Do you find yourself qouting LOTR when....... [Archive]

Firondoiel

03-17-2003, 01:20 PM

HEHEHE!! Yup, I do too! There was this time when I was in a department store and my younger brothers found these stuffed reindeer that would wagg their tales and antlers and sing a jazzed up christmas carol. My brothers started several of those going so I got behind a clothes rack waiting for them to finish. When I finally emerged, my brothers had found a snowman that did the same thing and they came running up to me with it going "Look what we found!" So I replied "What is this new devilry?" Some customers standing nearby gave me the wierdest stares. I still laugh when I think about their expressions!

Rochelle

03-17-2003, 01:26 PM

*lol*Yes I admit I do the same.I foolishly got into a debate with one of my professors about the death penalty and why it should not be used. One of my arguments was "Some that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Therefore I don't think we should be eager to deal out death in judgement because no one is 100% for sure that they are guilty"I voiced my own wording towards the end (it would have been too wierd if I didn't!)I also quoted Gimli when my mom was going through a dark time. "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." Powerful quote Gimli...

Iarwain

03-17-2003, 02:24 PM

I love doing stuff like that! It's so funny to see how people react. Iarwain

Talon Stormcrow

03-17-2003, 02:58 PM

Haha those are funny! One time at school I was with one of my lotr friends and I dropped my ring in the hall. I picked it up and quoted the whole Boromir on Caradras line and my friend knew what I was doing and joined in as Aragorn! It was great! I agree,Iarwain, peoples reactions are hilarious!

Eomer of the Rohirrim

03-17-2003, 03:34 PM

I do that too, but what's more worrying is my tendency to shout out random quotes for absolutely no reason!I have ran down the main street screaming "NAZGUL!" a couple of times.

Goldberry

03-17-2003, 03:39 PM

lol One day my friend took my pencil that I had found on the floor and when I asked for it back, she wouldn't give it back. So I said, "It's mine, I found it, it came to me!" and everybody looked at me funny . I always seem to be saying little things from the movies without even thinking about it.

Sapphire_Flame

03-17-2003, 03:39 PM

Oh, all the time! When I get new homework assignments (i.e. reports) I always mutter, "What is this new devilry?" And quoting the Elvish bits at odd moments tends to get vibrant reactions!

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy

03-17-2003, 03:50 PM

I've done this many, many times (also X-Men and Goldeneye, so this isn't just a LotR thing). I was at Wal*Mart with my mother and father and all three of us got separated. I found my mom at the electronics section and said in my best Boromir voice, "None of us should wander alone." Boy... I still shiver at the memory of the glare she gave me.I've used "If you want [it], come and claim [it]!" many times as well as "What is this new devilry?", "If it is the will of the [parent] then Gondor will see it done" and "By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe!" (only during video games, though). Another favorite that isn't a movie or book quote is "By Gondor" or "For Gondor" or "In the name of Gondor" and many other variations. But, as I said, I also quote X-Men and Goldeneye and various other movies in my everyday life.

Eressië Ailin

03-17-2003, 04:49 PM

LOL!! I quote LOTR only too often. And recently, I've been quoting BDer's sigs. A couple of hours ago, when I was at school, I shouted, for absolutely no reason what so ever, "Spook the spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers!!!" Everyone was giving me these weird looks. It's really hard to understand Rynoah's sig. So I had to break it down for them. I also like to quote Helka's, Skippy's, Gorwingel's, Diamond's, and I REALLY like eleanor_niphredil's sig. But here are my favorites (that I can think of right now):Shy HobbitMake Middle-Earth a friendlier place, hug a balrog today! I like Horse-maiden's new one:Horse-Maiden of the ShireIf you don't name your sword, how is it supposed to come when you call it? Sapphire_FlameI'm not anti-society, society is anti-me. Brinniel"The problem with reality is the lack of background music." -Anonymous And this has definately got to be my favorite:RosseiliantielWhatever floats your oyster. I have tons more, I just can't think of them at the moment (and I don't have enough room to put them all!). I just realized how completely off topic this was...[ March 17, 2003: Message edited by: Eressië Ailin ]

GaladrieloftheOlden

03-17-2003, 06:04 PM

Yes, I love seeing peoples reactions! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I do that too, but what's more worrying is my tendency to shout out random quotes for absolutely no reason! I have ran down the main street screaming "NAZGUL!" a couple of times. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I thought I was the only one.... I do this type of things every day, but I'll post a few: <UL TYPE=SQUARE>I ran up and down the blacktop outside my school, when a car was coming, yelling: "I think we should get off the road...get off the road! Quick!" I break out quoting the intro from FotR...I know all of it by heart. I think my parents will be quoting it soon! I saw some birds and chased after them for no apparent reason. (Don't ask.) Then, upon seeing that they didn't movie, I said, rather loudly, "Fly, you fools!" I think I saw a pigeon giving me a strange look... Yes, I say "stupid, fat, hobbit, very often" When I saw my mom cooking I popped off suddenly with "Po-ta-toes...." My teachers and friends all know of my LotR obsession/addiction, so once when I didn't hand in my homework, my teacher says "If you do not hand it in tomotrrow, I will now destroy the Ring", which was kinda lame... but, though I meant to oonly say "sure..." I went through with "Alright! I will do it! Though I do not know the way...." which got me a weird (er) rep....lol, no, everybody forgot about it right away, but the people who hadn't seen LotR looked like they were wondering about something....</UL> I do this type of things all the time, and am glad to know that it's not only me, so I will probably post more later... Edit: I just ran down the hall, crashed into my dad, and yelled something or other, I can't even remember what now, from LotR, and ran back here. And locked the door. [ March 17, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

Gayaiaion

03-17-2003, 06:06 PM

Yes, indeedy I do quote lines whenever there's an opening. Often when people say phrases that are also in the movie, I finish them. Great fun.

Arvedui III

03-17-2003, 06:13 PM

He, all this is really funny, um I have a couple.One day in spanish class the guy sitting behide me kept asking me all the answers to the worksheet we were doing. I got really fed up so I turn to him and said, "Mustn't ask us, not its buisness" full with the gollem coughing and all. The look on his face almost made me fall out of my chair. Then my friend joined in, saying to the guy," You were not so differnt from a hobbit once, were you, Smeagol?" It was hilerious .Then in gym once, we were having a "fun run" (those two words should NEVER be used in the same sentance) and my friend and I ended trying to recrite Treebeards lines. When the coach told us to speed up we both muttered,"Now, let's not be hasty"

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy

03-17-2003, 08:21 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>A couple of hours ago, when I was at school, I shouted, for absolutely no reason what so ever, "Spook the spookish spookdom to spook the spooked spookers!!!"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm amazed. I never thought someone would quote my signature. *cackles*

Cibbwin

03-17-2003, 09:23 PM

I say Ishkaqui Ai'Durugnul plenty of times... I quite Arwen's spell at the Ford of Brunien in long lines... I tell people to havo dad, and I ususally get "I have a dad, yes" in responce.

Shy Hobbit

03-18-2003, 09:31 AM

My family is fast wearing out the "My prrrreecciouss" and second breakfast quotes. The other day, we were at a resturaunt and I tried to give some coleslaw to my nephew (he hates coleslaw), and he was like, "No, NO! I don't want it!" and I got a funny mental image of him saying "Understand, I would take this coleslaw because it tastes good. But through me, it would weild indigestion to great and terrible to imagine!"

Sapphire_Flame

03-18-2003, 11:10 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But here are my favorites (that I can think of right now):Sapphire_FlameI'm not anti-society, society is anti-me. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Aw, someone likes my sig! Whenever my brother tries to get into my room, I end up screaming at him, "You cannot pass!" or "Go back to the shadows!" He always gives me odd looks. BTW, Rynoah, I love your Gondor quotes, I'll have to use them sometimes. My new favorite is "By the Valar!" and, if something is being annoying (i.e. the computer, my brother) it ends up getting called a Mordor-spawned piece of crap (or something similar). Thanks for all the new ideas, too, you guys!!!!

Mornie Alantie

03-18-2003, 11:22 AM

These are great. I get great reactions when I Imitate Gollum's voice quotes or say something or an insult in elvish. Once when my mom wanted me to do something, I think it was schoolwork, i put on my gollum voice and said, "'no that would kill us, kill us!"

Sapphire_Flame

03-18-2003, 12:00 PM

Oo, nice one, Mornie, I'll have to use that on my mom tonight!

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy

03-18-2003, 01:02 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>and second breakfast quotes.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I just quoted that quote at breakfast. We were cooking bacon. I also ended up quoting the line on Weathertop about the "nice crispy bacon". It was fun; mom jumped right in! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>BTW, Rynoah, I love your Gondor quotes, I'll have to use them sometimes.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks! I use them almost obsessively.

Mornie Alantie

03-18-2003, 01:15 PM

A good qoute to say to the French would be, "by the blood of our people, are your lands kept save." Also when the make a knew to delay the dicisions, "what is this new devilry?!"

Mornie Alantie

03-18-2003, 01:17 PM

Sorry I missed the word Argument. THIS IS A JOKE. NOT SOMETHING TO FIGHT ABOUT POLITICS!A good qoute to say to the French would be, "by the blood of our people, are your lands kept save." Also when the make a knew argument to delay the dicisions, "what is this new devilry?!"

GaladrieloftheOlden

03-18-2003, 09:22 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I'm amazed. I never thought someone would quote my signature. *cackles* <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Oh, I find myself quoting BDers sigs constantly. And yours especially, cause it gets me the most strange looks. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> it ends up getting called a Mordor-spawned piece of crap (or something similar) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hey, that's my quote! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> or an insult in elvish <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I find myself saying "go kiss an orc" in Elvish frequently...

BethoHOG

03-18-2003, 10:03 PM

What would "Go kiss an orc?" be in Elvish?

Frodo Baggins

03-19-2003, 07:06 AM

I was part of a discussion of the impending war the other day, when someone said "The world has changed". I immediately began to say "I amar prester aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chai, a hon nestred gwilith" Unfortuanately no one heard me. When they give me assignments, I am know to say one of two things either "What is this new devilry?" or "Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind?" A few days ago I was looking for something I had lost, when I found it I danced aroun the room and said "Precious! Precious! Precious! My Precious! Oh my precious!" Thankfully, I was alone.

Rochelle

03-19-2003, 09:19 AM

I only quote elvish to those that have read Lord of the rings *lol* I find I get wierd looks if I don't! I love quoting Galadriel's movie piece I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han noston ned 'wilith. My other one is Hon mabathon. Rochon ellint im Especially that last part because I am an equestrian and it translates to "I'm the swifter rider" *hehe*I said that to one of my guy friends and he was like "That is possibly the most sexy thing I've ever heard" ...yeesh he needs to get out more *lol*![ March 19, 2003: Message edited by: Rochelle ][ March 19, 2003: Message edited by: Rochelle ]

MallornLeaf

03-19-2003, 10:51 AM

Hey Mornie! Nice Topic Although my friends marvel that I quote LOTR all the time, one of the best examples comes from a basketball game. I grabbed a rebound and one girl from the other team said, "here, pass!" I looked at her and said, "Oh no! It's mine! It came to me! It's my own, my love, my preciousss!" I think she was on the other side of the court by the time I finished, but she raised her eyebrow at me and I'll never forget it!

Rynoah, the Overly-Happy

03-19-2003, 01:35 PM

If I'd have been guarding you, I'd have said, "You cannot pass!" What a riot that would've been.

Mornie Alantie

03-19-2003, 01:46 PM

Welcome back to the Barrowdowns MallornLeaf! That would be funny pass the ball and you say, "this is the ball of the Galadhrim, with of the skill of are basketball kin."

Sapphire_Flame

03-19-2003, 01:52 PM

Um....okay...Yeah, Galadriel's bit is always fun. I get some odd looks for that one....In case anyone is wondering, u-bedo is "shut up" in Sindarin.

Mornie Alantie

03-19-2003, 01:59 PM

I love giving someone the "nice hobbit" in the gollum voice. Its probably one of the easiest gollum voice things for me to do.

peonydeepdelver

03-19-2003, 04:19 PM

One funny example I have is when we went to the Lowell mills (in Massachusetts) they have this brick path there, and every few bricks there's one with a name of a girl or immigrant that worked there and what year they did (all in the 1800's). So I say, "There, there are dead people's names in the sidewalk!" Of course no one heard me. I also ALWAYS call my little brother a fool of a Took, and whenever my mom says "What do you want for supper?" I'll say "Tomatoes, sausages, and nice crispy bacon." And if we have haddock, I'll say "Give us fish rawwww, and wrrrrriggling!"

GaladrieloftheOlden

03-19-2003, 04:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> What would "Go kiss an orc?" be in Elvish? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I found this in several places online, but cannot be sure if it is correct, and if it is, whether it is in Quenya or Sindarin or some horribly twisted mutation but apparently it's Auta miqula orcu! aneven if it's not acurate, it's awfully fun to say and then run off, laughing, while people wonder when exactly the loony house takes you in...

Everdawn

03-20-2003, 03:03 AM

Yeah i quoted Elrond last night when my father reminded my brother that he was the last one to carry the family name. And i said to him sarcastically."you are the last of that bloodline- there is no other!"

Sapphire_Flame

03-21-2003, 04:03 PM

Nice one Everdawn! I don't know exactly what "go kiss an orc" would be, but I know that the Sindarin word for orc is orch, that there are no indirect articles (a, an) in Sindarin, and that the imparitive form of bad- (go) is bado. So someone just needs to find out what kiss is and we have it! So far it's: Bado --- orch!271 days until RotK!

Firondoiel

03-21-2003, 04:16 PM

ROTFL!!!! These are so funny!!!! A friend of mine told me about this one the other day.My friend had been on the phone for a long time and her brother was complaining about it to her mom (deja vu). He said "What is she talking about?!" Her mom calmly replied "Thing that were, thing that are, and some things that have not yet come to pass. That shut him up. Here's another one. My sister had to make a decision (I don't remember what about) and she wouldn't do it. My mom kept nagging her about it so she said "Mom! I don't know what to decide!" My mom replied "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." My sister calmed down after that. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>271 days until RotK! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm counting down too! [ March 21, 2003: Message edited by: Firondoiel ]

GaladrieloftheOlden

03-21-2003, 04:43 PM

I said the Barrow-Wights instead of the Huns on a social studies test once, but noticed when I was about to hand it in, and pretended I had forgotten to put my name on iit so I could change it.

Goldberry

03-21-2003, 04:54 PM

lol, some these are so funny! A few days ago, when I watched the Bush's address to the U.S. and he talked about our allies, I was like, "our list of allies grows thin." I love doing that when people don't know where it is from. Yesterday, my dad was making potatoes in a crockpot thingie and I was like, "PO-TA-TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!" he gets really mad when I do that.

Horse-Maiden of the Shire

03-21-2003, 06:07 PM

I THINK that go kiss an orc is auta miqula yrch. Not too sure.Somebody likes my sig! Thank ya!Whenever we play broomball or hockey or something in gym my friend and i scream to each other "Dago han!!!" (kill him) in regards to the ball. also, i do the second breakfast thing and many many other quotes. I just cant come up with any right now.

Mornie Alantie

03-21-2003, 07:36 PM

In LOTR Legolas says Yrch, as the word for orc, and he speaks sindarin. So it is safe to say that Orch is not orc.

Elrowen Greenleaf

03-23-2003, 09:59 AM

I've found myself quoting it alot....When my little sister is refusing to go outside.... "Are you frightened?"Also... whenever somebody does something stupid, I find myself saying to them... "You confounded fool of a Took!"I also will find myself quoting random bits of Elvish from time to time.When I'm riding my fav horse at the stable, prepering to canter or heading for a jump... I find myself saying "Noro lim Asfaloth, noro lim!" (Substituting Asfaloth for Fiddlesticks).When somebody will ask me where I a going... I'll often reply "To Rivendell Master Gamgee. To the house of Elrond."I also use "If you want him, come and claim him!" quite often.There's alot more, but it would take me too long to type it all...

tangerine

03-23-2003, 01:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hehehe, that one's the best! I could definitely see myself doing that!

Mornie Alantie

03-24-2003, 08:33 PM

You can by a T-shirt that has a lot of those type things on it at <A HREF="http://www.theonering.net." TARGET=_blank>www.theonering.net.</A> I've been waiting for a time to say the "Things that were......." when someone says what are you talking about. Ever since I read that ive wanted to do it.

Iarwain

03-24-2003, 08:48 PM

Gotta love the pepper spray!Another similiar one: Carry a dagger at your side and scream "Back you Devils!" at your teacher as she/he collects tests/hw.(Warning, this could get you an easy ticket to a juvenile correctional facility.)[ March 24, 2003: Message edited by: Iarwain ]

GaladrieloftheOlden

03-25-2003, 08:58 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Yes I admit I do the same. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Me too! The auta miqula orcu thing, I didn't translate it myself, so I wouldn't know, but I saw it in several places online. I don''t have the links just now, they're on my mom's computer, but I'll get them later.Oh, and I had an interesting LotR quoting time a few days ago... You see, I've been having a strange habit. I can't fall asleep till at maybe one or two in the morning, when I take a blanket and a pillow, put it on the floor, and fall asleep just fine. But this one night, I was in a really weird mood, so I did some strange stuff before falling asleep...first I did 111 jumping jacks. Then I looked at a bunch of stuffed animals and suddenly popped off with the "confusing Bilbo line". I thought they were giving me some bemused looks.... The I looked at the time and said: "You're late" then in the mirror and "you look terrible". I only registered what I had been doing when I woke up on my carpet in the morning. I bet I do things like that all the time, but don't remember.

aragornreborn

03-26-2003, 01:06 PM

I often use Pippin's "Where are we going?"I also love "tricksy hobbitses" and "We hates it forever!"I also love doing ones spur of the moment in response to people, but I can't remember any specific ones I've done.I just realized "We hates it forever" isn't from the movie, but oh well.[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: aragornreborn ]

Beruthiel

03-27-2003, 12:51 AM

Ooh I have a good story to go with LOTR quotes. Last week I was on year 9 camp and we were walking down the path in the bush but then we came to this forest and I swear it looked EXACTLY like that bit in FOTR when the hobbits hide under the tree. So anyways we all had to carry our EXTREMELY heavy packs. We all looked like little hobbits! It was so cute. Then my friend shouted out 'Get off the road NOW!' and at that moment I looked back and these leaves were blowing on the track. It was so freaky it was exactly like the movie!! The black riders were the other camp group who were trying to catch up with us.That went a bit off topic but it was so cool, a had to be there moment I guess

Braeden Fireheart

03-27-2003, 02:48 AM

My mum's dog gets into a lot of mischief. Whenever I'm certain that he's about to do something he's not supposed to do, I always say "I see your mind" much like Boromir says it in FotR.Sometimes I add on "You will take the Ring to Sauron! You will betray us!", but only when I'm certain there's no one else around to hear me. [ March 27, 2003: Message edited by: Braeden Fireheart ]

Everdawn

03-28-2003, 06:09 AM

...."our list of allies grows thin"...I like that one.. How true! I have a friend and her last name is Büggen so usually, my other best friend yells at her "Thiefing Büggenses" i know its nothing like it, but I think its cute.

aragornreborn

03-28-2003, 10:36 PM

Braeden Fireheart, I say the exact same things! I also add "you go to your death... and the death of us all!"

Elvish Hermit

04-05-2003, 06:51 PM

Whenever I stub my toe or get a bruise: "I think I brokeded something." At random moments when the wind speeds up: "The world has changed..."a friend asks to copy off my homework: "This task was appointed to you, and you alone." "Nor are they accounted amoung the wisest."someone asks me why I hardly socialize: "It's no bad thing to celebrate a simple life."annoying people ask me to move: "You shall not pass!"someone finds gossip on someone else that we hate: "It is a gift. A gift to the foes of {insert name}."Someone messes up:. "Fool of a {last name}!" At Lunch:. "Lembas. Elvish Waybread. One small bite can fill a grown man's stomache." On the war: "the eye is fixed on New York." "Our list of allies grows thin."Ummm, that it. At least of what I can remember.

Tigerlily Gamgee

04-06-2003, 12:13 AM

Quoting?Why, yes m'boy One of my favorite random times was when a friend and I were at an ice cream parlor (with reeeaally good ice cream) and I, unknowingly, pointed to a sign and said, "Look, you can get a pint," to which my friend quickly replied, "It comes in pints," and I finished, "I'm getting one."Of course, I really didn't get one, because that's a lot of ice cream!

BethoHOG

04-25-2003, 04:20 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I found this in several places online, but cannot be sure if it is correct, and if it is, whether it is in Quenya or Sindarin or some horribly twisted mutation but apparently it's Auta miqula orcu!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Now that I'm starting to learn Sindarin, I'm pretty sure that the phrase, "Go kiss an orc!" is Bado mîbo orch! This is in Sindarin. [ April 25, 2003: Message edited by: BethoHOG ]

Nuranar

04-25-2003, 06:29 PM

My bedroom is right in the front of the house. It's got double French doors opening on the front hall, and a regular door opening on the back hall. Result? All three brothers use my room as a hallway extension, and the carpet is terribly worn. So they're supposed to stay out, but do they? No! So I get tired of it and I'll nag and pester. My parents don't appreciate that, either. But when I was home last weekend, my middle brother just kept following me around chattering. I wanted to go to bed, so I walked into my room and, as he was preparing to follow me, I shouted (in a quiet voice) "You shall not pass!" - and then locked the doors. My dad told me later he really appreciated that way of keeping him out. I'm about 5'10", which although not super tall, is taller than most of my female friends. So several times I've found myself saying when they can't see something, "Shall I describe it to you?" Once my friend started laughing so hard that I laughed too, and I could scarcely finish the quote - "Or would you like me to find you a box?"Of course, there was the time I greeted another Tolkienite in Elvish - "Mae govannen." I was expecting the blank looks from the other friends standing around, but you should have seen the look she gave me!

The Only Real Estel

04-28-2003, 04:34 PM

Once I was useing the automatic-checkout machine in one of the stored I go to when I made an interesting statement. The machine wouldn't scan properly, and the lines were to long in the 'real' checkout stations, so I said, "Curse you, and all the halflings!" A few bystanders turned around and gave me a strange look, so I decided to watch my mouth more closely! Unfortunalely, not close enough. A few days later I was at the same store, walking down a crowed aisle, when I scrathed my shoulder on the metal corner of a display stand. Once again I HAD to burst out with a quote and said,"Aagh! Still sharp!" a little louder than I meant to. A bunch of people turned around (including one of the people that heard my curse you quote a few days earlier) and gave me interesting looks. I bet I'm considered some sort of a freak that goes around testing the sharpness of display-stand corners now!

Kiah

07-19-2003, 09:49 PM

I quote LOTR when I am in buses full of giggling girls talking about their boyfriends to stay sane. I also qoute "There are few who can." every once in a while.

Everdawn

07-20-2003, 02:29 AM

We were having a picnic, (my group) and i sent one of the boys over to light the Barbie, but when i went over with the food, he said"I can get it to go!" so i set down the basket and grabed his shoulders and looked him in the eye and said; " This task was appointed to you. If you do not find a way, no one will.".. ah it was funny at the time...

Everdawn

07-20-2003, 02:32 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I'm about 5'10", which although not super tall, is taller than most of my female friends. So several times I've found myself saying when they can't see something, "Shall I describe it to you?" Once my friend started laughing so hard that I laughed too, and I could scarcely finish the quote - "Or would you like me to find you a box?" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I feel your pain, im 5'10'' and my friends are all shorter than me, and they are always saying im tall, but really, its not that tall!, i too have thought about using that line, perhaps now i will.

Ascalótëion

07-20-2003, 04:32 AM

Well, I've got my non-obsessed friends at least remembering 'Mae govannen', as that's my most common greeting... I don't tend to quote that many lines, but talking in Elvish half the time seems to make up for that in the odd-look department.

Arwen Eruantale

07-21-2003, 02:03 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Ascalótëion! I'm sure you'll like it here..I've made quite an interesting reputation for myself, I quote both book and movie all the time. I annoy my should-have-been-twin little brother by saying all sorts of things that he's forgotten. I can't remember any now, but I've done 'em all at least once.Unfortunately for me, I am 5' 0" and well on my way to shrinking. So I am often on Gimli's end of the "discribing" quote.

Enorëiel

07-21-2003, 05:11 PM

He he, I find myself quoting the movie a lot! Most often it's in my head but when I do quote outloud most people look at me weird, confused, or don't even notice it's a quote! Grrrrr, There are too few LotR fans living around me... Dang it! However, there is a quote that I use often whenever potatoes are being made. 'taters, what's taters, precious?' 'Po-Ta-Toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.' Everyone looks at me crazy like and I just smile, then when they don't get it, I roll my eyes and walk away. Stupid non understanding people.

Nehani

07-21-2003, 11:08 PM

I love "tricksy" and "we hates thems forever". There is this group of boys in my class, and they are really stupid. They come our (my groups') table and start racking on us. So what do we do but stare at eachother and say Amin n'rangwa edanea. They give us this look and walk away. Good stuff. In my group, I stand in the middle heighth wise. I am considered and Man, the taller ones Elves, and the shotter ones hobbits/drawves. So we each shout out things from our given races. This dreives everyone crazy! Especially one of the hobbits who has the mental image that she's tall!