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LOL! yes, I agree! I was only joking!
fyi, here's where I can see the use of gandalf's staff in lotr (other than the breaking of the bridge which has been mentioned above)
On caradhras: "At last reluctantly Gandalf himself took a hand. Picking up a faggot he held it aloft for a moment, and then with a word of command_, naur an edraith ammen!_ he thrust the end of his staff into the midst of it. At once a great spout of green and blue flame sprang out, and the wood flared and sputtered."
Facing the wargs he held his staff up to ward off the wargs, but used a flaming branch and a spell to finish them off, not his staff
He tried to use his staff to open the doors of moria to no avail
He used it as a torch in moria and to flash a bolt of light to see what was about
He ‘lifted up his staff’ - possibly to ward off the blows of the 3 hunters when he met them in fangorn
He raised his staff in edoras making ‘a roll of thunder and to blot the sunlight out
But notice this: no mentioned of his staff against saruman – “He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. 'Saruman, your staff is broken.”
And notice saruman has a staff when the company overtakes him – but obviously no power to run ‘through’ it.
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