: : : The conclusion is obvious. Hobbits had pointed ears. Elves had pointed ears. Men had pointed ears. Only dwarves did not, their ears were stunted.;)

: : We need only look at the many varied shapes of ears in today's world. There are short round top,long round top, rounded slightly pointed top and pronounced pointed top ears. The next time you are out and about take a look at the ears that surround you. You will see what I mean.

: : Today, people will often make reference to the size of another person's ears, but seldom do they mention the shape of the top of the ear. This no doubt held true in Middle Earth. The shape of an ear top was of little import in describing a person's appearence.

: : Given that ears with varying degrees of point exist in today's world, we can postulate that pointed ears of one degree, or the other, existed in Middle Earth. If a race, be it elf or hobbit, had a genetic pre-dispositon to ears with a degree of pointedness, it would hold that such pointed-earness would be common enough to be of little note to everyday observer.

: Note the _;)_ at the end of my post. It is not intended to be serious.

Hmm,sounds like the Wiz is putting us on. I hope.
~Aelmer