The Inklings?

[wellinghall]

"There are over 50 historic pubs in Oxford. One of the most famous is the Eagle and Child, down the street from St. Anne’s, which is home to the place where Tolkien and J.K. Rowling frequently met to discuss their books."

http://www.hsc.edu/news/articles/2008-09/oxford.html

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Comments

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Ha ha.

Just proves the point it is never wise to believe what you read.

[tree_and_leaf]

!!!!

And the Doctor used to drop them off after giving them lifts in the TARDIS, clearly ;)

Bright colored shirts, khakis, or shorts were immediate indications that they were American. One Brit even asked my friend, David Reid '09, who was also in England at the time, “Hey, where did you find those short trousers?”

Sarcasm is also a foreign concept, it seems, though that's possibly a good thing in this case. Still, at least he doesn't mention dentistry...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

There was a blog post some time ago about Yanks discovering irony - I might hunt for it sometime.

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest that one or other of them must have had a time machine...

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, at another table, C S Lewis and Philip Pullman were exchanging viewpoints ...

[gramarye1971]

Pullman threw the first punch, but Lewis was able to dodge and countered with a sharp right to the jaw....

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

"...housed in small brick cottages on campus..."

Those must be new ;-)

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I can only think he's referring to the redbrick college houses which 'front' onto Bevington Road, but which are now accessed from inside St Anne's. It's been a couple of years since I last visited St Anne's, but considering the density of modern college living, I sincerely doubt anything 'small' has been built anywhere.

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Beautiful example of semantic illusion, if you ask me :-)

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

It is...

[findabair.livejournal.com]

Uhm. That's kind of scary (if it's not written as a joke).

[malaheed.livejournal.com]

Oh dear....

Jack Lewis wd be amused.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

Breaking the news to Warnie - or Joy - however, wd be iffy.

[meglorien.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is amusing. Thanks for posting it!

(Although I suppose findabair is right in a way...)

[segh.livejournal.com]

Also note that the illustration is of the Radcliffe Camera not the Bodleian.
What do you think these nice young people would have said if they had known that in my day the pub was familiarly known as the Fowl and Foetus?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Well most Americans seem shocked that their heroes, JRRT & CSL, drank in a - whisper it - pub!!!

Although I have seen it described in a blog as a "coffee house".

From Tolkien's Letters, I think:
'Lewis was described by Peterborough in the Telegraph as, "ascetic Mr Lewis." He put away two pints ina very brief session this morning, and said he was, "going short for Lent!"'

Or the Bustard and B*stard, of course.

[segh.livejournal.com]

On reflection I think some undergraduates may have been trying the good old game of seeing how much the Americans would swallow - in my day they did it to reporters, with the result that some very odd things appeared in the colour supps. I also knew a man who used to rush up to tourists and whisper "Are you genuine tourists? May I take your picture?"

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*nods* I think you may very well be right.

[dreiviertel.livejournal.com]

This is priceless!

[estelyn-strider.livejournal.com]

Well, that explains where Tolkien got his ideas... ;D

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Coming late to this, but I do like blogs by overseas visitors, particularly American students, for the wide-eyed innocence and real sense of discovery.

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

I am enlightened.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Maybe a blue policebox was involved in that particular pub crawl...?

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I doubt that Royal Birkdale would be too impressed to be described as a 'country club' either.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

WTF?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

It's not funny to poke fun at the ... who am I kidding LOL!

[scribblerworks.livejournal.com]

I thought it vaguely possible that the blogger meant that Tolkien & Rowling had visited the pub separately, in their own times. But, as far as I can tell, Rowling never spent time in Oxford (having gone to the University of Exeter). So really, REALLY.... it's an embarrassment. Especially since he's likely to go through life spouting "I attended Oxford" as some proof of his smarts.

Makes me want to weep! I am shamed by the boobies we send over to England for "education"! *sniff*

;)

[estiel.livejournal.com]

Ranks right up there with VP candidate Joe Biden's remark that President Franklin Roosevelt went on television in 1929 to tell the American people that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Of course, the Democratic leaders are always sooooo much more intelligent than the Republican; we shouldnt be surprised by such displays of erudiion from the liberals'.