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   From: rimagen@toast.net   
      
   On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:51:23 +0000, Sandman wrote:   
      
   >> > > Stan Brown:   
   >> > > Did he ever draw a picture of a Balrog, with or without its wig?   
   >> >   
   >> > Sandman:   
   >> > If he had, would there have been such a controversy about it? :-D   
   >>   
   >> No, no, we do NOT want to restart the "did Balrogs have wigs"   
   >> discussion...   
   >   
   > Pffft, we all know he did, this passage says it all:   
   >   
   >   "His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached   
   >   out   
   >    like two vast wigs"   
   >   
   > I can see it clearly! :-D   
      
      "Its streaming mane kindled, and blazed behind it."   
      
   Clearly Balrogs don't really have wigs, only wigs of flame!   
      
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