Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he. Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect. ... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. The best techniques are passed on by the survivors. Holy Unrefillable Prescriptions We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Good relations with the Wookiees, I have. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?

Aww, gee, you got me there Rick.

• It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
• Whatever your tastes, Magrathea can cater for you. We are not proud.