License/vanity plate
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Andy Brummer wrote:
I have a strange feeling he was the first one in line at this event: eye over Austin[^].
That has a ring of truth to it. Yes, it rings true.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Ugh. That was horrible.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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I've been unable to make anything sensible out of this one: F8THLF Any ideas?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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I've been unable to make anything sensible out of this one: F8THLF Any ideas?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
f(∞1/2)
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Ugh. That was horrible.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
Andy Brummer wrote:
Ugh. That was horrible.
Don't look at me! http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/hobbit-script-transcript-tolkien.html[^] Bilbo: ...the art of burgling is really, you know ... the art of being unobtrusive. Invisible, so to speak. Gandalf: Your story has the ring of truth. Yes, it rings true.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've been unable to make anything sensible out of this one: F8THLF Any ideas?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
I like this one: IR1RU12 :-D Steve
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Andy Brummer wrote:
Ugh. That was horrible.
Don't look at me! http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/hobbit-script-transcript-tolkien.html[^] Bilbo: ...the art of burgling is really, you know ... the art of being unobtrusive. Invisible, so to speak. Gandalf: Your story has the ring of truth. Yes, it rings true.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought the writing in the LOTR was horrible. I loved the stories, but I hated the writing. [edit] yes I realize this was a line from the movie, not necessarily the book, but my statement still stands. [/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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If you spot a car on the highway sporting plates that read: ML8ML8... What color is the car? Model? :rolleyes:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Roger Wright wrote:
ML8ML8
I read that as ImmolateImmolate.:doh: Too much GuildWars I guess.
Paul Watson wrote: Like, if you say sort of, like, you know, one more, you know, time, I'm going to, like, you know, sort of sort you out, you know.
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Roger Wright wrote:
ML8ML8
I read that as ImmolateImmolate.:doh: Too much GuildWars I guess.
Paul Watson wrote: Like, if you say sort of, like, you know, one more, you know, time, I'm going to, like, you know, sort of sort you out, you know.
:laugh::laugh::laugh: So your guess would be a fire-red Ferrari?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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I know I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought the writing in the LOTR was horrible. I loved the stories, but I hated the writing. [edit] yes I realize this was a line from the movie, not necessarily the book, but my statement still stands. [/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
Andy Brummer wrote:
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought the writing in the LOTR was horrible. I loved the stories, but I hated the writing.
well, Tolkien never expected his stories to become a cult phenomenon. His goal, if you have ever seen an interview, was to tell a folk tale. He was disappointed that Britain had such a mish-mash of cultures that there was no folk-history, or very little to speak of. So he created an "ancient" folk tale, so much of the stories are told in a folkish fashion. In some ways that is why it became a cult phenomenon. As bad as the writing is, it was designed for "the common man" and was well accepted as such. Or at least to some. However, there were times he got carried away and forgot his own reason and just wrote for the sake of writing, he admits it, and it is obvious in his writing at times. :) The hobbit, was a children's book to go with the other stories. So it was filled with grand adventure, and a few puns, and of course poetry (riddles in the dark and the like). It was strictly entertainment, though provided a brief origin for the ring of the other stories. Still it had little otherwise to do with the Lord of the Rings in order for it to stand on its own as well.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Andy Brummer wrote:
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought the writing in the LOTR was horrible. I loved the stories, but I hated the writing.
well, Tolkien never expected his stories to become a cult phenomenon. His goal, if you have ever seen an interview, was to tell a folk tale. He was disappointed that Britain had such a mish-mash of cultures that there was no folk-history, or very little to speak of. So he created an "ancient" folk tale, so much of the stories are told in a folkish fashion. In some ways that is why it became a cult phenomenon. As bad as the writing is, it was designed for "the common man" and was well accepted as such. Or at least to some. However, there were times he got carried away and forgot his own reason and just wrote for the sake of writing, he admits it, and it is obvious in his writing at times. :) The hobbit, was a children's book to go with the other stories. So it was filled with grand adventure, and a few puns, and of course poetry (riddles in the dark and the like). It was strictly entertainment, though provided a brief origin for the ring of the other stories. Still it had little otherwise to do with the Lord of the Rings in order for it to stand on its own as well.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I don't like to think that I have that short of an attention span, but my issue was always reading 15 pages of history on every obscure location or person in the story for every page of story.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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Burninate as in burninate the countryside, burninate the villagers. I was kind of iffy on the faith life interpretation, but so many others here saw it the same way, even that Matthew Faithfull guy managed to figure it out.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
Thanks for the plug,
Andy Brummer wrote:
that Matthew Faithfull guy
figures stuff out all the time apparently.
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
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I know I'll get flamed for this, but I always thought the writing in the LOTR was horrible. I loved the stories, but I hated the writing. [edit] yes I realize this was a line from the movie, not necessarily the book, but my statement still stands. [/edit]
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
I should be outraged. Tolkien's prose is the greatest since Shakespeare. Maybe I'll bring it up in the SoapBox.;) Consider yourself lightly singed. :-D
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.