One of the few Hobbits with the talent and wherewithal to do the job, he was the area’s foremost cleanser of lady parts.
You may have heard of his Nom de Boulot “Douche Baggins”
Yep.
Airk - the problem with “Bored of the Rings” is that it’s hilarious - but only in VERY small doses. read only a little bit at a sitting & it’s quite funny.
It was written by, and aimed at, college kids. You are probably no long it’s target reader. It was pretty damn funny when I first read it 30 years ago…
The part I found oddly amusing is that the Ballhog wore a Villanova jersey. I was at Villanova at the time, and that’s the last thing anyone would have called our star Kerry Kittles, while the biggest ballhog in history, Me-Myself-and-Iverson, was then playing at our rival Georgetown.
I love puns, I enjoy parody, and I certainly don’t consider myself above juvenile humor, but I’m with you for the most part. Bored has a few moments (such as the above-mentioned “pity”), but I’ve never liked most of it. It always seemed to be trying much too hard.
I believe he was a Senator.
Also, re: Bored of the Rings, the prologue (“Concerning Boggies”) is amazing but the rest is only sometimes funny.
I’m definitely not in the target demographic anymore, but I first read it in High school, and it seemed pretty dumb then too. 
Trying too hard is definitely a good term for it.
I loved Bored Of The Rings as a kid, as an adult and love it as a gentleman in his 50’s.
From the prologue:
“This book is predominantly concerned with making money…”
Speaking of making a living in the Shire, what other professions were there? Farmer, miller, postman, bartender? Wonder if Sam gave up gardening when he became mayor.
I doubt that mayor was a salaried position.
Butcher, baker, candlestick maker.
And in The Hobbit, somewhere, there was a clockmaker.
Not at all, it was really stupid.
Sounds like a Narc.
How about Shirriffing?
I’ll call Tim Benzadrine.
I was in high school when I picked up Bored of the Rings. I laughed like the idiot I am for three solid hours. But I think Tom Lehrer is funny too. And the Danes got the best of it by far when we sent him over there as “revenge” for Victor Borge.
Ah, the memories…
Of course, gentlemen do not discuss such things.
But it is very curious that a hobbit of Bilbo’s means does not appear to have any servants around. (Which is why nobody knows the reasons for Bilbo’s sudden disappearance from the Shire and he can eventually be presumed dead.)
And stupidity is funny.