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[Loud Whispers]

Listen, I know Sauron did that whole corruption murder and conquest thing, but his low tax plan makes him the best candidate for the job!

Did you know that Sauron taxed his slaves 0% of their income? What a guy

[TD1]

In fairness, we only ever saw Sauron's middle management be cruel - and middle management's always cruel. There's nothing against the man (being) himself.

[JoshuaFH]

I think technically it would be Morgoth that set the taxation policies. Sauron was just carrying it out.

[Loud Whispers]

In fairness, we only ever saw Sauron's middle management be cruel - and middle management's always cruel. There's nothing against the man (being) himself.

We do know he was torn between larping as a cruel overmorgoth and an attention-starved cat desperate for the affections of humanity; what that says about his likely tax policies, one cannot say

[Il Palazzo]

We do know he was friends with a guy marching under the banner of the Invisible Hand of the Market, and that he was heavily involved in Middle East. I think it's fair to say his tax policies were on the laissez-faire side.

[TD1]

All that glitters is not the Suez canal

[MrRoboto75]

Considering the orcs say "looks like meats back on the menu" implies orcs know what a menu is, which means they might know what a restaurant is.

[Eric Blank]

Sometimes really fancy military kitchens are like restaurants. Maybe orcs have the fanciest military kitchens in middle earth.

[TD1]

Well, yea. And Bilbo understood Gandalf's golf reference.

Which suggests the Shire is ideal putting territory.

[Loud Whispers]

All that glitters is not the Suez canal

Cirdan's Evergreen galley gets stuck in the middle of the Grey Havens

[scriver]

Iirc golf was invented by a Took who wielded a wooden club and punted a goblin warband's leader's head straight off his neck in a single blow.

[TD1]

Bullroarer Took, yep. And the Goblin chief's head went down a rabbit hole.

[Rose]

The problem is I *could* shave. If I do that, I get ingrown hairs for literal weeks afterwards.

Laser/electrolysis is in the future, but that costs money I don't have yet.

Best thing is, the epilator gives me more ingrown hairs than shaving.

Which is why I eventually broke down and just got myself an IPL machine.

[Great Order]

Mood's turned sour for some reason or other.

[bloop_bleep]

I and the Surprise Sourpuss are acquainted. They may be warded away with hanging milk bottles around your house, as a sacrificial souring.