# The Piper Cub Crosses a Major Literary Milestone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613 "2017-05-01T01:13:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/21 "2017-06-06T23:26:36Z")
Dude! Ever heard of spoiler boxes? Hello! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/22 "2017-06-06T23:44:45Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > His favourites in the movie were Legolas and the ‘guy with the sword’. **The Cub is a bit weak sometimes on names, but picking out the ‘guy with the sword’ in a set of movies full of sword play was actually easy: Strider/Aragorn. (Although each time I referred to Strider or Aragorn, he would say “Who?”)** > > Interestingly, when the Witch King Naz GĂ»l is facing Éowyn and says “No man can kill me”, the Cub immediately said, gleefully, “But she’s not a man!” Then Merry stabbed him in the leg and I said, “Neither is Merry”, which he found humourous. I think you had to be there. 😉 Now I feel like watching them again. I believe I shall, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/23 "2017-06-07T17:46:52Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Cool. Now, start reciting the hymn of Elbereth, in Elvish, and see if he finishes it for you. 🙂 > > A Elbereth Gilthoniel > Silivren penna miriel O Mennen mylar Muriel With a hey derry tum gardol O Yuban necco glamorene? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/24 "2017-06-07T17:57:16Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > O Mennen mylar Muriel > With a hey derry tum gardol > O Yuban necco glamorene? > > 😛 Wait a minute–what happened to the slithy toves? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/25 "2017-06-08T02:58:05Z")
They gyred and gimbolled, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613/26 "2017-06-08T03:35:10Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And then in horror in the climax: “He bit off Frodo’s finger?!?” The film as released to the theaters cut out the “Mouth of Sauron” scene, but I think the Director’s DVD (or whatever they called it) includes it, and you can find it on YouTube. See what Cub thinks of _that_! (BTW, off-topic: How soon do you plan to introduce Piper Cub to a real [Piper Cub](http://www.shorelineaviation.net/hs-fs/hub/17518/file-13356083-jpg/images/piper_aircraft_-_piper_cub.jpg)?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613.md?page=1)