Bored of the Rings!!

Nilore · 12-07-2002, 07:02 AM

I saw this book on a shelf in WHSmith. ( A book, mag, food store etc) It was called Bored of the Rings. I haven't read it but if any one has then please give their views on it.

Nilore

Nibs · 12-07-2002, 02:25 PM

It's a parody. I've heard an excerpt out loud, and it seemed really funny...

Elf.Freak · 12-07-2002, 02:42 PM

I read it, it rocks!

Blackboar · 12-07-2002, 04:55 PM

What is it about exactly?

Lefty Scaevola · 12-07-2002, 05:35 PM

It s a very funny parody, by the Harvard Lampoon, of LoTR.

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 12-07-2002, 06:38 PM

It is hilarious. First time I read it, I was on a flight from Georgia, to Ohio. I burst out laughing. It was one of the funniest Tolkien parodies I ever read. Trust me, if you know Tolkien, it is funny, if not,. it is meaningless.

Nilore · 12-08-2002, 05:43 AM

Well, if you burst out laughing in public then it must be good! Thanks.

Nilore

Do not close this thread, other peoples opinions matter!

Dunadan · 12-08-2002, 08:14 AM

I read it years ago, and it made me laugh out loud. Especially the bit where

the ringwraiths fall about laughing at Stomper's broken sword, allowing the boggits to kick them all in the goolies

oh and the bit where

Galadriel offers sexual favours in exchange for the Ring

I seem to recall that it ended up taking its own story a bit to seriously, though.

ArwenEvenstar · 12-08-2002, 10:07 AM

lololololololololololololololololololololololololo lololololol

Dildo Bugger!

sun-star · 12-08-2002, 12:10 PM

It was funny, but I have to admit there were bits I just didn't get at all! Maybe I'm too young to get some of the references. When was it first published?

Miranda · 12-08-2002, 01:38 PM

Oh its hilarious!!! I leant it to my music teacher after I'd read it and he's never looked at me the same way since. I read it in the common room at school and kept getting really dirty looks when I burst out laughing every five minutes. Its a brilliant read though not as good as the original of course. Mx

Lefty Scaevola · 12-08-2002, 01:41 PM

Why do I get grayed out bars in of Duandan's post (2nd & 4th lines) and in Arwen's post (after the lol...)? Is it some activeX content rejected by my browser security settings?

Shadowfax · 12-08-2002, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Why do I get grayed out bars in of Duandan's post (2nd & 4th lines) and in Arwen's post (after the lol...)? Is it some activeX content rejected by my browser security settings?

Um, not quite. It's a setting you can do in your posts to blank out spoilers for those who don't want to read them. If you do want to read them, just highlight the grey bars and you will see text.

Lefty Scaevola · 12-08-2002, 08:02 PM

Ok, thank you. spoiler code.

F. Orc · 12-09-2002, 05:47 PM

Bored of the Rings may be the single associated piece of literature that i have read outside of the Lord of the Rings besides the hobbit and tolkien's letters. it surprised me that few others would acknowledge it's existance. i think it's always a sign of strength when you can still stand solidly when being criticized. the Lord of the Rings is still read and loved by millions all over the world and it really bothers me that people would shut out different perspectives. i'm glad THIS site appreciates that. =)

FloydFanRae · 12-09-2002, 06:03 PM

I believe that though LOTR is a wonderful masterpiece, it is ok to make fun of it. Everyone needs to have a little comedy in their lives. This book is an hilarious parody of LOTR, though it is not suitable for children, adults will find it quite entertaining. Tolkien himself might have even found it somewhat funny. In LOTR there is so little humor, except for moments of spontaneity where Sam, Merry, and Pippin are concerned. I would suggest that anyone who is an avid reader of Tolkien should read this parody, but remember have an open mind going into it.

claudia silver · 12-09-2002, 08:22 PM

A very, very funny book. You can read excerpts and see if it's for you at:

http://amethyst-angel.com/bored_main.html

Skinny.Demon · 12-09-2002, 09:16 PM

I think its worth a read, if not because its slightly funny but because you can pick up the book for about a fiver now!

Lollypopgurl · 12-09-2002, 10:04 PM

Where did you guys find it????

Skinny.Demon · 12-09-2002, 10:13 PM

I saw it on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...787541-1843826

12-07-2002, 07:02 AM	#1
Nilore Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: I am every where and I am no where, I am everyone and I am no-one! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Posts: 319	Bored of the Rings!! I saw this book on a shelf in WHSmith. ( A book, mag, food store etc) It was called Bored of the Rings. I haven't read it but if any one has then please give their views on it. Nilore __________________ UZG-BURGÛLU-OB GHASHANUM GHASHNUM-OB MOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raise the Phial of Galadriel and let the Star Glass of Lothlorian cast out the Darkness of Shelob's Lair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naur an edraith ammen! Naur dan i ngaurholth! There was a roar and a crackle, and the tree above him burst into a leaf and bloom of blinding flame. The whole hill was crowned with a dazzling light! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bhûl latu dûmp Accept Your DOOM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIE MERE MORTALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh NO I AM A MERE MORTAL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Stop the NUKE Stop the NUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nilore writes last will and testament. Gets on knees And begs God for Mercy. Realizes He's already dead Flies up to heaven ( By the power of Red Bull) and lives happily ever after. THE END ( It's a MINI adventure) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12-07-2002, 02:25 PM	#2
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	It's a parody. I've heard an excerpt out loud, and it seemed really funny... __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

12-07-2002, 02:42 PM	#3
Elf.Freak Orli's lil fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sugar World/Orlando Bloom Cloud Posts: 464	I read it, it rocks! __________________ >>--elven arrow--> ~ Give a man a fish and he'll feed for a day, give me a fish and you'll only get it back! ~ I've gotta new avatar! looks kinda like me...anime style! ~ LOST: Orlando Bloom. If found, please send him straight to Elf.Freak

12-07-2002, 06:38 PM	#6
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	It is hilarious. First time I read it, I was on a flight from Georgia, to Ohio. I burst out laughing. It was one of the funniest Tolkien parodies I ever read. Trust me, if you know Tolkien, it is funny, if not,. it is meaningless. __________________ "Whither go you?" she said. "North away." he said: "to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes." AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

12-08-2002, 05:43 AM	#7
Nilore Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: I am every where and I am no where, I am everyone and I am no-one! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Posts: 319	Well, if you burst out laughing in public then it must be good! Thanks. Nilore Do not close this thread, other peoples opinions matter! __________________ UZG-BURGÛLU-OB GHASHANUM GHASHNUM-OB MOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raise the Phial of Galadriel and let the Star Glass of Lothlorian cast out the Darkness of Shelob's Lair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naur an edraith ammen! Naur dan i ngaurholth! There was a roar and a crackle, and the tree above him burst into a leaf and bloom of blinding flame. The whole hill was crowned with a dazzling light! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bhûl latu dûmp Accept Your DOOM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIE MERE MORTALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh NO I AM A MERE MORTAL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH Stop the NUKE Stop the NUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nilore writes last will and testament. Gets on knees And begs God for Mercy. Realizes He's already dead Flies up to heaven ( By the power of Red Bull) and lives happily ever after. THE END ( It's a MINI adventure) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12-07-2002, 04:55 PM	#4
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	What is it about exactly?

12-07-2002, 05:35 PM	#5
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	It s a very funny parody, by the Harvard Lampoon, of LoTR.

12-08-2002, 12:10 PM	#10
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	It was funny, but I have to admit there were bits I just didn't get at all! Maybe I'm too young to get some of the references. When was it first published? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

12-08-2002, 01:38 PM	#11
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	Oh its hilarious!!! I leant it to my music teacher after I'd read it and he's never looked at me the same way since. I read it in the common room at school and kept getting really dirty looks when I burst out laughing every five minutes. Its a brilliant read though not as good as the original of course. Mx __________________ There's only us, there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

12-08-2002, 01:41 PM	#12
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	Why do I get grayed out bars in of Duandan's post (2nd & 4th lines) and in Arwen's post (after the lol...)? Is it some activeX content rejected by my browser security settings? __________________ Gaius Mucius Scaevola Older, richer, and wiser than you "Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor, but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Iluvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, ... And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me,"

12-08-2002, 08:02 PM	#14
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	Ok, thank you. spoiler code.

12-09-2002, 05:47 PM	#15
F. Orc Sapling Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2	Bored of the Rings may be the single associated piece of literature that i have read outside of the Lord of the Rings besides the hobbit and tolkien's letters. it surprised me that few others would acknowledge it's existance. i think it's always a sign of strength when you can still stand solidly when being criticized. the Lord of the Rings is still read and loved by millions all over the world and it really bothers me that people would shut out different perspectives. i'm glad THIS site appreciates that. =)

12-09-2002, 06:03 PM	#16
FloydFanRae Sapling Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2	Tolkien parodies I believe that though LOTR is a wonderful masterpiece, it is ok to make fun of it. Everyone needs to have a little comedy in their lives. This book is an hilarious parody of LOTR, though it is not suitable for children, adults will find it quite entertaining. Tolkien himself might have even found it somewhat funny. In LOTR there is so little humor, except for moments of spontaneity where Sam, Merry, and Pippin are concerned. I would suggest that anyone who is an avid reader of Tolkien should read this parody, but remember have an open mind going into it.

12-09-2002, 08:22 PM	#17
claudia silver Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North West England Posts: 58	A very, very funny book. You can read excerpts and see if it's for you at: http://amethyst-angel.com/bored_main.html __________________ "The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears." Boromir

12-09-2002, 09:16 PM	#18
Skinny.Demon Sapling Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: UK Posts: 10	I think its worth a read, if not because its slightly funny but because you can pick up the book for about a fiver now! __________________ The Ring Bearer Forums

12-09-2002, 10:04 PM	#19
Lollypopgurl Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 222	Where did you guys find it???? __________________ a violinist...

12-09-2002, 10:13 PM	#20
Skinny.Demon Sapling Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: UK Posts: 10	I saw it on Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...787541-1843826 __________________ The Ring Bearer Forums

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