On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Leslie wrote: > > On Friday, January 13, 2012 7:54:54 PM UTC-5, Bill Carter wrote: > Too bad about the LOTR restriction, by the way. Wouldn't "Shadowfax" > be a terrific bike name? Lord of the horses of Rohan and Gandalf the > White's noble steed. > > On Jan 13, 7:46 pm, Bill Carter <billc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Sackvilles were quite grasping and obnoxious, disliked by both > > Bilbo and Frodo. One of Grant's more tongue-in-cheek allusions I > > suspect. > > > > On Jan 12, 11:55 am, Ryan Ray <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I was expressing my regret that I didn't buy a bag when they were called > > > Baggins when he corrected me. "Actually the Sackvilles were another > > > family > > > in the Shire." > > The Sackville-Bagginses, Lotho and his mother Lobelia... Actually, kinda > funny, I cringe at the name Sackville... I shouldn't, they're lovely bags, > but I've been a huge LotR fan all my life, has always had a bad > connotation... But on the other hand, it's a way to reference the Bagginses > without calling them Bagginses, I suppose... > > Trying to stick w/ obscure LotR names that might not bring down the wrath of > corporations and movie makers, I might've picked Michael Delving to use > instead the name Nigel Smythe. I also thought Mumakil would have been a > great name for the Hunqapillar.
Old Fatty Lumpkin- somewhat obscure- was paid tribute as well as Tom Bombadil. I enjoyed the Fatty Lumpkin allusion a lot. "Mathom" might be a good name for something. "Mallyrn" (or "mallorn" in the Westron) could be a color choice, perhaps for a rain poncho. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
