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Subject: What we have to look forward to:  pop references
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The books themselves produced a number of terms that caught on.  Lord
of the Ring for Boxers or Lord of the Rings for Gymnasts was used, as
well as "meddle not in the affairs of Wizards..." all have been used
over the years and I am sure there are others.  The film will further
spread this practice (shut up, Epstein <g>) I am sure.

I can hardly wait for...

Lord of the Ringtones.
Let's go hunt some....
Never toss a .....(Beer commercials seem best suited to this)
Even the smallest person can change the world used in a variety of
settings until they forget where it came from and fact checkers spend
fruitless hours poring over the text.
Call for help!  How?  What am I supposed to do, summon a moth?

etc.