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Old 12-09-2011, 08:11 AM   #37
Selmo
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Selmo has just left Hobbiton.
A vaguely amusing discussion, but quite pointless.

Isn’t this just a bit of hyperbole?
It’s a wild exaggeration to emphasise that Gandalf’s eyebrows were very bushy, written in that way to delight The Hobbit’s target readership.
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