Question about LOTR/Hobbit

IronWing

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If Smaug had simply eaten Bilbo while he was wearing the ring couldn't we have avoided about 1500 pages of additional reading?
 

IronWing

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Originally posted by: Slick5150
But would the ring be digested, or simply pass through?

According to Gandolf dragon fire will detroy a ring of power.
 

KaChow

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Why did you think of this while showering? Never mind, don't answer that!

Edit: Oh, I see...you want US to think about it in the shower...pervert!
 

rivan

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Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Slick5150
But would the ring be digested, or simply pass through?

According to Gandolf dragon fire will detroy a ring of power.

Dragon *fire* perhaps. What makes you think dragon stomachs and intestines are filled with fire?
 

Triforceofcourage

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Originally posted by: rivan
Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Slick5150
But would the ring be digested, or simply pass through?

According to Gandolf dragon fire will detroy a ring of power.

Dragon *fire* perhaps. What makes you think dragon stomachs and intestines are filled with fire?

Why wouldn't they be?
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: jjones
If Bilbo hadn't answered his door, we wouldn't have had to read anything.
Yeah. Good thing he didn't smoke too much leaf that day. He might have been paranoid and not even answered the door.
 

LeiZaK

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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: rivan
Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Slick5150
But would the ring be digested, or simply pass through?

According to Gandolf dragon fire will detroy a ring of power.

Dragon *fire* perhaps. What makes you think dragon stomachs and intestines are filled with fire?

Why wouldn't they be?
So the food they eat won't get burned up on the way down, thereby depriving them of any real nutrutional value.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: LeiZaK
Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Originally posted by: rivan
Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Slick5150
But would the ring be digested, or simply pass through?

According to Gandolf dragon fire will detroy a ring of power.

Dragon *fire* perhaps. What makes you think dragon stomachs and intestines are filled with fire?

Why wouldn't they be?
So the food they eat won't get burned up on the way down, thereby depriving them of any real nutrutional value.


Magic prevents the food from being destroyed, of course.