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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-19-2004, 05:50 AM

Elaine Griffiths, a friend and former pupil of Tolkien's and Susan Dagnall from the staff of George Allen and Unwin.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-19-2004, 06:27 AM

Right, Squatter, and we should be very thankful that they were friends, had the right connections, and were interested in Tolkien's story!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-19-2004, 08:20 AM

Which item of statuary did Tolkien often employ as a hat stand?

Son of Númenor · 06-23-2004, 01:50 PM

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that Professor Tolkien was wont to hang his cap on a replica of the Statue of David.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-23-2004, 03:11 PM

Good guess, but you want someone less biblical. The statue's in a place where Tolkien often had business.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-27-2004, 07:00 AM

I remember reading this tidbit, but haven't located it in the chapters of the biography that I've paged through. It seems to me that it was in a library, at one of the colleges. Can you give a clue that will help narrow down the search a bit?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-27-2004, 02:37 PM

This concerns the placement of Tolkien's own bust.

06-19-2004, 05:50 AM	#1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Prosaic muses of the Shire Elaine Griffiths, a friend and former pupil of Tolkien's and Susan Dagnall from the staff of George Allen and Unwin. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-19-2004, 06:27 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Right, Squatter, and we should be very thankful that they were friends, had the right connections, and were interested in Tolkien's story! __________________ '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...'

06-19-2004, 08:20 AM	#3
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	The Professorial Iconoclast Which item of statuary did Tolkien often employ as a hat stand? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-23-2004, 01:50 PM	#4
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	Fedoras by Michelangelo I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that Professor Tolkien was wont to hang his cap on a replica of the Statue of David. __________________ "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."

06-23-2004, 03:11 PM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Nice thought, but no Good guess, but you want someone less biblical. The statue's in a place where Tolkien often had business. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-27-2004, 07:00 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I remember reading this tidbit, but haven't located it in the chapters of the biography that I've paged through. It seems to me that it was in a library, at one of the colleges. Can you give a clue that will help narrow down the search a bit? __________________ '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...'

06-27-2004, 02:37 PM	#7
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	A clue This concerns the placement of Tolkien's own bust. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?