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Birdland · 12-11-2002, 12:05 AM

I always wondered about that little "incident", myself. I mean, they all knew there might be goblins in the mines, and that silence was of the essence. And yet there goes good ol' Pippin - "doh-dee-doh" - chuckin' rocks down the well.

Was it a natural compulsion? Or did the Ring have something to do with it? The book states that "Pippin felt curiously attracted by the well", just as later he was curiously attracted by the Palantir.

Makes you glad the little schlemiel never got his hands on the Ring, or we'd all be talking Black Speech now.

12-11-2002, 12:05 AM	#4
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	I always wondered about that little "incident", myself. I mean, they all knew there might be goblins in the mines, and that silence was of the essence. And yet there goes good ol' Pippin - "doh-dee-doh" - chuckin' rocks down the well. Was it a natural compulsion? Or did the Ring have something to do with it? The book states that "Pippin felt curiously attracted by the well", just as later he was curiously attracted by the Palantir. Makes you glad the little schlemiel never got his hands on the Ring, or we'd all be talking Black Speech now.