Maybe the Gaffer was <I>turned into</I> a pumpkin by Sharkey and <I>that</I> was the secret homage to the Scouring of the Shire!<P>!!!<P>Actually, how can you really count the Gaffer as an absentee, when he was in FotR and Sam mentions him in TTT and RotK?
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All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.
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