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Jude wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:10 pmThis might be it:
You cursed peaching sneakthief! You can’t do your job, and you can’t even stick by your own folk.
One of the orcs that came within a hair's breath of catching Frodo and Sam near Mount Doom.
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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]!"
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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...
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Was it somebody else at the White Council, then?
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Inanna wrote: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:04 pm Not if I get to it first, you Haunted Pink Bandit, I peaching dare you!
:horse: :bow: :rofl: :rotfl: :love:
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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.'
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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."
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