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   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Noel Q. von Schneiffel wrote:   
      
   > The truth is, the Ring *was* dropped by an eagle into Mount Doom.   
   >   
   > Frodo's quest was entirely a decoy. The ring Frodo carried was one of   
   > the Seven - Thrain's Ring, to be precise.   
      
   Odd - I thought only the One Ring was "unadorned".  What did Gandalf do -   
   pry off the pretty stone (which he no doubt would have given to some Elf   
   hussy) and file down it's setting?   
      
   --   
   derek   
      
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