Top 10 Comeback Lines from LotR

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="005dba33.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wanderin Star"><U>Wanderin' Star</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fellowship Has the Ball"><U>The Fellowship Has the Ball</U></A></div> <div> <B>Top 10 Comeback Lines from LotR</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1e09b670.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="103" ALT="Mountain landscape painting" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> (Picture available copyright free from The Ultimate Image Archive)</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="005dba33.gif"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U><IMG SRC="006ef530.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div>  |    <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/"><U>home</U></A> |  back to  <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Lighter Side"><U><B>The Lighter Side</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div>     </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Top Ten Comeback Lines from </B><I><B>LotR</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The challenge has been answered!  A good (well, by "Man's" standards, anyway) comeback line has been found in which neither speaker is a hobbit!  Here it is:  </B></div> <div> <B>No longer do I desire to be a queen.</B></div> <div> <B>--That is well, for I am not a king.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Should this replace one of the original top ten listed below?  Use the feedback button at the bottom of the page to send your opinion.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>10. Maybe Mr. Baggins has an honest reason for leaving his name behind; but if so, I should advise him and his friends to be more careful.</B></div> <div> <B>--Mr. Strider may have an honest reason for spying and eavesdropping; but if so, I should advise him to explain it. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>9. But this one was walking, I tell you; and there ain't no elm tree on the North Moors.</B></div> <div> <B>--Then Hal can't have seen one.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>8. And was it Saruman that ordered you to guard his damaged doors, and watch for the arrival of guests, when your attention could be spared from plate and bottle?</B></div> <div> <B>--No, good sir, the matter escaped him. He has been much occupied.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>7. I cannot sleep on a perch!</B></div> <div> <B>--Then dig a hole in the ground, if that is more after the fashion of your kind. But you must dig swift and deep, if you wish to hide from Orcs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>6. But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.</B></div> <div> <B>--And it is also said: Go  not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>5. Baggins has left... If he passes, will you tell me? I will come back with gold.</B></div> <div> <B>--No, you won't. You'll go back where you belong, double quick. I give you one minute before I call all my dogs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>4. You're breaking arrest, that's what you're doing, and I can't be answerable.</B></div> <div> <B>--We shall break a good many things yet, and not ask you to answer.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3. [Following Lobelia's "You're no Baggins... you're a Brandybuck."] Did you hear that, Merry? That was an insult, if you like.</B></div> <div> <B>--It was a compliment, and so, of course, not true.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!</B></div> <div> <B>--Good heavens! At breakfast?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Very well, Mr. Baggins. But don't forget I've arrested you.</B></div> <div> <B>--I won't. Never. But I may forgive you.  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> _____________________________</div> <div> <B>Do you have any additions?  If so, please </B><A HREF="mailto:tgshaw@earthlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:tgshaw@earthlink.net"><U><B>email me</B></U></A><B>.  Let me know if/how you want to be identified if your suggestion is used. A suggestion must be a direct quote from </B><I><B>LotR </B></I><B>(the book).</B></div> <div> <B>Also, let me know if you think the "new" all-human entry at the top of the page should take the place of any of the original top ten.  Do Hobbits still rule, or is the Age of Man dawning?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>An extra challenge: can anyone find another good comeback in </B><I><B>LotR </B></I><B>in which neither of the speakers is a hobbit? 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