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Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 09:00 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Sting Yes Lush... Basically we are in agreenment about...

Yes Lush... Basically we are in agreenment about the main issue. But I do not accept all the implications that your words carry. As far as I can see, this whole latest debate started from, similar...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 08:38 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Sting "2. I understand you're not a native English...

"2. I understand you're not a native English speaker. When in doubt, err on the side of polite language. If you see something get censored by the board, that word is probably not considered polite in...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 08:24 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Sting OK mr underhill... 1. This button... i...

OK mr underhill...

1. This button...
i kind of know how to use it, I put three posts in a row kind of to ram a point home... it would not have shortened it a bit if I had put it all in a one...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 07:45 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Sting AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH My point...

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

My point exactly. If womens stydy graduates in Tampere university can use that word in the final debate texts, then why cannnot one here?

The term by the way...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 07:43 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Pipe Why do phrases like "to give a sheisse"...

Why do phrases like "to give a sheisse" diseappear around here? In an earlier mail of mine I made some categoriations of some valar comparewd to some mythic goddesses, saying that unlike the...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 07:33 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Pipe ”just think that practicing restraint may prevent...

”just think that practicing restraint may prevent this thread from being closed down”

Well... I think that if this happens, then I just have ended up in the wrong forum. I mean, when I signed to...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 11:50 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 9,113
Posted By bombur
Pipe Well actually finnish have little to do with the...

Well actually finnish have little to do with the norse...

Finnish language has nothing and culture little to do with neither the germanic (German, danish, english, islandic, swedish, norwegian,...
Forum: The Books 09-24-2002, 11:40 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Pipe Oh sorry Lush... I’m the kind of person to make...

Oh sorry Lush... I’m the kind of person to make everything personal... I don’t do smalltalk. Either discussion is academical truthseeking discussion of interresting QUESTION or it is open and...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-22-2002, 09:16 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 10,912
Posted By bombur
Sting No... you had such a good start... lets make it...

No... you had such a good start... lets make it into a musical.

I seem to remember a good song for Boromir when trying to take the ring from frodo.

Boromir (with dark deep voice): "I like it, I...
Forum: The Books 09-22-2002, 08:49 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 22,014
Posted By bombur
Pipe What comes to the fair lady Arwen (still), I...

What comes to the fair lady Arwen (still), I agree with Marils comment: ”That in and of itself implies a lack of self-worth, that we cannot handle any portrayal of women that doesn't express 'the...
Forum: The Books 09-22-2002, 01:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,699
Posted By bombur
Sting There is also the practical-tactical side as...

There is also the practical-tactical side as referred to by gayaredion and myself and ransom.

Fact is that historically, practically and tactically things that go ka-boom are not automatically...
Forum: The Books 09-22-2002, 01:17 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 9,113
Posted By bombur
Sting I agree with you kalevala. Might add to the...

I agree with you kalevala. Might add to the similarities of theese legend some things though... like for example thet in kalevala as well, the kullervos sister is first to find out the truth and...
Forum: The Books 09-22-2002, 12:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,699
Posted By bombur
Thumbs up Ps. they propably did have the technic...

Ps. they propably did have the technic requirements for primitive hangrenade though.

JH
Forum: The Books 09-22-2002, 12:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,699
Posted By bombur
Pipe Have to agree with ransom. Attaching arrowheads...

Have to agree with ransom. Attaching arrowheads to rockets is unworkable. They were aimed by the Chineese at general direction of something big. One cannot hit a man with such. They wre incendiary...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-21-2002, 03:23 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 9,029
Posted By bombur
Sting Well there is some excuse if it is a political...

Well there is some excuse if it is a political cartoon that causes the reflex. But sorry, I'll get down.

JH
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 09-21-2002, 08:10 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,451
Posted By bombur
Pipe ”Yet I deem you err ascribing for the captive...

”Yet I deem you err ascribing for the captive Noldor to be orkish forefathers.”

I said: ”Morgoth kept eleven slaves in the mines of Angband. If they returned, they came back broken beings.”
And :...
Forum: The Books 09-21-2002, 07:22 AM
Replies: 112
Views: 33,645
Posted By bombur
Sting About preference in coffee, it was said: ”I like...

About preference in coffee, it was said: ”I like my coffee like my Nazguls: strong and black.”

How about this ME version of Finnish saying: Coffee shoul be enjoyed as black as is Sauron (satan),...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-21-2002, 05:26 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 9,029
Posted By bombur
Sting Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twise,...

Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twise, shame on me.
- chineese proverb originally.

I'm not worried of the linguistic skills of man wielding greatest amount of power in the world. What...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-20-2002, 04:42 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 9,029
Posted By bombur
Pipe This thread is deceptively labelled. When I...

This thread is deceptively labelled.

When I recieved that picture from a local leftwing mailinglist, not for one moment did I think GWB being Tom Bombadil, I assure you. smilies/biggrin.gif
...
Forum: The Books 09-20-2002, 04:16 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 17,548
Posted By bombur
Sting Thanks estelyn... I had thought it had less of...

Thanks estelyn... I had thought it had less of circulation. The name of the thread is perhaps slightly deceptive though...

JH
Forum: The Books 09-19-2002, 11:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,479
Posted By bombur
Sting And let us not forget that upon coming to arda...

And let us not forget that upon coming to arda the Valar clad their radiance in corporeal body... More then to any other Vala this sort of seems to become Tulkas. Hes sort of physical type of guy.
...
Forum: The Books 09-19-2002, 11:13 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 25,239
Posted By bombur
Sting I think the most failed charachters in the movie...

I think the most failed charachters in the movie were those who were not humans... I mean, they are played by just normal humans...

Aragorn and Boromir (who is my fawourite of the fellowship) are...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-19-2002, 10:21 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 14,641
Posted By bombur
Sting I would completely close into myself and begin a...

I would completely close into myself and begin a endless monologuous rant: "I know I have taste for likker... meaning... no mans purfec -hic-... seeing hobbits just... A kinda strong hint bout not...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-19-2002, 10:05 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,385
Posted By bombur
1420! Situation comedy

One day I went to another town about hundred kilometers to south with a group of my comerades from the same organisation where I am active. There was a large confrence there and there would be...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 09-19-2002, 09:50 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 7,552
Posted By bombur
Question I'd make hotrolls, crosbreeds of hobbit and...

I'd make hotrolls, crosbreeds of hobbit and troll... kind of like dog crossbreed of bernhardian or dane and chihuahua or chineese... ah nevermind. Would serve the function of perplexing everyone...
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