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But first they would need to invent some tape
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They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x
Good thing the ring wasn't made of spuds
You mean PO-TAY-TOES?
Boil 'em, mash 'em, put 'em in a stew!
Or hobbit poontang
Sam had hobbit pussy eager at the ring of a bell if he'd have wanted, he wasn't lacking.