[Ionia Luffs Reindeer]

What images/scenes in the books resonate forcefully with you all as being, simply put, hilarious?

To me, Tolkien's best and most tastefully timed bit of comic relief is when Merry and Pippin arise from the rubble of Isengard to quite cheerfully greet Gandalf and the rest. The image of Merry calmly expounding on the history of pipeweed amidst the destruction and wreckage will always stick with me... Whether it's the timing (after all, the preceding chapters are rather tense and tiring) or the sheer irony - or the reminder of the fact that hobbits, despite outsiders' ideas, are often undaunted in the face of destruction - it's probably my favourite part of the book are far as conjuring a smile goes. Even more so that Gandalf cuts Merry short to warn Theoden that Hobbits will gladly expound on the doings of their "fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers, and remoter cousins to the ninth degree" at the edge of ruin.

Just thought that a little laughter-oriented posting is never amiss. ^^ And of course, if this fails, there's always the "what should I wear to the movie" and "lembas" threads, XD

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