An ear of an 🧝Elf

[Barliman Butterbur]

...data of 'pointed ears-creatures' in almost all cultures.

Then it points (no pun intended) to something genetic, for my money: something about the human brain/mind attributing weird properties to pointed ears for some reason. That's what I'm trying to get at, and straight Google searches don't offer much headway (and I'm not willing to go to a library and do hard research — it just ain't worth it to me). I'd rather just sit here in the Pony and knock back a few mugs of Proper 1420!

Barley

 

[Walter]

Well, may be "I am looking for something I can't find" (J.R.R.Tolkien), but it's so tempting!

And Walter, that schollar from your story, should've tasted these two apples to find out that one was a green one and the other a ripe one.

Asking the right questions is always important when one is trying to find out something...

You think that tasting the apple would have brought him any closer to the answer of the question he was asking: "why are the apples gray"?

Besides, the green apple he had, say a Granny Smith doesn't taste all that different from the red apple he had, say a Gloster

 

[Lhunithiliel]

Asking the right questions is always important when one is trying to find out something...

An issue has many sides!

You think that tasting the apple would have brought him any closer to the answer of the question he was asking: "why are the apples gray"?

Besides, the green apple he had, say a Granny Smith doesn't taste all that different from the red apple he had, say a Gloster

At least, he would've been sure those were apples!
Besides, he would've enjoyed the taste!

 

[Barliman Butterbur]

An issue has many sides!


At least, he would've been sure those were apples!
Besides, he would've enjoyed the taste!

Whatever the case, I'm sure you'll all get to the core of the matter, har har har!

Barley