Argon - Editor

A daunting task lies ahead for Frodo when he becomes the Ringbearer — to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged. But he can’t do it alone. A Fellowship bands together to lend Frodo the wisdom of Gandalf; the loyalty of his friends Sam, Merry, and Pippin; the courage of Aragorn and Borimor; the precision of Legolas; and the strength of Gimli. They are aided in their quest by Arwin and Elrond, whose knowledge of the Ring brings to light the true danger and importance of their journey.

It turns out, that Tolkien's story, as rich and clever as it may be, is all wrong.  The 'Great Rings' are still hidden away and safe from evil.  The rings of power and the One Ring that the Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits thought they were destroying were decoys.  The actual rings of power still exist and are hidden in a place both obvious and un-noticed.  They are hidden in ringed tails.  Ringtails, Raccoons, Coatis and others have the rings of power.

The inscription on the One Ring is mistranslated by Gandalf.  It actually reads:

Terry suggested that the last line in the first stanza read, "And in the darkness... tie their tails together!"  But the 'ring-tailed' folks took exception with that.  

When asked why fake rings were made, this reporter was told, "If folks knew all the power was in our tail rings, think of the trouble we'd have!  So we made shiny rings as decoys!  Who can resist something shiny?  And it worked!  Some guy wrote a whole book, and some movies were made about the fake rings, and not a one of them mentioned Raccoons!"  

When asked why this secret of the Rings of Power was being revealed, I was told, "How many ringed tails are you going to check before giving up?  There are billions of tail rings!"

Personally, I don't care if no one, or everyone who wears a fur suit has sexual issues about wearing them.  I believe that the number of folks having sex in fur suits is a) small, and b) nothing I want to hear about.  I'm suspicious of anyone talking about sex on TV.   The fact that they had to carefully edit, stage, and create scenes, leads me to the obvious conclusion that there aren't a lot of folks out there doing this stuff, and those that are, are, like most folks, discrete about their sexual activities.

Plus there's the non issue of this guy calling himself a 'Furry'.  Some folks are upset that this show portrays all 'Furries' as sex nuts.  Again, who cares?  If the shoe fits, wear it, if not, forget about it.  A few Centaurs 'raped' the Sabine women.  I am proud to be a Centaur.  I don't fit the description of those mythical Centaurs, so the myth that all Centaurs are drunken sex crazed animals doesn't apply.  The 'fact' that a few folks who call themselves Furries are portrayed as a bit off center sexually doesn't apply to most Furries.  

So be as proud to be a Furry as I am to be a Centaur, and if you see the guy in that MTV show, ask him if he was born an idiot, or if he was hit in the head.  If he says he wasn't, hit him in the head with a clue by four.

Most any type of story or article will be accepted.  Generally, we'd prefer things that aren't out and out lies or flames about other folks, and have a basis in the reality of SpinDizzy. Things that occur in public areas are fair game. The things reported don't have to have actually happened, (Any more than anything that happens here does.) but make sure you don't overstep the social boundaries and rules of interaction that we have.  These are pretty broad guidelines, but we expect good sense to apply. 

Thanks!