Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for December 19, 2014

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    Miny Boy  almost 10 years ago

    The eagles can do anything the story requires them. Deus ex machina.

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    ruairibenmcclintock  almost 10 years ago

    NO, NO, NO the Eagles could not help as orcs would have shot them down. Plus they are lazy :P

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    AlnicoV   almost 10 years ago

    That has been one of the arguments that geeks get into about those books since shortly after they were published.

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    Plods with ...™  almost 10 years ago

    My question exactly.

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    Cerabooge  almost 10 years ago

    AlnicoV: Seems like a waste of time. Guess I’m not as geeky as I thought. If you want realistic fantasy (I know, seems like an oxymoron), read the Black Company series. BTW, for me, reading The Lord of the Rings was a wonderful experience.

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    hariseldon59  almost 10 years ago

    The Eagles will always come through in the long run.

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    Skywatcher68  almost 10 years ago

    From oglaf.com (NSFW webcomic): one would not want to be on an Eagle’s back when it got hungry.

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    matzam Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    that quote is based on John Hustons film STAGECOACH when he was asked " why don’t the just shoot the horses?"

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    UniqeUsername  almost 10 years ago

    “Eagles are not kindly birds” quote from “The Hobbit”. They wouldn’t let thirteen dwarves and a hobbit ride them all the way to the Lonely Mountain out of the pure goodness of their hearts.

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    basstenorman  almost 10 years ago

    One does not simply fly into Mordor (sorry). The eagles would have been spotted by Sauron very early and would’ve been wrecked by the flying Nazgul. A lone (or two) member of an overlooked species, walking on foot, had a much greater change of succeeding. Give Gandalf some credit for his wits.

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    basstenorman  almost 10 years ago

    bah, sorry Bruno. beat me by 5 minutes lol

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    dean  almost 10 years ago

    Gandalf’s last words before falling into the chasm with the Balrog was “Fly you fools”. He wanted them to take the Eagles to Mordor, but he kept that plan to himself since he never expected that he wouldn’t be around.

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    stuartj12  almost 10 years ago

    The eagles only helped because the Doctor (#7), I mean Radagast the Brown, sent them.

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    neverenoughgold  almost 10 years ago

    I need to get out more often…

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    bobviously  almost 10 years ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWUDon’t know why the eagle was blindfolded though.

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    boldyuma  almost 10 years ago

    Two things I learned from reading the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings back in 1968..Eagles were a lot bigger then….and..It is a good thing for us that spiders are NOT the size of a rottweiler..

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    tsandl  almost 10 years ago

    Cause we can’t flyyyyyy through Mirkwood, guys. The spiders there don’t eat houseflies, And their webs reach to the skies, so we don’t fly through Mirkwood guys.

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 10 years ago

    I was going to say that I didn’t get this … but then I realized I probably wouldn’t understand the explanation either.

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