You've got it, Jude!
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Haunted Pink Bandit is now a phrase I shall adopt.
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I'm thinking of adopting "peaching" as my new favourite swear word.
"Get the peach out of here, you peaching [insert unflattering epithet]!"
"Get the peach out of here, you peaching [insert unflattering epithet]!"
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New quote:
Still, one person was lost. It's still hidden, but if you don't gather your strength and stay longer, you'll be able to manipulate your enemies.
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Saruman at the White Council?
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You're on the peaching right track. Can you provide the peaching complete quote?
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Not if I get to it first, you Haunted Pink Bandit, I peaching dare you!
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Is it in LotR or Of the Rings of Power?
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The second option.
I should probably clarify, your guess was on the right track, but not right...
I should probably clarify, your guess was on the right track, but not right...
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Was it somebody else at the White Council, then?
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Eldy, you're even more on the peaching right track than Alatar was...
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This one?
‘Yet the One was lost,' said Mithrandir, ‘and while it still lies hid, we can master the Enemy, if we gather our strength and tarry not too long.'
‘Yet the One was lost,' said Mithrandir, ‘and while it still lies hid, we can master the Enemy, if we gather our strength and tarry not too long.'
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That's it! Your turn!
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I just want to get back from victory to ruin and ash. However, it was evaded.
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Related to the Scouring of the Shire?
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Nope. But a similar sentiment.
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Is it Gandalf talking about the Quest of Erebor (but in the LOTR appendix A)?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Yes to the first part, no to the second
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Is it the version that is in UT (which I believe is the same statement)?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."