Existence of Hobbits Discovered

[Bêthberry]

Well, just wait for the evidence of the first umbrella. They probably were used as ancient parachutes, for a quick drop out of those high trees once the Komodo Dragons wandered away.

And homo hobbitus does sound much better than homo lilliputus.

[Child of the 7th Age]

This whole thing is getting a little eerie for the Mirth forum: 3-foot hobbits who seem to have enough hair to leave some behind and were destroyed by a volcano! (This book ends differently than the one I read.)

Want to get even stranger? I looked through the articles linked through Mark12_30's post. Apparently, these Hobbits also had prodigious appetites. Dutch settlers said they left out food for the little people, which was promptly devoured. But not only did the Hobbits eat the food--they also ate the gourd bowl in which the food was served! Those little guys obviously liked to chow down.....

At least we've solved that vexing question that has long been raised on this forum: exactly where did Hobbits come from. The next time anyone posts such a question I will definitely refer them to the Isle of Flores (an appropriate origin for a flower-loving people!).

For anyone who'd like to speculate on what all this implies for our "collective folk memory", please follow the gourd-lined trail up to the hobbit ancestors' thread in Novices and Newcomers.....

[Lalwendë]

This whole thing is getting a little eerie for the Mirth forum: 3-foot hobbits who seem to have enough hair to leave some behind and were destroyed by a volcano! (This book ends differently than the one I read.)

Whoa! This is getting a bit scary!

I thought this could possibly be some kind of joke at first, especially when I heard the term 'Ebu Gogo', but I'm not sure if this could be an angram of anything in particular, as it suggests it might be.

I was watching Richard and Judy earlier (I watch all the best TV shows...) and Richard Dawkins (Hawkins?) was on and he got most annoyed at the fact the media - and all the Tolkienites - have dubbed the find 'hobbits'. Well, it just goes to show how far the idea of 'hobbits' has sunk into our minds - maybe in two thousand years people will think Middle Earth actually existed. Oh wait, we do this now, don't we?

[Laitoste]

- maybe in two thousand years people will think Middle Earth actually existed. Oh wait, we do this now, don't we?

You betcha!

This is quite odd and endlessly fascinating. Makes me actually think about and remember evolution discussions from AP Biology last year...