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on: January 25, 2006 11:55
The other day I was talking to someone about the hobbit.
Them:"I hate the Hobbit its the worst book ever"
Me: "I love the Hobbit I read it about twice every year"
Them: "How could you, whoever wrote that book just completely copied Tolkein"
Me: "Tolkein wrote the Hobbit"
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*Laughs hysterically*

"Why didn't they just take the big eagles, fly to Mt. Doom, and throw the ring in, instead?"


If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that, I'd be a millionaire!
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on: January 28, 2006 06:56
The other day I was talking to someone about the hobbit.
Them:"I hate the Hobbit its the worst book ever"
Me: "I love the Hobbit I read it about twice every year"
Them: "How could you, whoever wrote that book just completely copied Tolkein"
Me: "Tolkein wrote the Hobbit"
:banghead:


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on: January 28, 2006 07:28
The other day I was talking to someone about the hobbit.
Them:"I hate the Hobbit its the worst book ever"
Me: "I love the Hobbit I read it about twice every year"
Them: "How could you, whoever wrote that book just completely copied Tolkein"
Me: "Tolkein wrote the Hobbit"
:banghead:

My Grandma always has some funny questions involving lotr. just today she asked me "Who is the Lord of the Rings?" and "Did this stuff really happen?"


Wow......o.k. Man.......we need to do some LotR edumacating!

And I know how annoying the "Why didnt they take the eagles?" question can be.......GAH!!

Kinda like the one my sister asked me:

"Why dont they just DRIVE to the volcano thingy?"

No problem! Frodo's car just a tuneup and Sam has always wanted to go on a roadtrip! Maybe they'll stop off in Rivendell.....I hear the elves make a mean burger! But they got to be careful......gas prices sky-rocket once you cross the Mordor border......thats why the journey was so arduous, you know......


Jeeze Louis!
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on: January 30, 2006 12:06
LOL!!! The problem is, the Witch-King has a hot rod!
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Post RE: Stupid LotR questions you've been asked
on: February 02, 2006 12:54
I once saw FotR with someone who didn´t quite understand the concept of three books and three films. At the end of the movie she asked: "Weren't they supposed to destroy the ring?" Probably thinking that Boromirs death, Merry and Pippin taken as prisoners by the Uruk Hai and Frodo and Sam on their way to Mordor and hell, was a good way to end a story.

[Edited on 7/2/2006 by mallenel]
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on: February 02, 2006 03:07
Another day I was wearing my Mirkwood dress and had my bow with me( on my way to a convent) and a man stops, looks at me and says: "Wow you are really into this Robin Hood stuff, right?" Hu?

Said about Gollum:"If he wants the ring why don't they simply give it to him?"

[Edited on 7/2/2006 by mallenel]
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on: February 11, 2006 10:49
dad- "Does Proto have the ring now?"
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on: February 12, 2006 06:40
"Proto"?
Wow.....thats......yeah. Thats funny!
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on: February 15, 2006 06:50
my brother, a friend, and I are playing LOTR Trivia Pursuit.
*brother gets a question about Awen*
Bro: "Is Awen even an Elf?"
Me: ....... *looks at her friend* "should he even be playing this game?"
Her: "No."


My Aunt has just asked my little sister what she wants for Christmas:

Sis: "A Hobbit!"
Aunt: "......Let me talk to [CD]"
*I get on the phone*
Aunt: "What's a Hobbit? Is it some sort of animal or something?"
Me: "No."
Aunt: "What is it then?"
Me: "They are sort of like people, only they are short - about 3 to 4 feet tall - , fat, and have hairy feet."
Aunt: "........."
Aunt: "Let me talk to your mother."


CD <><
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on: February 16, 2006 11:56
LOL!!!!
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on: February 24, 2006 04:26
I've read all the posts in this thread and I'm pretty surprised at the extremely low awareness about LotR, particularly that the guy at Best Buy thought LotR was part of the Narnia series. I mean, that's just plain ignorant. LotR is one of the most important and influential works of fiction of all time, and people don't even know what it is.
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on: February 26, 2006 09:19
i've gotten the tengwar-arabic mess up.

tattoo artist's assistant & my dad: "How can you speak Elvis?"
*facepalm*

i get a lot of "what's my name in elvish?"

dad: is this a metaphor for communism?
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on: February 27, 2006 07:11
This thread is both hilarious and...disturbing.
I read a description of "The Hobbit" from a book-seller that went something like this: "A book about furry, rabbit-like creatures that..." Aaaaaauuuugggghhh!
"To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees." J.R.R. Tolkien
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on: February 28, 2006 07:25
Yikes!
Furry and rabbit-like?! *Shiver*
Thats bad!
I have to put this, even when its not really a question:

The other day, a few of my friends were over and one of them started going through my CD case, where i keep all my DVDs, including All three basic and extended editions. My friend saw the exsessive amount of LotR DVDs and said.....and i quote....."Wow.......you really need a life.....who likes all this LotR stuff anyway?" My other two friends that were there are as obsessed as me and we all glared at him.......the stare of unwelcome!!!!!
We wanted to smack him so bad! It led to a HUGE argument regarding the superiority of LotR over Star Wars.......LotR won, sorry all SW fans! Although those furry teddybear things are really cool! :love:
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on: March 03, 2006 12:24
Although those furry teddybear things are really cool![quote/]

You mean Ewoks? Yeah, I :heart: 'em, too...But never as much as hobbits! :love:
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on: March 03, 2006 08:22
It's a bit embarassing to share this, but my girlfriend and I saw FotR together in theatres, and neither of us realized that hobbits were short until they got to Bree, we just though Gandalf was really tall. :banghead:
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on: March 05, 2006 10:20
My family will never ever ever ever ever in a million gajillion years stop asking stupid questions about LotR.

Brother: So... Saruman made Uruk hai?
Me: Yup
Brother: oh... are they orcs?
Me: kinda
Brother: Kinda?
Me: Yeah. They're a mix of Goblins and Orcs.
Brother: Oh... ::silence::
Me: What?
Brother: Saruman's a sick :bleeeeeeeeeeeeep:
Me: Huh?
Brother: You know how babies are made right?
Me: :twitch:
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Post RE: Stupid LotR questions you've been asked
on: March 12, 2006 09:03
hmm so far ive only encounterd one stupid lotr inspired question:"So aragorn has a lightsaber eh?" my cousin thought its the new installment of Star Wars...
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on: March 13, 2006 03:40
Okay, we're doing this English project at school, and everyone's allowed to choose their own topic. I chose Tolkien of course...

Friend: What are you going to write about?
Me: Tolkien
Friend: What's that?
Me: o_0
Friend: What?
Me: ... JRR Tolkien... the guy who wrote LotR, ya know?
Friend: Oh. But he's not very well known!
Me: o_0 *leaves* :twitch:

And then, a little while later...

Me: *writes "JRR Tolkien 1892-1973"*
Friend 2: You mean he's dead?!?!


That second friend has actually read LotR, btw.


:rolleyes:
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on: March 13, 2006 11:35
Okay, we're doing this English project at school, and everyone's allowed to choose their own topic. I chose Tolkien of course...

Friend: What are you going to write about?
Me: Tolkien
Friend: What's that?
Me: o_0
Friend: What?
Me: ... JRR Tolkien... the guy who wrote LotR, ya know?
Friend: Oh. But he's not very well known!
Me: o_0 *leaves* :twitch:

And then, a little while later...

Me: *writes "JRR Tolkien 1892-1973"*
Friend 2: You mean he's dead?!?!


That second friend has actually read LotR, btw.


:rolleyes:


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on: March 13, 2006 01:45
Me: ... JRR Tolkien... the guy who wrote LotR, ya know?
Friend: Oh. But he's not very well known!

What planet did she come from? :twitch: Obviously, she did not notice the huge craze that took place from 2001-2003/4. LOL It makes me sad, sometimes. ^^
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on: March 20, 2006 11:46
hmm so far ive only encounterd one stupid lotr inspired question:"So aragorn has a lightsaber eh?" my cousin thought its the new installment of Star Wars...


Last year I gave my Spanish teacher an LOTR valentine with Merry and Pippin on it. (She's an LOTR,fan too) She put it up on her wall near the blackboard. One day a guy in my class points and says, "Is that Star Wars?"

I got really ticked off at him...I didn't like Star Wars then...
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on: March 21, 2006 01:52
I was at lunch one day and a couple of my friends and i were talking about rare names. So I said I thought that Mortimer was one that you didn't hear that often. and one of my friend asks
"Isn't there a Mortomir in Lord of the Rings?" I looked at her for a full 10 seconds and burst out laughing i eventually got out that his name was Boromir but i talk about LOTR all the time with them and there realy is no excuse for thinking his name is Mortomir.
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on: April 03, 2006 12:26
Wow these posts are really funny!

Once I was with a friend and out of the blue he asked:
Friend: Why does Gollum call Sam Master?
Me: Gollum doesn't call Sam "Master", he calls Frodo master
Friend:....wait, is that line "What's taters, Master?" or "What's taters, precious?"
Me: Precious
Friend:.......so he calls Sam precious?

but I'm not gonna go any farther into the converstion for it would be too long.

Also poor Gimli has been refered to as "Gilly" and called Gamgee... Then when another friend gets Merry and Pippin mixed up she calls Pippin "The Stupid One". Aragorn is called Aragon a lot....and once another person called Sam "Sam Gamwise"

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on: April 04, 2006 10:27
That's not fair to call Pippin stupid!
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on: April 11, 2006 06:51
Once a teacher was checking out one of my essays where I made some Tolkien references. At one point, I was talking about Beren and the teacher said: Isn't he(meaning Beren) the one with blond hair?
Then I understood that he mixed up Beren with Legolas... :banghead: How can you even do that?!
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on: April 11, 2006 10:25
OMG, that is so dumb! Beren is of the race of men and Legolas is an elf!
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on: April 13, 2006 02:17
I know!! My friends do that kind of thing too. Once, a friend asked if Frodo and Arwen were getting together and another friend called Saruman "Solomon" (when in fact, I think she meant Gandalf). Really, I'm soooooooo discouraged!!:cry:
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on: April 13, 2006 11:15
I think the only stupid thing I said was when I mixed up Frodo and Pippin...
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on: April 13, 2006 10:29
I heard the question once "Harry Potter's quite similar to LotR isn't it... d'you think Tolkien's copying Rowling?"

:banghead:


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I hate Harry Potter...and i know that it was Rowling that copied Tolkein. Again, GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! :twitch:


Indeed. Isn't Tolkien already death....as in death for a long time?? Stupid people!! :evil:
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on: April 14, 2006 01:07
Really, I just realized that my friends say really stupid things... Yesterday, my friend (the same one that called Saruman "Solomon") asked me if the Elves made potions. (Like in Harry Potter). I was like "what's wrong with you people??!!" :banghead:
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on: April 20, 2006 10:55
this is more of a stupid comment

Friend-I can kill a blarog with a unlimited amunition tommy gun(thomsen submachine gun)
Me-no, it would kill you, you mangy orc
Friend-Whats an orc? :banghead:
Me-something beyond your mind
Friend-I will shoot it with a bazooka then
Me-1. its called an RPG(Rocket Propelled Grenade). 2. The balrog will not die
Friend-the i will shoot it with a flamethrower
Me-(insulting him in quenya, and afterwards) it is ALREADY ON FIRE-Nai Valarukar Tye-Matar!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banghead:

peace in the valar-PLEASE!
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on: April 21, 2006 01:24
*Leans head against compy while laughing* I wish I could insult my sister in Elvish, or better, the guys at school!
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on: April 21, 2006 05:43
*Finally* I realise there's another forum apart from the roleplaying forums XD.

This happened a few years back, but I just had to dig out my diary and copy it in here 'cos it was so hilarious.

~*~

Friend (who shall hereby be known as Ren): Glorfindel's STILL the best!

Nez: No! Gandy is better! (Note: It was about the only name she could pronunce)

Ren: Glorfy!

Nez: Gandy!

Evelyn: Who's Glorfindel...?

Ren: A character from the book.

Evelyn: Oh! Is it that dark haired guy who needs a bath?

Ren: *slams head into desk* NOT ARAGORN YOU IDIOT!

Evelyn: Or was it that short hungry guy?

Ren: Pi-pp-pPippin?!

Evelyn: Er... The goblin?

Ren: WHAT? YOU THINK GLORFINDEL'S A GOBLIN?

Evelyn: Or was it that short haired guy that turned bad...

Ren: *whimpers* That was Boromir.

Evelyn: Arwen?

Ren: CURSE YOU ARWEN! YOU TOOK GLORFINDEL'S PART! AND HIS HORSE!

Evelyn: Oh. Was it that freaky elf witch?

Ren:

Everyone else apart from Evelyn and Ren: *hysterical laughter*

Ren: One. Glorfindel is a GUY. Two. Galadriel is NOT evil. Three. NO!

Evelyn: Her husband...?

Ren: That was Celeborn.

Evelyn: Oh! Then was it that blond haired guy...?

Ren: *looks hopeful*

Evelyn: ...with the arrows?

Ren: *head makes contact with desk again* Legolas Greenleaf.

Evelyn: The one with the Eye and the metal mask?

Ren: NOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT SAURON! NOT SAURON!

Evelyn: The prune faced fellow...?

Ren: Not *whimper* Elrond.

Evelyn: The grey bearded guy?

Nez: *whack* That's Gandalf.

Evelyn: Oh! The short, bearded fellow?

Ren: TAKE THAT BACK! GLORFINDEL IS NOT A STUPID DWARF!

Eveyone else: *rolling all over floor*

Evelyn: Eerr? The crows...?

Ren: NOT the crebain.

Evelyn: That... orc?

Ren: Glorfindel is NOT an orc.

Evelyn: Or was it that evil white haired guy?

Ren: Elbereth! Of all the people, NOT Saruman!

Evelyn: Then who was he?

Ren: He was not in the movie.

Evelyn: *comprehension dawns* Ooooooooooooooh! Then I don't know him.

~*~

No kidding. It really did happen. Almost word for word. ><
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on: April 27, 2006 10:33
LOL!!!! I heard a story from my mom about this dad who called Legolas a FAERIE!! I laughed so hard!!
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