Agency life for everyone but the people at the top is a perilous journey to carry something precious through Middle Earth, dodging orcs, evil wizards, corrupt peers and dragons – all so you can just throw it in the fiery client volcano at the end.

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All so the Mouth of Sauron can tell you at the gates that it needs to see the logo in the first 3 seconds.

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Then you go back to the Shire, drink some mead and do it all again

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This is why you are a CD, that was hysterical.

Also sad... And true but I'm going to live in the funny bit.

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Very nice.

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