Who or what can't you currently tell a Hobbit from ? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

03-22-2007, 05:49 PM

Who or what (from a preferably humorous only point of view) can’t you currently tell a Hobbit from (whether it's any living or currently deceased person you admire or dislike, a fictional non-Tolkien book / film / TV / comic character of any kind that you admire or dislike, or any type of inanimate object).

Thinlómien · 03-23-2007, 05:10 AM

Well, I find it difficult to see the difference between a Hobbit and Winnie the pooh.

Precioussss · 03-23-2007, 08:12 AM

I don't see a difference between hobbits and headless teddy grams. Whenever I find one in the bag I usually name it "Sam" if it's a boy (arms down) or "Primula" if it's a girl (arms up). If it has no arms, it's Smeagol. Then I eat it. Lame, I know. But I've been doing it for years, so it's now become a habit.

Boo Radley · 03-23-2007, 08:39 AM

Give our media buyer an umbrella and you've got a slighty taller version of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, but perhaps that's just because I'm a very, very mean person.

Lalwendë · 03-23-2007, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Precioussss

I don't see a difference between hobbits and headless teddy grams. Whenever I find one in the bag I usually name it "Sam" if it's a boy (arms down) or "Primula" if it's a girl (arms up). If it has no arms, it's Smeagol. Then I eat it. Lame, I know. But I've been doing it for years, so it's now become a habit.

A Hobbit Habit!

This calls for a rhyme/tongue-twister/thing!

I had a hobby, well, a habit, heard a hobbit, had to have it. Had a hobbit heard of my habit? Whoever he was, my hobbit habit has had it.

Mithalwen · 03-23-2007, 01:22 PM

since my second violin teacher was called Mrs Hobbins and was short and also, if looks are a guide, could have been related to Lobelia...

Morai · 03-23-2007, 04:41 PM

Just give the music director of my school district some curly hair and hair feet, and you have Bilbo Baggins.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-23-2007, 04:50 PM

Well, one of my friends is a hobbit. Looks like one (all with the curly hair, well, perhaps he could have a little more on feet and also cannot walk much quietly, but otherwise it all fits pretty well), oh, and he is not only my friend, he is a distant cousin of mine. He is first son of the second daughter of my grandmother's sister, you see. I might add that their line is the most... hobbitish in our family.

Merrivere · 03-29-2007, 02:03 PM

Well, before I got messed up (long story) I was pudgy, curvy, curly haired, smiley hobbit lass myself...60 lbs and a buzz cut later, not so much.

Rikae · 04-14-2007, 08:18 PM

Has anyone ever met Douglas A. Anderson, the auther of "The Annotated Hobbit"? 'Nuff said.

the guy who be short · 04-15-2007, 06:07 AM

There's an old man I used to see regularly on the bus. He was short, with a mass of curly hair. He also had a very grumpy looking face, leading me to believe he was an evil hobbit. I called him Bilbao.

03-22-2007, 05:49 PM	#1
GBaxter Guest Posts: n/a	Who or what can't you currently tell a Hobbit from ? Who or what (from a preferably humorous only point of view) can’t you currently tell a Hobbit from (whether it's any living or currently deceased person you admire or dislike, a fictional non-Tolkien book / film / TV / comic character of any kind that you admire or dislike, or any type of inanimate object).

03-23-2007, 05:10 AM	#2
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Gotta give it a try! Well, I find it difficult to see the difference between a Hobbit and Winnie the pooh. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

03-23-2007, 08:12 AM	#3
Precioussss Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dancing on this earth for a short while Posts: 111	I don't see a difference between hobbits and headless teddy grams. Whenever I find one in the bag I usually name it "Sam" if it's a boy (arms down) or "Primula" if it's a girl (arms up). If it has no arms, it's Smeagol. Then I eat it. Lame, I know. But I've been doing it for years, so it's now become a habit. __________________ I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. - Bob Dylan

03-23-2007, 08:39 AM	#4
Boo Radley Wight Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio. Believe it or not. Posts: 145	Give our media buyer an umbrella and you've got a slighty taller version of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, but perhaps that's just because I'm a very, very mean person. __________________ Don't believe everything you read on the interwebs. That's how World War 1 got started!

03-23-2007, 01:22 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	I am sure the name must have been a clerical error... since my second violin teacher was called Mrs Hobbins and was short and also, if looks are a guide, could have been related to Lobelia... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-23-2007, 04:41 PM	#7
Morai Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where young people go to retire Posts: 709	Random Titles straighten their hair.... Just give the music director of my school district some curly hair and hair feet, and you have Bilbo Baggins. __________________ "So why the safe distance, this curious look? Why tear out single pages when you can throw away the book? Why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar? MeWithoutYou http://fortyfifthparadox.com

03-23-2007, 04:50 PM	#8
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, one of my friends is a hobbit. Looks like one (all with the curly hair, well, perhaps he could have a little more on feet and also cannot walk much quietly, but otherwise it all fits pretty well), oh, and he is not only my friend, he is a distant cousin of mine. He is first son of the second daughter of my grandmother's sister, you see. I might add that their line is the most... hobbitish in our family. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

03-29-2007, 02:03 PM	#9
Merrivere Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middle Earth? Nah, Wisconsin. Posts: 19	Well, before I got messed up (long story) I was pudgy, curvy, curly haired, smiley hobbit lass myself...60 lbs and a buzz cut later, not so much. __________________ I tried my luck at real romance...I think I'll stick to loving Hobbits instead.

04-14-2007, 08:18 PM	#10
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Has anyone ever met Douglas A. Anderson, the auther of "The Annotated Hobbit"? 'Nuff said.

04-15-2007, 06:07 AM	#11
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	There's an old man I used to see regularly on the bus. He was short, with a mass of curly hair. He also had a very grumpy looking face, leading me to believe he was an evil hobbit. I called him Bilbao.