Saturday 22 September 2012

MR SPOCK AND MR BAGGINS

Saturday 22 September? That (according to J R R Tolkien) can only mean one thing! It is Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' birthday!


Why 22nd? When yesterday (21st) was the birthday of the first publication of The Hobbit? Best guess: when the Professor came to set the two hobbit's joint-birthday, he misremembered the date on which his first book appeared...

In any event, talking of The Hobbit... Need a handy crib to the main points of the story?

Well, this might do for starters...



Hmmm...

As Mr Spock said in 'The Squire of Gothos'  (Star Trek, first season, episode 17, January 12, 1967):

'Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think "interesting" would suffice.' 


2 comments:

Beth Stilborn said...

Happy 22nd September!

And yes, for that video, "interesting" will suffice... ;-)

Anonymous said...

As a Trekkie and a hobbitomane, I'm not sure which part of me is more mortified! (RGP)