The second part is in the book.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
esse - Feb 09, 2004 3:22:00 pm PST #1806 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Volans - Feb 09, 2004 3:22:57 pm PST #1807 of 3902
move out and draw fire
One of my neighbors has a license plate that says FLYUFLZ.
I can't figure out how to reduce "They have a cave troll" to license-plate-ese.
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2004 3:28:12 pm PST #1808 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Use a bumper sticker for that one, and for your license plate, have "IMNOMAN".
Or "RNGISMNE".
Better yet, "USHLNTPS".
Jessica - Feb 09, 2004 3:29:46 pm PST #1809 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
USHLNTPS
HA!
Oh, I must have this. First, I'll need to get a car.
Volans - Feb 09, 2004 3:36:21 pm PST #1810 of 3902
move out and draw fire
USHLNTPS
(heads to DMV website)
Kathy A - Feb 09, 2004 3:48:20 pm PST #1811 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm bummed--Illinois' vanity plates only allow up to seven letters. Damn. I might have to go for that FLYUFLZ next year.
Volans - Feb 09, 2004 4:04:26 pm PST #1812 of 3902
move out and draw fire
So does VA. But IMNOMAN works. Of course, it'll be amusing when my husband's driving the car.
Kate P. - Feb 09, 2004 4:14:21 pm PST #1813 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
USHLNTPS
???
amych - Feb 09, 2004 4:17:25 pm PST #1814 of 3902
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
USHLNTPS
???
Try reading it out loud to yourself very slowly and commandingly.
U. SHL. NT. PS!
Kate P. - Feb 09, 2004 4:18:55 pm PST #1815 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh! Duh. I kept thinking "ush lentpis? There must be something I'm missing!"