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Old 06-08-2005, 09:22 AM   #1
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I was going to post those sentiments after (I think it was the second) post, when someone said Communists should go to Mordor. Why are we talking about stuff like that? I thought this thread was for things like 7 o' clock classes (Amen, Lhuna!) and other such nonsense and fun.

Anywho, I assign mobile phones. Evil, evil things. On that I have no doubt JRRT would agree with me. Not that I'm living in the past or anything...
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Old 06-08-2005, 10:22 AM   #2
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Old 06-08-2005, 11:42 PM   #3
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sorry about the comment i made before. i now realize it was politiclly incorrect and was quite rude. i would like to make a formal appology to all who were hurt by my comment... i would like to personally thank the phantom for coming to my aid.

one thing i know that should go to mordor is war.

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Old 06-09-2005, 10:31 PM   #4
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I agree with thongs. Especially when the girl who is wearing one is also wearing low pants, thus showing off her thong. SHUDDER

And if a guy wears one...that is just wrong. He should be sent straight to Barad-Dur
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:58 PM   #5
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I personally assign to Mordor people on the road who race 15 or more over the speed limit only to end up at the red light, waiting, because they haven't enough sense or patience or both to go the speed limit and catch the lights green, which are all timed to work out right. Oh, and tailgaters too.
Whoops! Littlemanpoet, I do believe you have been spying on me as I go about my errands at a too hasty pace.... I will try to do better.

Here are a few of additions of my own. In the context of the modern world, it's not the Saurons that bother me as much as the Sarumans. There are too many of the latter running around making our lives miserable, and I would like to see them packed off to Mordor en masse. A few prime examples....
  • The geniuses who created all the picky details of the IRS tax code and then wrote these down in words that no one--well, almost no one--can understand. I think Saruman in particular would have loved poking into people's lives this way!
  • Those who trumpet the SAT and SATII tests as the one true barometer to gage a young person's mind and intellectual potential for purposes of college admissions (all the while vociferously maintaining that they are not doing that).
  • The modern Sarumans who run about with a superior attitude looking down on the Hobbits of the world without really understanding who those Hobbits are or what they face in their daily life.
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Old 06-10-2005, 04:26 PM   #6
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And if a guy wears one...that is just wrong. He should be sent straight to Barad-Dur
Ugh! Thanks to that I have a horrible image in my mind and think I will have to go and scrub my brains clean with some carbolic soap and a stiff nailbrush.

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The geniuses who created all the picky details of the IRS tax code and then wrote these down in words that no one--well, almost no one--can understand. I think Saruman in particular would have loved poking into people's lives this way!
What? Civil servants?! The secret is that even they cannot understand what such codes and forms really mean.
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Old 06-10-2005, 09:15 PM   #7
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My pleasure Lalwende!

I would also like to send the Wendy's guy a.k.a Wendy's unoficial spokesman to Mordor plus the Canadian Tire couple. (Just love what airfarce does with them)
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Old 06-13-2005, 12:45 PM   #8
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Anywho, I assign mobile phones. Evil, evil things. On that I have no doubt JRRT would agree with me. Not that I'm living in the past or anything...
Well, the mobile phone can be nuisance but I wouldn't give mine up - it came in very handy when I had a flat in a bad part of town. How about people who can't be troubled to turn off their phones during movies, concerts and lectures and then insist on chatting about their grocery lists for an hour when their calls inevitably start to roll in?

Seems that I've been assigned to Mordor a few times in this thread too.
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Old 06-13-2005, 01:09 PM   #9
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I think I'm safely far away from Mordor.
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Closely linked to reality TV is the slew of 'celebrity' magazines that stare you in the face in every newsagent. The covers feature ex-Big Brother contestants and they have in depth articles about Jade Goody's spots and such like. They must fill the shelves of the Mordor public library.
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Old 06-13-2005, 05:24 PM   #11
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The only reality show that I like nowadays is The Amazing Race. Does that send me to Mordor?
Mary-sues should be send to Mordor. Can't stand that kind of fan-fiction.
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Old 06-13-2005, 06:37 PM   #12
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I am .... er ..... ah .... a regular viewer of Survivor. Funny, where did all those blasted pits and sumps come from? I don't remember seeing them before!...
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Old 06-16-2005, 07:59 AM   #13
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I would like to send my thirteen year old self to Mordor. Some of my posts from 2003 make me shudder, really they do.

I also, what is it, fifth? the brilliant notion of sending chavs to Mordor.
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Old 07-01-2005, 05:13 PM   #14
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Mary-sues should be send to Mordor.
How about satirical ones like my own dear Merisuwyniel? She's a gorgeous, talented, pure-blooded Elven shieldmaiden with a wonderful personality and a great fashion sense for knowing just what one wears to a Quest. You can't want to send her to Mordor!!
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Old 07-01-2005, 05:16 PM   #15
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I am sorry but I don't like fan fiction very much in general. Go ahead write them, but I won't read them.

On Robin Hobb's website you can read a whole rant about fan fiction and I agree with her.

But I wouldn't send people to Mordor if they write fan fiction although I think Robin Hobb would.
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