That attribution had me SO confused!Jude wrote:That's not the right quote.
(and why have you attributed it to Frelga?)
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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
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Inanna wrote:That attribution had me SO confused!Jude wrote:That's not the right quote.
(and why have you attributed it to Frelga?)
Honestly, I just wanted to make sure if it was right that I didn't accidentally snipe Frelga's win.
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Elengil, that's what I assumed. 
The quote is from Many Partings. Saruman is talking to Galadriel, not Frodo as I have thought.
The quote is from Many Partings. Saruman is talking to Galadriel, not Frodo as I have thought.
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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Frelga wrote:Elengil, that's what I assumed.
The quote is from Many Partings. Saruman is talking to Galadriel, not Frodo as I have thought.
You have no idea how much I was wondering if I had somehow ended up with an unexpectedly edited edition as I could not for the life of me find that sentence anywhere in The Scouring of the Shire!!The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Ah. Got it. Never mind! Just my literal mind.elengil wrote:Inanna wrote:That attribution had me SO confused!Jude wrote:That's not the right quote.
(and why have you attributed it to Frelga?)
Honestly, I just wanted to make sure if it was right that I didn't accidentally snipe Frelga's win.
'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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Next quote.
If you want to know, believe that there should be a connection between you and you to confiscate his property.
If you want to know, believe that there should be a connection between you and you to confiscate his property.
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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Frelga has it!
It's from when they meet Saruman by chance in the wilderness, but are not yet fully aware of everything that he's done.
It's from when they meet Saruman by chance in the wilderness, but are not yet fully aware of everything that he's done.
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Oh, sorry, should have waited for you to confirm before I posted the new quote.
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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I didn't notice that there was a new page of posts when I posted that. As far as I knew, I was responding to Elengil's "What chapter is that from?" 
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Is it from the Hobbit?Frelga wrote:Next quote.
If you want to know, believe that there should be a connection between you and you to confiscate his property.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Jude, yes, pretty close.
Elengil, no.
Elengil, 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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Is it regarding Bag End?
'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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Bag End is presumably part of the property, yes.
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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Hmm, your clue makes me think of "the Shire and everything in it" but that quote doesn't seem to fit
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Jude, Yours is not a clue, it’s a question.
'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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Not directly, although logic suggests that she may be among those referenced.Jude wrote:Is the speaker referencing the lovely and talented Ms. Lobelia?
Al, that's not the quote. The quote is much closer to the translation than that.
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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So if Bag End is part of the property, then "his" refers to Bilbo. Would that be correct?