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mark12_30 · 11-23-2004, 05:23 PM

As a tongue-in-cheek aside:

"Peter Jackson ruined the books!"

"No, he didn't. They are sitting right there on my shelf-- unharmed-- where they've always been."

Referring back to page one: if we take "do not" to its logical extreme, it would seem that since elves don't count them, then elves don't know what year it is. But their careful chronologies would seem to bely that, would they not? And since the elves named the months, they *do* know what month it is; it seems odd that they wouldn't know what year it is.

At any rate, I look at this as sort of the reverse of "The Annotated Hobbit." ...whups, must go. ToBeContinued... [Edit] Then again, maybe not, since Bethberry made my point using different illustrations. See Bethberry's post below-- where she says I'm naughty, and must be denied mushrooms.

11-23-2004, 05:23 PM	#56
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	As a tongue-in-cheek aside: "Peter Jackson ruined the books!" "No, he didn't. They are sitting right there on my shelf-- unharmed-- where they've always been." Referring back to page one: if we take "do not" to its logical extreme, it would seem that since elves don't count them, then elves don't know what year it is. But their careful chronologies would seem to bely that, would they not? And since the elves named the months, they do know what month it is; it seems odd that they wouldn't know what year it is. At any rate, I look at this as sort of the reverse of "The Annotated Hobbit." ...whups, must go. ToBeContinued... [Edit] Then again, maybe not, since Bethberry made my point using different illustrations. See Bethberry's post below-- where she says I'm naughty, and must be denied mushrooms. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve. Last edited by mark12_30; 11-23-2004 at 09:45 PM.