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Son of Númenor · 05-23-2004, 11:50 AM

"I receive as a septuagenarian a retirement pension, of which I feel it proper to give away at least what the Tax collectors leave in my hands (a National one, I mean: I refused the University pension, and took the lump sum and invested it in a trust managed by my bank) (Letters - 238)."

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*dances off on that floor... in the best imitation of Tom*

Heheh. That hint was a bit subtle.

Bêthberry · 05-23-2004, 01:20 PM

As subtle as "derry dol", my good Númenor.

You have invested your time in the Letters as wisely as Tolkien invested his pension. Pray, give us a fair rate of return on a surety of your own, and see what interest it gathers.

Son of Númenor · 05-24-2004, 08:00 AM

What exactly did J.R.R. Tolkien feel was his philological colleagues' reaction to his writing & publishing The Lord of the Rings?

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-24-2004, 09:27 AM

He said that they told him:

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Now we know what you have been doing all these years! Why the edition of this, and the commentary on that, and the grammars and glossaries, have all remained "promised" but unfinished. You have had your fun and you must now do some work.

Son of Númenor · 05-24-2004, 02:40 PM

The last sentence sounds just like my parents.

The floor is yours, Madame Estelyn.

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-25-2004, 02:37 AM

Tolkien was delighted to receive a letter from someone who chanced to have the same name as one of his characters. Who was it?

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-25-2004, 02:42 AM

Erm, off the top of my head, it was Sam Gamgee, wasn't it?

05-23-2004, 01:20 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	a bankable note As subtle as "derry dol", my good Númenor. You have invested your time in the Letters as wisely as Tolkien invested his pension. Pray, give us a fair rate of return on a surety of your own, and see what interest it gathers. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-24-2004, 08:00 AM	#3
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	Low interest rates What exactly did J.R.R. Tolkien feel was his philological colleagues' reaction to his writing & publishing The Lord of the Rings? __________________ "This miserable drizzling afternoon I have been reading up old military lecture-notes again:- and getting bored with them after an hour and a half. I have done some touches to my nonsense fairy language - to its improvement."

05-24-2004, 02:40 PM	#5
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	The last sentence sounds just like my parents. The floor is yours, Madame Estelyn. __________________ "This miserable drizzling afternoon I have been reading up old military lecture-notes again:- and getting bored with them after an hour and a half. I have done some touches to my nonsense fairy language - to its improvement."

05-25-2004, 02:37 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Tolkien was delighted to receive a letter from someone who chanced to have the same name as one of his characters. Who was it? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

05-25-2004, 02:42 AM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Mr Cotton Wool ... Erm, off the top of my head, it was Sam Gamgee, wasn't it? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!