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  2. From: cwilson@gssec.bt.co.uk (Colin Wilson)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
  4. Subject: Re: Dwarves want women (was Re: Melkor: Genetic Engineer?)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.160925.23203@gssec.bt.co.uk>
  6. Date: 24 Dec 92 16:09:25 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec22.005522.19506@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <BzpwuI.25I@max.physics.sunysb.edu> <1hb1joINN6sj@mirror.digex.com>
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  12. In article <1hb1joINN6sj@mirror.digex.com>, dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz) writes:
  13.  
  14. |> (Speaking of which, ever notice the strange colors of the dwarves'
  15. |> beards in the Hobbit?  Everything from blue to red to green, etc.
  16. |> Any thoughts on this?  Or is this a remnant of the more childish
  17. |> portions of the Hobbit?)
  18.  
  19. If you read chapter 1, "An Unexpected Party", again you'll find that it wasn't
  20. the dwarves' beards that had the various colours, but their HOODS.
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