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...Oops...that should be, "bullies". I refrain from using the "hill billy" phrase as I grew up in the Appalachians (west side of the Smokies) so, you know.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "...Oops...that should be, "bullies". I refrain from using the "hill billy" phrase as I grew up in the Appalachians (west side of the Smokies) so, you know."lol
I know.
:)I like your Aunt's attitude, but she sounds tough.
MrsJoseph wrote: "Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I was 6, he was 8...One of my first lessons about dealing with people who are bigger than you. Later i was in a lot of fights. Maybe they all date back to my horse."
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The image of a kid in a kung-fu pose, brandishing a book in one hand is now indelibly imprinted in my mind.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: ":)I like your Aunt's attitude, but she sounds tough."
She was! And she wasn't playing around either. I get some of my attitude from her - it used to drive guys crazy. One of the things she was ADAMANT about was taking things from men/boys. Never take a gift from a man you are not already dating. If you do he can hold that over your head and attempt to coerce sex or other intimate actions. She was dead serious about that - and about borrowing in general.
Okay, my filter is losing it... phrucking ash-whole men. I'm sure she's got some stories to tell. I'd love to hear them.
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Homeinmyshoes wrote: "Okay, my filter is losing it... phrucking ash-whole men. I'm sure she's got some stories to tell. I'd love to hear them."I didn't get to hear most of them - she considered me too young then she came down with dementia as she got closer to 100.
But she did tell some funny ones when she felt they were appropriate.
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MrsJoseph wrote: "Soo funny!34 Fails So Magnificent You Won’t Believe They Actually Happened
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LOL xD
LOL I've always heard "tribbles" too. That is great. :D
MrsJoseph wrote: "Soo funny!34 Fails So Magnificent You Won’t Believe They Actually Happened
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Ooh, this is good.
Poor #21 was so close!
Becky wrote: "LOL I've always heard "tribbles" too. That is great. :D"I have a work friend who gets this stuck in his head whenever he hears it, so I've started randomly walking past his cube singing it.
I, of course, had to share this on his Facebook. :D
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That doesn't look like Dumbledore...
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "That doesn't look like Dumbledore..."That's NEW, imposter Dumbledore. Bleh.
I know. I made the mistake of reading the books instead of just seeing the movies.Sigh.
I've talked to several young people who when asked about harry Potter have seen the movies but not read the books...and seem not at all interested in actually reading them. It's frustrating.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I've talked to several young people who when asked about harry Potter have seen the movies but not read the books...and seem not at all interested in actually reading them. It's frustrating. "My boyfriend is one of those people... not young, mind you, but one of those people who saw the first movie, was bored by it and wasn't interested in reading the book. I had to convince him that the books were way better than the movies and he really only started reading it because he knows I'm such a big fan. He's now on book 3 and is loving the series so far. He actually travels with the books and wants to read it rather than playing video games. :)
The Hunger Games movie had the opposite affect on him. He saw the movie and immediately went out and brought the books and gobbled them up. So yeah, it's a shame the HP movies doesn't do the series justice.
Yeah, but I'm sure there are some people who saw the HP movies and then wanted to read the books.And, honestly, there are some movies-from-books that I've seen where I have no interest in reading the books, so I can't get on people's cases too much about it... though I do try and promote the superior awesomeness of the HP books.
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I need to watch Hunger Games one day. I think I might potentially like the movie more than the book.
You sure he wasn't just like "Hot, badass chick! I'm IN!"?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure, Becky. LOL. LOTR was another one that he read because of the movies and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a "thing" for Hobbits or Elves. But, who knows? Maybe he's hiding something from me. :P
Jackie wrote: "Yeah, I'm pretty sure, Becky. LOL. LOTR was another one that he read because of the movies and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a "thing" for Hobbits or Elves. But, who knows? Maybe he's hiding some..."Arwen.
Tauriel.
Um, I think it's going to take more than Arwen to read through all 3 LOTR books. He hasn't read The Hobbit yet.
I read the LotR before the movies came out, precisely because the movies were coming out. It was one of those ones that I always felt I ought to read... Tell him, after suffering through LotR, that the Hobbit's at least better. ;)
Jackie wrote: "Um, I think it's going to take more than Arwen to read through all 3 LOTR books. He hasn't read The Hobbit yet."LOL fair enough.
I actually read them in published order, lol. And I saw The Hobbit cartoon before reading the book.
Speaking of movie adaptions, I LOVED the BBC versions of the Narnia series. I used to wait on pins and needles for them to come on as a kid (only on PBS).The Silver Chair was so dark to me. Scary!
The Hobbit cartoon was my first, too.
MrsJoseph wrote: "I actually read them in published order, lol. And I saw The Hobbit cartoon before reading the book."The Hobbit cartoon was horrible. Scarred me for life and left me with no interest in ever reading The Hobbit again.
Jackie wrote: "The Hobbit cartoon was horrible. Scarred me for life and left me with no interest in ever reading The Hobbit again. "
colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Jackie wrote: "The Hobbit cartoon was horrible. Scarred me for life and left me with no interest in ever reading The Hobbit again. ""
^What Colleen said!
lol!
I don't know, my son went around singing about cracking Bilbo's plates and such forever after he saw the Hobbit movie...oh and also the goblin song.I love LotR and have read them several times...but Liv Tyler might have hooked me into the movies even if i didn't love the books...
Speaking of the songs, it always amuses me when Tolkien purists hate on the new movies and bitch about the songs and how they slowed down the plot and how stupid they were...And I just sit there and laugh to myself thinking, "You do know the songs are *from* the books, right?" Jackasses...
colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "And I just sit there and laugh to myself thinking, "You do know the songs are *from* the books, right?" Jackasses... "LOL Right?? And in the extended versions, when they add them back in, I'm like "No! It was better before!"
colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Speaking of the songs, it always amuses me when Tolkien purists hate on the new movies and bitch about the songs and how they slowed down the plot and how stupid they were...And I just sit there and laugh to myself thinking, "You do know the songs are *from* the books, right?" Jackasses... "
^THIS
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The songs sort of make me chuckle as I think of the books and the old cartoon (well...actually "cartoons" but most of us like to pretend that the early LotR animated movie never happened.)
I am in the camp of loving the LOTR movies more than the books and Harry Potter books more than the movies.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I am in the camp of loving the LOTR movies more than the books and Harry Potter books more than the movies."Yep. (I do still love the LOTR books though. Just the movies more.)
No...books first for me. There's just too much there. I love those books.
Agree with Mike. LOTR books and Liv.
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Billies? As in "hill?"
I used to get in fights because I'm tall. I was taller than most people through HS when the rest of them caught up.
And - being who I am - I refused to back down. So I spent a lot of time being disciplined. I didn't give a shit - you start it, I finished it.
When I was small a bully in the neighborhood sent me home crying to my great-aunt once. She told me that the next time I came home crying cause someone hit me and I didn't try my best to kill them...SHE was going to whoop my ass. I've never gone home crying alone since, lol.