Bilbo and Gandalf

But it so happened that one day in the quiet of the morning, in those distant times when there was much less noise and more greenery in the world, and the hobbits were numerous and prosperous, Bilbo Baggins stood in the doorway after breakfast and smoked his wooden pipe, so long that it almost touched his shaggy legs (by the way, neatly combed with a brush). And just then Gandalf was passing by.
D.R.R. Tolkien "The Hobbit, There and Back"