using an army to ge the ring to Mt. Doom, there's a lot > > to be said about inconspicuousness. > > I think it was that issue of inconspicuousness... I didn't get the > impression that it was common for eagles to fly into Mordor and pass > over Mt. Doom just for giggles, since Mordor was always described as a > nasty desolate place where the eagles likely wouldn't be finding food, > etc. (or if they did find food it wouldn't be food they'd want to > eat). Plus the armies of Mordor would be likely to shoot and kill any > creature randomly flying toward Mt. Doom. It works at the end to pick > them up because by that point the ring is destroyed, Sauron is gone > and the armies of Mordor are decimated. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163199 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54