OK, OK, partners in crime (i.e. REB

) are definitely exceptions! Not pesky, no, good master, not pesky at all...
So as not to break the rules I have to enforce (I'd have to delete my own post and send myself a stern reprimand by PM!

) here's an on-topic comment:
I love the brief comments that frequently introduce the P&A strips - the "thickening plot like custard" amuses me greatly!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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