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After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Thinking, Boiling Over, Answers
J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.46, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
After some while Bilbo became impatient. Well, what is it? he said. The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.