Nope!
However, Bilbo was being discussed...
The Tolkien Translation Game!
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So does cloak refer to the ring's action on Bilbo?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Nope!
Just to bring it to the new page:
Just to bring it to the new page:
It is unpleasant. This message is not only the cloak of the hobby.
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Is it a reference to bilbo not aging, or stretching....
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Nope!
Maybe I should have said Bilbo had come up in the conversation, but the quote is not a direct reference to Bilbo.
When we meet this quote, it's actually repeated by someone else - we don't meet the actual speaker in this book.
Maybe I should have said Bilbo had come up in the conversation, but the quote is not a direct reference to Bilbo.
When we meet this quote, it's actually repeated by someone else - we don't meet the actual speaker in this book.
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Is hobby in the original?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Dain to the messenger from Sauron?
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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It must be this one: "I say neither yea nor nay. I must consider this message and what it means under its fair cloak"
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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This should be easy enough.
There is nothing to save the spelling of commands externally. They can not be facing inward.
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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It sounds like a function requirements document to me.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Something about doors that open to the words of command?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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From the outside nothing will move them save the spell of command. They cannot be forced inwards.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Next quote.
Us or we are he is handy to track all the bolts back into the beast.
Us or we are he is handy to track all the bolts back into the beast.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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Is this related to Beorn?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Jude - yes, although I feel it's a bit harsh.
Inanna - not at all.
Inanna - not at all.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!