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The Saucepan Man 04-17-2004 06:31 PM

Well now, that's easy ...
 
Quote:

What's black and white and red all over?
The Red Book of Westmarch. :D

mark12_30 04-17-2004 07:07 PM

black & white & red all over
 
A guard of the Citadel in the thick of battle.

Eeew.

mark12_30 04-19-2004 08:18 AM

Why do birds fly south?

To rescue hobbits from volcanoes.

Luthien_ Tinuviel 04-20-2004 02:08 PM

Why do birds fly south?
 
Movie Treebeard: Because they always liked going south. Somehow it feels like going downhill....

Mad Baggins 04-20-2004 04:40 PM

Marvelous, Saucepan.

mark12_30, you have inspired me with that Gondor idea...

What's black and white and red all over?

A Guard of the Citadel in a blender.

Maeggaladiel 04-21-2004 02:47 PM

Continuing on that line of thought-

*What's black and white and red all over?*

The guard of the Citadel with a bad allergic reaction.

Heh heh! Wait, that wasn't funny... Oh well. Humor me. It's my birthday!
-MAEG

PS- I like the new tree icon!

Thorongil 04-22-2004 12:27 AM

What's black and white and red all over?
Saruman's beard after a spraypainting by M&P. :D :p

Incanus 04-22-2004 11:21 PM

Gandalf: What is black and white and red all over?

Sam: Please Mr. Gandalf, don't turn me into anything...unnatural!

Lhunardawen 04-25-2004 07:57 PM

What is black and white and red all over?

Sam: Po-ta-toes!

Right. :D

Nilpaurion Felagund 04-25-2004 10:35 PM

Optional...
 
Why do birds fly south?

Legolas: You neither need borrow a horse or be troubled by one.

What's black and white and red all over?

Halbarad put catsup all over Aragorn's banner.

Maeggaladiel 04-26-2004 01:55 PM

What's black and white and red all over?
PJ's script.

Why do birds fly south?
They're reporting to Isengard, of course!

Meh heh heh!
MAEG!

Mad Baggins 04-26-2004 05:21 PM

We are sick, sick people. ;)

What's black and white and red all over?

Orthanc with a Canadian flag on it!

Lhunardawen 05-04-2004 01:32 AM

Quote:

Halbarad put catsup all over Aragorn's banner.
How about the Mouth of Sauron squirting mayonnaise all over Barad-dur's banner? :D

mark12_30 05-04-2004 06:42 AM

Oooooo-kay, let's try a new one... (eeeew.) :p

How about:

To the house of a friend,
the road is never long.

Maeggaladiel 05-12-2004 01:54 PM

To the house of a friend,
The road is never long.

Bilbo- Except when the Road goes ever on and on...

Oh great, not the singing again!!!!
~Maeg

Nilpaurion Felagund 05-17-2004 02:39 AM

Top ten reactions to
 
To the house of a friend,
the road is never long.

10. Sauron: It's long. Yes, it's long. *starts walking to the void*
9. Túrin: What friend? I killed 'em all!
8. Fatty: As long as they have mushroom for supper.
7. Bilbo: But never leave without a pocket-handkerchief.
6. Finrod: Though I wish it weren't so. Drat you, Beren!

__________________

Brain lag! The rest of the list later...this year.

mark12_30 05-18-2004 03:00 PM

To the house of a friend...
 
Smeagol: Smeagol will lead you on safe paths through the mist. Follow Smeagol.

Boromir:
Long have I wandered by roads forgotten.

Bilbo:
If that was worth a journey of a hundred and ten days to hear, you had best listen to it.

Esgallhugwen 05-19-2004 09:02 AM

To the house of a friend,
the road is never long.

Treebeard: Don't be hasty!
Galadriel: I cannot tell you what path to take, or what is right or wrong that is for you to decide. (*Can't remember exact quote :confused: *)

Lhunardawen 05-20-2004 05:09 AM

To the house of a friend, the road is never long...
 
Theoden and Aragorn: Really? Then why did it take us so long to reach Minas Tirith?

Denethor (whispers): Because I am not your friend. *sniff*

Lily Bombadil 06-15-2004 11:41 AM

Why do birds fly South?
 
I hate to revert, but I simply cannot believe no one posted this:

Whay do birds fly South?
Legolas: Something stirs in the East.

Vuelve 07-02-2004 06:22 PM

I'm reviving this thread because I like it.Anyway, I'm not sure this is an old saw.

The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten.

Treebeard: If it would not have been so hasty it would not have been eaten.

Lady Snickerdoodle 07-02-2004 07:12 PM

The early bird gets the worm
 
Gollum: Iss it juicy? Iss it ssweet? Is it ssscrumptiously crunchable? :p
Sam: You'll make Mr. Frodo sick, eating it like that!
Gollum (again): Give it to us raw and wwwrrrriggling!

Legolas: One bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man!
Merry: so... how many did you eat? Pippin: *burp* umm... four?

Legolas: Would you like me to describe it? :eek: (ew.)

and legolas again.. my favorite quote ever!
Legolas: He was twitching. *nod*

haha this is a good one!

mark12_30 07-02-2004 09:09 PM

the early bird gets the worm
 
Gwaihir: "Or the Hobbit."

Wormtongue: "Un-claw me, Eagle!"

The Saucepan Man 07-04-2004 05:38 PM

The early bird gets the worm
 
Galadriel: Leave it out! Celeborn's not that bad.

:D

Nilpaurion Felagund 07-06-2004 10:56 PM

The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten.
 
Túrin: So does that make me a bird?
Glaurung: I don't think so...


Post-mortem:
Sorry this took so long...

Top Ten replies to...
To the house of a friend,
the road is never long.

5. Gandalf: Tell me, friend, why is your house three hundred stories tall? With no elevator!
4. Olwë: What friend? They killed half my people!
3. Treebeard: There's this dormouse. He lives in my beard. He tickles me sometimes. Yep, he's my friend.
2. Frodo: Sam trashed my house. We're no longer friends.

And...
1. Bombadil: Eh, what?

Lhunardawen 07-16-2004 10:54 PM

The early bird gets the worm...
 
Crebain from Dunland: ...or the Nine Walkers.

Nilpaurion Felagund 09-15-2004 01:58 AM

New old saw!
 
Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .

Théoden: . . . but it was my horse who killed me.

mark12_30 09-15-2004 01:30 PM

Good one, Nilp!!

Sticks and stones may break my bones--

Grima: "I told you to forbid his staff!"

Zebedee 09-18-2004 07:59 AM

Why did the chicken cross the road? and Why do birds fly south?

Pippen and Merry: They can search far and wide, they can drink the whole town dry, but they'll never find a beer so brown as the one we drink in our home town.

Lhunardawen 09-19-2004 01:44 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones...
 
Saruman's minions in Isengard (movie): ...and they did. Dratted hobbits!!!

mark12_30 09-19-2004 01:42 PM

Sticks Ands Stones may break my bones-- especially those peices of Minas Tirith...

Hookbill the Goomba 09-19-2004 02:08 PM

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Elrond (Film): Chickens are a virus!

The early bird gets the worm,


Aragorn: Really? Well let Anduril speak!

Anduril: Hello!

Zebedee 09-19-2004 02:13 PM

Sticks and stones may break my bones

Frodo: But arrows shall never hurt me.
Ent: I don't have bones.

The Saucepan Man 09-20-2004 10:25 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones ...
 
Witch King: But no living man may hinder me.

Nilpaurion Felagund 09-22-2004 01:24 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .
 
Gollum: Don't hurt us with nasty cruel steel!

What?
What?!

What!?

mark12_30 09-22-2004 06:10 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .
 
Aragorn: "But wait'll you hear my list of names!"

Nilpaurion Felagund 09-23-2004 12:29 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .
 
Treebeard: Wait. Sticks are my bones.

Lhunardawen 09-26-2004 12:59 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .
 
Eol: But they didn't. The law of gravity did.

mark12_30 11-10-2004 08:12 AM

Frodo:

Sticks and stones may break my bones--
but this ring will break my heart.

The Saucepan Man 11-10-2004 08:23 AM

Sticks and stones may break my bones . . .
 
William Huggins: ... it makes 'em easier to chew on.


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