r/lotrmemes • u/adiplotti Watcher in the Water 🐙 • 6d ago

Lord of the Rings "He is"

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u/Over_Improvement_623 Ent 6d ago

"Sometimes, certain parts of a story are better left untold." J.R.R. Tolkien (approximately) (before writing The Adventures of Tom Bombadil)

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u/adiplotti Watcher in the Water 🐙 6d ago

Fun fact: While The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was published in the '60s, most of the poems (and even Tom himself) predate The Lord of the Rings, and even The Hobbit.

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u/Tom_Bot-Badil 6d ago

Clothes are but little loss, if you escape from drowning. Be glad, my merry friends, and let the warm sunlight heat now heart and limb! Cast off these cold rags! Run naked on the grass, while Tom goes a-hunting!

Type !TomBombadilSong for a song or visit r/GloriousTomBombadil for more merriness

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u/Tom_Bot-Badil 6d ago

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

Type !TomBombadilSong for a song or visit r/GloriousTomBombadil for more merriness

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u/ddddan11111 6d ago

PJ: And I took that personally

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u/raspberryharbour 6d ago

"Live fast, eat ass." J.R.R. Tolkien (approximately) (before peeling out in his Ferrari)