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   Tamf Moo to Derek Broughton   
   Re: 20 Questions - =?UTF-8?B?w5ZqZXZpbmQ   
   03 Sep 09 18:14:12   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: liddlelellow@yahoo.com   
      
   Derek Broughton wrote:   
      
   > Without rereading it, I think there were only two trees on Sean's list that   
   > were "living, then dead" (at least to our explicit knowledge - we all know   
   > that all of those trees have long since passed beyond the knowledge of Man).   
   > The Party Tree and the dead White Tree in Mina Tirith - which I would   
   > associate with "state" occasions rather than "social" ones - so I'd have to   
   > agree with you.   
      
   you forget the zombie huorns of Sauron -- fortunately, all they thirsted   
   for were worm brains, so they remained rather too rooted for his needs.   
      
   --   
   tamf   
      
   I see two Gandalfs and church bell. And two half lions chasing   
   a bull rat each over the lake. (Rorschach tests seen by "Illogic")   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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