"One who can not cast a treasure away at need is in fetters."
Aragorn to Pippin as he returned his elven brooch.
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"One who can not cast a treasure away at need is in fetters." Aragorn to Pippin as he returned his elven brooch. |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-16-2012, 09:59 AM
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Forum: The Books
07-15-2012, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 89
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2012, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 30
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Or perhaps Tolkien was slightly just taking the...
Or perhaps Tolkien was slightly just taking the mick out of Freemasons in general, with a knowing wink to adult readers who would recognize the reference. |
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Forum: The Books
07-14-2012, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 89
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Forum: The Books
07-13-2012, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 89
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:)
Whoa, pard. Best to load up with...
:) Whoa, pard. Best to load up with something other than blanks before you start shooting the messenger. No idea about how well you grasp the obvious, but them thar dastardly Hollywood... |
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Forum: The Books
07-13-2012, 05:10 AM
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"Widows' Sons" is a cryptic Masonic phrase.
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"Widows' Sons" is a cryptic Masonic phrase. It means "Freemasons". :eek: |
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Forum: The Books
07-13-2012, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 89
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Chris must find it physically exhausting, keeping...
Chris must find it physically exhausting, keeping his head turned away while cashing all those enormous cheques. :rolleyes: |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
07-13-2012, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 587
Views: 110,500
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Oh, because in the middle of Rohan there is a...
Oh, because in the middle of Rohan there is a mark, that they just couldn't get ridder. (And if that seems lame, bear in mind that you easily might've had a "Rindsay Rohan" gag instead, and... |
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Forum: The Books
07-11-2012, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 132
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In "The Violence of the Fantasy" Slavoj Žižek...
In "The Violence of the Fantasy" Slavoj Žižek said (emphasis added): |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-10-2012, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 998
Views: 411,505
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Just a few that I can think of:
Robert...
Just a few that I can think of: Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood books Robert Aickman's stories William Hope Hodgson's stories (particularly the "Carnacki" series) like this one: |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
07-09-2012, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 587
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Because Arwen kept singing Lady Gaga songs in a...
Because Arwen kept singing Lady Gaga songs in a high-pitched chipmunk-ish voice, and it was weirding everyone out. How do hobbits trim their toenails? |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-09-2012, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 691,516
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Weak tea.
Cheese that doesn't taste like...
Weak tea. Cheese that doesn't taste like anything. Idiot neighbors that let off fireworks at 3am, then run out of fireworks and start trying to skeet-shoot beer cans in the pitch dark. Weak... |
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Forum: The Books
07-09-2012, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,657
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As long as you had good drainage and ventilation,...
As long as you had good drainage and ventilation, it would be pretty much okay. A lot of old-timey root cellars were just holes cut into hillsides and lined with bricks or boards. Plus there's... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-08-2012, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,903
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The word "hobbit"
The word "hobbit" can also refer to an archaic unit of measure for grains etc, similar to a bushel. And the word "Hobbit" is a surname, derived from the name Hubert. "Hobbits" fought in the... |
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