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10-27-2004, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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Existence of Hobbits Discovered
I've just seen the most peculiar and intriguing item on the 6 o'clock news. Apparently scientists have discovered ancient remains of a strain of human which stood just 3 foot tall, and they are already dubbing this the 'hobbit'. Here is thenews story from the BBC website which also has a link to Nature website. Read it for yourselves, it will make you go ----->
Apparently they found stone tools with the remains, but there was no indication of pipes or tankards.
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10-27-2004, 12:13 PM | #2 |
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10-27-2004, 01:32 PM | #3 |
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10-27-2004, 01:38 PM | #4 | |
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10-27-2004, 02:38 PM | #5 |
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Hooplah (a word I love, and you should to)
Well, I believe that this whole business about 'new discoveries' is quite a bit of hooplah, as they say. Hobbits have been well known for years, and many were prominent members of society in in the previous centuries. I'm sure, if any of them were around today, they might well be slighted to be included in this futile endeavor to uncover 'hobbits.'
Homo sapiens hobbitus: A member of the homo sapiens genus, standing slightly shorder than the typical member of the sub-group. These "hobbits" share certain generic characteristics with the two other members of the homo sapiens genus, homo numenorius drownius, and homo gondorius normalus. There is also a mild resemblance shared by all members of the genus and the related sub-group, homo leafearius, which includes the legendary, and elusive, often hunted homo legolasus. The Class that includes homo leaferius and sapiens also has distinct relationships to australopithicus wosarensis (Interesting Note: The excavating archaeologist, Ronald Mo-Lanson, found the first preserved skeletal remains of the wosarensis, who he named Ghan-Lucy-Ghan, after a popular Beatles song), australopithicus pettymidgetus, homo nastiorcus, homo bigorcus, and, of course, homo giganticorcwithclubsandnastyteethandstuffus (also called, "bignames"). Hobbits are of substantial less height than the other homo sapiens, but, through adapted intermarraige, can attain a greater height. There are three sub-divisions of the hobbit species: Stores, who have an otherwordly obsession with shopping (from which Prof. Tolkien derived the 'Stoors'), Phallowjives, the infamous Hobbit-Rappers of the Paleolithic Era, (from which Prof. T. derived 'Fallohides') and the ones that nobody remembers...not even me...Otherwise, Hobbits are pretty much the same, and I'm sure you lot can find plenty of scholarly essays on the subject of Hobbits here. Some notable hobbits: James Madison: The only hobbit ever to be President of the US Napoleon Bonaparte: The only French hobbit Grigori Rasputin: The only Hobbit/Istari/Czarist Abigail Adams: The only hobbit feminist Caligula: Still holds the record for "Craziest Hobbit in the History of History" Darth Vader: Don't ask. .... Hey, it's mirth, ain't it?
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10-27-2004, 03:17 PM | #6 |
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How great is it that they can just throw in the words "hobbit" and "hobbit-sized" and people know what it means?
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10-27-2004, 04:08 PM | #7 |
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That`s pretty cool! I was giggling as I was reading through it. Then I came upon my last name which is weird, because it`s not at all common. Hmm... A distant relative of mine discovered a hobbit!
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10-27-2004, 06:46 PM | #8 | |
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10-28-2004, 01:52 AM | #9 |
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I have not complied with Child's request to delete or merge her thread in the N&N forum (Headline News: We Have Hobbit Ancestors); I think since this one is exploring the mirthful aspects of the topic (thanks for a great laugh, Kransha!), the other one can be there for serious responses. You can choose which approach you prefer...
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10-28-2004, 06:54 AM | #10 | |
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If they find any gold rings near the remains...well..........
So, if remains of exceptionally tall people are found, will they claim to have found elves? And what would Ent remains look like? Quote:
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10-28-2004, 07:15 AM | #11 |
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He hairy ...
I thought that it was just Hobbits' feet that were unusually hairy?
(btw I was quite astonished to see that this made the front page of my regular newspaper today - and no it's not a "red-top" before you ask.)
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10-28-2004, 08:02 AM | #12 |
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According to the National Geographic article linked to by CHild (in the other thread), Homo Floresiensis and the Dwarf Mumakil both became extinct because of a volcanic eruption. Doggone that Mount Doom, anyway.
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