# Got My "One Ring"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871 "2003-01-11T01:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/1 "2003-01-11T01:08:18Z")
And I wear it on my left index finger. This works fine unless my nose itches (You know, right above the upper lip?). **Then** I have to be careful to use the right hand index finger. This took some getting used to. šŸ˜ƒ I got the silver one ($99 bucks), both because I **like** silver ( the few jewelry items I wear are all silver) and because Iā€™m a cheap bastard. šŸ˜‰ So did any of yā€™all get one? I got mine for my birthday. It isā€¦precious to me. _snicker_ (Damn thing donā€™t work, though! ) šŸ™‚ Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/2 "2003-01-11T01:15:01Z")
Not the Ring but my daughter is buying me the Evenstar necklace for my birthday. In 500 years youā€™ll look like Gollum but Iā€™ll still be the same me only better. So, neener. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/3 "2003-01-11T01:22:28Z")
It on;y works when no one is looking. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/4 "2003-01-11T01:34:31Z")
Screw that silly ā€œOne Ringā€. In the words of Goodgulf, ā€œFor as surely as the Ring gives power, just as surely it becomes the master! The wearer slowly changes, and never to the good. He grows mistrustful and jealous of his power as his heart hardens. He loves overmuch his strength and develops stomach ulcers. He becomes logy and irritable, prone to neuritis, neuralgia, nagging backache, and frequent colds. Soon no one invites him to parties any more.ā€ I mean, who would want _that_?? If I wants me a Ring of Power, I think Iā€™d go with Thomas Covenantā€™s white gold ring. I mean, it doesnā€™t corrupt the user, and Covenant gets to keep it in the end. Much better deal, if you ask me. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/5 "2003-01-11T01:44:36Z")
Besides, with the white gold, you can heal the Land. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/6 "2003-01-11T01:47:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Screw that silly ā€œOne Ringā€. In the words of Goodgulf, ā€œFor as surely as the Ring gives power, just as surely it becomes the master! The wearer slowly changes, and never to the good. He grows mistrustful and jealous of his power as his heart hardens. He loves overmuch his strength and develops stomach ulcers. He becomes logy and irritable, prone to neuritis, neuralgia, nagging backache, and frequent colds. Soon no one invites him to parties any more.ā€ \*\* Frigginā€™ arthritis, too, **RT**! šŸ˜ƒ I miss olā€™ Thomas Covenant. I read all the books, and go back to them every now and again. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/7 "2003-01-11T02:11:04Z")
I want the silver one. Ok folks, my birthday is in exactly one month from tomorrowā€¦ whoā€™s buyinā€™? ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/8 "2003-01-11T03:01:42Z")
_From the distance is heard an anguished cry of ā€œLossst! My preciousss is lossssssssst!!ā€_ Er, Quasiā€¦ exactly _where_ did you get that ring? ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/9 "2003-01-11T03:32:28Z")
I got one in June that was brass with a gold coating. Was great until the gold wore off and I wound up with my middle finger having a huge rash. Also it turned my finger green. One of these days Iā€™ll break down and buy a solid gold one, or buy a wedding ring and show the jeweler what to put on it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/10 "2003-01-11T03:46:39Z")
**Cougarfang** you can go here, and get your own: > **[Badali Jewelry](https://badalijewelry.com/)** > > The jewelers at Badali Jewelry design and create jewelry based on geek and nerd loves and popular fantasy authors. But, as you know, the precious belongs to **me**. So all you will get is a cheap copy. So nee\_\_\_\_ **Cougarfang!** stole the precious! We hates it! We hates it forever!!! šŸ˜ƒ \>ā€œHello Mr. Victor Hugo? Can I get my old bell-ringing job back , please?ā€\< Q ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/11 "2003-01-11T04:31:31Z")
So theyā€™re _mass forging_ copies of the One Ring? Am I the only one whoā€™s slightly disturbed by that? Especially since my last post was in the George-Bush-wearing-the-one-ring thread? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/12 "2003-01-11T05:13:08Z")
One site I saw charges [$9.95 for a replacement ring](http://www.badalijewelry.com/theonering-gg.htm) if the gold wears off. Iā€™ve seen them at a number of sitesā€¦ I have a question. Are these two different, or just photographed differently? [http://www.badalijewelry.com/theonering-s.htm](http://www.badalijewelry.com/theonering-s.htm) and [http://www.scifiwarehouse.com/acatalog/LOTR\_Jewellery.html](http://www.scifiwarehouse.com/acatalog/LOTR_Jewellery.html) ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/13 "2003-01-11T05:29:45Z")
I donā€™t have _the ring_ but I do have Aragorn, Legolas, Frodo, Gimli, Gandolf the Grey, Bilbo Baggins, and RingWraith Action Figures with Galadriel, Arwen, Eowyn, and an Ent on the way šŸ™‚ My SO has gone mad and has spent countless hours sanding, painting, and sewing the costumes on action figures to look more like the real characters. Heā€™s very good and you canā€™t imagine how Legolas is looking since he transplanted some real Barbie hair to his head. Heheheā€¦I canā€™t wait for Smeagolā€™s action figure to come out šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/14 "2003-01-11T05:39:02Z")
Christ Quasi! I rushed into this thread thinking you and the pool boy had eloped. [sub]Yeah, yeah the hobbit rings are real cool and all that[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-one-ring/147871/15 "2003-01-11T06:27:01Z")
Is there a ā€œshakes-head-but-loves-posterā€ icon? **astro** , thanks! Quasi