Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

2003-01-07 Thread Peter Alling
You know that's very true, hard science fiction masquerading as fantasy or fantasy masquerading as hard science fiction. I'd doubt most Hollywood producers would understand it well enough to do a good job. At 12:09 AM 1/4/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Cotty

OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

2003-01-03 Thread Mike Johnston
JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. --Mike

Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

2003-01-03 Thread Gary J Sibio
At 12:07 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. My wife and I

Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. Just noticed

OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday

2003-01-03 Thread Cotty
JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. Mikedalf, Come and see us here near Oxford and I'll