The Ring Speaks?

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Thorin II
Certainly possible, but that's not how I see it. How can it "cause" itself to slip off a finger? If it could do that, couldn't it have rolled itself out of the riverbed sometime in the 2500 years it sat there? It makes more sense to me to think that the Ring's power is over the hearts and minds of those around it. As such, it can act indirectly by imposing its will on others.

While, as Earniel says, it did shrink or grow to fit the finger of its bearer, I don't think it had control of the 'material' world around it. When it 'slipped off someone's finger' - it may have been due to the control it exerted over the mind of the bearer... causing them to 'slack off' a bit and without their notice, allow the Ring to slip away...

Plausible???