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Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 by Quint Sakugarne
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You see a room      
flying, as if       
hurled. --More--    
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You have a bad      
feeling about this  
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Despite contractual obligations, the monsters boycotted this joke.


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Average rating: Excellent
Number of ratings: 28

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Wellan May 27, 2008 00:15
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Took me a while...

Not much else to say here. Bad pun, good presentation. E.
Nameless May 27, 2008 01:30
First comment: 29 December, 2004 281 comments written
... I don't get it?
Slowpoke May 27, 2008 02:03
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
Hurling and thrones, leads me to assume Ewwww. Is there something better to it than that?
Wellan May 27, 2008 02:12
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Ah, come on, people...

What's in the room?

No, it's not a wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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It's an opulent throneMethought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud--
Nor view of who might sit thereon allowed;
But all the steps and ground about were strown
With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
Sick, hale, old, young, who cried before that cloud,
"Thou art our king,
O Death! to thee we groan."
Those steps I clomb; the mists before me gave
Smooth way; and I beheld the face of one
Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
With her face up to heaven; that seemed to have
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
        [ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]

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What does that make the room?

A throneMethought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud--
Nor view of who might sit thereon allowed;
But all the steps and ground about were strown
With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
Sick, hale, old, young, who cried before that cloud,
"Thou art our king,
O Death! to thee we groan."
Those steps I clomb; the mists before me gave
Smooth way; and I beheld the face of one
Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
With her face up to heaven; that seemed to have
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
        [ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]

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room, of course!

So?

throneMethought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud--
Nor view of who might sit thereon allowed;
But all the steps and ground about were strown
With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
Sick, hale, old, young, who cried before that cloud,
"Thou art our king,
O Death! to thee we groan."
Those steps I clomb; the mists before me gave
Smooth way; and I beheld the face of one
Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
With her face up to heaven; that seemed to have
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
        [ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]

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room = thrown room.
Eskimo May 27, 2008 08:09
First comment: 14 April, 2004 166 comments written
Had to be explained but weird enough to G.
Richante May 27, 2008 10:06
First comment: 27 August, 2007 32 comments written
ahahaha
Nameless May 27, 2008 12:44
First comment: 29 December, 2004 281 comments written
Dude ... That's just about screwy enough to get an E.
Roger Barnett May 27, 2008 13:56
First comment: 7 April, 2006 143 comments written
Defintely an awful pun. Full marks.
Mordae May 27, 2008 14:10
First comment: 11 May, 2007 116 comments written
Full marks for ingenuity!
gneek May 27, 2008 16:56
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Perhaps some o, G, and h's inside the thrown room would make it easier to understand.
zem May 27, 2008 17:59
First comment: 5 December, 2005 64 comments written
took me a minute :) well done indeed
Medardo May 27, 2008 18:05
First comment: 5 December, 2007 23 comments written
Man how did u come up with this! ^^ great, Rated E.
Slowpoke May 27, 2008 19:04
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
Rating upgraded now that I get it.
TK May 27, 2008 21:12
First comment: 11 August, 2007 69 comments written
I didn't get it at first either (thought the for throneMethought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud--
Nor view of who might sit thereon allowed;
But all the steps and ground about were strown
With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
Sick, hale, old, young, who cried before that cloud,
"Thou art our king,
O Death! to thee we groan."
Those steps I clomb; the mists before me gave
Smooth way; and I beheld the face of one
Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
With her face up to heaven; that seemed to have
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
        [ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]

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was a / for wand'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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), but once I got it I think it's quite a good comic.

However, I do agree with gneek that the throneMethought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud--
Nor view of who might sit thereon allowed;
But all the steps and ground about were strown
With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
Sick, hale, old, young, who cried before that cloud,
"Thou art our king,
O Death! to thee we groan."
Those steps I clomb; the mists before me gave
Smooth way; and I beheld the face of one
Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
With her face up to heaven; that seemed to have
Pleasing remembrance of a thought foregone;
A lovely Beauty in a summer grave!
        [ Sonnet, by William Wordsworth ]

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room should be stocked with the usual horde for greater clarity. Still, rated E.
Slowpoke May 27, 2008 23:11
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
In fairness to the comic's author, he did try to hint about the horde of monsters in his epilogue comment.
@ May 28, 2008 15:43
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
hilariously horrible pun.
Nesman May 29, 2008 16:33
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
Wow, that pun was so bad that it flipped the dial and earned you an E :)
Ren June 3, 2008 10:55
First comment: 2 April, 2008 35 comments written
I groaned. G.
Dani June 24, 2008 22:46
First comment: 7 June, 2008 39 comments written
*GROAN*

Awesome pun. <3 Wellan for the explanation.
Squeegy August 23, 2008 19:29
First comment: 6 August, 2007 17 comments written
Ouch. E for awesomeness.
SomeoneElse September 4, 2008 23:19
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
As soon as the pun was explained in the comments, I literally groaned out loud. It's so awful. Rated good anyway.
MadDawg2552 October 10, 2008 16:26
First comment: 6 October, 2008 69 comments written
I wonder what monster would be strong enough to throw an entire room.
Newtkiller December 1, 2008 04:36
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
A mastodonAny large, elephantlike mammal of the genera Mammut, Mastodon,
etc., from the Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs, having
conical projections on the molar teeth.
        [ Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary
                of the English Language ]

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, maybe? Excellent

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