06-10-2002, 03:18 PM | #61 |
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Well, in third thought, they DO have two and no hands... they definetly have wings.
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I think it has shodow/darkness around it that it can mold from one form to another. Thus, it made the shadow assume the form of wings, to intimidate Gandalf& co.
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06-10-2002, 06:16 PM | #63 |
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I'm shocked this debate has actually started again. Wonderful will be the day when no one is arguing over the wings of a Balrog or the ears of an Elf. At one point, it can actually make you sick, believe me, I know.
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First the admins are moaning that we're not intelligently debating Tolkien's middle earth, now they're complaining that some poor fool ressurected the wings debate. Sheesh.
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Hey! I've never entered the wing-debate before - everybody deserves a chance.
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I was the "poor fool" who resurrected the wing debate, and I did it knowing full well the consequences. I had never gotten two contribute my two cents, and like Anduril said, everyone deserves a chance!
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Anduril, stop being such a little attention seeker. And it's not wise to TELL people your plans...
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BoP, you never commented on the fact that I shot myself TWICE (in the head). Now how likely is that?
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Anyway, back on topic. So we're all agreed then. I'm right, and you're all wrong.
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The Balrog is a rare species of giant tunneling flame peguin. It is also know as 'The Big Red Rock Eater". The fossil record shows that the Balrogs earliest forms were reptilian and the "wings" were actually "display fans" of slime covered skin. These were designed to attract the female balrog, or balaraga. It is thought that the fierce cry of the Balrog is actually a mating call. The Balaraga, like the Entwife, departed middle earth, disgusted with the males constant drinking and warring. The display fans were selected toward a slacker fit, due to the rigors of combat and the cramped confines of their underground dwellings. While visible during the attack posture, these flaps of flesh are vestigial and useless, as demonstrated by the Balrogs propensity to fall from great heights in a clumsy and oafish fashion.
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well now we know!!!
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Thanks for that treatise David Attenborough!
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Gosh, there is a scientific answer to everything....
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Well, I'd like to take credit, but it's all in Christopher Tolkien's "The Paleontology of Middle Earth: Volume IV - The Late Voraceous Period".
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To answer your question, you said admins, in the plural. The only other person (besides SGH) who had expressed displeasure towards this beating of a very dead horse was me. And as I was formerly an Ent, not too long ago, you must have been talking about SGH and I. So shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
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