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Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor
Jun 2 2015, 8:42pm
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Middle Earth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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While sorting out paperwork I came across something I did at least ten years ago. There are so many new people on here now that I thought it might be worth another airing. You know all those worthy phrases, proverbs etc with which we have grown up? I gave some of them a Middle Earth slant. See if you can add to them!
Don't put all your Orcs in one Barad-Dur.
Sneak and ye shall find.
Hard warg never did anyone any harm. (Not sure about that one!)
Don't count your Uruk-Hai before they're hatched.
An Elfwitch in time slays Nine.
Strike while the Arwen is hot.
It is better to light a Gandalf than to curse the darkness.
Some Eowyn, some you lose...
Over to you!
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 3 2015, 2:58am
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A Bard in the hand is worth two in the Ivy Bush //
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 3 2015, 3:38am
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It ain't started 'til the Golden Lady does a prologue.
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Man does not live on cram alone.
You can choose your Fellowship, but you can't exclude the Sackville-Bagginses from your birthday party.
Speak softly and carry the Phial of the Light of Eärendil.
To err is human, to forgive Elvish.
You can take the hobbit out of the Shire but you can't take the Shire out of the hobbit.
If you can't stand the heat, get out of Sammath Naur.
You can't take a talking purse from a troll's rear.
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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BlackFox
Half-elven
Jun 3 2015, 8:01am
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An apple a day keeps Bill Ferny away. //
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DanielLB
Immortal
Jun 3 2015, 8:19am
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Kill two Orcs with one stone.
Straight from Shadowfax's mouth.
It's all Khuzdul to me.
There's an Oliphaunt in the room.
Keep your eyes wreathed in fire.
Not in my hobbit hole.
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 3 2015, 12:50pm
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Beware of dark lords bearing gifts.
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Don't look a gift mearh in the mouth.
Early to bed and early to rise, a hobbit will still
dismissively "good morning" a certain pushy member of the Wise.
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 3 2015, 12:58pm
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The Parth is always greener on the other side
Two wrongs don’t make a Wight
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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor
Jun 3 2015, 3:19pm
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It's all fun and games until someone loses an Eye. //
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I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 3 2015, 5:05pm
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 3 2015, 6:36pm
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People who live in glass holes shouldn’t wear shoes
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The squeaky Smeagol gets the Ring
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oliphaunt
Lorien
Jun 3 2015, 7:36pm
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A good Huorn brings forth good fruit - Treebeard
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There's more than one way to skin a warg - Beorn
A good Huorn brings forth good fruit - Treebeard
Half a lembas is better than none - Sam
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 3 2015, 7:48pm
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The road to Sammath Naur is paved with dead orc guts
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Never put off till Afterlithe what you can do Overlithe
Don't judge a Hobbit until you have walked a mile in his furry feet 
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 4 2015, 12:24am
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Slow and steady wins the Ent Moot.
Once morgul-knifed, twice shy.
It's hard to soar with the Eagles when they refuse to act as a taxi service, and when Mordor air space is kinda dangerous for simply flying in. And because, eucatastrophe.
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Jun 4 2015, 3:29am
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You can lead a Hobbit out of the Shire...
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...but you can't make him think.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor
Jun 4 2015, 9:00pm
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There are some great ones here, folks -
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keep them coming!
There's many a slip 'twixt the Shire and the ship.
Neither a Boromir not Elendil be.
Before criticising anyone, walk a Smial in their shoes.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 4 2015, 9:21pm
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Give Gollum a fish and he eats for a day
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Teach Gollum to fish and he eats a lot of fish.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Jun 4 2015, 10:23pm
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If you want to live and thrive...
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... don't let Shelob run alive!
A switch (of plans) in time saves Nine.
Let sleeping dragons lie.
A Took and his pipeweed are soon parted.
(BTW - I'm looking out of the window on a fire moon - have I slipped into Middle Earth?)
Faint heart never won - well, anything, really
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 5 2015, 2:28am
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"Dol Guldur is falling down, falling down, falling down! Dol Guldur is falling down!” --High Elf Lady.
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Rings around nine fingers, fading pale they linger. Nazgűl, Nazgűl, they all fall down.
Sam and Frodo went up the road-oh to melt a Ring of Power. Gollum fell in and crisped his skin, and next came tumbling the Tower.
When in Rivendell, do as the Rivendell Elves do, unless you’re a bunch of rowdy, meat-and-potatoes-eating Dwarves, in which case, sigh, never mind.
The Secret Fire of Anor equals the Music of the Ainur times the swiftness of the Valar squared.
Nothing beats a great pair of Legolas’ knives.
Hell hath no fury like a woman smiting the Witch-king.
The grass is far greener on the other side of the Sea.
Red Balrog gives you vague, shadowy wings that might not work.
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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oliphaunt
Lorien
Jun 5 2015, 1:52pm
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Nine little Nazgul by the riverbed, one fell in and now he's dead.
Sauron called the doctor and the doctor said:
No more Nazgul by the riverbed!
Eight little Nagul by the riverbed, one fell in and now he's dead...
Like an oliphaunt in a china shop.
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dernwyn
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Jun 5 2015, 4:13pm
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman smiting the Witch-king."
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Perfect! 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Ruxendil_Thoorg
Tol Eressea
Jun 5 2015, 5:38pm
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Eru Ilúvatar lived in a timeless state,
Then he created the Ainur to sing his magnum opus. Wait….
The one who had most power,
Melkor, sang his section sour,
Ilúvatar got rather dour,
He sang Eä! (he let the Ainur in).
Melkor, in jealousy, he sought to mar the symphony
That all started with the first word. (BANG!)
https://youtu.be/lhTSfOZUNLo
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jun 5 2015, 6:32pm
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It's not over 'till Fatty Bolger‘s mother sings
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And I don’t have anymore so I thought the definition of a furlong is in order:
One furlong equals nearly forty-seven foot-pounds or fifteen kilowatt hours, two cubits less than an erg.
Thus, in 7 joules or slightly more than ten hours the Army of the West traveled well over a dollar twenty-five cents.
*ducks quickly back in smial* 
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