Would someone tell me what this says....

[FormerOstrich]

This may have made the rounds and I missed it. Can anyone tell me what the inscription says? I can't read it.

I did take note that he has his fingers crossed. Someone should maybe tell him that doesn't really get you off the hook.

Thanks in advance!

[Keebs]

1. It's the ring from lord of the rings

it's something like 'one ring to rule them all' ... or something

[thebigidea]

2. Its been a while since I had to speak Elvish, but...

One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.

It lets Bush turn invisible, but it kinda eats away at his soul and stuff.

[TryingToWarnYou]

16. He has a soul? NT

[roach23]

3. I'm pretty sure

that's the ring from Lord of the Rings. Most evil guy in the world haha! Good joke.

[Th1onein]

4. Looks like some kind of arabic writing.......strange

eom

[scarletwoman]

5. Not Arabic. It's Elvish, from Tolkien - Lord of the Rings..

The picture is photoshopped.

[thebigidea]

6. speaking of rings...

Hmm. The text on the left and right looks photoshopped... but why?

[DeadHead67]

7. I think the inscription on THAT ring says : "HAIL SATAN"

TEE HEE HEE!!!!!

[Fleshdancer]

8. it's his name and address. he tends to forget.

notice it seems blurry now, but when you're drunk, the writing is perfectly clear.

:)

[ET Awful]

9. The writing is elvish, bu tthe language is that of Mordor . . .

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

[Unperson 309]

10. True. And the Grammar Goes Thusly:

Ash Nazg durbatuluk "One Ring, rule to them (all)"
Ash Nazg gimbatul "One Ring find to them."
Ash Nazg thrakatuluk "One Ring bring (forth or out) to them all"
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul! "and darkness-within bind to them all"

Black Speech grammar places the verb almost invariably ahead of the subject being acted upon. Since the Black Speech was a debased or artificial speech, they borrowed the Elven lettering, having no alphabet of their own.

In English, "bind to them" would mean exactly that, but in the Black speech, the 'to' is an amplifier.

I prefer the Harvard translation of the Ring-script:
"This Ring, no other, is made by the elves,
Who'd pawn their own mother to grab it themselves.
Ruler of creeper, mortal and scallop,
This is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop.
The Power almighty rests in this Lone Ring,
The Power alrighty for doing your own thing.
If broken or busted, it cannot be remade.
If found, send to Sorhed (the postage is prepaid)."

309

edited for punctuation and typo

[ET Awful]

13. LOL . . . leave it to the Harvard crowd :) n/t

[sicarii]

14. Bored of the Rings

did this come from "Bored of the Rings"

pardoy book from the 70's

[truth2power]

15. Hey...I've got that book and

I treasure it, because it's been out of print for may years, I thnk.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Oh, yeah, I remember that.

The old hobbit's name was Dildo, IIRC.

[truth2power]

18. LOL that's right, it was. I'd forgotten. n/t

[yella_dawg]

21. It's back in print

in paperback. I bought a new one a few years ago, since so many pages had worn off the front and back of my old one.

[GiovanniC]

20. Bunch of NERDS on This Thread

Meanwhile... if anyone needs anything translated to or from Klingon, just let me know.

:hi:

[LTR]

11. "I am Sun Myung Moon's bitch!"

At least that's what it looks like.

[cmf]

12. It's a joke pic

A spinoff from Lord of the Rings. The picture usually arrives via email with the caption "Looks like Frodo failed."

[Walt Starr]

19. It's a piece of a larger ancient lore

Three Rings for the elven kings, under the sky
Seven for the dwarf lords, in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal men, doomed to die
and one for the Dark Lord, on his dark throne
in the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
in the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.

Or, in the original tongue of Mordor:

Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash, Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakuluk,

Agh Burzumishi Krimpatul