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  • Re: How many Dwarfs does it take to kill a dragon?

    From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to rec.arts.books.tolkien on Wed Nov 19 02:23:26 2025
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    Steve Hayes wrote:
    On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:45:01 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/17/2025 6:04 PM, Ground Goblin wrote:
    Dwarfs can't kill a dragon, they need a hobbit to do it for them.

    In *The Hobbit*, Smaug was not killed by a hobbit, but by Bard, who was
    a man, not a hobbit.

    Are you sure it wasn't an android?




    Wrongly recorded as a bow and arrow, but careful reading of the Redbook
    shows Bilbo was describing a ballista.
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  • From O. Sharp@ohh@panix.com to rec.arts.books.tolkien on Wed Nov 19 19:48:49 2025
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    The esteemed chine.bleu <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> quotes and writes:

    Dwarfs can't kill a dragon, they need a hobbit to do it for them.

    In *The Hobbit*, Smaug was not killed by a hobbit, but by Bard, who was
    a man, not a hobbit.

    Are you sure it wasn't an android?

    Wrongly recorded as a bow and arrow, but careful reading of the Redbook shows Bilbo was describing a ballista.

    Either way, it must have been an arrowing experience.

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  • From Paul S Person@psperson@old.netcom.invalid to rec.arts.books.tolkien on Thu Nov 20 08:52:10 2025
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    On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:23:26 -0800, "chine.bleu"
    <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
    Steve Hayes wrote:
    On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:45:01 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/17/2025 6:04 PM, Ground Goblin wrote:
    Dwarfs can't kill a dragon, they need a hobbit to do it for them.

    In *The Hobbit*, Smaug was not killed by a hobbit, but by Bard, who was
    a man, not a hobbit.

    Are you sure it wasn't an android?




    Wrongly recorded as a bow and arrow, but careful reading of the Redbook >shows Bilbo was describing a ballista.
    Or perhaps a scorpio.
    Which a photo of a pair of historical re-enactors in a military
    history magazine shows as a really large crossbow.
    Comparing it to a normal crossbow would be like comparing a light
    machine gun to a heavy machine gun.
    The technology may change, but the concept stays the same.
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  • From franco@posted@news.4ax to rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.guns,sac.politics,comp.mobile.android on Sat Dec 20 23:53:44 2025
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    On 18 Nov 2025, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted some news:37jqhkpa57nbmroqalgmcfg0ncmq8mh5m5@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:45:01 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/17/2025 6:04 PM, Ground Goblin wrote:
    Dwarfs can't kill a dragon, they need a hobbit to do it for them.

    In *The Hobbit*, Smaug was not killed by a hobbit, but by Bard, who
    was a man, not a hobbit.

    Are you sure it wasn't an android?

    Or an astroid?

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