Madhi19 Reddit new post madhi19 on TIL that the length of time from when Frodo first gets the ring to when he actually sets out on his adventure is 17 years, not a few weeks like the movie makes it seem.

Actually that Saruman personal stash! Gandalf got him hooked on the stuff like 100 years before LOTR. And am not joking it in the appendices or the unfinished tales.

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