I think Gandalf has a special pass to say all manner of, uh, mannered phrases that are no longer idiomatic English.
Well, he's lived 300 lives of man, so if his idiom is a trifle old-fashioned it would be perfectly understandable.
Well, other bands know more than three chords. Your professional bands can play up to six, sometimes seven, completely different chords.
Oz ,'Storyteller'
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.
Calli - Feb 10, 2004 5:58:09 am PST #1860 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Holli - Feb 10, 2004 6:21:26 am PST #1861 of 3902
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I have to say, when I get a car I will think long and hard about getting USHLNTPAS as a vanity tag.
MechaKrelboyne - Feb 10, 2004 6:50:52 am PST #1862 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
UHVMPNTS
Elena - Feb 10, 2004 6:55:57 am PST #1863 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
You Have My Pants?
Is this some kind of coded distress signal?
JohnSweden - Feb 10, 2004 6:56:51 am PST #1864 of 3902
I can't even.
UHVMPNTS
Those are embarrassing calls to have to make.
"Uh, Rokglog? I know I kinda beat it out of your abyss in a hurry this morning, but it looks like I left my leggings behind in the pleasure cavern, no pun intended. I might have misplaced a sword too. No, no, *that* sword worked just fine, heh heh. So when would be a good time ... An eternity? No, I understand. Thanks, anyway."
Enough to make a dude change his whole image and try to forget his name.
Calli - Feb 10, 2004 6:58:15 am PST #1865 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
You Have My Pants?
Is this some kind of coded distress signal?
Isn't this what Gandalf gasped when he woke up after the fight with the balrog?
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 6:58:26 am PST #1866 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You Have My Pants?
I *know* I didn't see that scene.
Connie Neil - Feb 10, 2004 6:59:01 am PST #1867 of 3902
brillig
I think it's probably in the Hobbits-only viewing version.
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2004 7:02:33 am PST #1868 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"Mr. Frodo! We're going to see the elves! Give me back my pants!"
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2004 7:03:39 am PST #1869 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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