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Ok, I tried to read it last night, I really did. I got as far as him with some giant, taking him round a shop to choose a wand or something.
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
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Blank wrote:
> Goatboy, that was my point about IQ tests. For a start, you can
> practice for them, which means it's wholly inacurate.
I meant "could be inaccurate".
> Goatboy, that was my point about IQ tests. For a start, you can
> practice for them, which means it's wholly inacurate.
I meant "could be inaccurate".
Blank wrote:
I found
> it extraodinary that someone so obviously intelligent would enjoy
> music so obviously fake and talentless. But there you go. There's no
> accounting for taste.
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True.
Anyone else remember that freaky 9yr old boy that was an antiques expert? A shock of blonde afro, weird almond eyes and wore a pocketwatch?
Frighteningly intelligent?
He had a sex change and now works in a furniture restoration shop.
I found
> it extraodinary that someone so obviously intelligent would enjoy
> music so obviously fake and talentless. But there you go. There's no
> accounting for taste.
--
True.
Anyone else remember that freaky 9yr old boy that was an antiques expert? A shock of blonde afro, weird almond eyes and wore a pocketwatch?
Frighteningly intelligent?
He had a sex change and now works in a furniture restoration shop.
Rosalind wrote:
>J.D Salinger
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Does reading Catcher in the Rye make you a standard "disaffected teen"? No. So I don't see why reading Harry Potter makes you stupid.
>J.D Salinger
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Does reading Catcher in the Rye make you a standard "disaffected teen"? No. So I don't see why reading Harry Potter makes you stupid.
It's not a problem with you, it's a problem with a children's book that is being feted as incredible, fantastic, hyperbole, platitude etc etc
They are badly written. Structurally poor and just bad writing.
I got the mental picture of Rowling with her tongue out, hitting one key at a time and blinking ferociously.
They are poor books for children, especially seeing as you introduced me to Pullman - I'm just surprised that you could derive enjoyment from what amounts to a lazy Dr Suess novel.
They are badly written. Structurally poor and just bad writing.
I got the mental picture of Rowling with her tongue out, hitting one key at a time and blinking ferociously.
They are poor books for children, especially seeing as you introduced me to Pullman - I'm just surprised that you could derive enjoyment from what amounts to a lazy Dr Suess novel.
Goatboy, that was my point about IQ tests. For a start, you can practice for them, which means it's wholly inacurate. Plus I don't believe I'm any kind of genius. Although it would be nice.
IQ doesn't make a difference to taste - the cleverest person in my secondary school, who always got top marks etc etc, likes S Club 7. She's seen them live, and was adamant that they didn't mime. I found it extraodinary that someone so obviously intelligent would enjoy music so obviously fake and talentless. But there you go. There's no accounting for taste.
IQ doesn't make a difference to taste - the cleverest person in my secondary school, who always got top marks etc etc, likes S Club 7. She's seen them live, and was adamant that they didn't mime. I found it extraodinary that someone so obviously intelligent would enjoy music so obviously fake and talentless. But there you go. There's no accounting for taste.
Yes indeed, I must be a poofta.
If I put the cover to a Chuck Palahuink (sp?) book over my Order of the Pheonix copy, am I allowed to go out into public?
I seem to remember you having a go at people who dressed to fit into a certain "tribe" recently, yet isn't this you fitting into a certain tribe yourself? You're an adult therefore cannot enjoy childrens books?
If I put the cover to a Chuck Palahuink (sp?) book over my Order of the Pheonix copy, am I allowed to go out into public?
I seem to remember you having a go at people who dressed to fit into a certain "tribe" recently, yet isn't this you fitting into a certain tribe yourself? You're an adult therefore cannot enjoy childrens books?
I don't get why you have a problem.
I'm not stupid
I've read and enjoyed the Harry Potter Books
I've also recently read and enjoyed Jane Austin, Wilkie Collins, J.D Salinger, Jasper Fford, Neil Gaimen and loads of other novelists.
If I don't enjoy a book I stop reading it
I'm not hurting anyone by reading any book
Your problem with me is?
I'm not stupid
I've read and enjoyed the Harry Potter Books
I've also recently read and enjoyed Jane Austin, Wilkie Collins, J.D Salinger, Jasper Fford, Neil Gaimen and loads of other novelists.
If I don't enjoy a book I stop reading it
I'm not hurting anyone by reading any book
Your problem with me is?
Hur hur hur...you bummer.
If that makes you happier, why not?
In a gay way?
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