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A Joke by Tolkien

PostPosted: September 21st, 2005, 2:29 am
by A#minor
I believe Tolkien wrote the following joke during his college days:

"A young man wished to purchase a birthday gift for a lady friend. After much meditation and consideration he decided upon a pair of gloves as being appropriate. As his sister had some shopping to do, he accompanied her to a ladies wearing apparel shop.
While he was selecting the gloves, his sister made a purchase of a pair of drawers for herself. In delivering the parcels that afternoon, by mistake the drawers were left at his sweetheart's door with a note as follows:

Dear Velma: This little token is to remind you that I haven't forgotten your birthday. I didn't choose it because I thought that you needed them, or because you haven't been in the habit of wearing them, or because we go out evenings. Had it not been for my sister I would have gotten long ones, but she says they are wearing the short ones - with one button.

They are a very delicate color, I know, but the lady clerk showed me a pair she had worn for three weeks, and they were scarcely soiled at all. How I wish I might put them on you for the first time! No doubt many other gentleman's hands will touch them before I get a chance to see you again, but I hope you will think of me every time you put them on.

I had the lady clerk try them on and they looked very neat on her. I did not know the exact size, but I should be capable of judging nearer than anyone else. When you put them on for the first time put a little powder in them and they will slip on easier. When you remove them, blow in the them before laying them away, as they will naturally be a little damp from wearing.
Hoping that you will accept them in the same spirit in which they are given and that you will wear them to the dance Friday night,
I remain,
Lovingly yours,
John
P.S. Note the number of times I will kiss the back of them in the coming year! John"

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 3:50 am
by Leslie

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 2:07 pm
by A#minor

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 2:22 pm
by Stanley Anderson

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 2:26 pm
by A#minor
Now I can't stop laughing! That is so disgusting. :rolleyes: But it's funny. :D

Here's another funny by Tolkien that I've found.

Tolkien and E.V.Gordon worked together to compile a Middle English edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to be published for their university students. " It was a major contribution to the study of medieval literature - though Tolkien himself would often in later years entertain his audience at lectures by making disparaging references to some point of interpretation in the edition, as if he himself had nothing to do with it:
'Tolkien and Gordon were quite wrong, quite wrong when they said that! Can't imagine what they were thinking of!' he would say."
- J.R.R.Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 2:43 pm
by A#minor

PostPosted: September 22nd, 2005, 3:56 pm
by magpie

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 3:05 am
by Leslie

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 9:38 am
by Warrior 4 Jesus

Funny!

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 11:07 am
by pedestrian73

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 12:46 pm
by Stanley Anderson

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 12:54 pm
by Ian

Re: Funny!

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 2:52 pm
by A#minor

Re: Funny!

PostPosted: September 23rd, 2005, 4:19 pm
by pedestrian73

re: A Joke by Tolkien

PostPosted: October 4th, 2005, 3:15 am
by A#minor
Here's some funny LOTR humor that I found. It's not by Tolkien or anything, but since it is humorous I thought this would be the best place to post it.