Another thing I didn't get about the movie was this; why did no one tell poor Radagast that he had birdpoo in his hair?

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Just as they were searching for weapons in the trolls' cave, they were alerted by a sound rapidly coming their way. Before Bilbo heard any of the sorts was he dragged along with the dwarves. 

"Wouldn't it be wise to stay hidden?" he offered. Frankly, he wasn't really in the mood for another fight or to run for his life again. One close encounter with death was enough for one day, thank you.

"You want us to stay in that cave, trapped?" Dori spat. 

Before the hobbit could answer, a large sled pulled by large rabbits jumped out of the bushes. It halted just in front of Gandalf. 

"Radagast the Brown" the wizard said fondly. He offered a helping hand to help the other wizard out of his sled. "To what do we owe this pleasure?"

Thorin felt fed up with this new 'friend' of Gandalf. The first one, the hobbit they had to drag along, was the first mistake Thorin had allowed. Another friend wouldn't come along on this quest, especially not another wizard.

"We have to move" he said sternly. "None of us know if there is anything else on our tail."

Gandalf chose to ignore him for now. "What brings you to this side of Middle-Earth?"

"There are- Bats and - Hedgehogs?" Radagast said, each time he looked up at the sky like the answer was written somewhere up there.

"Sit down, try some of my old Tobey and you-" Gandalf was about to let his friend borrow his pipe when he noticed something in his hair. 

"Yes, Gandalf?"

Was he supposed to say something? Maybe that would be more impolite than to say nothing. "I was just thinking that maybe you have had enough mushrooms for a life time. Perhaps try some of our water?" Gandalf said. 

Dori and Bilbo walked up to the two wizards to see what was going on. "What is taking so long? Gandalf we need to-" Dori stopped dead in his tracks. 

There was something white and liguidy in the new wizards' hair. He opened his mouth to say something about cleaning ones hair, when he was shushed by the hobbit. "Don't" Bilbo warned him.

"Master Baggins, we can all see that something needs to be said!" Dori said indignantly. 

Bilbo shook his head. "No, you can't."

Dori threw his hands up in the air. "And please tell me why not?" 

"It is impolite to do so. At least, that is how we look at it in the Shire. We see it as much more disrespectful than commenting on someone' looks" he explained calmly.

"So you let people walk around embarassing themselves without them knowing? That sounds like a cruel prank to play one others, mister Baggins. What would the world look like if we all kept quiet?" Dori said, staring to get angry.

"Maybe you should try it, brother dear. Would give me fewer headaches I reckon" Nori said. 

"Gandalf we need to -" Dwalin stopped a little behind the small group that had now formed around the two wizards. "Is that poop?" Dwalin looked at the hair of Radagast in disgust. 

Everyone turned around to shush him.

"Don't bloody tell me that no one has pointed it out!" Dwalin cried out. 

"Keep your voice down" Bilbo warned. 

The old warrior rolled his eyes, settling down against a tree. "I don't understand the problem" he muttered under his breath.

Ori, Bifur, Bofur and Bombur now came their way as well. When Ori saw Radagast, he walked to Dori and softly pulled on his sleeve. "Dori, I don't want to be rude but there is something in his hair" he whispered.

"We know" Dori replied, not bothering to keep his voice down. 

Radagast started to feel a little overwhelmed with all the attention he was getting. He knew there was something special about him but to have them all staring at him... It brought a blush to his cheeks.

"What is taking so long?" Thorin growled from a few feet away. Did that wizard really think he could slow them down like this? He would bring things back into perspective! And - 

"Is that a new look in Middle-Earth?" Kili asked. His eyes were wide with confusion when he noticed the birdpoo in the wizards' hair. The company turned around to glare at him. "What?"

Radagast still didn't get the hint. He thought that they were just three more dwarves who were perplexed by his looks. Just like everyone else seemed to be when they first met him. This was so good for his selfesteem.

"Why does no one tell him he has bird p-" Bifur put a hand on Fili's mouth so that he couldn't finish his sentence. 

"Honestly, dwarves" Bilbo said, burying his head in his hands. 

Thorin looked at the scene with disdain. How did they get themselves into this? "If only something could come to get their attention back on the quest" he thought to himself.

Long and behold, that was the moment the first warg jumped at them with a loud growl. The bird poo man was long forgotten.