… Tolkien’s own misadventures with his first automobile, purchased in 1932, were the source of some of Mr. Bliss’s escapades. Tolkien was known to accelerate across busy intersections crying out ‘Charge ‘em and they scatter!’ and once knocked down a stone wall during a family vacation.
Beyond The Hobbit, Janet Brennan Croft
I give you John “Road Rage” Tolkien
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OMG The original YOLO.
… Tolkien’s own misadventures with his first automobile, purchased in 1932, were the source of some of Mr. Bliss’s escapades. Tolkien was known to accelerate across busy intersections crying out ‘Charge ‘em and they scatter!’ and once knocked down a stone wall during a family vacation.
Beyond The Hobbit, Janet Brennan Croft
I give you John “Road Rage” Tolkien
(via undercovermartin)
OMG The original YOLO.
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