"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"Lol," said Gandalf. "Lmao."

@mttaggart Oh god, I made the same joke a year later. I promise I did not set out to rip you off, not consciously anyway

https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116021846964081132

@mttaggart Perhaps the gag burrowed into my brain and waited there long enough for me to think it was that rarest of things, an idea original to me
@jalefkowit Oh I'm certain I wasn't the first to arrive at this one either

@mttaggart @jalefkowit

It's probably rather universal.