Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Peter Robinson ·
Oct 20, 2011 at 9:56am
(Hat tip to He Who Knows Who He Is. Or, rather, to his wife, who sent this to him.)
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Dec '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Perfect. Now to wipe lunch off the monitor.
Sep '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
O. My.
Jun '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Ah, this poster brings me back.
Apr '11
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Alas the Dark Lord of Barad Dur will not be as accommodating as Bloomberg.
Jul '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Down with Sauron!
Mar '11
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Orcs Union Local 666 will be there!
Jun '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
This post should read: "Nerds of Ricochet, UNITE!"
Aug '10
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
On the other hand, 1% of the Hobbits control 99% of Smaug's gold.
#occupybagend
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Thanks, Peter. I hope you don't mind that I appropriated this for my FB feed. If it helps, you can think of it as redistributing humor from the 1% to the 99% of us who don't have the funny gene.
OK, I suppose it doesn't help that much.
Apr '11
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Ok Peter, here's a totally weird but interesting coincidence: J. R. R. Tolkien actually DID anticipate Occupy Wall Street in his writings! At the end of The Silmarillion, he writes of how the Numenoreans, who had turned away from their God (under the influence of Sauron) decided to occupy "The Blessed Realm", where only immortals could live. Their reason? They were upset that they weren't immortal too. Kind of like these protesters - "they have stuff we don't have, that makes us mad".
In Tolkien's world the Numenoreans were destroyed, and the world was remade so that the Blessed Realm would remain a mortal-free island in the sky. Sauron ended up in Mordor and forged the Ring. Interesting since there have been past debates on Ricochet on how we could get a liberal-free island of our own.
Anyway, had that epiphany this morning, thought you might find it intersting (and even more nerdy).
Oct '11
Re: Hobbits of the World, Unite!
Tip to JRR for continued lessons in truth...