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littlemanpoet · 10-15-2007, 07:52 PM

I suppose this doesn't directly apply to this thread, but it does in an indirect way: while driving home from work the other day, I stopped at a red light behind a car (I can't remember the make and model but it was small) with a sticker in the rear window that read:

NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST

I wanted to follow the person home, but I thought I might be thought of as a stalker, so I didn't.

But still, it was nice to be reminded of LotR and Aragorn and Bree at an unexpected moment.

alatar · 10-15-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST

Once saw a T-shirt in a sporting goods store with the same quote beside a pair of hiking boots. Don't think that there was any Tolkien acknowledgment.

Folwren · 10-16-2007, 07:34 AM

I don't believe it's quite a direct quote, for in the book it is, "Not all those who wander are lost." But clearly this quote that you two have seen is based off of it.

Sauron the White · 10-16-2007, 07:39 AM

Have one of those T-shirts. Its from the LIFE IS GOOD company which is a neat story in itself if you want to research it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_is_Good

the shirt says "not all who wander are lost". A slight change from the exact quote as Folwren indicated. I thought it was neat to see a LOTR quote on a shirt with no other reference to it. The people who ran the store had no idea.

Meriadoc1961 · 10-16-2007, 10:01 AM

"What about second breakfast?" is what my wife and I say quite a lot.

My little kids used to go around saying in their best Gollum impersonations, "My precioussss!" I haven't heard that one in a while.

It seems that there have been others, but I can not remember them right now.

Merry

Mithalwen · 11-05-2007, 02:36 PM

I saw FOTR a few times but only saw the others in the cinema and flicked through the extended editions before losing custody of them to my dear god daughter so few quotes have seeped into my vocabulary (I might mutter they have a cave troll if a bad situation suddenly gets worse but that is about it)... however I visited Stirling Castle with my god daughter last week and I am rather tall and she is a self confessed midget so as she peered over the battlements I couldn't resist a

"Would you like me to describe it to you or shall I fetch you a box?"

alatar · 11-05-2007, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

"Would you like me to describe it to you or shall I fetch you a box?"

Cute, and hopefully she took no more offense that did Gimli.

Quote:

(I might mutter they have a cave troll if a bad situation suddenly gets worse but that is about it)

I could see using this when certain company comes to the door dragging behind them one poorly-behaved and somewhat destructive child...

10-16-2007, 07:34 AM	#3
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	I don't believe it's quite a direct quote, for in the book it is, "Not all those who wander are lost." But clearly this quote that you two have seen is based off of it. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

10-16-2007, 10:01 AM	#5
Meriadoc1961 Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 101	"What about second breakfast?" is what my wife and I say quite a lot. My little kids used to go around saying in their best Gollum impersonations, "My precioussss!" I haven't heard that one in a while. It seems that there have been others, but I can not remember them right now. Merry __________________ "If I yawn again, I shall split at the ears!"

11-05-2007, 02:36 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I saw FOTR a few times but only saw the others in the cinema and flicked through the extended editions before losing custody of them to my dear god daughter so few quotes have seeped into my vocabulary (I might mutter they have a cave troll if a bad situation suddenly gets worse but that is about it)... however I visited Stirling Castle with my god daughter last week and I am rather tall and she is a self confessed midget so as she peered over the battlements I couldn't resist a "Would you like me to describe it to you or shall I fetch you a box?" __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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10-15-2007, 07:52 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I suppose this doesn't directly apply to this thread, but it does in an indirect way: while driving home from work the other day, I stopped at a red light behind a car (I can't remember the make and model but it was small) with a sticker in the rear window that read: *NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST* I wanted to follow the person home, but I thought I might be thought of as a stalker, so I didn't. But still, it was nice to be reminded of LotR and Aragorn and Bree at an unexpected moment.

10-16-2007, 07:39 AM	#4
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Have one of those T-shirts. Its from the LIFE IS GOOD company which is a neat story in itself if you want to research it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_is_Good the shirt says "not all who wander are lost". A slight change from the exact quote as Folwren indicated. I thought it was neat to see a LOTR quote on a shirt with no other reference to it. The people who ran the store had no idea.