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Oh the Eagle and Child re-un-ion ...

.. is only a heartbeat away
Oh ... little inkling of mine ...
According to the news, University College is to sell the Eagle and Child (aka Bird & Babe) erstwhile home of the Inklings.
What price a bazzing LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling of mine ...

  • [nq:1]..
  • is only a heartbeat away Oh ...
  • little inkling of mine ...
  • According to the news, University College is ...
  • of the Inklings.
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[nq:1].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling of mine ... According to the news, University College is ... of the Inklings. What price a bazzing LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
Very bad news indeed. (As is an STS prompt in a header...) Perhaps a protest boink would be in order?

Laura
(emulate St. George for em
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[nq:1].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling of mine ... According to the news, University College is ... of the Inklings. What price a bazzing LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
I suspect you're writing in English, but it's hard for me to tell.

SML
ess el five six zero at columbia dot edu
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[nq:2].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling ... theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect you're writing in English, but it's hard for me to tell.[/nq]
This may help: http://www.jrrtolkien.org.uk/inklings.htm
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[nq:1]What price a bazzing LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
Ork scratchings, Gollum Wonder crisps, *** packets bearing government elf warnings . . . .

Ross Howard
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[nq:2].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling ... theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect you're writing in English, but it's hard for me to tell.[/nq]
bazzing = pertaining to Barry
LOTR = Laser Optical Trout Reconnaissance (a GPS-based fishing system) Narnia = HRH the Princess Narnia, Duchess of Arbroath (Queen's cousin
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[nq:2]What price a bazzing[/nq]
Bazzing?
[nq:2]LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ork scratchings, Gollum Wonder crisps,[/nq]
Dickey Dragon T-shirts, Dickey Dragon beach towels, Dickey Dragon watches, Dickey Dragon lunchboxes...
[nq:1]*** packets bearing government elf warnings . . . .[/nq]
Aargh! Begone, foul
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[nq:1]Bazzing?[/nq]
Indeed. You can *** on the very urinal cake that perfumed the emissions of JRR & CS.

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling ... theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect you're writing in English, but it's hard for me to tell.[/nq]
I got lost at "University College", since I know my old college (UCL) would never do things like that.

Rob Bannister
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[nq:1]It says something about something that all the suggestions so far in this thread have related to LotR, not Narnia.[/nq]
Clearly the entrance would have to look like a wardrobe door and you'd have to squeeze past the overcrowded coat-racks to get in. All the lighting would be one-armed lamp-posts, and there'd be happy hours involving cheap Turkish delight and hot chocolate. Favoured custo
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[nq:1].. is only a heartbeat away Oh ... little inkling of mine ... According to the news, University College is ... of the Inklings. What price a bazzing LOTR / Narnia theme pub? Cappucino sizes Hobbit, Ringwraith and Ent. Ploughman's Lembas?[/nq]
Bournemouth, where Tolkein lived for a while (at his wife's behest, he hated the place) already has a pub called the "Tap and Hobbit". Not worth me

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