Trav Le Bleu

We can probably help them with that. And to @spacemunky, one of my favourite posters...

I remember someone persuading me that FF Advent Children was the best film ever, so I bought it on DVD, cos it was never going to be on TV or in the video hire shop was it. Big mistake.

Was it someone off of the Superbowl that did this?

Anyway, back on the subject of Middle Earth...

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!

For years I played MEPBM, a strategic middle-earth wargame with RPG elements (imagine an online rts game, but where there was two weeks between moves being moderated). There were 10 "free people" nations, 10 "dark servant" nations (Nazgul + the Mouth of Sauron) and 5 neutral nations who needed to recruited to either the good or bad sides (Rhudaur, Dunlendings, Easterlings, Haradhrim and Corsairs of Umbar.) Games often went 50+ turns with either the forces of light or dark (neutrals couldn't win without declaring for one side To this day, I think I'm the only person to have won as the Northmen (the people who lived in and around Lake-town and Dale).

I'd hazard a geeky guess that there's not many people on this forum who know more about Middle Earth than me. I can even put names to each of the Nazgul, sadly Elen sila lúmenn' omentielvo.

Think of it like reading a history book, or fable. Worth it for the two big story arcs of Turin Turambar (The Black Sword) and the story of Beren Half-hand (who if you've read LotR, Sam talks about quite a bit (but is never mentioned in the films, it think - their loss)) and Luthien Tinuviel. I think when you read the Silmarillion you have to go and re-read LotR.

Was about to say this.

You mean, like building a Thunderdome?

"You're not having your ball back untill you say sorry, so ner!"

Everybody talk about .... Pop music!

Legend.

HE SAID THE "I" WORD!

Nah, don't worry. They'll all be dead.

Peter Mandelson in public.

The muppet in an electric car who parked next to a fuel pump in a petrol station to use their shop. Not only that, he parked so wide of the pump that cars who had finished fueling behind him couldn't get past. Takes a special level of selfishness or ignorance, maybe both.

I saw the sun today. Felt like the first time in weeks!

Everything is going to hell in Wigston, Mr Smith.

Much less racist than Obama

Surely the winner has to be Donald Trump?

I've always found it incredulous that there are Black and Hispanic people who support Baby Boss.

Are you saying he's two-faced?

I am. In my padded cell.

Let's face it, someone needs to watch you