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{{a|g|[[File:Mithril.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A cheeky little [[hobbit]] hiding yesterday.]]}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an apocryphal metal invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, which goggle-eyed little [[hobbit]]s hide under in ''Lord of the Rings''. It supposedly of Elvish origin. Resembling silver but being stronger and lighter than steel — so light, allegedly, the user doesn’t feel its weight — it is very adaptable and can easily be forged into a [[McGuffin]]. For example, if you thow it over yourself when the Nazgûl ride by they won’t see you because you will look exactly like a rock.<ref>My senior LOTR consultant tells me this was not a [[mithril]] cloak, but an ordinary grey Elven cloak given to those cheeky little hobbits by the Lady Galadriel. Don’t care.</ref>
{{a|g|{{image|Mithril|jpg|Not Mithril but, look: most metaphors don’t bear close examination.}}}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an apocryphal metal invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, which goggle-eyed little [[hobbit]]s hide under in ''Lord of the Rings''. It supposedly of Elvish origin. Resembling silver but being stronger and lighter than steel — so light, allegedly, the user doesn’t feel its weight — it is very adaptable and can easily be forged into a [[McGuffin]]. For example, if you throw it over yourself when the Nazgûl ride by they won’t see you because you will look exactly like a rock.


Contrary to popular belief, [[client money]] is not made of [[mithril]]. Nor are [[legal opinion|legal opinions]]. For absolute certain, none of the views expressed on this site are either. Yes, that’s another [[disclaimer]], by the way.
FACT CHECK: My senior LOTR consultant tells me this was ''not'' a [[mithril]] cloak at all, but an ordinary grey elven cloak, given to the cheeky little hobbits by the elven queen Phyllis Schlafly. Don’t care.
 
Contrary to popular belief, [[client money]] is not made of [[mithril]]. Nor are [[legal opinion|legal opinions]]. For absolute certain, none of the views expressed on this site are, either. Yes, that’s another [[disclaimer]], by the way.


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*[[Disclaimer]]
*[[Cash]] and [[client money]]
*[[Cash]] and [[client money]]
*[[Reliance on legal advice]]
*[[Reliance on legal advice]]
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