# Episode 70: I'm Not Quite Sure How You Pervert the Halflings **URL:** \ **Category:** Improvised Radio Theatre with Dice\ **Created:** [1 October 2018 08:05 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258 "2018-10-01T08:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2018 14:23 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/21 "2018-10-05T14:23:47Z")
Phil, thanks - I think the thing I read may have been someone else’s summary of that book. ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Masters](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Phil\_Masters](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil_Masters)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2018 14:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/22 "2018-10-05T14:43:53Z")
Oh yeah — another reading that raises legitimate doubts about the hobbit dope-dealers’ relationship with Middle Earth’ military-industrial complex: > **[Unused Audio Commentary By Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002...](https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unused-audio-commentary-by-howard-zinn-and-noam-chomsky-recorded-summer-2002-for-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-platinum-series-extended-edition-dvd-part-one)** > > CHOMSKY: The film opens with Galadriel speaking. “The world has changed,” she tells us, “I can feel it in the water.” She’s actually stealing a lin... ---
**Author:** ![whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/whswhs/32/2794_2.png) [@whswhs](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/whswhs)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2018 18:39 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/23 "2018-10-05T18:39:44Z")
My preferred darkening of hobbits specifically was to have a noir storyline about a hobbit detective investigating the involvement of Lotho Sackville-Baggins in trade manipulation and political influence. Just the other week I came up with the perfect name for him: Sam Spade. ---
**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Post date:** [8 October 2018 02:35 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/24 "2018-10-08T02:35:40Z")
I took a look at your tip jar, but the fees for translating AUD into GBP were more than I could face with equanimity. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [8 October 2018 07:07 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/25 "2018-10-08T07:07:04Z")
No worries - this is not Patreon, and we don’t regard anyone as a second-class listener for not contributing. ---
**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 22:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/26 "2018-10-17T22:21:30Z")
Speaking of contributing: according to my records there are 22 questions or suggestions that I have e-mailed to [podcast@tekili.li](mailto:podcast@tekili.li) but to which you and @MichaelCule have not [yet] responded on the podcast. I suppose, though, that you picked the eyes out of the corpus first, and that what remains is a residue of the less promising material. Are you and Professor Cule in need of another consignment of listener value? ---
**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 22:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/27 "2018-10-17T22:30:59Z")
> [@RogerBW](#): > > > And next I’m going to ask you how many feet there are in a nautical mile. > > That will depend on date and governing polity, until 1970. Also, it will depend on whether you are using a chart or a gun. For the Royal Navy during many years a “nautical mile” marked on charts and used by navigators was 6080 feet (the Admiralty nautical mile), while the nautical mile used for other purposes (e.g. gunnery) was an even 10 cables/1000 fathoms/6000 feet (the sea mile). ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 23:03 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/28 "2018-10-17T23:03:12Z")
More would certainly be welcome. There are some we’ve decided we can’t do justice to, or that are too similar to things we’ve already done, but I still have twenty messages in the mailbox marked as “take a look at this some time” and most of them are from you. ---
**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\ **Post date:** [17 October 2018 23:10 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258/29 "2018-10-17T23:10:46Z")
> [@RogerBW](#): > > More would certainly be welcome. Then everyone better get scribblin’! [Previous page](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/episode-70-im-not-quite-sure-how-you-pervert-the-halflings/258.md?page=1)