LOTR - classist?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

The proof is, as they say, in the pudding, and it was a Hobbit who took the Ring all the way to Mount Doom and a Hobbit who eventually destroyed it. Men failed. Elves failed. Oh yes, Elves are pretty and have nice bling and things, and can wield a sword and whatnot. But they didn't unmake the Ring. All those material matters are worthless when compared to the simple courage of the Hobbits. Some have surface greatness and superiority, but when it comes to the crunch, its the humblest who give us the goods.

I'm not at all surprised Tolkien wrote something like this after his experiences in WWI, a war fought not by the Lords and Earls with their impressive uniforms and skills with a revolver but by the farmer's boys and coal miners.

Yes, it must have been a Yorkshire pudding or is there a Warwickshire pudding? The Empire might have been lost, but those stiff upper lips and shoulders to the wheel and cold showers still saved the world, no thanks to those effete quiche eaters from the southern regions.