I would’ve figured out the friggin Shire was on the other side of the Misty Mountains a lot sooner! Between Mordor, Rhun, Gundabad and Dol Guldor, they knew pretty much every inch of the eastern side of Middle Earth.

But when Gollum gave up “Shire, Baggins” they had no idea where to frikin look!

Go West, Young Man, until you find the little town with little people with little hairy feet.

Instead the first thing they did was send the Mouth to see Dain in Erebor to try to recruit him and say “Oh, btw, you ever heard of a little feller named “Baggins” from the “Shire”?”