100 or More Things You Learned from LOTR

179. Contrary to all your teachers told you, if you are with Gandalf, then yes, there are stupid questions. Such as "What is that Balrog?" while standing on the bridge of Khazad-dûm.
180. Stealing mushrooms can be bad for your health, even if you don't ingest them.
181. Don't spy on Gandalf. It never works.
 
182, learn to have a healthy appreciation of food because their are times of plenty, and also times when you notice that your pants and your belt don't quite hug your waist as comfortable as before.
 
183. Don't throw rocks into the pool outside of Moria.
184. Leran all the way of Hobbits you can, they'll still prove you wrong in the end ;)
 
189. Good things come in small packages with hairy feet.
190. Not all that is gold glitters, but some things that glitter are dangerous artifacts and should be chucked in the nearest volcano as soon as you get a chance.
191. Don't stop and ask the nice man in a long black hood for directions. He'll probably just stab you.
 
To breaking a thing to find out what it is made is to leave the path of wisdom.

(It's worth noting that this is the entire basis for our scientific, technological society.)
 
195. Don't miss the last ferry at Buckleberry.

196. Short cuts make long delays, but inns make longer ones.

197. If you encouter trolls, keep them bickering until dawn.

198. Don't speak black speech in Rivendell, elves don't appreciate it!

199. Don't drop stones or skeletons down wells, especially in Moria.

200. Never underestimate ents!
 
Newbie here, and absolutely had to jump in!

201. Cooking pans are advantageous weapons should you stumble upon an orc or two in a mine.

202. Maybe you can't carry your friend's burden...but you can carry him.

203. "Mordor" bears a striking similarity to "murder." That's why Gimli quipped, "Small chance of survival."
 
We customarily think of medieval Scandinavian people as Vikings travelling by ship. The Rohirrim, with a society of a definitely Scandinavian flavor, introduced me to the _possibility_ of Nordic people riding horses, which in the real world they did.
 
205 - Don't have a Hobbit themed birthday party... unless you have money to buy gifts for all your guests!
 
206: If you really must toss a dwarf don't tell the elf.

207: Hobbits have no songs for great halls and evil times.

208: Elvin rope burns and freezes Gollum.
 
209, Old Toby is the finest in the North Farthing
210, 111 birthdays should be celebrated with enthusiasm... because your host might unexpectedness... disappear
 
211. If you're a simple gardner with a love of growing things, you could return from long journeys with some pretty amazing magic dirt.

212. If you're a simple gardner, your simple family and friend loyalties might give you more courage than trained soldiers have. ("And that's for my old gaffer!!")

213. If you're a simple gardner, you might still change the world.
 
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