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Does anyone here know of instance where it was specifically stated, whether in LotR, the Hobbit, Letters, etc., that Hobbits were particularly stout and stocky?
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It's right there in the Prologue that we're discussing, silly.
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and though they are inclined to be fat and do not hurry unnecessarily...
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By the way, did anybody notice this-
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Their height is variable, ranging between two and four feet of our measure.
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Two feet tall? Are you kidding? Get out a ruler and see how short that is. That's tiny! I can't imagine a little two foot hobbit. Just think, Frodo and his buddies could be walking around town and saying hello to hobbits half their size. That's a very large range. For comparison, can you imagine if the typical human was anywhere from three to six feet? No way, that's too big of a difference.
I also thought this was funny-
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To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowman to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it.
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Were the little guys lying?
"We sent some archers to help."
"Nobody saw them."
"But we did, I swear!" (they showed up a few days too late, but we don't tell that part)
So, I guess it's not a big deal that Bilbo lied about the ring. It's a typical hobbit practice.
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he (Gandalf) also thought it important, and disturbing, to find that the good hobbit (Bilbo) had not told the truth from the first: quite contrary to his habit.
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Notice, truth telling is
his habit, not necessarily a hobbit habit.
hee hee... hobbit habit
