I love all the hobbitisms Tolkien pus in there, like Merry saying to Farmer Maggot 'did you find them in your duck pond?' and the mental image of Frodo rolling Pippin out from his rugs. Not to mention Frodo telling Pippin that he 'wants to think' and Pippin replying 'what, at breakfast?' And of course the Brandybuck part was very funny. They're not so much riddles or puns but lighthearted jests that I love.
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'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?
Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.'
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