. . . muttered the ogre

Found in the Archives, a continuing irregular series.

I wrote on 2002 Jan 07:

If I had twins, I’d be tempted to name them Kevin and Eugene (or Melissa and Deborah), rough translations of each other.

And on 2002 Jan 19:

This morning I dreamt I was in a con[vention] hotel and overheard someone’s television. “Gentlemen! You mustn’t fight in the Sun Room!” The Brigadier from Doctor Who said, “Did you hear that, Sergeant Benton?” “Yes sir. But somehow I was expecting something else.” “Same here, though I can’t think why.” —Which of course is a parody of a gag from Cerebus.

There’s a similar gag in Astérix chez les Helvètes.

JoAnne Schmitz relayed this on 2002 Jan 10:

LotR film sequel name-suggestions
Compiled from rec.arts.sf.written, thanks to Simon:

• Merry and Pippin’s Bogus Journey
• There’s Something About Dernhelm
• Dude, Where’s My Ring?
• Frodo Baggins and the Sorcerer’s Ring
• Orcs, Inc.
• Ring’s Nine
• Mission: Impossible III
• Meet the Ringwraiths
• X-Hobbits
• Crouching Ringwraith, Hidden Hobbit
• O Hobbit, Where Art Thou?
• Hobbit Run
• Sauron’s “Angels”
• Mission to Mordor
• What Wizards’s Want
• Orc Ugly
• Battlefield Mordor
• Remember the Hobbits
• Big Sauron’s House
• Dr. S and the Hobbits
• The Truth about Elves and Dwarves
• Saving Private Baggins
• Survivor: Mordor
• Orcz
• The Invisible Hobbit
• Gone with the Ring
• There’s a Troll in my Soup
• Raiders of the Lost Ring
• Strictly Balrog