One does not simply walk into Mordor

[Mark Mandel]

oops, I should've added: ;-)

It was late…

-- Mark

On 7/14/13, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Hahaha.
>
> I read the series yet again this year, followed by the Silmarillion, but
> with the movies, it's harder to sit down and read the whole thing!
>
> On Jul 13, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> One of the most memorable lines in the Lord of the Rings…
>>
>> Please: in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy. I really don't think
>> that it's that prominent in _readers'_ minds.
>>
>> Mark Mandel, early member of Tolkien Society of America
>>
>> On 7/11/13, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> One of the most memorable lines in the Lord of the Rings, this was said
>>> =
>>> by Sean Bean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dr21CMDyPuGo).
>>>
>>> This has taken off as a meme as can be seen at =
>>> http://unsanityfiles.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/one-does-not-simply-walk-int=
>>> o-mordor/. It's also a snowclone, using the first half as in "One does =
>>> not simply make a few piece of bacon."
>>>
>>> I'm probably behind the ball, but you can even toss your own phrases =
>>> onto Sean Bean at http://www.quickmeme.com/One-Does-Not-Simply/, along =
>>> with lots of other images and phrases.=20
>>>
>>> Google Maps has evidently also gotten into the act, using that phrase if
>>> =
>>> you try to get directions from the Shire to Mordor =
>>> (http://www.inquisitr.com/170524/google-maps-warns-one-does-not-simply-wal=
>>> k-into-mordor/), though when I try it, I get directions to Mordor =
>>> Tattoo.=20
>>>
>>> See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_Walk_Into_Mordor.
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