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[Movie] The Hobbit, The Nazgul, and the Dog

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Halo

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Nov 17, 2002, 10:17:32 AM11/17/02
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Did anyone notice that when the Nazgul went up to the
hobbit to ask for Baggins there was a dog there?

The dog seemed full-grown too... now, wouldn't a bull
grown dog be the size of the hobbit?

lol...


Joy

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Nov 17, 2002, 12:23:34 PM11/17/02
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Yes, bull grown dogs can get *much* larger than hobbits. Cow grown ones are
a little smaller, but still somewhat large.

It wouldn't surprise me if hobbits rode large dogs like horses.

-joy


cam nospam

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Nov 17, 2002, 5:47:35 PM11/17/02
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There was one famous warrior hobbit who rode a pony. I can't recall his
name, but it was noted that he was remarkably tall for a hobbit. He is
also referred to historically.

AC

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Nov 17, 2002, 5:50:05 PM11/17/02
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In article <3DD81C87...@nospam.com>, cam nospam wrote:
> There was one famous warrior hobbit who rode a pony. I can't recall his
> name, but it was noted that he was remarkably tall for a hobbit. He is
> also referred to historically.

It was Bandobras the Bullroarer, and he didn't ride a pony, but a horse!

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Jeremy

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Nov 18, 2002, 12:22:46 AM11/18/02
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"Halo" <G...@Away.com> wrote in message
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> The dog seemed full-grown too... now, wouldn't a bull
> grown dog be the size of the hobbit?

If you were a Hobbit, wouldn't it be in your best interests to breed dogs
who were small? It would be really easy to, in a few generations, get
Hobbit-sized animals. You don't want your dog or stock animals to eat you,
after all, would you?


anon

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Nov 18, 2002, 4:10:35 AM11/18/02
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Jeremy wrote:

I can't remember, maybe I've been tainted by the 'Farmer Maggot' picture
in the 70's calender art by 'The Hildebrandt Brothers', but didn't it say in
FOTR that the Maggot's dogs were rather 'large' compared to hobbits?
I wondered about the apparent size of the dog in the movie as well. It looked
like a mutt/shepherd/collie mix. Too small if it was 'to scale' with the
apparent
small stature of the hobbit when the Black Rider rode up to his door.


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