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Legolas23
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on: November 29, 2012 06:50
That's funny!
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on: November 29, 2012 10:27
What makes it worse was that it was near the coronation scene, and I had to bite my tongue to keep from explaining the differences between the two series. ^.^
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on: November 30, 2012 08:06
The diffrences between the ROTK coronation and the coronation in the Chronicles of Narnia?
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on: November 30, 2012 11:18
Quote from Legolas23 on December 1, 2012, 06:06
The diffrences between the ROTK coronation and the coronation in the Chronicles of Narnia?


No, just in general. While I do like Chronicles of Narnia, I don't like it when people mistake one for the other. To me it seems like the way the worlds are portrayed are completely different. Not to mention the fact that there's no Fauns, Centaurs or other creatures of the like in the Coronation Scene in ROTK.
'If they have a fault it is distrust of strangers. Though their magic was strong even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise.' ~ Flies and Spiders The Hobbit
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on: November 30, 2012 11:32
Centaurs are awesome!
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on: December 08, 2012 04:47
^.^ Watching the trilogy with my sister is enjoyable. She keeps on asking questions about things that don't make sense to her. Like who's that are they related? Did she save him? Is he a bad guy? Is that the forest with the Talking Trees? ^.^ I'm just surprised that she hasn't told me to shut up yet because she doesn't need to know all of the information that I'm telling her. Even after I started explaining how Aragorn and Arwen are distantly related.
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on: December 08, 2012 04:00
Trying to explain to a friend what elvish is and I tell her about how my sister was looking through my elvish dictionary and saw the word Grond and became obsessed with it, so my friend says 'what's hello in Grond?' My other lotr obsessed friend and I looked at each other and sighed. Later this same friend says that j.k. Rowling is a guy and wrote lord of the rings. I never can work out if she's teasing me or serious.
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on: December 09, 2012 08:39
That's funny! My dad would like that!
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on: June 30, 2013 07:30
My friend once asked why there are different races in elves(Ex: Noldor, Sindar, Teleri, etc). I told her to read Sillimarion to find out. xD
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on: October 28, 2013 04:36
One of my friends asked what Frodo's last name was... then followed that with what Bilbo's last name was..

My response: Who... do you think I am.. *facepalm*
Her: But what are their last names?!
Me: Lordie, it's BAGGINS. *turns and walks away*
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on: November 26, 2013 09:30
Yikes...
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on: December 31, 2013 06:18
My parents come up with some funny ones because although they've seen all the movies recently with my absolute LOTR craze, they read the books like 40 years ago. They claim that they were as obsessed as I am when they were little, but I don't think anyone could be. I can't seem to remember exactly what they said, though.
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on: December 31, 2013 07:16
One question that wasn't exactly stupid but very annoying: One of my friends asked, "Let me get this straight: You like The Hobbit, but you don't like The Lord of the Rings??" :nono: It's just easier to say!

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on: February 10, 2014 02:46
So this isn't exactly a question, but it's still a stupid LOTR moment.
I go to a small school, where not many people have actually seen Lord of the Rings. Me and my friend were curious, and decided to quiz random people.
We started with this one girl, a question I thought was pretty basic.

Me: Do you know who Frodo is?
Her: Is he that ugly green dude off of Star Wars?

I thought she was talking about Jabba, but nope. It was Yoda...
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on: February 10, 2014 02:58
No way! That is too funny!
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on: June 01, 2014 04:27
Okay I met someone the other day. Trying to strike up conversation I asked her, "have you watched the Lord of the Rings movies?" she said "Oh yes I love them" the conversation moved on we started talking about books and I said, "My favorite author is Tolkien" she said, "Who is Tolkien what books did he write?"
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on: June 02, 2014 11:23
@Cenor, lol!
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on: June 02, 2014 06:07
Cenor said:Okay I met someone the other day. Trying to strike up conversation I asked her, "have you watched the Lord of the Rings movies?" she said "Oh yes I love them" the conversation moved on we started talking about books and I said, "My favorite author is Tolkien" she said, "Who is Tolkien what books did he write?"


Ahhhh! NOOO!
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on: July 09, 2014 01:18
I was just watching Return of the King with my friend the other day. She decided to see it because of the way I'd been raving about it, but she fell asleep halfway through. When she woke up, it was the Shelob scene, at the part where Sam unwraps Frodo from the spider threads. My friend asked [referring to Frodo], "Wait. So is that the bad guy? He looks like a bad guy." I just looked at her.
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on: July 31, 2014 10:06
I played Hobbit Scrabble with my mom last night--same rules as regular Scrabble, but you get extra points for Middle-earth words. Neither of us had been able to make any Middle-earth words, when she grins at me proudly and says, "I think you'll like this." She spelled out: R-O-N-A-N. "Isn't that the name of those horse people?" Sorry, I think you mean Rohan? Another one was when she said, "So, the wizards were Sauron, Saruman--" nono. But I ended the game with a 96-point 'BILBO' so it was okay in the end.
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on: July 31, 2014 11:07
Oh dear. Moms. You love them to death, and they really do try, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
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on: August 03, 2014 08:40
Here is a stupid question my friend asked me the other night. "Would you like to watch Return of the King?"
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on: August 04, 2014 02:13
Not a question per se, but a statement that made me laugh. I was talking about LOTR with a friend, and the following exchange occurred (paraphrased):

Them: It seems like the first few Ages of Middle-earth were a lot more peaceful than the Third Age.
Me: ... *launches into summary of the whole Silmarillion* Yeah. Basically, "no."
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on: August 11, 2014 07:45
"What is Lord of the Rings. Wait is it that Veggie Tales movie?"
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on: August 11, 2014 10:09
Slightly related: My mom gave me a shirt with the words "Mom, Dad, I'm Gaelic" written on it, because of my family's Scottish heritage. One day a friend asked me "What's Gaelic? Is that from Lord of the Rings?"
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on: August 11, 2014 09:28
Hey Cenor, there is a Lord of the Veggies out there.

Got asked if I was getting the extended of Desolation of Smaug. Duh.

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on: August 14, 2014 09:58
I thought it was Lord of the Beans.

This is in no way stupid just funny. I received a real Evenstar pendant from my brother and sister. I realized that my younger sister (who knows nothing about LOTR except that some creepy guy says "My Precious" and "Thieves! Thieves! We hates them!". Oh and that there is a talking tree that she doesn't like.) wouldn't know what my present was. So here is the conversation.

Me. Amanda do you know what this is?

Her: Nooooo...

Me: *launches into story about the Evenstar* Arwen gave it to Aragorn.

Her: *Blank look*

Me They liked like each other and she gave him her necklace.

Her: Oh so the lady gave it to her guy and he gave it to Jarod and Cathleen and they gave it to you.

I thought it was sweet.
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on: August 15, 2014 05:44
Stupid LotR questions you've been asked

Stupid question: "How did the elves get past Isengard to march into Helms Deep?"
My answer: "Read the books."
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on: September 16, 2014 06:50
More of a statement than a question:

Friend's Mom: "No you cannot get that ring (the One Ring) its to much like a wedding ring.
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on: September 24, 2014 06:45
I turned one of my homework assignments in to my mom a few days ago (she home schools me). The assignment was to write a story (with specific guidelines and all that, but I won't bore you...), so I had decided to have some fun and write a humorous LOTR fanfiction.
Here are a few of the questions my mom asked after reading it:

"So, 'thank Valar' is a minced oath?" (Uh...)
"What is Valar anyways? Why are they thanking it?" (Go read Silmarillion?)
"Did you make up these characters?" (Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond, and Gildor, to name a few.)
"What is a balrog?" (No comment.)
"Why would they enjoy chopping orcs' heads off?" (I didn't feel like explaining, so I just told her 'they' had a bad worldview.)
"So, saying 'for Valinor's sake' is the equivalent of 'for Christ's sake'?" (More like, for heaven's sake...)


And a statement:
"They don't act very much like elves..." (I think she was thinking of the little creatures who run around in the flowers and play pranks on people.)

Thanks, Mom.
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on: September 27, 2014 01:52
OneSize, you have made me laugh. Thank You!
We were one in the same, running like moths to the flame. You'd hang on every word I'd say, but now they only ricochet.
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on: September 27, 2014 05:51
You're welcome! It made me laugh too...
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on: October 26, 2014 05:32
Me and my bestie are total die-hard LoTR fans, (we've both read the books, including the Hobbit), but for the life of her, as I was talking about Mirkwood elves, she just couldn't remember.
Her: Wait, who's Thranduil again?
Me: One does not simply forget who Thranduil is.
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on: October 26, 2014 08:28
Funny Ro!
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on: October 27, 2014 06:11
She forgot Thranduil? Lucky...
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