Conversations about hobbits

[dreamflower]

ceshaughnessy and I were IM'ing, and had the following exchange:

We were discussing the significance of March 25th--

Barbara Rich: March 25th
Barbara Rich: YOU know!!
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: ??
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: the end of the war
Barbara Rich: The day the Ring went in the fire and Sauron bit the dust
Barbara Rich: YEP
Barbara Rich: New Year, in Gondorian Reckoning
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: Gondorian New Year, huh
Barbara Rich: Yup
Barbara Rich: Some people call it "Ring Day", but that's wrong. JRRT says "Ring Day" is Frodo's Birthday
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: why is that?
Barbara Rich: Well, I don't know, but he says it in the Appendix D
Barbara Rich: so its canon
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: oh
Barbara Rich: One of the questions I'll have to ask him when I finally see him *adds to list*
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: mm
Barbara Rich: I'll bet he hides whenever another Tolkien geek dies
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: =)) =)) =)) =))
Barbara Rich: Yep, I can just see him trying to sneak over and stand behind St. Peter. "Hide me! Here comes another one”
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: too funny
Barbara Rich: Well, don't you have things you want to ask him?
Cathleen CE'Shaughnessy: I honestly never thought about it
Barbara Rich: *grin* it will come
Barbara Rich: you are young yet in geekdom