Funniest part?

[bmilder]

What do you think was the funniest part in LotR?

I always got a kick out of the scene when Sam called Gollum a sneak and then he reported it to Frodo.

I haven't read it in over a year but I seem to recall that Gollum was the primary, and maybe only source of humor in the whole book.

[webwizard333]

I'm sure there's humur somewhere......

[EZ Board Nomad]

I like how Sam was always worried about rope; and also when Merry and Pippin were prisoners of the white hand orcs, when they first regained conciousness, their initial little back and forth banter was quite entertaining considering the circumstances. :)

[easterlinge]

The Orcish talk can be funny too.... I liked the way one Orc called another "you dung"....

[ladyisme]

I thought that the part in Rivendell after the council of Elrond when the hobbits are discussing Sam and whether Merry and Pippin should follow Frodo on his quest in be most entertaining.

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began."

[webwizard333]

Hmmmm, how about the part when the dwarves fight over which is the most beautiful elf. :lol:

[brownjenkins]

By far my favorite was the houses of healing scenes with the old lady imparting her wisdom on Aragorn, then the herblore master spouting off about the history of kingsfoil and driving Gandalf and Aragorn crazy... dry humor, but a good break from the heavy moment.

[Shanamir Duntak]

I always find Gimli and Legolas discussions to be quite funny, KillCount, etc. In fact, Gimli is quite funny!

[Elenna]

I was constantly amused by the Merry/Pippin to Gandalf questioning sessions. Some of the answers that Gandalf gave to Pippin were hysterical, regretably I do not have my books on hadn right now or I would quote.

Elenna ~ Lady of the Stars

[X Rogue]

"Wherever I have been, I am back." That's my favorite Gandalf to Merry line. :lol:

[Theodred21]

Gandalf always calling Pippin a Fool of a Took :lol:
I also thought when Sam called Gollum a sneak was funny!

[mythicoria]

I get a kick out of the parting gifts and accompanying notes Bilbo gives to his relatives.

[PsychoticBronzeDragon]

hmm...when at the battle gimli and legolas are bragging about who killed more people. and one of my fave quotes is:

"Bang your head on the door, Peregrin Took, and if that does not crack it, i shall have some time to think without foolish questions!"

it was something like that...

[easterlinge]

Sam's pretty funny too... I like the way he talks about sophisticated topics like elves, kings, history, etc. in his very homey accent, like comparing Galadriel to "a daffadowndilly".

And when he got soooo excited about seeing Elves, like a boy not even in his tweens ;)

[Fat middle]

Merry and Pippin filling their stomachs at the gates of Isengard and their conversation with Gandalf and Theoden. :lol:

[Finmandos12]

when Frodo put the ring on in the inn in Bree and everyone was scared

[Shanamir Duntak]

My girlfriend telling me that she doesn't trust that Strider at all... :lol:

I just lend her my book, so she started to read it. Really addictives... she read 250 pages in two evenings (I've done more in the past, but she's not a great reader usually!)

[Erewe]

Here's my favorite funny scene, between Gimli and Éomer:

'Gimli Glóin's son, have you your axe ready?'
'Nay, lord,' said Gimli, 'but I can speedily fetch it, if there be need.'
'You shall judge,' said Éomer. 'Fore there are certain rash words concerning the Lady of the Golden Wood that lie still between us. And now I have seen her with my eyes.'
'Well, lord,' said Gimli, 'and what say you now?'
'Alas!' said Éomer. 'I will not say that she is the fairest lady that lives.'
'Then I mus go for my axe,' said Gimli........


That scene always makes me laugh. :)

[adanedhel]

I found it funny when Strider admonishes the Hobbits for being afraid of the stone trolls:

"....In any case you might have noticed that one of them has an old bird's nest behind his ear. That would be a most unusual ornament for a live troll!"

[Ñólendil]

Only source of humour in the whole book bmilder? Read it again!

The Lord of the Rings is not a 'funny book', but it has humour, and certainly a good deal more than is seen exclusively in Gollum.

For myself, I don't think I could pick one part.

For long I've thought the contest between Legolas and Gimli was rather flawed, whatever they were killing. As they are killing Orcs it hasn't struck me as a horrifying element, but I never found it very funny. The whole 'joy in battle for battle' I think is a rather dangerous motive.

[Erewe]

And of course , who can forget when Sam made his farewells to the beer barrel?

Can't say that I've ever found Gollum funny, though. Tragic, yes, but funny? Not to me.

--Erewë

[hiku747]

Shanamir Duntak: i totally agree about legolas *sigh* and gimli keep a count of who kills the most orcs, i mean its not outright funny, but it is still amusing and gave me a good chuckle. i also love it when gandalfs' all disgruntled and yells at pippin in the mines of moria, "fool of a took! throw yourself in next time!" :)

[Shanamir Duntak]

That's something we're sure to hear in the movie!

Many Tolkien fan's fav quote!

[Varda]

What about when Merry is hidden in Dernhelm's (Eowyn's) bag and one of the soldiers sees him and addresses him as "Mr. Bag" or something like that. And what about "Well, I'm back."?

[Ñólendil]

He rides on the horse with her. I think the 'pack yourself up, Master Bag' quote is from a scene when the Rohirrim are in Drúadan Forest, one of the captains says that after tripping over him and cursing the tree roots. Merry informs him he's not a root and makes some referrence to feeling like extra baggage. Elfhelm, possibly.

[thephantomcat]

The Two Towers
Book Four - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

(Sam)
'I'll bet there's all sorts of good things running wild in this country. I'd give alot for a half a dozen taters.'

'Smeagol won't go, O no precious, not this time,' hissed Gollum. 'He's frightened, and he's tired, and this hobbit's not nice, not nice at all. Smeagol won't hunt for roots and carrotses and---taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?"

'Pa---ta---toes,' said Sam.



That gets me every time.

[arwen]

Hi
I am new to this site and I liked this discussion most... I think there is lots of humour in the Lord of the Rings!! :)

and I like the scene where Gandalf gets mad with Pippin in Moria best!!

[Wiggy_The_Young_Took]

Not Any funny qoutations here, just intrigued to as why Varda found "Well, I`m back" funny? Ive heard thea famous line discussed a lot but not in a humourous way. Anybody care to enlighten me?

[ringbearer]

Read this after I wrote my thread entitled J.R.R.'s little joke. See this thread for answer.

[Varda]

I found "Well, I'm back!" funny not in the all out makes-me-want-to-crack-up sort of way, but just kind of a funny sort of ending... like at the end of the whole story he is sort of exhaling and returning to normal life... it was just very in character for Sam to say, and it seemed funny to me...

[Sister Golden Hair]

Although this was not so funny to Legolas, I found the part where they wanted to blindfold Gimli when they were going through Lorien to be pretty funny, especially after Aragorn's solution was made to blindfold the entire company. I think Legolas showed just how young of an Elf he was when he had his temper tantrum over that. Gimli's reaction to the solution was very amuzing to me.

[galadriel]

I've always been fond of the part where Sam throws an apple at Bill Ferny, hits him squar on the nose, then grumbles, "Waste of a good apple." Very cool move.

All the Gollum scenes are fun too, his way of talking makes the littlest things seen funny: "Yess, yess, nice water....But's what that they've got, previous? Is it crunchable? Is it tasty?"

One of the best, of course, is Bilbo's speech at the Party: "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." and then, "this is the END. I am going. I am leaving NOW. GOOD-BYE!" And he vanishes with a poof, leaving 144 disgrunted guests agreeing that "the joke was in very bad taste".

[samwise of the shire]

Bilbos points to his reletives on the gifts I find quite amusing,Sams goodbye to the barrel, the bath song and the fact that Frodo owns up to stealing mushrooms,and Frodos "graceful":roll eyes: dance in Bree is way too much for me I giggle every time I think about it, Pippins cheek to Gandalf is so Hobbitish.
And Sams arguments with Gollum over herbs and sneaking around is something I love about Sam and the blow up of Mt Gimli at Isengard is just too funny and then the Scouring of the Shire is even under the circumstances is by far the funniest parts in LOTR but has anyone noticed the fact that everytime there is a serious situation Tolkien makes you smile inspite of yourself? So I'd say that everytime there's something serious it's witty because of the idosyncrosees Tolkien adds to that certain part.
Sam.
Ps.I like the one part where the wind blows the clouds away from Mt Doom andSam says"See it's not all going his way Gorbag said the war was going fine but Shagrat he was'nt so sure"
I find that to be so cool even under the circumstance Sam and Frodo are in because you know EXACTLY what is happening and so you relise that on the Pellenor even though it seems bad at the moment you know at that part in Mordor there's a slight chance of hope for the two hobbits there.If you follow me?