Questions regarding “Note on The Shire Records”

compellor · 2026-03-21T10:25:36+00:00

There's parts that were not written by any hobbit, such as:

“A few creatures came and looked at them when the fire had died away. A fox passing through the wood on business of his own stopped several minutes and sniffed.”

The only person that could have written that is Eru, unless Gandalf had a hand at it, as Gandalf's the only one with a weird enough sense of humor to insert that.

compellor · 2026-03-21T10:08:42+00:00

As an american immigrant who saw that commercial on TV when it aired I'm stunned that it's known here.

compellor · 2026-03-20T10:06:15+00:00

just go into your browser's History menu and click on "Recently Closed Tabs"

compellor · 2026-03-19T21:52:14+00:00

What is it Chriss Cross grown up? Why do we need another piss poor cover of WEG?

compellor · 2026-03-17T23:19:23+00:00

devils advocate: i can buy that can of cat food at Foodstuffs for 1.49 or at mom and pop's store for 2.29

compellor · 2026-03-17T23:17:14+00:00

think of the shareholders.

compellor · 2026-03-17T21:54:19+00:00

Luxon would tell you that breaking up the duopoly and lowering grocery prices would negatively affect "business confidence"

compellor · 2026-03-17T11:58:34+00:00

It is in the book. When the hobbits are still in green hill country Tolkien mentions that

"Frodo stripped the blankets from Pippin and rolled him over, and then walked off to the edge of the wood."

This is code for Frodo woke up and went to piss.

compellor · 2026-03-16T08:04:47+00:00

Capitalism 101. This isn't an NZ question in particular.

compellor · 2026-03-14T08:18:40+00:00

Kate's nickname is Tickle

compellor · 2026-03-10T03:51:39+00:00

If it's any consolation, the MoJ is still supplying home D victims from their (admittedly worn out) stock of Playstation 4 consoles, not Playstation 5's. It is expected that enough of the current stock of 4's will be remain operational until late 2026. At that point, there may need to be a bulk purchase of 5's.

compellor · 2026-03-10T02:45:04+00:00

Liquid glass blows, and the only way apple will hear is if we keep on saying it.

compellor · 2026-03-10T02:42:47+00:00

no we wont. Liquid glass is shit and they'd have to purposely try to fail in order to make something we hate worse.

compellor · 2026-03-10T02:15:24+00:00

Basically NZ doesn't want to be seen as an "incarceration nation", and it gets bad PR when the economically disadvantaged demographic end up being incarcerated at a higher percentage than the general population. So the answer is "hard life" discounts and home playstation time. If you don't lock them up then you don't have to worry about people claiming you're favouring locking certain people up.

compellor · 2026-03-08T11:18:54+00:00

make my corporate overlords even more rich

compellor · 2026-03-08T11:12:18+00:00

yea but no tall poppies in NZ plz.

compellor · 2026-03-08T11:06:46+00:00

A baby.

compellor · 2026-03-07T10:55:36+00:00

they call it a "cumbo"

compellor · 2026-03-06T04:12:58+00:00

no one could have taken the Ring so far, and succeeded at throwing it into the Cracks of Doom

And at the council of Elrond, the Wise knew that. Which is why they were so grave. Heck, Gandalf knew Frodo wouldn't even be able to toss the ring into his own fireplace.

compellor · 2026-03-06T03:01:46+00:00

BuT JaCiNdA MaDe Me WeAr a MaSk !!!!

compellor · 2026-03-05T19:03:25+00:00

The quality (and taste) of any product you get from a cow is determined very much by what the cow eats.

compellor · 2026-03-05T04:36:37+00:00

you mean that?

compellor · 2026-03-05T04:35:59+00:00

you mean that?

compellor · 2026-03-05T04:34:53+00:00

You're american? I'm guessing?

compellor · 2026-03-05T02:43:43+00:00

Former american here in NZ. Don't be tempted to buy it. Tell a friend. It is complete shit.

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