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Boromir88 · 07-09-2009, 08:15 AM

I always thought movie Boro said at the Council of Elrond: 'Not with 10,000 men couldn't even do this...' and just thought the scriptwriters accidentally wrote in a double negative.

But after putting on CC I realised it was 'Not with 10,000 men could you even do this...'

But my favourite was Eowyn in TTT talking about the wildmen...now she says: 'the wildmen burn as they go, rick, cot, and tree.'

I thought she said 'Rick Cottontree' and came up with an imagination of who this 'Rick' guy was and of course set him on fire in my head.

LadyBrooke · 07-09-2009, 10:47 AM

My sister, for the longest time, thought that Frodo's name was Frito. I only realised this when one day I was talking about LotR and she looked at me and said, "You're weird. Your favorite book is about a frito saving the world." By the time she finished her sentence I was laughing to hard to correct her, which probably furthered her belief that I am mad. Even though she's the one who wanted to make a hat out of watermelon last night.

Pitchwife · 07-09-2009, 12:50 PM

Maybe your sister has read Bored of the Rings?

LadyBrooke · 07-09-2009, 05:03 PM

I wish.

My sister hates LotR though, and will not come within 30 yards of anything to do with it of her own free will.

Orofarne · 05-09-2010, 06:46 PM

Sorry, no one knows me, but this is my ever-lasting shame. I saw the Fellowship movie before I read the book. But, if one hears people say things, one is liable to mishear them, and therefore think that Legolas's name is actually Legless, and that his mother named him that when he was born, and that he has in the intervening years grown new appendages. [wow, I think that was the longest sentence I have ever written] Please someone say that that's a common mistake and that I'm not completely doolally. I also believed fervently in Mr. Rick Cottontree, by the way.
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Look my friends, here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an Elven princeling in!

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 05-18-2010, 06:16 AM

'Legless', 'Merry', that book is just an ode to getting drunk.

Isabellkya · 05-29-2010, 01:04 AM

No matter how many times I see/hear FOTR, and I've heard the line perhaps close to fifty times. When Gandalf 'finds' Sam outside Frodo's window and questions him about dropping eaves.. It always sounds to me that Gandalf is saying 'trimming the verbs?'.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 07-13-2010, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Boromir88

But my favourite was Eowyn in TTT talking about the wildmen...now she says: 'the wildmen burn as they go, rick, cot, and tree.'

I thought she said 'Rick Cottontree' and came up with an imagination of who this 'Rick' guy was and of course set him on fire in my head.

I thought so for the longest time too!

I always thought "Who's this Rick Cottontree Eowyn speaks of anyway?" I didn't recognise the name, and now I know why.

Actually, I didn't get what she was saying until I read the bit of the book where 'rick, cot, and tree' are in a different order.

sassyfriend · 09-10-2011, 09:48 PM

Lol!!!!!!

Galadriel55 · 09-11-2011, 07:49 AM

I heard some passers-by talk about jewelry, and then one said "I think I have it in my pocket"...

sassyfriend · 09-11-2011, 02:30 PM

:d

07-09-2009, 08:15 AM	#1
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I always thought movie Boro said at the Council of Elrond: 'Not with 10,000 men couldn't even do this...' and just thought the scriptwriters accidentally wrote in a double negative. But after putting on CC I realised it was 'Not with 10,000 men could you even do this...' But my favourite was Eowyn in TTT talking about the wildmen...now she says: 'the wildmen burn as they go, rick, cot, and tree.' I thought she said 'Rick Cottontree' and came up with an imagination of who this 'Rick' guy was and of course set him on fire in my head. __________________ Fenris Penguin

07-09-2009, 10:47 AM	#2
LadyBrooke Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The modern day version of Edoras: horses, wind, rolling plains =) Posts: 507	My sister, for the longest time, thought that Frodo's name was Frito. I only realised this when one day I was talking about LotR and she looked at me and said, "You're weird. Your favorite book is about a frito saving the world." By the time she finished her sentence I was laughing to hard to correct her, which probably furthered her belief that I am mad. Even though she's the one who wanted to make a hat out of watermelon last night. __________________ Busy, Busy, Busy...hoping for more free time soon.

07-09-2009, 12:50 PM	#3
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Maybe your sister has read Bored of the Rings? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

07-09-2009, 05:03 PM	#4
LadyBrooke Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The modern day version of Edoras: horses, wind, rolling plains =) Posts: 507	I wish. My sister hates LotR though, and will not come within 30 yards of anything to do with it of her own free will. __________________ Busy, Busy, Busy...hoping for more free time soon.

05-18-2010, 06:16 AM	#6
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	'Legless', 'Merry', that book is just an ode to getting drunk. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

05-09-2010, 06:46 PM	#5
Orofarne Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dancing alone in the madness Posts: 19	Sorry, no one knows me, but this is my ever-lasting shame. I saw the Fellowship movie before I read the book. But, if one hears people say things, one is liable to mishear them, and therefore think that Legolas's name is actually Legless, and that his mother named him that when he was born, and that he has in the intervening years grown new appendages. [wow, I think that was the longest sentence I have ever written] Please someone say that that's a common mistake and that I'm not completely doolally. I also believed fervently in Mr. Rick Cottontree, by the way. _______________ Look my friends, here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an Elven princeling in!

05-29-2010, 01:04 AM	#7
Isabellkya Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amongst trees. Posts: 919	No matter how many times I see/hear FOTR, and I've heard the line perhaps close to fifty times. When Gandalf 'finds' Sam outside Frodo's window and questions him about dropping eaves.. It always sounds to me that Gandalf is saying 'trimming the verbs?'. __________________ But I was clinging to her like a homicidal monkey.

09-10-2011, 09:48 PM	#9
sassyfriend Wight Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 165	Lol!!!!!!

09-11-2011, 07:49 AM	#10
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,539	I heard some passers-by talk about jewelry, and then one said "I think I have it in my pocket"... __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

09-11-2011, 02:30 PM	#11
sassyfriend Wight Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 165	:d

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