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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:10 |
progkidjoel wrote:
James wrote:
I don't have any and if I did, I'd keep most of it myself. I never buy the stuff anyhow.
I'm sure it's easily available in Australia.
You could also just roll Eucalyptus smokes. It's not as fun but it may give you a slight buzz.
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Not sure... I'm sure I've had it once. Koala's eat it... but then they probably have an immunity. Mistletoe berries are poisonous though. Ooooh, how about you go on a trek to find some Shrooms?
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:12 |
Gandalf smokes tobacco, James...
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:13 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
Gandalf smokes tobacco, James... |
Only high quality stuff grown by hobbits.
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:13 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
Gandalf smokes tobacco, James... |
lol
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:14 |
It's not tobacco. I mean, yes, it is tobacco but it's not actually tobacco. Tolkien couldn't exactly say it was marijuana... Actually, Tolkien was such a boring guy, it probably was just tobacco. ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif) He wasn't as crazy as C.S. Lewis.
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:15 |
And James, while I concede that Tolkein is not the most fluid writer, if you think it's just them walking through the forest, you're missing the point by a staggering amount.
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:17 |
James wrote:
It's not tobacco.
I mean, yes, it is tobacco but it's not actually tobacco. Tolkien couldn't exactly say it was marijuana...
Actually, Tolkien was such a boring guy, it probably was just tobacco. He wasn't as crazy as C.S. Lewis.
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Uh....Why would a wizard smoke pot? He needs be mentally sharp. And I don't think there is any pot in CS Lewis either.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:18 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
And James, while I concede that Tolkein is not the most fluid writer, if you think it's just them walking through the forest, you're missing the point by a staggering amount. |
I know it's not just that. I've read The Hobbit (a much better book!), so I know what the story is about (well, I know what's it's based on). I think it's just the first book... it's just incredibly slow to get going. I gather things pick up in The Two Towers.
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:18 |
Why do you need drugs when you have Tom Bombadil?
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:20 |
A Person wrote:
Why do you need drugs when you have Tom Bombadil? |
I never understood what was with that guy. The whole digression doesn't feel like it belongs at all.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:20 |
No but Lewis was far more crazy. I suspect Opium was smoked at some point in his writing of Alice in Wonderland. ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif) Because it's magical pot, not the stuff we have. This enhances his magical powers. ![Wink Wink](smileys/smiley2.gif) When I first read that he smoked pipe-weed, I immediately thought it referred to pot.
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:20 |
Joel, I think you need to change the title of the SR?
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:22 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
A Person wrote:
Why do you need drugs when you have Tom Bombadil? |
I never understood what was with that guy. The whole digression doesn't feel like it belongs at all. |
I guess he is supposedly a personification of nature, and it shows how even Sauron's power doesn't affect him, or something. And no, I haven't looked that up on a LotR fan site. Or maybe I have.
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:22 |
Any Colour You Like wrote:
Joel, I think you need to change the title of the SR?
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Sounds appropriate... I have a super-badass name change lined up for when I leave for bound though
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:23 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
A Person wrote:
Why do you need drugs when you have Tom Bombadil? |
I never understood what was with that guy. The whole digression doesn't feel like it belongs at all. |
He's actually one of the oldest and most powerful beings about. His story was never really fully expanded (although there is a separate book about him which is impossible to find, I think). I gather he has a lot more to do with the story than many people think. But yes, he's annoying and that's probably why he was left out of the film.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:25 |
If he was in the film, they could have got Fish to play him. Scrap that... Phil Collins would have been perfect. ![LOL LOL](smileys/smiley36.gif)
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Posted: October 09 2009 at 00:26 |
Peter Gabriel might have been able to pull it off when he was younger.
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