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Forum: Novices and Newcomers 01-06-2013, 08:30 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I always find it funny that so many of us love...

I always find it funny that so many of us love cats and yet Tolkien seemed to dislike them (though I'm actually broody over a black rabbit in the local pet shop)! If I had a Tardis I'd go back and...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 08-05-2012, 01:30 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Song Pop. Especially good when played with all...

Song Pop. Especially good when played with all the people I used to share copies of Smash Hits with under the desk at school when we should have been doing work.

But also, addictive and shaming...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-16-2009, 05:42 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I love Crows. There's a clan of them living on...

I love Crows. There's a clan of them living on our office building. They have a big tree in the 'crocodile pit' light well in the middle with two nests in it and two more perched on the ledges, and...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-15-2008, 04:58 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
1420! It can't be called 'beer' unless you struggle to...

It can't be called 'beer' unless you struggle to put it through a sieve*. San Miguel is lager to me. ;)



*Give me some Theakstons any day....
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 11-03-2008, 04:56 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
1420! Good job they're not in the UK or the Daily Mail...

Good job they're not in the UK or the Daily Mail would be calling for their execution :p

I assign something I should not really take pleasure in but I ruddy well DO. Namely the crestfallen faces...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 10-12-2008, 06:02 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I assign Rorschach. He should not be so cool. He...

I assign Rorschach. He should not be so cool. He is an absolutist, an extremist, right wing and incredibly violent. But all the same, he is probably one of the coolest characters ever to grace a...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-24-2008, 02:09 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
What an odd thing to write a paper on! Just avoid...

What an odd thing to write a paper on! Just avoid watching the Mel Gibson film if you don't want an unbiased account as like everything else with Mel Gibson in it, it's less than the 'truth'...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-20-2008, 04:14 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Did anyone else used to run round the school...

Did anyone else used to run round the school playground when they were a kid shouting "Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner! Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner! Batman!", with your anorak hung by the hood from...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-18-2008, 03:14 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Listen, 1960s Batman rules. Without it I'd...

Listen, 1960s Batman rules.

Without it I'd have lost one of my methods for feeding the baby. Because I sit there with the spoon going "Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner! Dinner, dinner, dinner,...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-29-2008, 07:09 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
It has to be the old ones though (apart from...

It has to be the old ones though (apart from Pirates of course) because the music was sooo much better. I must know just about every song from Jungle Book word for word.

I'm not having any of...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-28-2008, 11:53 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Definitely an Orthanc assignment is the...

Definitely an Orthanc assignment is the Earthquake the night before last! It was cool and kind of exciting, but of course is not really a 'nice' thing for The Shire ;) It was a bit spooky being waken...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-24-2007, 01:07 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Why did they translate the spell names? They're...

Why did they translate the spell names? They're in a kind of cod-Latin so they may as well have left 'em? :confused:
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-22-2007, 01:03 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Yes, she's nothing like Tolkien or Pullman for...

Yes, she's nothing like Tolkien or Pullman for lingering descriptions or that kind of poetic beauty - and there's too much "he said" and "she said". But you cannot fault her for pulling off a...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-22-2007, 08:52 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
This is why I had put myself into exile from...

This is why I had put myself into exile from news, papers and internet for a few days - so as not to let anyone spoil the last book for me! I also made sure I'd read the last couple to get 'primed'...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-13-2007, 01:11 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I assign the angry vindictive faces you get from...

I assign the angry vindictive faces you get from pets when they have just made a fool of themselves. Lemmy fell off the bed this morning when she was trying to kill a shoelace and was fuming mad -...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-01-2007, 07:13 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Oh that's a shame :( But, at least you know you...

Oh that's a shame :( But, at least you know you can get them round your way, when you get a bit more cash and as davem showed with that ridiculous bargain he got, you can get very lucky now and then....
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-01-2007, 05:13 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Didn't you invest then??? :( I assign to...

Didn't you invest then??? :(

I assign to Orthanc - The Master - wow, he was so awesome and scary, staring into the Untempered Schism and hearing the drums of war....

And Gallifreyan fairy...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-25-2007, 01:15 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I'll second that - they perhaps are too 'graphic'...

I'll second that - they perhaps are too 'graphic' for the Shire...

I'm a late comer to this area of fiction, much to the hilarity of many people I know with my novice knowledge of the comic...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-19-2007, 03:02 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I assign not choccie but huge bacon butties with...

I assign not choccie but huge bacon butties with mushrooms and fried eggs on. :D

The look on the face of one of my cats after I released him from a day inadvertently shut in the attic - he glared...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 04-12-2007, 01:33 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Heheh, he's one of my heroes! I assign him to...

Heheh, he's one of my heroes! I assign him to Orthanc for making people feel uncomfortable, but especially for the stunts on TV Nation, Roger And Me and his work on Rage Against The Machine videos.
...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-11-2007, 07:40 AM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
I'll second that one. Why is he so funny?! ...

I'll second that one. Why is he so funny?!

Even the residents of Rotherham agreed with what he said about the town!

I assign John Prescott. He's not popular with the press but his Yorkshire "I...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 03-10-2007, 03:00 PM
Replies: 456
Views: 197,928
Posted By Lalwendė
Thumbs up Meh. I could fill up the whole thread...but...

Meh.

I could fill up the whole thread...but for now...

I assign cars. I do not like 4x4s, these are merely expensive vans unless they are upper crust Land Rovers. No, I like sports cars such as...
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