[The Saucepan Man]

Being invisible is not all that handy if you happen to clunk and rattle around

So take off his armour. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

And chances are he would have terminated Gollum long before finding out about the Pass of Cirith Ungol.

Very likely. But, although Gandalf felt that Gollum would play some part in the Quest, no one could have foreseen exactly what part he would come to play.

The elves wouldve objected to gimili destroying the ring.

But if the wise (ie Elrond, Gandalf and Galadriel) had determined that Gimli as Ringbearer was the best course of action, I am sure that the other Elves could have been persuaded. After all, who (but the wise) would have thought that Frodo would be the most suitable person to do it at the outset?

While the Seven Rings of Power clearly did not have the same effect on the Dwarves as the Nine did on the Kings of Men who became the Ringwraiths, I am sure that the One Ring would have affected Gimli (or any other Dwarf) in some adverse way, had he borne it.

(Good to see you back again, by the way, Mr Platypus. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] )

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 9:51 PM December 08, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]