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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-22-2003, 05:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Being read The Lord of the Rings for the first time when I was young, I was curious as to why Professor Tolkien never mentioned the Elves' traditional pointed ears. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It might be more encouraging if the man understood grammar. "Being read ..."?<P>But, more encouragingly, these links all date back to 2000/2001, so might we hope that this film will never see the light of day.<P>One point though - is it cast in stone anywhere that Elves have to have long hair?

01-22-2003, 05:35 PM	#28
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Being read The Lord of the Rings for the first time when I was young, I was curious as to why Professor Tolkien never mentioned the Elves' traditional pointed ears. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It might be more encouraging if the man understood grammar. "Being read ..."?<P>But, more encouragingly, these links all date back to 2000/2001, so might we hope that this film will never see the light of day.<P>One point though - is it cast in stone anywhere that Elves have to have long hair? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!