XPost: alt.obituaries   
   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   R H Draney  wrote:   
   > News filted:   
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   >>news:73701c05-4434-4cfa-87b3-c98430e99711@p7g2000pbz.googlegroups.com...   
   >>On Dec 28, 12:55 pm, "Somebody"  wrote:   
   >>> The movie may be in the obits soon. It's not doing as well as expected...   
   >>> And apparently, Denny's are selling Hobbit meals. I passed one by and   
   >>> there   
   >>> was sign in the window. I'm not sure if it's a burger or country-fried   
   >>> steak or what. I think it said they are serving it while supplies last.   
   >>   
   >>Had N E Clam Chowder for lunch at Denny's today.  Yes, their still   
   >>pitching Hobbit items on the secondary menu.   
   >>   
   >>For those who don't care to see the movie, what is a typical 'Hobbit' meal?   
   >>Why is the type of food eaten an important part of the movie, if that is the   
   >>case?   
   >   
   > It's not the type of food, but the frequency...Hobbits apparently eat a   
   dozen or   
   > so meals per day, which should make the heart of any Denny's franchiser swell   
   > with avarice....r   
   >   
      
   Six meals a day.   
      
   I am glad that no one thinks Denny's was selling hobbits for food...   
   the trolls would have to take over the kitchen (and shut the place   
   during daylight hours) for that to be plausible.   
      
   As a book purist I delight in the film's falling short of predicted   
   success.(I recently purchased both a 75th Anniversary Edition and a   
   Latin translation,HOBBITUS ILLE).   
      
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   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
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