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In response to "I *should* know the answer to this after sitting through all 27 hrs of LOTR, but - the ring - "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, " by kelly

Well, not everyone...

Posted by nubby Jun 2 '10, 13:41

It basically wanted to get back to Sauron and would do anything it could to make that happen.

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Here's why I'm asking. -- (link) - kelly Jun 2, 13:46 9
- It's a fascinating weird mix of taking the movie way too seriously and still not getting the point of it. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:50
- marriage is kind of like selling your eternal soul to Sauron -- nm - wheezy Jun 2, 13:48
- Binds the woman to you. Guys'll love it. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 2, 13:48
- you're not wrong, but some people are nuts. -- nm - TFox Jun 2, 13:47
- You're correct. But dorks are dorks. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:47 4
  - Yeah, the ring being the reason the story even exists, they don't necessariliy see it as a bad thing -- nm - Guigue Jun 2, 13:49
  - And for a different kind of dork, they have palladium rings, which can presumably be used in a rudimentary ARK reactor -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:48 1
    - Mine is a tungsten-carbide ring with a blue carbon fiber inlay. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:49
  - (A more weddingy inscription would be "There And Back Again") -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:47
well, Sauron did get his fingers chopped off while he was wearing it. That wasn't good - Roger More Jun 2, 13:42 3
- but Bilbo lived a hellaciously long time, Frodo got to see the world which he wouldn't have otherwise... -- nm - crash davis Jun 2, 13:43 2
  - This is true, people often don't promote the travel benefits associated with soul corruption. (nm) - musubi Jun 2, 13:48
  - Yeah, he got to see a lot of swamps, lava pits and gravelly mountains -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 13:44
exactly. - Beryllium Jun 2, 13:42

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