[The_Hand]

I think I know what you mean...
It happens to me when I read The Hobbit mostly because of course it is the most... funny of the book and not so serious but also when I read Silm. Can't remember any good ones now.... If you find you laugh like this when you read other thing not written by Tolkien it may be because you read something that reminds you of his form of writing and find it funny in some strange and unusual may.... Like you find his! And maybe in the end the Silm gets sooo serious that you just can't take it!? I mean it's all written beautifully but maybe we just break-down in the end??? Anyone understand anything I just wrote??? Cause I don't