The Tolkien Translation Game!
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It is... although he's talking to more than Bilbo.
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Is it in Rivendell?
'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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Is it from The Hobbit?
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 the person Beorn?
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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Sorry! I forgot! (I keep wanting to say Sean Ferguson but it's been a while since I posted that joke).
I'll look it up when I get home, or if someone wants to jump in before then, please feel free.
I'll look it up when I get home, or if someone wants to jump in before then, please feel free.
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 it this one?
The Somebody I spoke of - a very great person.
The Somebody I spoke of - a very great person.
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.
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Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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That's the one! Your turn.
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Wait, it's still me. Sorry!
I had to go back one step as the final translation was oddly changed.
I did not benefit, but I only saw the meaning of a mystery.
And the next step was "Should I explain to you the meaning of a closed door," which is no help.
I had to go back one step as the final translation was oddly changed.
I did not benefit, but I only saw the meaning of a mystery.
And the next step was "Should I explain to you the meaning of a closed door," which is no help.
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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Wow that’s some change in one step.
From The Hobbit?
From The Hobbit?
'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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No
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.
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Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
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No but he is present.
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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Then Bilbo possibly?
I thought of "I am not a thief, whatever he said", but that doesn't have the word "mystery" in it.
I thought of "I am not a thief, whatever he said", but that doesn't have the word "mystery" in it.
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Not Bilbo, although he is present as well.
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 it, perhaps?
"I was not sent to beg any boon, but to seek only the meaning of a riddle."
Boromir, at the Council of Elrond
"I was not sent to beg any boon, but to seek only the meaning of a riddle."
Boromir, at the Council of Elrond