(urth) Lame Protagonists

[Jeff Wilson]

On 6/20/2011 9:42 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
>
>> Jeff Wilson: Left hand was fully present:
>> http://www.historycentral.com/bio/people/Tolkien.html
>
>> Same for the right:
>> http://curiouspresbyterian.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/j-r-r-tolkien-news-novelty-version-of-lord-of-the-rings-translated-from-russian/
>
>
> Thanks Jeff. I think the left hand is clearly shown to be complete. Unfortunately,
> like every other photo I've found, the right hand shot may leave room for the ring
> finger to be missing the top piece. Deliberate posing and photo cropping? Or coincidence?
> Perhaps I'll never know.

Zooming in with a photo editor shows a shiny nail on the final digit. 
Which makes it whole, or an intentional fake prosthetic, like James 
Doohan used on occasion.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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