now going by his original name Sméagol, expresses confusion. “What’s taters, precious?” To which Sam spells out, “Po—ta—toes … The Gaffer’s delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly.” The film embellishes this exchange with the oft-memed line “Boil ‘em, mash ...
Innovation came fast and furious. People born in a time when the horse-pulled carriage was the height of transportation might (and most did) have grown up to fly in airplanes in late middle age. The “it’s always been so” suddenly wasn’t. Those very important markers of statu...