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That's the baleful influence of modern marketing (the spirit of Saruman certainly lives).
One quintessential German Christmas bakery product is also a specialty of Nuremberg, near where I live, "Lebkuchen" (similar to gingerbread, round).
That's been on sale since early October (and they may have a low-level production year-round for tourists).
I wasn't suggesting that anyone post something there -- I refuse to revive the thread before December. I just directed Mr. O there, so he could find Mariah -- plus at least one or two covers of her good -- if infamous -- song. 😁
Actually, there was a parody novel (published in 1969) with the title "Bored of the Rings". As per Wiki:
"This short novel was written by Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, who later founded National Lampoon. It was published in 1969 by Signet for the Harvard Lampoon." I have a short translated excerpt of it in one of my German compilations in honor of JRRT which was reissued in 2012 as the TH Movies started coming out ...
I bought this keychain and decided to actually use it. Of course the the delicate plastic sword broke in actual usage from being thrown in my pocketbook numerous times. . My friend saw it on the counter and said, "Who is this? Jon Snow? I can't see what's in his hand" I laughed and said, "What is my favorite book?" Then I said "the sword is broken!"
I started laughing to myself while my friend had no idea why I thought it was funny. I figured I'd share this, because I knew you guys would get it.
Sorry, Ologando!! Perhaps I should've explained the point of my post. The sword on the Aragorn figure on my keychain broke. It became "the sword that was broken". I mentioned that my friend thought it was a character from another book, and therefore wouldn't get my reference.
Sorry, Ologando!! Perhaps I should've explained the point of my post. The sword on the Aragorn figure on my keychain broke. It became "the sword that was broken". I mentioned that my friend thought it was a character from another book, and therefore wouldn't get my reference.