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(...) answers! (...) more dessert, please more eggnog, please fortifying said eggnog five pounds gained prepare to diet! prepare to shop! after Christmas sales visits to in-laws off to Grandma's continuing family rituals waiting for Santa finally (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LoTR # 1 on IMDB, Beowulf on NYTimes bestseller list
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(...) I wrote: "Most of the stuff passing as a plot is little more than rehashed Norse mythology." Is it the case that you want me to compare and contrast Tolkien's work to Northern European mythology? Seems like a rather thankless task. I am also (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | An Interesting Idea Involving Video Game Console Memory Card Labels
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This might seem like a strange area to post this message, but this was the only Off-Topic area that seemed appropriate. In any case, I have an idea and was looking for opinions as to whether or not it would be successful. When one buys memory cards (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LoTR # 1 on IMDB
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(...) Ah, I have almost no idea what kind of press it got -- I rented it on video some several months later on a whim and was happily surprised. It's funny how things like that can work for and against a film. I had no expectations, and therefore (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LoTR # 1 on IMDB, Beowulf on NYTimes bestseller list
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(...) I wonder if you're referring to the recent Seamus Heaney translation, the one that features a chainmail hood in embossed silver on a black hardcover. I haven't read much of that version, but it's stirred up a little controversy among the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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