The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Alatar]

Is it repairing the damage of the scouring?

[Jude]

Yes! Can you find the quote?

[Alatar]

Ah jaysus. Eventually!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Are we still waiting for the quote?

[Alatar]

OOps, its me isn't it.

[Alatar]

"I shan't call it the end, till we've cleared up the mess. And that will take a lot of time and work"

[Jude]

Well, first someone needs to identify this one:

You must call the mess at the end of it. Take a lot of time and work.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Didn't Al just do so? That certainly sounds like the right quote to me!

[Jude]

Oops, I missed that post somehow. It's the correct answer!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Your turn, Al.

[Alatar]

It'd stand on the back of your head

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it from The Hobbit?

[Jude]

It sounds like the original might be "it would make the hair on the back of your head stand up" or something similar. And these colloquial expressions are generally spoken by hobbits.

So this might have been spoken in a scary place - the Old Forest, Moria, Mirkwood, Cirith Ungol, or Mordor...

Am I kinda-sorta on the right track?

[Alatar]

No, No, No, No and No. In that order

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it Gimli, talking about Saruman: "The words of this wizard stand on their heads"

[Alatar]

No, but you're warm!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Hmmmmm? Warm as in ... ?

[Alatar]

Not the speaker, not the location, but the quote is getting closer to the original.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it Bergil to Pippin: 'I wager I could stand you on your head or lay you on your back.’

[Alatar]

Well done! That's it!