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Fordim Hedgethistle · 08-22-2005, 02:01 PM

Boromir: You sir, are a blockhead.

EDIT

For some reason I can't see the Bilbo picture, so I will do the best I can:

Bilbo: [Something outrageously funny].*

* With apologies to Gilda Radner.

Lalwendë · 08-22-2005, 02:15 PM

Bilbo: "Me? Silly? Oh Tra-la-la-lally! Where's the pipe-weed?"

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-22-2005, 02:26 PM

While all the Gondorians of Minas Tirith fled, Bilbo tried to distract the 100,000 strong Orc host with one of his famous speeches... it seemed to be working.

Or

Bilbo: I swear! The fish was this big!

Or even...

Bilbo tried his hardest to keep a straight face as he balanced ten very thin sticks on his fingers.

the guy who be short · 08-22-2005, 02:35 PM

Bilbo turns his back and counts to ten. If the cake's not gone by then, well - he won't be liable for anything that happens.

mormegil · 08-22-2005, 02:45 PM

Another one I can't see

Lalwendë · 08-22-2005, 03:04 PM

The merry grin betrays Bilbo's story about the barrel of ale beside him having been drunk by "those confounded boys from Tookborough and Buckland" to be a big old fib.

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-22-2005, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mormegil

Another one I can't see

Any better, Morm?

A caption:

Bilbo imitated the reaction of The Mouth of Sauron's Private dentist.

CaptainofDespair · 08-22-2005, 03:21 PM

Bilbo was disturbed when Peter Jackson, as a hobbit, decided to go uncloaked.

Bêthberry · 08-22-2005, 03:24 PM

Bilbo: "Say, Mr. Spock, what is that hand trick you do again?"

mormegil · 08-22-2005, 03:29 PM

thank you Hookbill

Bilbo: "You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around...that's what it all about"

Nilpaurion Felagund · 08-22-2005, 08:05 PM

Emperor Bilbotine prepares to do Force Lightning on Frodokin Skywalker.

Alcarillo · 08-22-2005, 08:16 PM

The shirriffs catch Bilbo Baggins smuggling Old Toby into the East Farthing.

Kitanna · 08-22-2005, 08:22 PM

Bilbo: *holding up fingers for Frodo* I have only had this many pints!

Glirdan · 08-22-2005, 08:43 PM

Bilbo: Ten! READY OR NOT! HERE I COME!

Oddwen · 08-22-2005, 08:49 PM

Bilbo demonstrates what he would do if 200,000 Orcs Showed Up At His Door.

Or...

Fine, lynch me! You'll be sorry...whoa, that's a big knife...hey, what, no! no! no! Please not the waistcoat...arrrrrrgh!

Or...

Bilbo does the Wave for Boromir the Disco King!

The Elf-warrior · 08-22-2005, 09:10 PM

Bilbo gets held up by Merry and Pippin.

HerenIstarion · 08-23-2005, 12:11 AM

scene 1:

Blibo, being stopped on the road by hooded and cloaked persons: These funny folk think I carry my gold on me, hehe, when I invested it into real estate ages ago.

scene 2:

After the feast (more or less) came the Speech. Most of the company were, however, now in a tolerant mood, at that delightful stage which they called ‘filling up the corners’. They were sipping their favourite drinks, and nibbling at their favourite dainties, and their fears were forgotten. They were prepared to listen to anything, and to cheer at every full stop.

'My dear People', began Bilbo, rising in his place. 'You all see my hands are empty, don't you? Look now how I'll make the cake vanish magically'. Bilbo put up his hands and began to murmur mysteriously abracadabra...ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke...hil-lo, hol-lo, hel-lo...ziz-zy, zuz-zy, zik...

'Hear! Hear! Hear!’ they shouted, and kept on repeating it in chorus, seeming reluctant to follow their own advice. Cries of Yes (and No) were heard, noises of trumpets and horns, pipes and flutes, and other musical instruments. There were, as has been said, many young hobbits present, and all would be delighted to see some magic performed by notorious Mad Baggins.

But old Rory Brandybuck was not so sure. Neither age nor an enormous dinner had clouded his wits, and he said to his daughter-in-law, Esmeralda: ‘There’s something fishy in this, my dear! I believe that mad Baggins is trying to swindle us.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-23-2005, 02:15 AM

Bilbo: Now you see 'em, now you don't!

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-23-2005, 02:41 AM

Bilbo could never get the hang of Simon says.

OR

The giant chocolate bar thief strikes again!

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-23-2005, 03:51 AM

Although not as young as he once was, Bilbo still knew all the moves to YMCA.

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 08-23-2005, 05:20 AM

"Ladies, ladies, one at a time, please!"

Holbytlass · 08-23-2005, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

Emperor Bilbotine prepares to do Force Lightning on Frodokin Skywalker.

Bilbotine: Frodokiiiin, I am your uuuncle!!!.....no, wait......I am your coouusin! no, uncle but maybe it's cousin?!....

Mithalwen · 08-23-2005, 06:50 AM

Bilbo tried to pretend he hadn't known about his "suprise" party

or

Bilbo always insisted on doing his Al Jonson impersonation when he had had a few..

Boromir88 · 08-23-2005, 06:58 AM

Ai! Ai! (not screaming about a balrog) but I's can't see this pic!

Mithalwen · 08-23-2005, 07:03 AM

Click the link Hookbill provided for Mormegil in 6813

Oddwen · 08-23-2005, 07:14 AM

The Boromir pic:

Boromir approaches the buffet, only to find it empty!

The Bilbo pic:

Pishtush, Frodo my lad! I made up all that stuff about the Dwarves. Now let's go try on some clothes, eat and laugh fruitily!

Or...

Bilbo discovers "Shadow Puppets"

"Here's a Ringwraith, and here's an Orc, here's the Eye of Sauron, and here's a huge spider, and oo, an Easterling!"

Or...

In his later days, Bilbo took to burgling the larger hobbit holes.

"No no no my dear sir, the cake was following me home!"

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-23-2005, 07:26 AM

Bilbo: My tale is not part of the Legendarium? *chuckles* My dear davem, you surely cannot be serious.

Morsul the Dark · 08-23-2005, 09:47 AM

Bilbo: I told you guys I'm 111 and yet you put 113 candles on my cake you know not only women are offended when you make them older!

Bilbo relizes being well-preserved makes it hard to say how old he is

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-23-2005, 10:10 AM

Bilbo was particularly talented at playing two games of rock paper scissors simultaneously.

Boromir88 · 08-23-2005, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Click the link Hookbill provided for Mormegil in 6813

Why thank you Miss Mithalwen, and Mr. Goomba for providing the link.

Bilbo: OK Maggot, you caught me. I stole your mushrooms all these years, it wasn't Frodo. But, I must admit, it was fun making it look like my nephew did it.

THE Ka · 08-23-2005, 11:50 AM

Bilbo: Okay, okay I didn't touch the cake... I wouldn't be too sure about those wine bottles though...*hik*

(Starts humming 'It's my party and I'll drink if I Want To'...)

~ Aesthete

Lalwendë · 08-23-2005, 02:21 PM

Press Release from Bywater Media:

An advance shot of the new Bilbo Baggins Workout Video - Gentle Exercise for the Elderly Hobbit. It should sell well in the month of Afteryule when Hobbits make promises (soon to be broken) to work off the excess cake and Old Winyards.

Hookbill the Goomba · 08-24-2005, 03:23 AM

Bilbo auditions for Thunderbirds.

OR

Bilbo: Don't be stupid! Everyone knows there is no such thing as cakes!

Nilpaurion Felagund · 08-24-2005, 06:28 AM

Bilbo: Bert? Tom? Bill? I thought you turned to stone . . . wait, what's that club for . . . Hey, I told you I'll pay you back! No, wait a minute . . . Augh!!!

Boromir88 · 08-24-2005, 09:13 AM

Bilbo: Calm down, you don't have to create such a ruckus...ok I'll skip the speech, here's the new picture.

Gandalf: Umm, Aragorn...did you just fart?
Aragorn: Gandalf! How could you accuse me of such a thing.
Gandalf: Well it really stinks, and I know it's not your odor.
Eomer: (proudly) That was me Gandalf.
Legolas: Ya, and it reeks.
Gimli: I've had worse.

mormegil · 08-24-2005, 09:19 AM

*sigh* can't see this one either...sorry.

CaptainofDespair · 08-24-2005, 09:37 AM

Gimli: Omg!!1!!111!
Aragorn: What?
Gimli: This is awesome!
Aragorn: What is?
Gandalf: *sighs* His feet can touch the floor...

or

Gandalf: Uh...Aragorn...I need you to get me something...
Aragorn: What? A new cloak?
Gandalf: No...I need some Preparation H. I won't be able to sit down without it.

Kitanna · 08-24-2005, 09:44 AM

I cannot see the picture either.

CaptainofDespair · 08-24-2005, 09:46 AM

http://www.elfenomeno.com/imag/trail...r_erdr_111.jpg

Edit: Just to let you all know, clicking the above link produces an error. Merely hit Enter, or click Go, or whatever, again, and it should work.

For those who can't see it, try quoting the post in which the defective pic is in, and just copy/paste the url to another browser window. That should work.

Kitanna · 08-24-2005, 09:51 AM

Thanks for the tip CoD, but sadly the link is not working either. Looks like I'll have to wait for the next picture.

08-22-2005, 02:01 PM	#6801
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Boro piccy Boromir: You sir, are a blockhead. EDIT For some reason I can't see the Bilbo picture, so I will do the best I can: Bilbo: [Something outrageously funny].* * With apologies to Gilda Radner. Last edited by Fordim Hedgethistle; 08-22-2005 at 02:26 PM.

08-22-2005, 02:15 PM	#6802
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Bilbo: "Me? Silly? Oh Tra-la-la-lally! Where's the pipe-weed?" __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-22-2005, 02:26 PM	#6803
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	While all the Gondorians of Minas Tirith fled, Bilbo tried to distract the 100,000 strong Orc host with one of his famous speeches... it seemed to be working. Or Bilbo: I swear! The fish was this big! Or even... Bilbo tried his hardest to keep a straight face as he balanced ten very thin sticks on his fingers. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

08-22-2005, 02:45 PM	#6805
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	Another one I can't see __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

08-22-2005, 03:04 PM	#6806
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	The merry grin betrays Bilbo's story about the barrel of ale beside him having been drunk by "those confounded boys from Tookborough and Buckland" to be a big old fib. __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-22-2005, 02:35 PM	#6804
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	Bilbo turns his back and counts to ten. If the cake's not gone by then, well - he won't be liable for anything that happens.

08-22-2005, 03:21 PM	#6808
CaptainofDespair Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 413	Bilbo was disturbed when Peter Jackson, as a hobbit, decided to go uncloaked.

08-22-2005, 03:24 PM	#6809
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,996	Bilbo: "Say, Mr. Spock, what is that hand trick you do again?" __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

08-22-2005, 03:29 PM	#6810
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	thank you Hookbill Bilbo: "You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around...that's what it all about" __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

08-22-2005, 08:05 PM	#6811
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	"If you will not join me, you will die." Emperor Bilbotine prepares to do Force Lightning on Frodokin Skywalker. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

08-22-2005, 08:16 PM	#6812
Alcarillo Shadow of the Past Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minas Mor-go Posts: 1,007	The shirriffs catch Bilbo Baggins smuggling Old Toby into the East Farthing.

08-22-2005, 08:22 PM	#6813
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	Bilbo: holding up fingers for Frodo I have only had this many pints! __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

08-22-2005, 08:43 PM	#6814
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Bilbo: Ten! READY OR NOT! HERE I COME! __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

08-22-2005, 08:49 PM	#6815
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Bilbo demonstrates what he would do if 200,000 Orcs Showed Up At His Door. Or... Fine, lynch me! You'll be sorry...whoa, that's a big knife...hey, what, no! no! no! Please not the waistcoat...arrrrrrgh! Or... Bilbo does the Wave for Boromir the Disco King! __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door Last edited by Oddwen; 08-22-2005 at 08:59 PM. Reason: Adding a buncha stuff

08-22-2005, 09:10 PM	#6816
The Elf-warrior Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Virginia. Posts: 952	Bilbo gets held up by Merry and Pippin. __________________ Fenris Wolf: WW LXXX.

08-23-2005, 12:11 AM	#6817
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	scene 1: Blibo, being stopped on the road by hooded and cloaked persons: These funny folk think I carry my gold on me, hehe, when I invested it into real estate ages ago. scene 2: After the feast (more or less) came the Speech. Most of the company were, however, now in a tolerant mood, at that delightful stage which they called ‘filling up the corners’. They were sipping their favourite drinks, and nibbling at their favourite dainties, and their fears were forgotten. They were prepared to listen to anything, and to cheer at every full stop. 'My dear People', began Bilbo, rising in his place. 'You all see my hands are empty, don't you? Look now how I'll make the cake vanish magically'. Bilbo put up his hands and began to murmur mysteriously abracadabra...ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke...hil-lo, hol-lo, hel-lo...ziz-zy, zuz-zy, zik... 'Hear! Hear! Hear!’ they shouted, and kept on repeating it in chorus, seeming reluctant to follow their own advice. Cries of Yes (and No) were heard, noises of trumpets and horns, pipes and flutes, and other musical instruments. There were, as has been said, many young hobbits present, and all would be delighted to see some magic performed by notorious Mad Baggins. But old Rory Brandybuck was not so sure. Neither age nor an enormous dinner had clouded his wits, and he said to his daughter-in-law, Esmeralda: ‘There’s something fishy in this, my dear! I believe that mad Baggins is trying to swindle us. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-23-2005, 02:15 AM	#6818
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Bilbo: Now you see 'em, now you don't! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-23-2005, 02:41 AM	#6819
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Bilbo could never get the hang of Simon says. OR The giant chocolate bar thief strikes again! __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

08-23-2005, 03:51 AM	#6820
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	On the dance floor at Bilbo's 111st... Although not as young as he once was, Bilbo still knew all the moves to YMCA. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-23-2005, 05:20 AM	#6821
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	"Ladies, ladies, one at a time, please!" __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

08-23-2005, 06:50 AM	#6823
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Bilbo tried to pretend he hadn't known about his "suprise" party or Bilbo always insisted on doing his Al Jonson impersonation when he had had a few.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-23-2005, 06:58 AM	#6824
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,518	Ai! Ai! (not screaming about a balrog) but I's can't see this pic! __________________ Fenris Penguin

08-23-2005, 07:03 AM	#6825
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Click the link Hookbill provided for Mormegil in 6813 __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-23-2005, 07:14 AM	#6826
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	The Boromir pic: Boromir approaches the buffet, only to find it empty! The Bilbo pic: Pishtush, Frodo my lad! I made up all that stuff about the Dwarves. Now let's go try on some clothes, eat and laugh fruitily! Or... Bilbo discovers "Shadow Puppets" "Here's a Ringwraith, and here's an Orc, here's the Eye of Sauron, and here's a huge spider, and oo, an Easterling!" Or... In his later days, Bilbo took to burgling the larger hobbit holes. "No no no my dear sir, the cake was following me home!" __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

08-23-2005, 07:26 AM	#6827
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Bilbo: My tale is not part of the Legendarium? chuckles My dear davem, you surely cannot be serious. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-23-2005, 09:47 AM	#6828
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Bilbo: I told you guys I'm 111 and yet you put 113 candles on my cake you know not only women are offended when you make them older! Bilbo relizes being well-preserved makes it hard to say how old he is __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

08-23-2005, 10:10 AM	#6829
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Bilbo was particularly talented at playing two games of rock paper scissors simultaneously. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

08-23-2005, 11:50 AM	#6831
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Bilbo: Okay, okay I didn't touch the cake... I wouldn't be too sure about those wine bottles though...hik (Starts humming 'It's my party and I'll drink if I Want To'...) ~ Aesthete __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

08-23-2005, 02:21 PM	#6832
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Press Release from Bywater Media: An advance shot of the new Bilbo Baggins Workout Video - Gentle Exercise for the Elderly Hobbit. It should sell well in the month of Afteryule when Hobbits make promises (soon to be broken) to work off the excess cake and Old Winyards. __________________ Gordon's alive!

08-24-2005, 03:23 AM	#6833
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Bilbo auditions for Thunderbirds. OR Bilbo: Don't be stupid! Everyone knows there is no such thing as cakes! __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

08-24-2005, 06:28 AM	#6834
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	The trolls turned out to be faking it. Bilbo: Bert? Tom? Bill? I thought you turned to stone . . . wait, what's that club for . . . Hey, I told you I'll pay you back! No, wait a minute . . . Augh!!! __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

08-24-2005, 09:13 AM	#6835
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,518	Bilbo: Calm down, you don't have to create such a ruckus...ok I'll skip the speech, here's the new picture. Gandalf: Umm, Aragorn...did you just fart? Aragorn: Gandalf! How could you accuse me of such a thing. Gandalf: Well it really stinks, and I know it's not your odor. Eomer: (proudly) That was me Gandalf. Legolas: Ya, and it reeks. Gimli: I've had worse. __________________ Fenris Penguin

08-24-2005, 09:19 AM	#6836
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,648	sigh can't see this one either...sorry. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

08-24-2005, 09:37 AM	#6837
CaptainofDespair Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 413	Gimli: Omg!!1!!111! Aragorn: What? Gimli: This is awesome! Aragorn: What is? Gandalf: sighs His feet can touch the floor... or Gandalf: Uh...Aragorn...I need you to get me something... Aragorn: What? A new cloak? Gandalf: No...I need some Preparation H. I won't be able to sit down without it.

08-24-2005, 09:44 AM	#6838
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I cannot see the picture either. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain