RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2023 From a Tolkien fan (not nutter, if you don't mind); It's been a good year for the Woses Beorn to be Wild 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: It's either a dwarf, or a small shunting engine It seems to have a dome but no smokestack, so I think it's a fireless loco. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2023 For Those About to Orc 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2023 You're Getting to be a Hobbit with Me. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2023 As the 60s graffito went: "Tolkien is hobbit-forming." 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: As the 60s graffito went: "Tolkien is hobbit-forming." Judging by the previous posts, I feel you're Tolkien to the converted! 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Few people know that Tolkien actually collaborated on a book with Richard Bach. It was called "Jonathan Livingstone Nazgûl". 2 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2023 Kayleigh, by (Sil)marillion? Light my fire, by the (Mor)doors? Eriador Little Lamb (Anon, trad.), nursery rhyme? Misty Mountain Hop, obviously, Led Zeppelin? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 16 hours ago, The Johnster said: Misty Mountain Hop, obviously, Led Zeppelin? From the same LP - The Battle of Evermore” thought to have been inspired by the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (“The ring wraiths ride in black/Ride on!”). But a real humdinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Bilbo_Baggins Jim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2023 Battle of Evermore also contains the lyric 'with flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eye', which I always assumed refers to the Eye of Sauron. ISTR that JRR rather approved of Zeppelin, which felt sort of unlikely at the time... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: But a real humdinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Bilbo_Baggins Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!!! It's hideous!!!!!!!!!!! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2023 Never, ever listen to anything sung by any Star Trek actor (of any series). 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 It's music, Jim, but not as we know it. 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Reorte said: Never, ever listen to anything sung by any Star Trek actor (of any series). No, but William Shatner "singing" can be used to repel lurking teenagers... 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2023 Or lurking anything, or even non-lurking anything for that matter... 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, Hroth said: No, but William Shatner "singing" can be used to repel lurking teenagers... I seem to recall the term "Shatning" being used back in the day 😮 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Maybe I have odd musical tastes, but I really like William Shatner’s version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Much more interesting than the Beatles’ own dirge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I ordered a caesar salad. The waiter brought me a lettuce and stabbed it 23 times. Bernard 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Bernard Lamb said: I ordered a caesar salad. The waiter brought me a lettuce and stabbed it 23 times. Bernard That happened to me and SWMBO once. After we'd had our salads we wanted a cuppa, so I said to the waiter "Ate two, brew tea." Edited March 1, 2023 by CameronL Typo 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Obi-Jiff Kenobi said: Maybe I have odd musical tastes, but I really like William Shatner’s version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Much more interesting than the Beatles’ own dirge. Here you are. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) To be fair, Shatner (eventually) learned not to take himself too seriously. Edited March 1, 2023 by pH 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 56 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Here you are. You utter, utter ROTTER!!! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I bought a toilet brush the other day. But I went back to toilet paper, it's less messy and I don't scream as much..... 1 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jbqfc Posted March 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) The Old Lady Who Makes Bets A little old lady went into the headquarters of the National Bank of Australia one day, carrying a large bag of money. She insisted that she must speak with the chairman of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!" The receptionist objected, stating, "You can't just walk in here and expect to see the Chairman of the National Bank . He's a very busy man." "But I am here to make a very large cash deposit," added the old woman. The receptionist momentarily looked at the sack of money, then walked back to one of the rear offices. She came back and said, "You're in luck this morning, he will see you," and ushered her in to see the Chairman. When she walked in to a large office with a nicely tailored man behind a great red cedar desk. The bank chairman stood up and asked, "How can I help you?" She replied, "I would like to open a savings account," and placed the bag of money on his desk. "How much would you like to deposit?" he asked curiously. "$180,000, if you please," and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk. The Chairman was surprised to see all this cash, so he asked her, " I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around, especially a woman at your stage in life. Where did you come by this kind of money?" The old lady coyly replied, "I make bets." Surprised, the president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?" The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square." "What?!" cried the man, "you want to bet me $25,000 that my balls, my testicles, are square?" He could hardly hold back from laughing. "Yes, you heard me. In fact, by ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls will be square." The man smiled broadly, thinking he had a live one. "You've got yourself a bet!" and shook her hand. The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as a witness?" "Sure!" replied the confident Chairman .That night, the Chairman got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet. The next morning, at precisely 10:00 a.m., the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the Chairman's office. She introduced the lawyer to the Chairman and repeated the bet: "$25,000 says the Chairman 's balls are square!" The Chairman agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The Chairman complied. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if she could feel them. "Well, Okay," said the Chairman, obviously embarrassed. Thinking to himself, "$25,000 is a lot of money, I guess it's okay." He then said, "Yes, $25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure." As the old woman started to feel the banker's testicles, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against the wall. The Chairman asked the old lady, "What the hell's the matter with your lawyer?" The old lady replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that at 10:00 a.m. today, I'd have the balls of the Chairman of the National Bank of Australia in my hands. Edited March 2, 2023 by jbqfc spelling 1 2 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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