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Why didn't the eagles bring Mount Doom to the shire? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's about weight ratios. A 500 lb bird could hardly carry a 50 ton mountain now could it? It's the coconut all over again

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Supposing two eagles carried it on a line between them.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

50 ton? Shit, all they need is a CDL and the eagles can do that in a few trips np

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got curious and looked, is actually probably closer to 3 billion tons.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Is this written somewhere in Tolkien's works? What a detailed writer.