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July 31st, 2007, 08:18 AM
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Doom makes me happy
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Why should I give it a shot?
I never saw the fascination with Rowling's books. I'd rather read something else by Irving Welsh or Kurt Vonnegut who are much better authors.
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Dont give it a shot then, just dont judge it if you have not. You cant say people are better authors if you have never tried someone.
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July 31st, 2007, 08:33 AM
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anti fender/gibson/esp
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i recently discovered the "go to last post" button. ive been posting on boards like this for 7 years. boy am i a slow learner...
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July 31st, 2007, 08:39 AM
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Vitali Klitschko #1
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I liked Tom Clancy's books when I read a few of them in high school.
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July 31st, 2007, 09:53 AM
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OMG A MUTANTLLAMA!
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Arizona Green tea kicks ass!
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take one for the team; get her pregnant so we can all get back on topic.
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It would be better if they kicked a ball back and fourth for nine hours and then after a while said ball rolled into a huge fucking net.
edit: Then the game would end 1-0 and a bunch of Europeans would shoot flares at each other.
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July 31st, 2007, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by The Ozzman
I never saw the fascination with Rowling's books. I'd rather read something else by Irving Welsh or Kurt Vonnegut who are much better authors.
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July 31st, 2007, 10:58 AM
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Fista Corps
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She's actually a very good writer.
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July 31st, 2007, 11:06 AM
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I just love the fact that nobody minds little children reading about a gang rape incident in the new book.  |
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July 31st, 2007, 11:09 AM
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Fista Corps
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Eh? I must've missed that.
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July 31st, 2007, 11:17 AM
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Page 454, down there..
"Never you mind," said Aberforth.
"But that’s a really serious thing to say!" said Hermione. "Are you---- are you talking about your sister?"
Aberforth glared at her: His lips moved as if he were chewing the words he was holding back. Then he burst into speech.
"When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, set upon, by three Muggle boys. They’d seen her doing magic, spying through the back garden hedge: She was a kid, she couldn’t control it, no witch or wizard can at that age. What they saw scared them, I expect. They forced their way through the hedge, and when she couldn’t show them the trick, they got a bit carried away trying to stop the little freak doing it."
Hermione’s eyes were huge in the firelight; Ron looked slightly sick. Aberforth stood up, tall as Albus, and suddenly terrible in his anger and the intensity of his pain.
"It destroyed her, what they did: She was never right again. She wouldn’t use magic, but she couldn’t get rid of it; it turned inward and drove her mad, it exploded out of her when she couldn’t control it, and at times she was strange and dangerous. But mostly she was sweet and scared and harmless."
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July 31st, 2007, 11:21 AM
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anti fender/gibson/esp
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and there is rape inplied in there?
thats a stretch
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