Yes, exactly.

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Is another hint needed?

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So, is it during Bilbo's speech on his 131st Bday?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

Did you mean his 111th birthday? If so, then the quote was a few years later.

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Oh, crap yes. 111th. Ok, but the quote relates to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took in age?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

No, Bilbo wasn't present when it was spoken.

Edit: I just realized that if you're referring to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took, then you're right about it being the 131st birthday, and therefore, the quote was spoken a few years earlier.

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But your first response was correct, because I did mean the 111th Party, but got confused.

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

In any case, we've narrowed it down to twenty years

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Any more hints needed to narrow it down to even fewer years?

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I would suggest giving the volume, cause I was thinking entirely the wrong place.

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Is it spoken by a Hobbit?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

Yes to Innana,

It's from The Two Towers.

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Even more precise: it's from Book III (which eliminates Frodo and Sam).

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Is it said in Isengard?

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“I am not so blind that I can't see darkness.”
Dangerous Beans
Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

No, the speaker has not yet been to Isengard.

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Ok; so either Merry or Pippin, and before Isengard....so likely in Fangorn.

I'll be back

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

You're on the right track!

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Pippin to Merry:

"They say the Old Took lived in it year after year, while he and the old room got older and shabbier together - and it has never been changed since he died, a century ago."

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude

That's the one!

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Very close to the original:

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude