tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3473142820793165838..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: "The Beagles are coming!"Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-18054032061312604732020-12-04T00:11:47.040+00:002020-12-04T00:11:47.040+00:00Dashing around in the wake of the Christ Church an...Dashing around in the wake of the Christ Church and Farley Hill Beagles, back in the day, watching the Beagles tearing about in a broad curve oblivious to the rabbit obvious to me in the heart of that curve, Yeats's famous lines sprang to mind...<br /><br />Turning and turning in the widening gyre <br />The beagle cannot hear the beagler;<br />Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<br />Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,...<br /><br />I fear Peter Jackson would have made (or will, in the remake?) the Beagles too fierce, losing the essential lovable element... though I wonder if a slightly Disney Jumbo touch might not be appropriate - some magnificent glides on those enormous ears, spread across the heavens?<br /><br />David Llewellyn Dodds<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-10763298976938330802020-12-01T20:48:54.172+00:002020-12-01T20:48:54.172+00:00Having only a rough familiarity with Lord of The R...Having only a rough familiarity with Lord of The Rings and Tolkien, I actually believed this might not be satire and looked it up.<br /><br />A moment later I, a Yank, remembered Bruce is British. Then all became clear.TonguelessYoungManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433490543280815258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-61919561548074640682020-12-01T12:59:46.981+00:002020-12-01T12:59:46.981+00:00@David - I presume you mean 'the noble *beagle...@David - I presume you mean 'the noble *beagles*' - see, you made the same mistake as Tolkien!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50383688974137222442020-12-01T12:48:03.912+00:002020-12-01T12:48:03.912+00:00Haha....this is fun. I wonder how many people even...Haha....this is fun. I wonder how many people even know what" Beagling" is nowadays.<br /><br />Presumably the noble eagles would be as prone to corruption as men whereas the humble hobbits were beneath consideration as adversaries by Sauron?David Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027972518979483844noreply@blogger.com