[Overtaxed]

I'd like to say more but I'm in the corner

I think we should insist on imperial pints. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I think Bombadil is one of the old things of the earth... To paraphrase Ganddalf: "there are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the earth". In order for some of the ancient things to be foul, then perhaps some must be fair in comparison.