On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bob, do i dare ask the reason(s) behind your dislike of tolkien? > > I've never read anything by him, or seen any of the movies, and I > never will. This is pure prejudice. > > Whimsical twee kitsch. Stupid made-up names. Complete absence of > irony. Overblown self-regarding pomposity (describing his scribblings > as 'legendarium', for feck's sake!). Guilt by association with so many > of the dickheads who used to rave about the stuff and take it > seriously - generally the sort of prat who danced along with Ian > Anderson's crappy flute solos like pissed-up pixies with chillies on > their 'roids.
:-) thanks. i guess perfectly valid reasons all. and something to smile over during the weekend... and didn't he write in his tax returns, 'not a penny for the concorde'? :-)) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
