tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post1610791737203051141..comments2023-03-08T02:38:07.848+13:00Comments on The Noldor, New Zealand: Hobbits living in Upper Hutt?Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04804531068833438636noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-47071514160949807022010-11-04T08:12:42.461+13:002010-11-04T08:12:42.461+13:00Prafull:
That's awesome! So did you buy it (a...Prafull:<br /><br />That's awesome! So did you buy it (at least partly) because of the name of the lane?<br /><br />And what I'm sure everyone wants to know - are there any hobbitish features in the house? Round doors, tunnels, that sort of thing? :)<br /><br /> - JackJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804531068833438636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-50777794616116941032010-10-29T13:18:57.901+13:002010-10-29T13:18:57.901+13:00I bought this house "1 hobbit Lane" last...I bought this house "1 hobbit Lane" last year in December and it was built in 1986.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022609604131018849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-56544260443631835502010-01-09T09:16:26.813+13:002010-01-09T09:16:26.813+13:00Mundens :
(delayed reply, sorry!)
Thanks for tha...Mundens :<br /><br />(delayed reply, sorry!)<br /><br />Thanks for that information - I wonder why we could get things named after hobbits before the movie, but not very much since then! We're still trying to get something named officially, more on that at a later date.<br /><br /> - JackJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804531068833438636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-21739778568365320832009-12-12T22:50:56.179+13:002009-12-12T22:50:56.179+13:00Just to confirm, Hobbit Lane in Silverstream, Uppe...Just to confirm, Hobbit Lane in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, existed long before Peter Jackson started making an LoTR film. <br /><br />I know for sure, as I was considering buying the house at 1 Hobbit Lane back in 1996, and the house had been standing for almost two decades then.mundenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234318065797814242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-47167937116992307822009-12-02T08:21:44.111+13:002009-12-02T08:21:44.111+13:00Odentroll:
Good point, I never thought about that...Odentroll:<br /><br />Good point, I never thought about that. It briefly crossed my mind that the sign was annoyingly high, but that's probably the reason for it, yeah!<br /><br /> - JackJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804531068833438636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-89143428853939665412009-12-01T15:15:30.059+13:002009-12-01T15:15:30.059+13:00Ha Ha they put it up high so no one would Pinch it...Ha Ha they put it up high so no one would Pinch it!Mister "N"https://www.blogger.com/profile/10866445258947897796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-58085075112138035102009-12-01T07:24:53.207+13:002009-12-01T07:24:53.207+13:00The Bag End reference? Yeah, nice little coinciden...The Bag End reference? Yeah, nice little coincidence... I read that somewhere in a Tolkien related book last year.<br /><br />I'm constantly adding little bits of trivia like that to the tour as well... I love all the subcontexts that Tolkien managed to squeeze into the Middle-earth sagas. All his catholicism, his hatred for industrialism, Disney and Shakespeare (in roughly equal thirds), and how it shows up so clearly in the books (and in the movies, obviously).<br /><br /><br />As for my new 'do - I'd just had my summer shave that morning; I hadn't realised it was quite the "chrome dome" until you pointed it out... cheers, mate! ;)<br /><br /> - Jack M.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04804531068833438636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786718561875501667.post-2450141250294512932009-12-01T03:31:04.106+13:002009-12-01T03:31:04.106+13:00What a fun discovery. Thanks for the language bit,...What a fun discovery. Thanks for the language bit, too. And with the new 'do, I wouldn't put you a day over 24!Ryan Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156634290115527701noreply@blogger.com