Comments on: Half-Orc Welfare debated

By: John

John — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:03:44 +0000

Ahh the half-orc problem. All truely great-half orcs know when to claim the other half is elf and when not to…. espcially when conning gulible elves.

John

By: PinkDreamPoppies

PinkDreamPoppies — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By: --k.

--k. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Tell him to update his blog, already. Or get a new one.

By: Donald Johnson

Donald Johnson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I’m kinda rightwing on the topic of orcs–Tolkien doesn’t recount a single example of one that ever joins the good guys. Although as some commentator pointed out in a book I skimmed at B and N, Ugluk shows an admirable sense of duty.

Hell, in a Middle Earth setting I’m pretty rightwing in general. Why bother with democracy if you’ve got natural-born leaders like Aragorn around, first spending time as a ranger before adopting the kingship? Compare Aragorn to the sort of leader we get in democracies today. Ugh. Long live the divine right of kings.

But what am I doing hanging out with you geeks anyway?

By: (fka Amy S.)

(fka Amy S.) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sigh. Meanwhile, someone started a thread at you-know-where about Scott McCloud’s dead car, and in the space of about five posts, it shows all the signs of becoming some strange dissertation about the homoerotic elements in *Knight Rider*, a TV show which I’ve never seen. And I’ve got no stance on the Orcs, either, because I’ve never read more than about 17 pages of Tolkein. :o

Sigh. I’d love the Internet so much more if it wasn’t always shooting down my self-image as Queen of All Geeks. My entire life is a lie. [pout] It’s not fair. :p

By: Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know which is sadder: that you had this e-mail exchange or I think it’s one of the funniest things I’ve read this week.

Yours in geekitude.

By: Amy S.

Amy S. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Kev, who’s stronger: The Thing, The Hulk, Thor, or David Hasselhoff ?

By: alsis37 (fka Amy S.)

alsis37 (fka Amy S.) — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Kev, who’s stronger: The Thing, The Hulk, Thor, or David Hasselhoff ?

(Government, My Friends, is boring. We must not say so…)

By: Dan J

Dan J — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Two questions: How mad is the Hulk, and is David Hasselhoff singing at the time?

By: Raznor

Raznor — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

More to the point, are we refering to Thor the Marvel super hero, or Thor, the Norse God of Thunder. Because if the latter, then Thor all the way.

By: PinkDreamPoppies

PinkDreamPoppies — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Well, is that the grey Hulk or the green one? The intelligent Hulk or the “me Hulk, me smash” one?

Also, are we talking about Gaiman’s Thor, Marvel’s Thor, the Thor of the original sagas, or the latter-day American reinterpretation of Thor the God?

By: John Isbell

John Isbell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Brilliant.
Germans love David Hasselhoff.
One thing I miss in the LOTR movies is the poetry. Otherwise, I like them a lot. My 8-year-old nephew stunned me by saying they were OK, but unfaithful to the books. So I said my God, have you read the books? And he said: “No.”

By: Pudding Time!

Pudding Time! — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ten Kids In a Brand New Battle Wagon
On Alas, a blog: Half-Orc Welfare debated: “Look, we all care about the half-orc problem. Attacking motives is simply a left-wing substitute for not having any workable policy ideas.”

By: apostropher

apostropher — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hardest I’ve laughed all day.
That would be this.