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mrmyxolodian
2012-01-03 12:12:50 PM
Nice find.
Thanks.
 
sprawl15
2012-01-03 12:20:46 PM
My favorite part of the Lord of the Rings movies was when Sauron and Gandolf meet in that one tower and after seeing Sauron's sweet globe thing they start breakdancing.
 
cwheelie
2012-01-03 12:44:39 PM
I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?
 
EatCritAndDie
2012-01-03 01:26:19 PM
I've been playing Third Age: Total War all morning.

Nice find.
 
Yukon Cornelius
2012-01-03 01:58:54 PM
cwheelie: I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?

Ah, the old Bird & Baby! Very cool place.
 
Bondith
2012-01-03 02:01:54 PM
So that's why Aragorn kept pronouncing "Mordor" like that.
 
fifthhorseman
2012-01-03 02:19:27 PM
sprawl15: My favorite part of the Lord of the Rings movies was when Sauron and Gandolf meet in that one tower and after seeing Sauron's sweet globe thing they start breakdancing.

Jeez, that was Sourman, not Sauron, ya nit. That was some pretty sweet breakdancing, tho.
 
stagirite
2012-01-03 02:44:14 PM
Thanks, Subby! I had an entire LP of Tolkien reading stuff from LOTR, back in the days when we had LPs. I don't suppose any farkers know whether that LP has been CD-ified?

/yes, I still use the expression "LP"
 
D-D-D-Dave
2012-01-03 02:45:41 PM
Yukon Cornelius: cwheelie: I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?

Ah, the old Bird & Baby! Very cool place.

At first I assumed you two were quoting some sort of comedy skit in which people named pubs after two arbitrary-and-unrelated nouns, but a quick google search provided a rich history lesson. Thanks!
 
Bf+
2012-01-03 02:52:49 PM
Bondith: So that's why Aragorn kept pronouncing "Mordor" like that.

No kidding.
Sounds like Klingon.
 
gueedoguy
2012-01-03 03:08:28 PM
stagirite: Thanks, Subby! I had an entire LP of Tolkien reading stuff from LOTR, back in the days when we had LPs. I don't suppose any farkers know whether that LP has been CD-ified?

/yes, I still use the expression "LP"

Amazon.com (new window)
 
Jonathan Hohensee
2012-01-03 03:27:18 PM
Anyone see that horrible show J.R.R. Tolkien did called Star Trek? It was the most awful bla bla bla troll troll troll, I'm too tired to go through this shiat today, I'm going to bed.
 
stagirite
2012-01-03 04:52:15 PM
gueedoguy: stagirite: Thanks, Subby! I had an entire LP of Tolkien reading stuff from LOTR, back in the days when we had LPs. I don't suppose any farkers know whether that LP has been CD-ified?

/yes, I still use the expression "LP"

Amazon.com (new window)

Fantastic, thanks!
 
sparkeyjames
2012-01-03 05:27:57 PM
sprawl15: My favorite part of the Lord of the Rings movies was when Sauron and Gandolf meet in that one tower and after seeing Sauron's sweet globe thing they start breakdancing.

I surprised that Peter Jackson didn't consider doing that. He hacked it up enough as it is though.
 
hippyneil
2012-01-03 06:16:35 PM
Happy Birthday J.R. Hartley
t1.gstatic.com
 
caperbear
2012-01-03 06:33:07 PM
we likes it, we does, precioussss!
 
AUAIOMRN
2012-01-03 06:37:11 PM
Shouldn't it be, like, eleventy-tenth, or something like that?
 
Wookie Milson
2012-01-03 07:36:30 PM
The official toast of the Tolkien Society is "The Professor" at whatever 21:00 is local time.
Link (new window)
 
sheep_shagger
2012-01-03 08:05:15 PM
cwheelie: I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?

Obscure? Nothing is obscure on Fark.

I'm sure they're having some sort of observance at the Bird & Baby in honour of the Professor's birthday and all the Inklings.

/ Lifts a glass at home for old JRR.
 
indeebud [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 09:35:30 PM
What a treat! Excellent clip! Thanks!
 
ds_4815
2012-01-03 10:11:52 PM
cwheelie: I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?

"No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

www.headington.org.uk

/I see your obscurity and raise you my own
//Summer-abroad at Jesus College last year
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2012-01-03 10:30:46 PM
Thanks for writing unreadable books that were made into pretty cool movies.
 
The_Philosopher_King
2012-01-04 01:04:36 AM
http://www.openculture.com/ (new window) has a link to a 1/2 hour video of JRR from 1968.

Just scroll down to the video. I didn't link to the vid direct. This way you can stop off at the link for free Philip K. Dick stories to download.
 
gmoney101
2012-01-04 04:32:53 AM
media.giantbomb.com
 
PizzaJedi81
2012-01-04 07:09:44 AM
John Buck 41: Thanks for writing unreadable books that were made into pretty cool movies.

Look, just because you have the attention span of a gnat, doesn't mean the rest of us don't enjoy it.
 
tardigrade
2012-01-04 05:43:37 PM
ds_4815: cwheelie: I say we gather for a pint at the Eagle & Child

obscure?

"No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

[www.headington.org.uk image 400x414]



Ooh, I just walked past the Lamb & Flag. Spooky.

/ and wet & windy
 
ds_4815
2012-01-04 05:56:29 PM
tardigrade: Ooh, I just walked past the Lamb & Flag. Spooky.

/ and wet & windy

Prefer the Turf anyway; I wonder if its location would help block said wet/windiness.

/Or exacerbate it
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2012-01-04 09:01:09 PM
PizzaJedi81: John Buck 41: Thanks for writing unreadable books that were made into pretty cool movies.

Look, just because you have the attention span of a gnat, doesn't mean the rest of us don't enjoy it.

I just don't like reading books in a foreign language.
 
Bondith
2012-01-04 10:07:08 PM
John Buck 41
I just don't like reading books in a foreign language.

What, proper English?
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2012-01-04 10:46:56 PM
Bondith: John Buck 41
I just don't like reading books in a foreign language.

What, proper English?

Nice try.
 
PizzaJedi81
2012-01-05 07:14:25 AM
John Buck 41: Bondith: John Buck 41
I just don't like reading books in a foreign language.

What, proper English?

Nice try.

You realize that something like 90% of the book is in English, right? And most of the parts that aren't, are translated for you? You DO know that, right?
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2012-01-05 09:45:49 AM
PizzaJedi81: John Buck 41: Bondith: John Buck 41
I just don't like reading books in a foreign language.

What, proper English?

Nice try.

You realize that something like 90% of the book is in English, right? And most of the parts that aren't, are translated for you? You DO know that, right?

So it's like a foreign movie with subtitles. Got it.

I honestly don't recall that feature in the 100+ pages I slogged through before bailing.
 
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