Funny you should say that... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 03-06-2005, 12:54 PM

From Book 4 Chapter 1 (currently the one being discussed in CbC):

Quote:

We can't get down; and if we did get down, we'd find all that green land a nasty bog, I'll warrant. Phew! Can you smell it?" He sniffed at the wind.

Yes, toilet humour even in the books, which I see was grabbed upon in the film script (something like "Phew, smells like there's a nasty bog 'round here"). I remember that bit, the whole cinema started sniggering like school boys.

Elennar Starfire · 03-06-2005, 01:08 PM

I'm afraid I don't understand how "a nasty bog" is toilet humour. I thought that "bog" was just another word for "swamp".

~'Leny, feeling ignorant once again

Lalwendë · 03-06-2005, 01:25 PM

Uh-oh, it's another cross cultural linguistic thing! Bog is slang for 'toilet' over here in the UK, so you can imagine what a smelly one might imply! (sorry if anyone was eating, by the way...)

Elennar Starfire · 03-06-2005, 01:28 PM

Ah. I see.

The "Bog of Eternal Stench" makes so much more sense now...

the phantom · 03-10-2005, 01:35 PM

I've found the best one of all.

From The Hobbit, A Short Rest, Bilbo speaking as he descends into the valley of Rivendell-

Quote:

Hmmm! it smells like elves!

Oddwen · 03-10-2005, 03:32 PM

My brother was attempting to read "The Hobbit" aloud to us all, and when he came to the part where Gandalf "stuck out his big bushy eyebrows", somehow dear ol' Sam read "stuck out his big bushy tongue". Needless to say, I cannot think of that spot in the books anymore without that image.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 03-10-2005, 11:32 PM

I was just reading Pelennor Fields . . .

It was through the mist that presently [Merry] saw the van of the Men of Gondor approaching.

LR V 6

Imrahil: *beep beep* Hi, guys. Need a lift?

03-06-2005, 01:08 PM	#2
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	I'm afraid I don't understand how "a nasty bog" is toilet humour. I thought that "bog" was just another word for "swamp". ~'Leny, feeling ignorant once again __________________ Don't let me die!

03-06-2005, 01:25 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Uh-oh, it's another cross cultural linguistic thing! Bog is slang for 'toilet' over here in the UK, so you can imagine what a smelly one might imply! (sorry if anyone was eating, by the way...) __________________ Gordon's alive!

03-06-2005, 01:28 PM	#4
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Ah. I see. The "Bog of Eternal Stench" makes so much more sense now... __________________ Don't let me die!

03-10-2005, 03:32 PM	#6
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	:p My brother was attempting to read "The Hobbit" aloud to us all, and when he came to the part where Gandalf "stuck out his big bushy eyebrows", somehow dear ol' Sam read "stuck out his big bushy tongue". Needless to say, I cannot think of that spot in the books anymore without that image. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

03-10-2005, 11:32 PM	#7
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Vans. I was just reading Pelennor Fields . . . It was through the mist that presently [Merry] saw the van of the Men of Gondor approaching. LR V 6 Imrahil: beep beep Hi, guys. Need a lift? __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good... Last edited by Nilpaurion Felagund; 03-13-2005 at 06:36 PM. Reason: wizardry issues

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