I told you there was something funny going on between Frodo & Sam

Previously I mentioned that I sensed some homoerotic tension between Mr Frodo and Sam in LOTR: The Two Towers. I guess it wasn't just me. Wal-Mart has some very special editions of The Hobbit.

The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again
Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.

On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of eccentrics live in houseboats. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. There is Maurice, a homosexual prostitute; Richard, a buttoned-up ex-navy man; but most of all there's Nenna, the struggling mother of two wild little girls. How each of their lives complicates the others is the stuff of this perfect little novel.The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo, Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.

Boxed hardcover bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil stamping, two-color typography, and five full-page color illustrations by the author

So that is why the Virgin Ben likes these books so much. I think I'm beginning to see why they called it The Two Towers, although The Two Turgid Throbbing Towers has a nice alliterative ring to it....

(Thursday update) Damn. Wal-Mart pulled the page. I'm sure someone cached the screen somewhere....