Friday, May 20, 2005
09:23 PM
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What would Yakov Smirnoff say? MosNews.com looks...: "

What would Yakov Smirnoff say? MosNews.com looks at Tolkien fans in Russia.

Storytelling is one of the best things about the scene, and one of the best-known stories goes like this: a Tolkien fan coming back from a game and wearing an expensive leather coat over his ring mail was unfortunate enough to run into a couple of skinheads late at night. Taking him for a rich and easy prey, they tried to rob the man, threatening him with a knife. When the knife bounced off the hidden coat of mail and the man raised a huge real-looking sword over his head, the two would-be muggers fell to their knees, begging: ‘Have mercy on us, Duncan MacLeod,’ mistaking the Tolkien fan for the immortal highlander.

I am Michael Schaub of the Clan Schaub. I was born in 1977 in the city of San Antonio on the shores of Salado Creek. And I am immortal.

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(Via blog.)