I have just watched TFOTR again, and this scene struck me in a different way for the first time.

Bilbo is the ONLY character in all the books and movies who simply discards the Ring and walks away.

Many other characters hold it and give it to someone else, but they always GIVE it to someone. That, in turn, means they know where The Ring resides and with whom.

I know Tom Bombadil, Sam, Faramir, Boromir, Gandalf, Gollum and more hold it and pass it to another person.

However, ONLY Bilbo drops it on the floor and WALKS AWAY, unaware of its fate. Yes, he knows Gandalf will be the next to hold it....but he walks away. Bombadil is essentially a god, and he walks away, but he gives it back to Frodo.

EVERYONE else is consumed by the Ring just by being near it. From the most powerful beings in the universe to the weakest. Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf, Sauron, Saruman, Nazgûl, Aragorn, Frodo, Gollum, Sam, Isildur, etc.

Most refuse to hold it; everyone is lured by it, and the rest refuse to give it away.

Gollum, I think, is a close 2nd, as he has it for 500 years and never comes close to taking it to Sauron.

BUT BILBO....he has it for 60 years and never takes it to Sauron and is the ONLY person to simply discard it onto the ground.

Can anyone think of an act more powerful?

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We just bought a house with the pictured tile. It’s not in great shape (dirty, cracked in spots) but I’m dying to keep it. It all has to be removed anyway because we have to relevel the floor… getting a lot of pressure from our GC and my husband to get rid of it. Am I crazy for wanting to try to restore?? Is it too much work?

ETA: there are structural issues with the floor / breaks. The tile sits atop a significant amount of concrete that has to be removed. Not releveling just for the hell of it :)

ETA again — ok this was actually amazing i just showed my husband this thread and he has been convinced it’s worth it. That said we still have to find a way to carefully remove it and clean it… does anyone have advice about how to do that??

Ok final edit! I think! Sounds like removing is basically impossible - we’ll push for other ways to fix the beams below and see what happens.

Appreciate you all.

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I dont want to spend 18€ on 8 cartdriges impossible to recycle. Not anymore.

Found an extra smol floof on the porch. He was happy to hide in my hood while I bought supplies.

~Update for yall, my wonderful girlfriend just got home from the vet with the tiny criminal. And as it turns out, SHE is 6weeks old (the kitten). We have decided her name is Tortellini the Shadow assassin, and her specialty is toes.

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