eleventy-one

Then again, I'm told by smart people in the media that Obama should be up by eleventy-one points.

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This means that by the time I figure out how to put writing back into my day, I'll be eleventy-one years old.

Let me tell you about MY weekend. 2007

I regret to announce that – though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you – this is the END.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

First of all, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, and that eleventy-one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

Also my good Sackville-Bagginses that I welcome back at last to Bag End. Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday: I am eleventy-one today!

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

I regret to announce that — though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you — this is the END.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

First of all, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, and that eleventy-one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

Also my good Sackville-Bagginses that I welcome back at last to Bag End. Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday: I am eleventy-one today!

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

Kinda odd ball, but over all liked it.. btw eleventy-one is lotr reference Bilbo’s eleventy-first b-day festival.

EP111: Mayfly 2007

Bilbo was going to be eleventy-one, 111, a rather curious number and a very respectable age for a hobbit (the Old Took himself had only reached 130); and Frodo was going to be thirty-three, 33) an important number: the date of his 'coming of age'.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965