The Importance of Sarcasm in British Humour

Hobbits use light words at such times and say less than we mean, partly because they're afraid of saying too much. That robs us off the right words when being funny about stuff is inappropriate. So their default is to jest. That's the whole point about hobbits. Ergorn's like, of course I know that. I've been guarding you hobbits all your lives. And he wouldn't play around with them if it weren't the case. He should have taken this sort of tack with Galadriel, California or Lothla Korea. But what Mary is describing here is very British humour. Yeah, absolutely it is. Mocking our way through