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Does it relate to flying?
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Here it is on the new page.
Inanna wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:34 am “So I have to get on a plane.”
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narya wrote:Does it relate to flying?
Ummm… that is what it talks about, but in a throw-away kind of way.
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Is the “so I have to” part accurate?
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No.
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Were only Hobbits present?
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Inanna wrote:No. Think of other words you would use if you were actually intending to get on a plane.
Embark?
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Yes to V.

No, not embark. Think simpler, folks…
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Before they reached Rivendell?
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I'll make a wild guess. Frodo to Pippin, the morning after they saw Gildor and the Elves:

"We must be getting off at once."
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It's not just "fly, you fools!", is it?
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Dave_LF wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:46 pm It's not just "fly, you fools!", is it?
I was just about to say this!
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Except that she said that only Hobbits were present.
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Oooh wait. Something tickling the back of my brain. Sam grumbling to Frodo that they could get somewhere easily if they could fly?
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Fly as in flee?
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Sorry for not answering, folks!

Before Rivendell, yes.

And, not fly as in flee, but fly as in fly.

Just not any of the times that have been guessed right now.
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Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Except that she said that only Hobbits were present.
No… you asked if it was said by a Hobbit, and I agreed.

However, it *is* actually said when only Hobbits were present.

So that’s new information…
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Was it spoken at Crickhollow? Before they reached Crickhollow? After they left Crickhollow?
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My exact question was "Were only Hobbits present?"
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Oh oops, yes.
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