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Apr 30, 2026 3:33 PM
BuckIndy
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Efreeti
He was only 33 when his uncle turned 111. So when they met again in Rivendell Bilbo was 128
MasterMewlicker
Cast it into the fire! DESTROY IT!
EatPieLander
Jellyman7
Actually he was 33 when he received the "gift".
johnblood616
This reminds me of AITAH posts that boggle the mind.
"My racist boomer dad always comes over and says awful shit to my wife and kids. He calls my wife a "fat bitch", told my 11 year old daughter she had "nice tits" and called my son a "homo" because he reads comic books. If I ask him to stop he smears shit all over the walls. Am I the asshole?"
Haiddon
HE WAS THIRTY THREE WHEN HE GOT THE RING
SteveTheEgg
Frodo was 32 when Bilbo was 111, and 50 when he left the shire, but Bilbo would have been 129 by then.
dontask
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BuckIndy
Munchman347
Boy, talk about 'Distant' relatives. Reunions must be tough when everybody lives that many miles apart...
Ebo352
If I hadn't left the Shire at 21, I'd definitely do it.
mindstorm8191
My response would be: Well have you met the jeweler??
Wait... has anyone ever actually met this jeweler??
Mikeiller
Chefpnut
His uncle had just had his one hundred and elevededededeth birthday .
marsilies
Scythrael
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tibris
Frodo was 33 when he got the ring, because their 2 ages added together made a gross (144)
MakeItBackAlright
Wasn't Frodo in his 30s
Garwoodxx
Yes, and it will cost you a finger.
BuckIndy
mrsparkle001
Dude why would you throw it away? Wear that shit! Don't let some old guy over 2,000 years old influence you with his prejudice.
JustDumbCommentsAndCorrections
ESHES (Everyone Sucks Here Except Sam)
ILoveThiPlatform
This is also true for Game of Thrones
BuckIndy
mechscientist
thekeyofe
RIxspacexCK
something is lost in the context of this message.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Give it to me, we (589 M) wants it!
Windharp
Wow. You look no older than 1500 though.
BuckIndy
invaderjak
Great, I'll never be able to look at Gollum/Smeagol again without thinking of him as The GreaseMoneyOfLove
aShogunNamedMarcus
That was actually his working name in early Tolkien drafts
TheWyldeCard
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GeebesofMinnesota
RetrogradeLlama
BuckIndy
LockedAndKnotted
Your uncle is definitely the asshole.
Altqwenta
What about Isildur? He took it from his original owner in a very rude way; he refused to melt it so it can be forged into earrings without the evil power inside it. He also carried it like a trophy and lost it in the deeps of a river leting the legitimate owner grow in strenght and hate towards everyone who helped him take the ring.
BuckIndy
Donfolstar
He's just tired. So very tired.
beemarr
In his defense, he was the first to offer to be the one to go on the journey to get it destroyed.
noneedtodoxme
No, I think his uncle is bilbo.
schrodingerscatfood
theskepticinme
extraordinaryagility
Seandinger's Bean: Sean Bean is both alive AND dead until he is observed in a movie.
GhostofCharlieKirk
Shawn Bon
RuminatingYak
I read Sean Bean's name as if it rhymes.
bojeefus
do you pronounce it Sean Bean, or Sean Bean?
extraordinaryagility
Shawn Beeeeennn...nnnn
RuminatingYak
Yes.
androgenoide
Only 2019?
LockedAndKnotted
BuckIndy
theyallwenttoMexico
l'II give you the 111 year old uncle but l'm having doubts about the family friend being a 2,019 year old male.
CallMeMcGyver
The close family friend is probably Gandalf... he was approximately 2,000 plus years old at the time of The Lord of the Rings... but I never actually saw his driver's license or anything...
theyallwenttoMexico
Hey, I didn't think of that. 😊👍
dunkum09
he had been in middle earth for 2000 plus years. he was in valinor before that and he presumably existed before time itself, like the other valar and maiar
CallMeMcGyver
True...
EzraFell
Wait. Frodo was 50? Why was he considered such a young lad and Bilbo considered unnaturally old if Frodo was just about half his age?
EvelynNyte
50 is basically 25 for a hobbit if I remember right.
nihiltres
It’s slightly inaccurate. At the Party, Bilbo is 111 and Frodo 33, and then after Bilbo’s departure Frodo stays at Bag End for SEVENTEEN YEARS before setting off on his journey. But if people only see the films they’ll think that Frodo takes off basically the next day or so.
EatPieLander
Well explained. That eleventy-first party must've been renowned.
talinuva
Honestly it was kinda gross.
dunkum09
Gandalf's age is also wrong, but only by like a year at most. he'd have potentially been 2019 at the end of the books, but only 2018 when Frodo left the shire (or much much more, but they are clearly counting from when he arrived in middle earth, and not his time in valinor)
donpat
Gandalf is *far* older than 2000 years. He arrived in Middle Earth 2000-ish years before the events of the book. But that's not when he was created.
WillTheFifth
Yep. He is a maiar, one of the heavenly spirits created by Eru, who with him sang the world into creation. He literally older than dirt.
dunkum09
I know, but the original is clearly counting from his arrival at the grey havens. but even ignoring his history prior to that point, the age is still wrong