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	are hobbits real?

daisey74

5-14-2009 4:42 PM

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daisey74 says:

interesting research on hobbit-liker humans

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5-14-2009 10:04 PM

tanyamm

I think my one grandmother could have had hobbit ancestry. She was really tiny but perfectly proportioned.

5-14-2009 11:25 PM

Jorjor

I had a friend who dropped acid and saw a bunch of small people with hairy feet. I told him that was because LSD is not addictive, but it is hobbit-forming.

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