He used riddling to talk to Smaug I think because he wanted to stall and waste time as he figured out a plan. He also used riddles to talk to Golem who he clearly was trying to stall to save himself as Golem wanted to kill and eat Bilbo. So it is a reoccurring theme of Bilbo and it makes sense.
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It implies that Douglass and his siblings nearly forgot about their early lives.
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l guess he just felt sorry for him and later wanted to know and he chose to be like him