Stephen wrote:
>  
> It was National Lampoon's Bored of the Rings that ruined LotR for me.
> 

Oh, I LOVED Bored of the Rings!


* Either Arglebargle IV or somebody else.


...or words to that effect.  The only thing better than footnotes is 
footnote parody.

But I guess it's just a matter of taste.  Satire always improves the 
flavor for me, but I'm kind of a pie-throwing anarchist.  (Rather like a 
bomb-throwing anarchist, but less bloodthirsty.)

Silly recollection:  I recall, back in the mid-Jurassic, this girl said 
(to a rather geeky group), "Oh, I read Bored of the Rings and it was 
just, like, boring."

I said, "...You've read Lord of the Rings, right?"

She said, "Nooooo......."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never underestimate the power of human idiocy.

--Sherry Shaw


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