Here's the new one:
So when it comes to cold weather, warm your dad!
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Wow, that one got shortened a lot!
Here's the new one:
Here's the new one:
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Set fire to your Dad
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Would it possibly involve Denethor?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Is it a Hobbit speaking?
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Is it between Aragorn, Legolas & Gimli.
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Aragorn:
"Well, father, what can we do for you? Come and be warm, if you are cold!"
"Well, father, what can we do for you? Come and be warm, if you are cold!"
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This has changed extensively. The meaning is not even close to that of the original:
"Lord King, they are going to learn that told women not riding to the end."
"Lord King, they are going to learn that told women not riding to the end."
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No.
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To Éomer?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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No...
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Is the word "King" in the original? If so, does it refer to Théoden?
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Yes and yes.
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Is the word "women" in the original? Or some variation thereof?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Yes, a variation.
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