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From: Eiron on 10 Aug 2010 05:26 On 10/08/2010 10:09, SIRPip wrote: > Ace wrote: > >> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:48 +0100, Eiron<E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 09/08/2010 16:43, platypus wrote: > >>>> It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a >>>> half-hour sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport. >>> >>> But they did. The eagles that brought Frodo and his lover, Sam >>> back from Orodruin could have taken them there in the first place. >> >> No, they were only able to overfly Mordor airspace once the ATC >> systems and fast interceptors were disabled. > > Even if the Winged Nazgul were distracted, I'll bet Sauron kept an Eye > on them. The Nazgul were pretty distracted at the Ford of Bruinen and if Gandalf and his mates hadn't spent so much time partying at Elrond's they could have recruited a few eagles to fly round the back of Mount Doom, out of sight of Barad-dur, and saved 600 pages of drivel. :-) -- Eiron.
From: ogden on 10 Aug 2010 05:53 darsy wrote: > On Aug 10, 10:15 am, "SIRPip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > darsy wrote: > > > Is it just me or is Pip reminiscent of a taller Gimli? > > > > This is not the first time that has been ... ummm ... levelled at me, > > you know. I prefer to draw comparisons with Nick Nolte, for perverse > > and personal reasons. > > http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2934150144/nm0000560 > > yeah, I can see that. http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/happy-halloween-ojai/ more like. -- ogden | gsxr 1000 | ktm duke 2
From: Ace on 10 Aug 2010 06:05 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:26:37 +0100, Eiron <E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On 10/08/2010 10:09, SIRPip wrote: >> Ace wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:48 +0100, Eiron<E1ron(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/08/2010 16:43, platypus wrote: >> >>>>> It makes me think that LotR could have been wrapped up in a >>>>> half-hour sitcom if they'd had a sensible means of transport. >>>> >>>> But they did. The eagles that brought Frodo and his lover, Sam >>>> back from Orodruin could have taken them there in the first place. >>> >>> No, they were only able to overfly Mordor airspace once the ATC >>> systems and fast interceptors were disabled. >> >> Even if the Winged Nazgul were distracted, I'll bet Sauron kept an Eye >> on them. > >The Nazgul were pretty distracted at the Ford of Bruinen But that was before they'd even decided to take the offending item back to it's maker. >and if Gandalf and his mates hadn't spent so much time partying at Elrond's >they could have recruited a few eagles to fly round the back of Mount Doom, >out of sight of Barad-dur, and saved 600 pages of drivel. :-) But destiny would have been unfulfilled. And without the tens of thousands of dead Arogant would never have been invited to be King, and the poor Gondorites would have had to go on living peacefully under the despotic rule of the Steward. That wouldn't do at all.
From: Bob Mann on 11 Aug 2010 21:34 On Aug 9, 10:06 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 9, 4:30 am, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 7, 7:19 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> > > wrote: > > > > People still run out quite regularly though. > > > or irregularly. > > > The Gimli Glider comes to mind. > > good call...very vaguely familiar. Very familiar to all of us living so close. Gimli is an hour north of here. Bob
From: Bob Mann on 11 Aug 2010 21:36
On Aug 10, 12:34 am, Tosspot <Frank.Le...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it me or are the Canadians too Pikey to buy a) enough or b) proper go > gas? The Gimli Glider was due to a miscalulation at about the time of the switchover from imperial to metric measures. Bob |