I thought somewhere in his notes Tolkien implied Smaug and the other dragons were also Maia at the far, far beginning. Not that I’ve read any of the extended material, I just go by what I hear y’all talking about.
Hey, it worked for Balaam! 
Sure you can. Humans and australopithecines.
I said intelligent animals. 
Entering “+natalie +portman +hot” into a Google image search returns 1,840,000 results. Clearly we are a wise and perceptive species.
Only 1.8M?! I think there’s something wrong with the Internet.
Were it anyone other than Skald, I would suggest that it is because he was typing with one hand.
No response…He is obviously lulling me into a False Sense of Security while he plans some evil, nefarious revenge…
Memo: Do not answer the door if Flaming Monkeys knock.
Candygram.
I did say image search. You get more hits without such specificity.
Your abduction, sacrifice to the Dark Gods, and revival as a revenant dedicated to my service and used in a ploy to destroy New South Wales is already scheduled for 4 February. I see no reason to change my plans because of a single wisecrack.
What if he got a note from his mom?
Dang, I’ve scheduled a root canal on that date.
Can I get back to you on this?
Thank you for finding somebody other than Pittsburgh to pick on.
Er…yes. Yes, that’s right. I had nothing at all to do with the Steelers’ not makiing the playoffs. Certainly I did not take any payment of gold buillion, uncut sapphires, and virgin ostriches in exchange for giving any necromantic assistance to Baltimore at Oakland that day.
Yes, that is the official story and I am sticking too it.
:: sips ostrich soup out of sapphire-studded bowl using impractical, solid gold spoon ::
Speaking about Unicorn droppings.
Cool. I did not know that. This is why I never throw anything away. You never know what will come in handy someday.
Er … not that I have any Unicorn droppings.
Really.
Move along, nothing to see here …