Early-teen fans on the Barrow Downs?

[HerenIstarion]

Following Sharku and Estelyn, I too am intruding here, though being not a teenager at all . My apologies, ladies and gentlemen, but I would like to comment upon the following:

Can they really respect someone with a nick like Trippo The Hippo or Lady Snickerdoodle on hte books forum?

Well, I believe we can (unless all you do on the books is giggle in one case, and whatever it is hippos do in another )

Even more so, that I personally find Trippo The Hippo and Snickerdoodle very funny, original and inspiring nicknames. Besides, there is no rule for nicks to be Tolkien related at all

cheers