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Galadriel55 · 04-06-2011, 03:54 PM

If an orc doesn't wear clothes, but runs around Mordor all day in his armour, what's the likelyhood of him catching a fatal infection?

Um... do orcs even have anything they could call "infection" from their point of view?

Inziladun · 04-06-2011, 03:57 PM

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If an orc doesn't wear clothes, but runs around Mordor all day in his armour, what's the likelyhood of him catching a fatal infection?

Or some hot embers from Mt. Doom? That could have an effect on morale.

x/d with Morthoron

Galadriel55 · 04-06-2011, 04:01 PM

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Or some hot embers from Mt. Doom? That could have an effect on morale.

After you've sat once on one of the red-hot stones without pants on, you learn the lesson.

Alfirin · 04-06-2011, 09:38 PM

What I never quite figured out was why orcs needed shoes (aragon ad co find one as part of the detritus trail left by the och who caputed Merry and Pippin. Given how thick orchish hide was I always imagined thier feet were fairly hard and horny, and pretty resistant to damage. Indeed I've alays assumed the shoe/boot wearing was for armed orcs in the Mordor Forces, "wild orch" (like the ones in the Misty mountains) likey did go barefoot (if only because being barefoot would likey give them better traction on the loose stones they would have to deal with in the mountains. Also does this mean that frodo and Sam had to find orchish boots to disguise themselves. Actually now that I think of it (Frodo and Sam may have had boots already) (Bilbo was given a pair of boots in Rivindell in the Hoobit (I was in a note to one of the illustrations Tolkein did) so Frodo and Co likey would have had the same courtesy extended to them).

Galadriel · 04-07-2011, 11:45 AM

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After you've sat once on one of the red-hot stones without pants on, you learn the lesson.

But...wouldn't red-hot stones burn through your pants anyway?

Morthoron · 04-07-2011, 11:59 AM

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But...wouldn't red-hot stones burn through your pants anyway?

Perhaps that is when "hot pants" came into vogue, Orcs being risque and all.

Inziladun · 04-07-2011, 02:18 PM

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Perhaps that is when "hot pants" came into vogue, Orcs being risque and all.

Actually, I'm firmly convinced leisure suits were an Orkish invention.

Look, alatar, isn't it bad enough to have to deal with the "Gandalf uncloaking" mental picture? Naked hobbits on the Barrow-downs are a pretty unappealing thought as well. Let's not add nude Orcs to the fray.

alatar · 04-07-2011, 02:44 PM

I'm just saying, what better way to annoy those slipper-wearing elves?

And again, have we ever settled the issue regarding the existence of female orcs (or the species equivalent)?

Note that I won't be selling any 'Orcs at the beach' calendars anytime soon.

Galadriel · 04-08-2011, 12:50 AM

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Actually, I'm firmly convinced leisure suits were an Orkish invention.

Look, alatar, isn't it bad enough to have to deal with the "Gandalf uncloaking" mental picture? Naked hobbits on the Barrow-downs are a pretty unappealing thought as well. Let's not add nude Orcs to the fray.

Yeah...imagine all the fungus that must be growing in...um...not-so-nice places.

04-06-2011, 03:54 PM	#1
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04-07-2011, 02:44 PM	#8
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	I'm just saying, what better way to annoy those slipper-wearing elves? And again, have we ever settled the issue regarding the existence of female orcs (or the species equivalent)? Note that I won't be selling any 'Orcs at the beach' calendars anytime soon. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

04-06-2011, 09:38 PM	#4
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	What I never quite figured out was why orcs needed shoes (aragon ad co find one as part of the detritus trail left by the och who caputed Merry and Pippin. Given how thick orchish hide was I always imagined thier feet were fairly hard and horny, and pretty resistant to damage. Indeed I've alays assumed the shoe/boot wearing was for armed orcs in the Mordor Forces, "wild orch" (like the ones in the Misty mountains) likey did go barefoot (if only because being barefoot would likey give them better traction on the loose stones they would have to deal with in the mountains. Also does this mean that frodo and Sam had to find orchish boots to disguise themselves. Actually now that I think of it (Frodo and Sam may have had boots already) (Bilbo was given a pair of boots in Rivindell in the Hoobit (I was in a note to one of the illustrations Tolkein did) so Frodo and Co likey would have had the same courtesy extended to them).