What I know about Lord of the Rings can basically be summed up in a single Flight of the Conchords song, but someone clearly had a terrifically good time making this recycling-based parody, so I still think it's pretty super. I haven't yet stayed awake through an entire Lord of the Rings movie but I made it through this whole thing!

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Separating your trash look pretty easy when the alternative is journeying to Mordor, doesn't it?

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