Funniest lines in Middle-Earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Cúdae · 06-15-2003, 04:07 PM

From Mandos to Feanor: "Not the first."

[dead silence]

Okay, maybe I'm the only one who found that funny. But seriously, if you look at the context, it does seem rather funny. Or maybe I just have a strange sense of humour.

Here's another I always find amusing in the Silmarillion:

(Glaurung speaking to Turin) "Thankless fosterling. outlaw, slayer of thy friend, and deserter of thy kin."

That probably shouldn't seem funny, but everytime I read it, I can't help but laugh. Poor Túrin.

*looks around uneasily* I do have a strange sense of humour...

06-15-2003, 04:07 PM	#11
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	From Mandos to Feanor: "Not the first." [dead silence] Okay, maybe I'm the only one who found that funny. But seriously, if you look at the context, it does seem rather funny. Or maybe I just have a strange sense of humour. Here's another I always find amusing in the Silmarillion: (Glaurung speaking to Turin) "Thankless fosterling. outlaw, slayer of thy friend, and deserter of thy kin." That probably shouldn't seem funny, but everytime I read it, I can't help but laugh. Poor Túrin. looks around uneasily I do have a strange sense of humour... __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"