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Ummm....I don't get it. "Fly, you fleas"? "Fly oofles"? "Floofles"?
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 4:48:17 am PST #1845 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sumi - Feb 10, 2004 4:50:34 am PST #1846 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Fly you fools!
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 4:52:55 am PST #1847 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And....that's from one of the movies?
Calli - Feb 10, 2004 4:53:56 am PST #1848 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yes. "Fly you fools!" is what Gandalf says in the Mines of Moria just before the balrog drags him down to the highest mountaintop.
Elena - Feb 10, 2004 4:54:02 am PST #1849 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
Gandalf says it just before he falls in Moria.
Jessica - Feb 10, 2004 4:54:42 am PST #1850 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's the last thing Gandalf says before falling into Moria with the Balrog.
JohnSweden - Feb 10, 2004 4:55:58 am PST #1851 of 3902
I can't even.
And....that's from one of the movies?
And the book. Gandalf, at the bridge of Khazad-dum.
ETA: Sorry Tep, should have known that would be the x-postiest evah
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 4:59:38 am PST #1852 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Really? He says "fly"? In my memory, it's "run." Granted, I've only seen LotR once all the way through; my viewing of the EE DVD is paused at the end of Disc 1 (Rivendell; "Where are we going?" etc.)
Nutty - Feb 10, 2004 5:04:31 am PST #1853 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think Gandalf has a special pass to say all manner of, uh, mannered phrases that are no longer idiomatic English. So he gets to say "fly, you fools!", while Strider tells Frodo just to run; and he gets to say he "smote [his enemy's] ruin on the mountainside" rather than "I stabbed the flamey guy."
I mean, I think this is because Gandalf is Dramatic Exposition Guy, and what drama he can put into the exposition. Also, it pleases me that the past tense of "smite" has not disappeared entirely. I await the extendo-Return with a great hope in my heart for "slew" still being the past tense of "slay".
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2004 5:20:53 am PST #1854 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Gandalf has a special pass to say all manner of, uh, mannered phrases that are no longer idiomatic English.
As do the elves. Well, mostly Legolas who gets the weirdest things to say at the strangest times.
Including "A diversion."
Yes, sweetie, that's what we call it in English.