Billy Goats Gruff Quotes

As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a nursery tale?" "I wouldn't say they handed me my ass," I said. Bob was nearly strangling on his laughter, and given that he had no lungs it seemed gratuitous somehow. "That's because you can't see yourself," he choked out. "Your nose is all swollen up and you've got two black eyes. You look like a raccoon. Holding a dislocated ass.

He also had a version of Billy Goat’s Gruff where the troll under the bridge ended up the winner.

She taught us everything important comes in threes: little pigs, billy goats gruff, chances to guess unguessable names. Sisters.

I glanced over at...Billy? I think his name was Billy. If it was, he'd be the third one since the walking boot came off. Like the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Trip trap, trip trap right into my bed. Especially after one too many Pinot Grigios.

The troll decided he would rather have a chat instead, since now his troll heart was beating as warmly and kindly as it ever had, as he sat there with the teeny-tiniest billy goat Gruff. When troll hearts beat long enough, then trolls become less and less troll-like and more and more like people. Eventually their hearts turn into completely normal human ones. If you absolutely must deal with a troll, it's much better to change it into a person than to crush it to bits, body and bones.

What can I do to defeat him, Billy of the goats that are gruff?