comic relief in LotR - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-21-2002, 03:02 AM

I love the funny moments in the book, so let's share them!
One of my favorites is the scene in the Houses of Healing, where Aragorn and Gandalf want the athelas for healing the wounded.

Aragorn to Ioreth: "Run as quick as your tongue and get me kingsfoil."

Gandalf: "I will ride... with Ioreth... and she shall take me to the woods, but not to her sisters. And Shadowfax shall show her the meaning of haste."

Aragorn to the herb-master: "I care not whether you say now asea aramion or kingsfoil, so long as you have some."

Gandalf to the herb-master: "Go and find some old man of less lore and more wisdom who keeps some in his home!"

Doesn't that crack you up?!

01-21-2002, 03:02 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	comic relief in LotR I love the funny moments in the book, so let's share them! One of my favorites is the scene in the Houses of Healing, where Aragorn and Gandalf want the athelas for healing the wounded. Aragorn to Ioreth: "Run as quick as your tongue and get me kingsfoil." Gandalf: "I will ride... with Ioreth... and she shall take me to the woods, but not to her sisters. And Shadowfax shall show her the meaning of haste." Aragorn to the herb-master: "I care not whether you say now asea aramion or kingsfoil, so long as you have some." Gandalf to the herb-master: "Go and find some old man of less lore and more wisdom who keeps some in his home!" Doesn't that crack you up?! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'