Precious Family Moments

(My brothers and I are playing ‘Trivial Pursuit’, and it’s my little brother’s turn. Also relevant, for those who haven’t read it, is that in ‘The Hobbit’, Bilbo and Gollum have a riddle contest, and Bilbo wins one round by accident.)

Older brother: *reading the question* “If you’re a tourist in France, and ask someone for directions, and they reply ‘Je ne sais pas‘, what do they mean?”

(My younger brother, who studied Spanish instead of French, clearly doesn’t know the answer.)

Younger brother: “I don’t know.”

Older brother: *looking at me* “Hobbit moment?”

Me: *nodding in agreement* “Hobbit moment.”

(We gave him the point.)