Erroneous Congressman's Letter or Erroneous Interpretation?

[Arthur Rubin]

Sorry, wrong reference. Volcanoes seem to be generally associated with virgins, though...

[grixit]

You are all wrong:

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

But you need to be near an active volcano vent when you recite it.

I thought that required some mythical beings, such as a virgin.

Sam and Frodo were close-- but not that close. They were both still virgins at least until they got back to the Shire.

[The Observer]

You are all wrong:

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

But you need to be near an active volcano vent when you recite it.

I thought that required some mythical beings, such as a virgin.

Sam and Frodo were close-- but not that close. They were both still virgins at least until they got back to the Shire.

Which is why Frodo failed at becoming the ultimate sovrun citizen of Middle Earth and had to relocate to the West. Of course, sovrun schemes that fail usually drag other sovrun schemers under the bus as well; Sauron was no exception.

[Gregg]

I'm levying a fine on each or you for Q$50,000 for middle earth references in a US forum, knock it off, only Douglas Adams is allowed in any country.

Pay Webhick on the way out.

[grixit]

Done. Fortunately i have a pair of Peril Sensitive Sunglasses for when i have to write a check that big.

[Randall]

We no longer take checks.
We only accept money that has been lawfully redeemed.

[Judge Roy Bean]

We no longer take checks.
We only accept money that has been lawfully redeemed.

Ohh contrarrrrreeee - I've taken tequila, laying chickens, bags of coffee, a wagon-load of barbed wire and a decent riding saddle as restitution for criminal acts.

[grixit]

Then one day they found a dead man
Who in life had been a red man
So it's doubtless he'd been anything but bad...

It's been over 40 years since i read that, so i don't remember all the lyrics. But the verse goes on to explain that the dead man had been well to do, on account of his horse and possessions, which included a fancy pistol. But he was found in an area where guns were prohibited, so Bean found him guilty of a violation, and fined him his horse and all his nice stuff.