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Old 07-29-2006, 01:59 PM   #41
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A: Stab him in the back during an angry parle.

Q: Why did Tolkien never finish The Lost Road?
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Q: Why did Tolkien never finish The Lost Road?

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Old 07-29-2006, 11:58 PM   #44
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Q: Why did Frodo leave Middle-earth?

A: Because he had a gig waiting for him in the Lonely Isle.

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A: It actually makes people's clothes go invisible, but because the body is touching the clothes, that goes invisible also.

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I assume you mean "Why..." instead of "While..."

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Q: Why did the Balrog attack the Fellowship in Moria?
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Q: Why did the Balrog attack the Fellowship in Moria?
A: Because Gandalf once left him alone in a diner to pay the bill.

Q: How come Tom Bombadil didn't take the Ring from Frodo?
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Q: Why didn't Tom Bombadil take the Ring from Frodo?

A: Because, unlike anyone else in ME he had a better looking piece of clothing, that blue cloak! (Oh the silky softness, <sighs happily>)

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A: Because he lost his way and didn't want to ask for the right direction.


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Q: Why did Fëanor burn the ships at Losgar?

A: Because he was a pyromaniac.

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A: All the short Men of the Race of Men got shunned, so they moved out and founded the Shire.


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A: They were playing hide and seek.


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A: Because he was a burglar, of course.

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A: How would you like it if your family is almost gone and your only daughter wants to marry an estranged Cousin?

Q: Why did Sauron have to make a Ring? why not a Fruit Basket of Death? or a PhoneBook of Inniment doom?
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Q: Why did Sauron have to make a Ring? Why not a Fruit Basket of Death? Or a PhoneBook of Imminent doom?

A: The Ring of Doom has a nice ring to it.

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A: He trained on Faramir when they both were children. That's why the latter grew-up pacifist...

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A: During the early days of the Shire, two old friends Bag and Row were walking around that area, when a robber jumped out and grabbed Row, Bag quickly used his Hobbit Power and grabbed a rock. Row,being light-minded due to the robber kind of choking him, yelled out "shoot me, you have too". Bag then decided to follow his friends advice and he through, and it hit Row right between the eyes, killing him instantly. the robber ran off and the place was known as Bagshot Row. The End.

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Q: Why did Feanor create the Silmarils?
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A: Because people respect a man who wears glowing jewels.

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A: Because he patched up all his wounds with duct tape. (It really CAN fix anything!)

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A: Why, anybody would have turned blue if they were sent to such a back of beyond, when their peers were having a ball in civilized places like Gil-Galad's court must have been!

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A: Because only they had the expertise necessary for keeping him clean.

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Q: Why is Pippin a 'fool of a Took'?

A: He isn't, this is a case of mistaken hearing. Pippin is in fact a cannibal, and ate a member of the Took family, thereby being full of a Took.


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A: He used to be Radagast the White, but fell into a muddy creek and couldn't get the stain out of his robes.

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A: Because Dwarves don't like burglars.

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Q: Why did Beorn change into a bear and not a fluffy bunny?
A: Because Goblins eat Bunnies at a great rate and that would ruin the story

Q: Why did Tolkien write the Hobbit?
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Q: Why did Tolkien write the Hobbit?
A: Because writing The Unicorn or The Giant Slug just wouldn't work.

Q: Why didn't Tolkien draw anything to the east of Mordor and the Sea of Rhun?
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