"I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again."
“I don’t think it’s a pleasant one to be reading, Bilbo. It might be wise of you to turn it off for your sake. I know how you hate prattling.”
”Turn it off? I might as well throw the thing outside! Wait- how did you even get the a phone?”
“I have been here a month, my dear Bilbo. However I’m about as lost on it as you are. I’ve about mastered messages but that’s all, I’m afraid. I’m sure there are ways to quiet it.”