And some excellent theme examples! 

The Trees of Yavanna

1.  What happened to Frodo when the wraith stabbed him?

He woke up in an artificial uterus, surrounded by billions of other humans who were similarly trapped.

2.  What did Strider find on the Last Bridge over the Bruinen?

Agent Elrond -- er, I mean, Agent Smith, who found himself balked when Strider picked up a ringing pay phone and disappeared.

3.  What did Sam notice that reminded him of Bilbo’s adventures?

A black cat walking down the corridor, followed closely by a second black cat.

4.  Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a programmer, now he’s a hacker.  He’ll end up becoming a philosopher or a messiah!”

5.  Who tried to follow Frodo across the river?

Cipher, until he was thwarted by Tank, who, it seems, was not quite dead.

Varda Elentari

1.  What happened to Frodo when the wraith stabbed him?
He began, slowly but surely, to turn into a she-hobbit: the "poison" the sword was laced with was actually a female sex-hormone cocktail.  He thereafter became known as Frodette. (and we'll just pretend it would have said effects ;-))

2.  What did Strider find on the Last Bridge over the Bruinen?
A pair of pink lacy ladies underwear, about the size that would fit a hobbit.

3.  What did Sam notice that reminded him of Bilbo’s adventures?
He found a book entitled "How Not to Get Turned into a Woman by the Enemy, and What To Do if You Do."  He debated whether to give the book to Frodette, but decided against it, as he found Frodette rather attractive.

4.  Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a gardener , now he’s a urologist.  He’ll end up becoming a proctologist or a gynocologist!”" Which would be ideal, as it appears I'm going to need one...but sometimes, I worry about that boy..."

5.  Who tried to follow Frodo across the river?
a Tampax representitive.  They wanted Frodette to be their newest spokes"person".

Now for the highlights list:

1.  What happened to Frodo when the wraith stabbed him?

*   With a deathly grimace Frodo reached into his pocket and pulled out the death speech he had shrewdly prepared earlier.        Frodo: "O, I die, Sam.  The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit.  I cannot live to hear the news from Bree, And see the hills of the Shire again. The rest is silence."  

Strider: "Nah, you'll live. It's just a scratch. We'll fix you up when we get to Rivendell."

Frodo: "Oh, you just had to spoil my great scene didn't you!"

Strider: "You think so? Well you'd better get used to it, just wait until we get to the end of Return of the King." DAS   ROFLMAO! 

*   "Hey! I thoght you weren't allowed to Tig a Tag!" Ayaediran

*   Frodo cried out, "Et tu. Witch King?  Then fall, Frodo!"  Aragorn then appeared and gave a rousing speech beginning "Friends, hobbits, dwimmerlaiks, lend me your ears..."  At the end of the moving eulogy, while the Nazgul were still wiping tears from their eyes, Aragorn scooped up the unconscious Frodo and escaped with the hobbits. Darkstone

*   He got uncontrollable giggles, which made the wraith giggle too, so PJ had to stop filming until they collected themselves and they could go on. RosieLass

*   Herpes. Pukel-man

*   Frodo fall down, go "boom"! Make funny faces at bad man. Psyphon

*   He soon developed spidey sense, and a longing to wear blue and red spandex. Miriel Telcontar

*   he began, slowly but surely, to turn into a she-hobbit: the "poison" the sword was laced with was actually a female sex-hormone cocktail.  He thereafter became known as Frodette. (and we'll just pretend it would have said effects ;-)) Varda Elentari

*   Confetti and a fanfare to let him know he was the 10th customer!!ringers rock!

*   He found the experience strikingly similar to the smoking of pipe-weed; that whole out of body thing was turned up just a notch though . . . JessLynn

*   Sam started to perform a moving soliloquy for him, which Frodo kept interrupting..."But I'm not quite dead yet...", "I could pull through, sir..." Varda's Songbird

*   It gave him a nasty base metal rash. He should only touch gold or mithril really.  Greenwood Hobbit

*   His arm came off, but he insisted that it was "only a flesh wound." Aydria Elenlinn, Sandicomm, Seillib   

*   He deflated, pesky blow-up dolls!  elfwing_angel, TTT Ultimate Fan

*   He popped. Anamírë

*   Frodo looked up and said, "I'll wraith ya to the ford!" Frodo Gardner

*   He had to have a tetanus shot - you never know what those wraiths have been up to, but you can bet it's not hygenic ShortyElf

*   He cried "I'm melting, I'm melting!" and sank to the floor, but no one got the joke. Annael

*         9 Gremlins jumped from the wound and did the Macarena!  Eowyn of Penns Woods

2.  What did Strider find on the Last Bridge over the Bruinen?

*   A troll booth. Darkstone   ROFLMAO!

*   His winning lottery ticket that he thought he'd dropped in Rivendell. RosieLass

*   "All right guys, we can cr - oh my god, what did I just step in??" luinfalathiel

*   A note from Gandalf with the following:
 “Aragorn,
I found Godot while waiting for your lot. I've had enough of Hobbits & Rings and all that nonsense! May I suggest you take the Ring and tell Sauron to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

Your friend, G.

PS - I left an enchanted amulet under the vase in the dining room at Bag End. Just rub it three times; and say, 'there's no place like Rohan' three times... and Sauron will be forced back into the vase. Sorry I didn't tell you before, but I wanted to see how things would work out the other way." Psyphon

*   A trail of bread crumbs that the wraiths had placed there in case they got lost so they could find their way back. JessLynn

*   Tom B's All You Can Eat Fish Shack and Bait Supply Miriel Telcontar

*   His sense of purpose. He’d been looking for it everywhere…Greenwood Hobbit

*   A pot of gold, crispy multi-colored marshmallows, and a reject hobbit dressed in green. ringers rock!

*   The Verizon guy again Varda's Songbird

*   A Bridge Keeper.
Keeper: Stop! Who approaches the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see.  What is your name?
Strider: Which one?
Keeper: What? I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh! (get's thrown off the bridge.) SarcasticElf

*   The three billy goats gruff  TTT Ultimate Fan

*   A crudely lettered Detour sign (a la Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote): Britge CloSEd-ThyS Wae Too RIveRnDEl, luv, WiKi and Frends. Seillib

*   Glorfindel, bound and gagged! Mar

*   Some stubbed-out cigarettes. Strider, fully aware of the famous photo of the smoking Nazgul, quickly turned the hobbits around. Kendig

*   A tourism Victoria brochure, open to Lakes Entrance with a big circle around it saying "if you want me, I'll be here, love Glorfindel, p.s I've sent Arwen to you instead..." elfwing_angel

*   A fortune cookie: You should have turned left at Albequerque. glorfin2 

3.  What did Sam notice that reminded him of Bilbo’s adventures?

*   a remarkable lack of pubs along the way. To him that had always been the scariest part of Bilbo's story. Annael   ROFLMAO!

*   Actually, it was Bilbo himself, stopping them and making them watch endless slides of him on his adventures, "And this is me in Mirkwood....OOH!  Look out for the nasty spiders!  Oh, and this one's..." Ayaediran

*   A trail of dwarf droppings RosieLass

*   A huge bookstore just off the road with some posters advertising "The Hobbit - 50% off all hardcover copies" luinfalathiel

*   Old campsites every mile or so where Bilbo had stopped for breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, supper, and the occasional snack, each with its own rather substantial pile of trash containing rotted tater peels, gnawed coney bones, old apple cores, broken crockery, bent cutlery, empty bottles of Golden Perch Ale, discarded wrappers from packages of Old Toby, crumpled-up preliminary notes for "The Red Book of Westmarch", and the occasional well thumbed picture magazine with titles such as "Hot Hobbit Honeys" and "Shaved Feet". Darkstone

*   All the charges on his Discover Card. Mar

*   A cheesy kiosk selling cheap "Bilbo wuz here" and "Stone Goblin-fest, 1419" T-Shirts. Miriel Telcontar

*   "How To Cook 13 Dwarves and 1 Hobbit Before Sunrise"---a blank

book.  ;)  (Who said wizards have no sense of humor?) Eowyn of Penns Woods

*   A copy of 'The Hobbit'. Pukel-man

*   "Bilbo was here" carved into a rock Varda's Songbird

*   A severe lack of Gaffer's home brew. A severe lack of Gaffer's home brew.

*   Um...a whip and Indiana Jones hat? SarcasticElf

*   Glorfindel's hip-flask of Dorwinion wine. Carnimírië

*   Sam noticed that everywhere they stopped there were lots of hobbit children about that looked uncannily like Bilbo. Sowen

*   An old barrel with a Dwarf stuffed in it. Seillib

*   The trail of empty beer cans and pizza boxes Bilbo had left in order to find his way back home. Anamírë

*   graffiti on a rock: Bilbo waz here! Bofin waz Here! etc. elfwing_angel

4.  Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a ________ , now he’s a ___________.  He’ll end up becoming a __________ or a ___________!”

*   Frodo said, "I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a shy hand-holder, now he’s a bold hugger.  He’ll end up becoming a permanent live-in at Bag End or a defendant in a breech-of-promise suit!" Darkstone  ROFLMAO!

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey. First he was a  hobbit  , now he’s a pervy elf fancier.  He’ll end up becoming a stalker  or a fangirl!” Ayaediran

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a tomatoe , now he’s a killer tomatoe.  He’ll end up becoming a radish or a mushroom!” Joelle

*   "I'm learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey. First he was a Goonie, now he's a Hobbit. He'll end up becoming a famous director, or an Academy Award Winner!" *Wishing, wishing...* Seillib

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a gardener, now he’s a "horticulturist", or at least that is what he wants to be called.  If he keeps this up, he’ll end up becoming an organic farmer or a *gulp* lobbyist for the newly formed Gondorian Green Party!” Miriel Telcontar

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a pupa, now he’s a larva.  He’ll end up becoming a termite or a beetle!” Pukel-man

*   fat hobbit, thinner hobbit, thin hobbit, really thin hobbit. Vidstige

*   Frodo said, "I'm learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey. First he was a college student, now he's a grad student. He'll end up becoming a pretentious jerk or a TGI Friday's waiter!" ringers rock!

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a shrubber, now he’s a lumberjack.  He’ll end up becoming a knight or an enchanter!” Aydria Elenlinn

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a pickpocket, now he’s a filcher.  He’ll end up becoming a head of the thieve's guild or a lawyer!" Sandicomm

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey. First he was a gardener, now he’s a bodyguard.  He’ll end up becoming a celebrity chef or the first hobbit wrestler in WCW!” Sowen

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a poet , now he’s a scholar.  He’ll end up becoming a college professor or a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!” Frodo Gardner

*   First he was a bit of comic relief, now he's a sidekick. He'll end up becoming a lead character or a love-interest. ShortyElf

*   Frodo said, “I’m learning a lot about Sam Gamgee on this journey.  First he was a Trekkie, now he’s a Starwars nut.  He’ll end up becoming a fanboy or a TORNsib!” elfwing_angel

5.  Who tried to follow Frodo across the river?

*   Jordan The Discursive LOTR_nutcase , Mar  ROFLMAO!, and exactly what I was thinking!

*   The usual: screaming fangirls, of course! Ayaediran, RosieLass, Anamírë

*   Lobelia's process servers.  (She was still pursuing all possible legal avenues regarding Bilbo's will.) Darkstone

*   Goldberry! She had been trying to catch up with him since before Bree, to tell him that he had loo-paper stuck to his heel. Psyphon

*   9 blind wraiths, 9 blind wraiths, see how they run, see how they run, they chased Frodo acrossed the Ford, then got caught by the galloping horse, have you ever seen such a site in your life, as the 3 blind wraithsJessLynn

*   Opus the penguin from Bloom County.  However, Bill the Cat stopped him by pointing out that his light but sick sense of humor might not be appreciated in a LOTR context. Miriel Telcontar

*   Frodette, his highly-sexed female alter-ego. Pukel-man

*   Who wouldn’t? You want I should make a list? Greenwood Hobbit

*   The frog from "frogger".  Unfortunately he was squished when Gollum floated by on a log. Varda's Songbird

*   Mr. Rusticus, followed by a stickleback who changed his mind saying, "So long, and no thanks for all the fish." Moiraine

*   Lassie - she couldn't resist the opportunity for a dramatic 'Collie swims the rapids" shot. Frodo Gardner ,SarcasticElf

*   The chicken who couldn't cross the road. Sandicomm , TTT Ultimate Fan

*   Wailing hordes of Mary-Sues who wanted to interfere with the logical plot line. Luckily, the current was swift-and they all tripped for some strange reason and sank like rocks. *Puts away slingshot* Seillib

*   The Avon lady, the Readers Digest people and the tax office auditors looking for his last 7 years of tax returns.  You can run but you can't hide from the tax office. Sowen

*   A hoard of ravening spoiler-junkies. "Ahoy there! About Shelob..." Kendig

*   Strider, until he realised it would mess with his carefully cultivated 'too-heroic-to-take-a-bath' look elfwing_angel

*   Godzilla!!!  glorfin2

*   George Washington in a rowboat. Eowyn of Penns Woods