eleventy-first

I dozed off about the time Gandalf arrived for Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday party.

The Day Before Tomorrow greygirlbeast 2008

Upon returning home, Mr. Baggins kept the ring safe and on his nephew’s eleventy-first birthday, conveyed the ring to him.

Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool 2008

I remember opening one volume to a first line which read, 'Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday ...' and phoning several friends to say good-bye because suicide seemed obviously preferable to five hundred more pages of that.

Keeping the unicorns at bay Roger Sutton 2006

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Quakers in Spain superversive 2006

Chante Hinds, from Johannesburg, a regular guest at Hobbit House, made a special trip to Bloemfontein recently to watch "The Two Towers" on Tolkien's 111th birthday -- or his "eleventy-first," as Bilbo calls it in the book -- on January 3rd, 2003.

Tolkien For Tourists 2007

Fifty-one years old at the time of "The Hobbit," Bilbo was played by Ian Holm in Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which begins at Bilbo's eleventy-first 111th birthday.

Casting Call: Who Should Play Bilbo Baggins In ‘The Hobbit’? » MTV Movies Blog 2007

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitment in Hobbiton."

What's The Best Opening Line For A SF/F Book? 2005

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

The "It was" and "There Was" Brouhaha Mirtika 2005

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Archive 2005-11-01 Mirtika 2005

Although I like reading epics, medieval romances, and folktales, for many years I could not get beyond the barrier of that first all-too-Hobbit sentence: "When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton."

Kicking the Hobbit Hodgart, Matthew 1967