Bombur

Caleb · 09-01-2002, 07:33 PM

Can any one think of someone that ways more than Bombur in The Hobbit or any other one of Tolkiens works. (Has to be a man dwarf elf orc or wizard)

entss89 · 09-02-2002, 10:25 AM

Right now i cant think of any. too bad!

cassiopeia · 09-02-2002, 10:49 PM

Considering Bombur is a dwarf and shorter than a man, a fairly large man would weigh more. Maybe Beorn.

Nariel · 09-06-2002, 11:02 PM

hmmm, you didn't say hobbit, but maybe fatty bolger...

Gilrond · 09-15-2002, 04:39 PM

Yeah...maybe Beorn.

GandalfTheWhite · 09-15-2002, 07:19 PM

the uruk hai are pretty big guys, one of the larger one could possibly weigh more

Ma Uai: Ua Nemti · 09-28-2002, 05:13 PM

The innkeeper at the Prancing Pony. His name escapes me. Butterburn or something. He was a big guy.

Millane · 09-29-2002, 07:00 AM

barliman butterbur just to be padantic

i imagine that most men would be heavier than poor old bombur...
i would think that beorn would be heavier aswell but does he actually count as a man? i guess in his man form he does...
i always imagined old tom bombadil as a pretty well built fellow.

Duddun · 10-02-2002, 12:21 AM

ya Beorn when he turns himself into a bear, Beorns cool!

Kirinki54 · 10-03-2002, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by Caleb
Can any one think of someone that ways more than Bombur in The Hobbit or any other one of Tolkiens works. (Has to be a man dwarf elf orc or wizard)

At Rivendell, Frodo was told by Glóin that Bombur was now so fat it took seven young Dwarves to lift him from his couch to the dinner table, IIRC. Now Dwarves are strong and sturdy. How much could a young Dwarf lift? But then of course there is the aspect getting a good grip - but perhaps they used some kind of aiding devise. Let us just for speculation guess that Bombur weighed up to 1000 pounds. If any of the categories you mentioned weighed more, I can only think of a very large Orc, But even that is doubtful.

Agburanar · 10-08-2002, 11:12 AM

Possibly the balrog. Although I don't think it had bathroom scales...

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-08-2002, 01:17 PM

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Possibly the balrog.

I don't want to start a big tangenital (hee hee, I said 'tangenital' hee hee hee) discussion, but I thought balrogs had very little physical form. They seemed to me to be mostly fire and smoke and
( wings )
stuff that was just supposed to scare most sane people away. Their real power was is magical form which is why only a wizard or other magical peoples could fight.

Kirinki54 · 10-08-2002, 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by Treebeard's apprentice
Their real power was is magical form which is why only a wizard or other magical peoples could fight.

I think it is incorrect to say that. Balrogs were superior warriors also in any conventional meaning.

Agburanar · 10-09-2002, 11:16 AM

I was joking. Actually I think that since Balrogs were described to be great absences of light (therefore possibly form) they may have had an incredible anti-weight!

(Happy Birthday to meeeeee)

Ma Uai: Ua Nemti · 10-10-2002, 10:09 PM

Happy birthday

Agburanar · 10-11-2002, 05:21 AM

Cheers! I ate so much cake I think I weigh more than Bombur now....

Arathyn · 10-12-2002, 10:14 PM

I'd say Butterbur (oh what a great character) or Beorn. Well Beorn could change his shape however he wanted, which means he could change his wheight as well. I think I have just found the newest diet craze!: shape shifting!

Lanelf · 11-16-2002, 10:22 PM

First: Happy Birthday!
Second: Balrogs do not have wings!

at least, that's how I read it...
Third: I don't think Barliman Butterbur could possibly be quite that fat! It may be possible, but I always thought Dwarves were somehow stockier and heavier than Men. Not sure... Does Beorn actually count, if he's not actually a 'man, dwarf, elf, orc or wizard'? And the Balrog is a Maia, which Gandalf is, but not actually an Istari (wizard) so does it count either?

Lanelf.

Coney · 11-16-2002, 10:37 PM

Bert Huggins and his Troll brothers

Beorn in bear-form.

Any unrestrained hobbit with access to Bilbo's pantry

Nibs · 11-18-2002, 02:30 AM

That one Goblin-King in The Hobbit was described as being very large, wasn't he?

09-01-2002, 07:33 PM	#1
Caleb Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: I'll never tell. Posts: 37	Bombur Can any one think of someone that ways more than Bombur in The Hobbit or any other one of Tolkiens works. (Has to be a man dwarf elf orc or wizard) __________________ -Caleb

09-02-2002, 10:25 AM	#2
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09-15-2002, 07:19 PM	#6
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09-15-2002, 04:39 PM	#5
Gilrond Enting Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 52	Yeah...maybe Beorn.

09-28-2002, 05:13 PM	#7
Ma Uai: Ua Nemti Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: We'd tell you but you're all out to get us. Posts: 215	The innkeeper at the Prancing Pony. His name escapes me. Butterburn or something. He was a big guy. __________________ Pharoah "Vires decusque."

09-29-2002, 07:00 AM	#8
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	barliman butterbur just to be padantic i imagine that most men would be heavier than poor old bombur... i would think that beorn would be heavier aswell but does he actually count as a man? i guess in his man form he does... i always imagined old tom bombadil as a pretty well built fellow.

10-02-2002, 12:21 AM	#9
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10-08-2002, 11:12 AM	#11
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Possibly the balrog. Although I don't think it had bathroom scales... __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

10-09-2002, 11:16 AM	#14
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	I was joking. Actually I think that since Balrogs were described to be great absences of light (therefore possibly form) they may have had an incredible anti-weight! (Happy Birthday to meeeeee) __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

10-10-2002, 10:09 PM	#15
Ma Uai: Ua Nemti Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: We'd tell you but you're all out to get us. Posts: 215	Happy birthday __________________ Pharoah "Vires decusque."

10-11-2002, 05:21 AM	#16
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Cheers! I ate so much cake I think I weigh more than Bombur now.... __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

10-12-2002, 10:14 PM	#17
Arathyn Sapling Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2	I'd say Butterbur (oh what a great character) or Beorn. Well Beorn could change his shape however he wanted, which means he could change his wheight as well. I think I have just found the newest diet craze!: shape shifting!

11-16-2002, 10:22 PM	#18
Lanelf Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Second Drawer Down Posts: 407	First: Happy Birthday! Second: Balrogs do not have wings! at least, that's how I read it... Third: I don't think Barliman Butterbur could possibly be quite that fat! It may be possible, but I always thought Dwarves were somehow stockier and heavier than Men. Not sure... Does Beorn actually count, if he's not actually a 'man, dwarf, elf, orc or wizard'? And the Balrog is a Maia, which Gandalf is, but not actually an Istari (wizard) so does it count either? Lanelf. __________________ Hey, I'm back! resounding silence You didn't even notice I was gone, did you? Well, I'm back now anyway. Artemis Fowl must find Mulch Diggums! You'll never shut down the real Napster

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