“Croquet is a wonderful game if you’ve got the balls for it”
The movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) contains these lines:
Bilbo Baggins: It’s supposed to look like that, it’s crochet.
Bofur: Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if you’ve got the balls for it.
“Corquet is a wonderful game. If you’ve got the balls for it that is” was posted on Twitter by Jake Frost on March 20, 2013. “Croquet is a wonderful game if you’ve got the balls for it” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on January 8, 2021.
Wikipedia: Croquet
Croquet (French: croquet; /ˈkroʊkeɪ/ (UK) or /kroʊˈkeɪ/ (US)) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called “wickets” in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.
IMDb (The Internet Movie Database)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Quotes
Bilbo Baggins: [Grabbing a doily from Nori] Excuse me, that is a doily, not a dishcloth.
Bofur: But it’s full of holes!
Bilbo Baggins: It’s supposed to look like that, it’s crochet.
Bofur: Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if you’ve got the balls for it.
Plugged In
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
PG-13
Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
IN THEATERS
December 14, 2012
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CRUDE OR PROFANE LANGUAGE
Discussing the game of croquet, one dwarf says, “Wonderful game if you’ve got the balls for it.”
Twitter
Darren Taneyhill
@DTaneyhill
@Taneyhill2 croquet is a great game if you’ve got the balls for it
6:10 PM · Dec 20, 2012·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Victor Sylva
@EverybodyGitSum
Crochet, what a game… If you’ve got the balls for it.
7:47 PM · Dec 21, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Emily Green
@arieidelmonte
Its full of holes…
Its supposed to look like that; its crochet.
Lovely game, if you’ve got the balls for it. - The Hobbit
11:00 PM · Mar 19, 2013·TweetDeck
Twitter
Jake Frost
@jksmth
Corquet is a wonderful game. If you’ve got the balls for it that is.
2:50 PM · Mar 20, 2013·Twitter for Mac
Twitter
missv
@toriporie
“Crochet is a wonderful game… if you’ve got the balls for it”
3:08 AM · Jan 4, 2014·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/PeeSeaBayBee January 8, 2021
Croquet is a wonderful game if you’ve got the balls for it.