In a message dated 2/8/03 6:57:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
gumbietygress{at}juno.com writes:

<< 
 > Then, of course, there are Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin
 > (Billy Boyd), who are purely amusing. :)
 
 In #1, yeah, but their characters are maturing quite well.
 Their brand of black humored comic relief isn't as, well, lathered on as
 poor Gimli.... But maybe that's because they don't have so much STUFF on
 'em so the facial closeups of glittering eyes and grim lips plays better.
 I do feel their casting is 2nd only to the guy playing Sam, who is
 spot-spot on.
  >>

Lissa and Barb, 

Sure, sure, the dwarf tossing jokes are good, but I have been having an 
argument with somebody about the motive of Merry and Pippin in taking 
Treebeard south.  My friend said they simply wanted to get closer to their 
home.  I say they were deliberately wanting to show Treebeard the devastation 
caused by Isengard to trees.  What do the rest of you say?  Which hypothesis 
is supported by story elements?

MockYeti, did you hear about the town without a landfill? They had no truck 
with garbage, BardMock

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