A The Lord of the Rings riddle was posted on the Sickipedia website on December 1, 2012:
     
Q: Why did the hobbit turn his phone on silent?
A: He was Bored of the Rings.
     
“Why did the Hobbit put his phone on silent?”/“Because he was bored of the rings” was the “Laugh of the Day” on ThinkandLaughDaily on January 13, 2021.
   
     
Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the world at some distant time in the past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s 1937 children’s book The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling books ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
   
The title names the story’s main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From homely beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land reminiscent of the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the quest mainly through the eyes of the hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
           
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Andy Reynolds
@AReyns1
Why did the hobbit turn his phone on silent?
He was Bored of the Rings
5:56 AM · Dec 1, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
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SickipediaToday
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Why did the hobbit turn his phone on silent?: Why did the hobbit turn his phone on silent?He was Bored of the Rings http://bit.ly/Vfm5qw
6:38 AM · Dec 1, 2012·twitterfeed
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Why did the hobbit turn his phone on silent?
He was Bored of the Rings
8:55 AM · Dec 1, 2012·TweetDeck
 
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Byron Melton
@ByronMelton
Why did the Hobbit put his phone on silent?
Because he was bored of the rings.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
2:41 PM · Dec 11, 2012·Twitter for iPad
         
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Fight The Dice
@FightTheDice
Why did Frodo Baggins turn off his phone?
Because he was bored of the rings.
3:38 PM · Jun 10, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
Why did the elf turn his phone to silent? He was bored of the rings.
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
Why did the elf turn his phone to silent? He was bored of the rings.
http://markhaggan.com/randomness/elf-jokes/    #Joke #Humour #Elf #ElfJokes http://markhaggan.com/randomness/elf-jokes/
7:00 AM · Aug 23, 2018·Facebook
 
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brenda
@brendaanne66
Why did the hobbit mute his phone?
He was bored of the rings
#1Pun
2:22 AM · Nov 12, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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John Clark Packer
@johncpacker
Why did the Hobbit put his phone on silent?
Because he was bored of the rings!
2:57 PM · Jan 13, 2021·Twitter for iPhone