# Talk to me about how the One Ring works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869 "2010-07-07T15:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/61 "2010-07-09T13:24:29Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > That was a bottle of elf juice. There is probably a reference to that in _Bored of the Rings._ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/62 "2010-07-09T13:38:07Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Originally, it was just supposed to help me find my keys when I lost them. Then I realized it also showed me where Celebrimbor left HIS keys, and things took off from there. There it is. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/63 "2010-07-09T14:10:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And what is this in the film when the white water magic horses come at them? They don’t ride towards the shore, they ride down river! I wouldn’t trust those clowns to rob a 7-11! In the book, I recall, the horses (which are mortal horses) are driven to madness by the magic of the river, and the riders lose control of them. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/64 "2010-07-09T14:37:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There is probably a reference to that in _Bored of the Rings._ In BotR, they used a magic snowglobe (that contained a carbon arc lamp), and a can of insect repellent to fight off Schlob. Both were gifts from Lavalier. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/65 "2010-07-09T14:50:05Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > In BotR, they used a magic snowglobe (that contained a carbon arc lamp), and a can of insect repellent to fight off Schlob. Both were gifts from Lavalier. If “fight off” can be said to include a cutaway that ends a chapter with Frito and Spam one second from being devoured and when we next see them they’re saying “that was close indeed!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/66 "2010-07-09T15:26:11Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > “that was close indeed!” 😛 An epic drama! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869/67 "2010-07-09T15:54:58Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > In BotR, they used a magic snowglobe (that contained a carbon arc lamp), and a can of insect repellent to fight off Schlob. Both were gifts from Lavalier. In Letter #397 from “Letters of Harvard Lampoon”, it was revealed that it was intended that the insect repellent be a gift from Cellophane, but this fact was improperly edited out by a drunken undergrad from Rutgers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-how-the-one-ring-works/545869.md?page=3)