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Old 03-09-2010, 05:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Plan9 View Post
I just want you guys to know this: cut the cords. That's anti-bomb magic.
"Cut the cords" doesn't only kill the bomb; it kills the plot.

After all, why didn't Gandalf's giant eagles just fly Frodo over Mount Doom to drop his payload of the One Ring into that chasm from whence it came?

That sure would have beat walking.
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