Article: 173458 of rec.arts.books.tolkien Xref: uchinews rec.arts.books.tolkien:173458 Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien Path: uchinews!not-for-mail From: <<>> (Steuard Jensen) Subject: Re: [I] Proposed classification system for AFT posts X-Nntp-Posting-Host: harper.uchicago.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: The University of Chicago X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test70 (17 January 1999) References: <7mkim9$8gv$1@lure.pipex.net> <2rlj3.739$CG3.1207@nntpserver.swip.net> <7mlars$3k8$3@lure.pipex.net> <378E7974.2AC9A020@erols.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 04:25:43 GMT Quoth Flame of the West <<>>: > I like Arkady's idea. I've expanded it a little bit to include several > common types of postings that various people might want to ignore. > > [I] Irrelevant > [R] Relevant > [F] Flame and/or complaints about being flamed > [L] Long > [U] Unsnipped (some very long previous post is reposted) > [T] Juvenile sexuality ("T" is for "tilde") > [A] Religious/Metaphysical argument > [B] Dealing with the identity of Tom Bombadil > [W] Deals with Balrog wings > [H] Deals with Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, Homophobia, etc. > [P] Tolkien is/is not racist, sexist, or otherwise prejudiced > [M] I hate the old movie and/or fear the new one > [E] My autographed and/or very old copy is available now at eBay > [C] Casting for the new movie This is truly hilarious. Thanks for a great laugh. > Have I forgotten anything? Perhaps you should add [^] Elves do/do not have pointed ears [N] Visit this new/updated network site [2] Me too/I agree/Good idea (this conveniently eliminates the need for a message body as well!) Of course, this can be generalized to combinations of symbols as well: [PH] Tolkien was/was not homophobic [CB] Who should play Tom Bombadil in the new movie? [MB] Nobody, because they're ruining it by not including him. [EM] My copy of that stupid Bakashi movie is available now at eBay [ITA] Which of the following sexual positions will bring me the closest to God? [MW] Oh no! The Balrog in the movie will/will not have wings! [WA] 1) It is impossible to imagine a demon nastier than a Balrog, and 2) A winged demon is nastier than a wingless demon, thus 3) Balrogs must have wings. [TF] You couldn't write pornography if your life depended on it [LWB] A masters' thesis discussing the textual evidence in HoMe indicating that Tom Bombadil is the incarnation of the Morgothian essence which pervades the world, and that the dissipation of said essence over the course of the second and third ages led both to Tom's reduced range of influence and to the decay of all remaining Balrogs' wings into dark, cloudlike goo [BATMAN] My new website decries the shockingly immoral scene rumored to be in the new movie, in which the hobbits witness an explicit sex scene between Bombadil and Goldberry, which leads the entire group into a discussion of religion in Middle-earth in which it is revealed that Bombadil is in fact Iluvatar. [PI^2] I agree that Hollywood is racist, because Jar Jar had such weird ears Steuard Jensen