The Catchphrase Catches On: "Time passes... Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold." Those who know the game have quoted it again and again, while waiting for something. Other folks miss the reference.
These being totally random happenings due to the Interactive Fiction being Nintendo Hard. Bilbo can get eaten by the Trolls while Gandalf watches without comment.
The wood-elf in Mirkwood that simply locked you in prison will also arrest various enemies, most often a Warg.
If you break the window in the Goblins' dungeon, a goblin jailor might end up going into the cell, resulting in a potentially endless loop of you getting captured/imprisoned in the cell, even when you're already inside it.
