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almost TOO quiet...

not in work

Doing Java

Doing customers >=[

Playing NHL 2003 for the PC - what a game! :)

Matt, that must be good for business ;)

=]

you love it!

Where the hell is everyone today??

i'm reading books because switching back to dialup is infuriating and i cant be bothered to surf the internet.. besides, i figure i might as well make the most of being an unemployed non-student for the time being..

Last book I (recreationally) read was the BFG. In 1992. ;)

I'm here! I'm well busy at work. I didn't wake up till 9.10 this morning so I was well late getting into work. I figure I should do some work today to make up for it!.....


*although i'm going off that idea now!*

reading is the best thing EVER, its like watching a really good film that lasts a couple of weeks rather than a couple of hours... i'm desperately trying to finish this current book so i can start on harry potter...
*potentially starting a 'whats all the harry potter hype about' style arguement*

I wish I had the time (or attention span) to read. I suck :(

(The 1992 thing was a lie, btw. I do read, just rarely.)

Sirius dies!!!

whoops

I like reading. I'm into self help books at the minute! My last one I read was 7 secrets of successful women. It was no help what so ever.



harry potter is shit.

;)

LOL!

I like growing sunflowers too.

*incase anyone is interested*

I used to like doing that.

(I used to do a lot of gardening)

/runs

I love growing stuff! last year I grew carrots in a pot on my windsill.

unfortunately the cat kept digging them up and weeing on them so they never grew into proper carrots.

At home I used to grow Kiwi fruits, spuds, grapes, tomatoes, apples and some other shit. Only the bananas fucked up. Think we did melons once too.

I'll shut up now.

I'm busy with work.

Rosie: Your letter went out today. I opened it back up and put some pictures in there for you.

I love to read also.

I like to read ingredients on cartons of milk. They usually say "Contains Milk". This never fails to give a satisfying sense of security.

Rosie, If your cat pees on things then grate some orange peel around the area it pees..it will never pee there again!

So says Foggie.

Or just grate the cat.

theres an idea.

:)

Cheers nov! I can't wait!

I have been around then I went for lunch then there was alot of activity :(

I haven't had the chance to get you a pressie yet, but I will.

ap, you absolute fucking cunt.

what???

the spoiler... you cunt.

Come on, everybody knew that. ;p

i didnt, i'd been really careful not to read anything that might ruin it for me and i was literally about to sit down and start it. big fat syphillis ridden cunt.

(i love you really, but you're still a cunt ;))

I still have absolutly no idea who that person is, I thought it was a big character who was dying

That's why I said it. The hype was making it look like Dumbledore or Hermione or someone was going to snuff it.


Hahahahahaha!!! ;)

(Bearing in mind I've not read the books, only seen the films.)

Important in the last book and made really important by the time it finally happens

right, well he's quite an important character, the films were shite, the books are far far superior and that was very selfish of you ruining it for me. consider yourself repremanded and temporarily ignored *walks off in a huff*

can you ignor on this site?

I liked the films :(

I thought the films were awful, the storyline mainly

gah, just read the first chapter and now, every time they mention his name i think 'you're gonna dieeeeee!!!' and then have to try and forget again, but his name is mentioned every other page.. well, fairly often anyway...

If he's mentioned that often, it's a bit obvious anyway surely?

haha, die sirius die!

mind you, if i had my way it would have been that sulky little shit Ron.

bg, the stories were heavily chopped for the films otherwise they would have been about 4 hrs long each.. and to be honest they were too long as it was... besides, i never thought the books would adapt too well to film because (for me at least) a lot of the appeal is the way the story is told and that doesnt come across in the films... not to mention Daniel 'wooden' radcliffe's performance...

he's not mentioned in an obvious way.. gah, its too hard to explain, just read the frikkin books and you'll understand...
to be honest i was more pissed off with rob when he told me that 'someone' would die, ages ago.. its like being told before you watch the sixth sense that there's a really good plot twist.. so you look for it and it kinda ruins the experience (i guessed that in the first five minutes of the film and consequently didnt enjoy it in the slightest)..

Except that the Sixth Sense was shit and the twist was none more predictable ;)

I don't really care about harry potter the films bored me, not theacting thought, that was worse, but I may read the books one day, they still sound very boring from what I have heard of them though

Kids books, innit.

playing devils advocate for the sake of it... i hate when something's popular people immediately renounce it so it looks like they have an opinion.. you can't deny the mass appeal of these books, they may be kids books but they're still very entertaining and enjoyable to read...

anyway, in the end they are just books and just films and they dont really matter at all... unless of course you're j k rowling in which case they matter a lot because she's minted! did you know they put her name as J. K. Rowling on the books so that people wouldnt know it was a female author.. it was to encourage boys to read more... so says my brother's friend who works at bloomsbury..
i'm awf now
tara x

I'm not renouncing it because it's popular at all. I just don't see the appeal. Nothing more. Especially when adults read them. It seems a bit, well, odd really.

*shrugs*

It does seem odd, but it also is not supposed to have increased the amount of boys reading, its still the same aparantly

So, so quiet.

COME BACK CHAY!!! ALL IS FORGIVEN!!!

Seriously, I think it's time he was reinstated.

I'll shut up now.

It does seem very quiet and boring recently

I've got nobody to have arguments with anymore :(

The dynamic is ruined.

argue with me.

I miss joking around/arguing with you too ap

I can't aruge with you BG, you're too lovely!

;)

I wished I had more time to post, but it has been very busy here at work and I don't have a computer at home, unless I use my roommates and by then no one is online.

no i'm not and I am really ugly too, and there is a sink tap growing out of my nipples and a car growing out of my arse :)

LOL!

dude, bg's been on the 'bumdog surreality pills' again.
i dont post because i'm reading harry potter and job hunting and making fun things... thats what us graduands do (not gonna get scared till i've actually graduated in 16 days...)

Well I fuck cats, SO THERE.

I lick fish eyeballs so ner

I castrate pigs.

jeff - how you getting on with the book?

I finished it today, thought it was excellent, and agreed with what you said when you were playing devils advocate - it really pisses me off the amount of people that say

"Harry potter is shite" or "Harry potter is for kids" and then admit to never even reading it-when most of the people that read it think it's excellent - hense it being one of the biggest set of books of all time.

Harry Potter is shite.

"whence"

and it is a kiddies book, whith it being written for kiddies. and that puts me off reading it plus all the excess hype

your an idiot bg!

sorry - i don't mean that in a horrible way, but sometimes I think your stupid as you miss out on things because something might be mainstream.

"ooh, lots of people like harry potter and there is lots of hype as people have been waiting for the new book for ages, I don't want to read it because of that!"

"oh, some radio stations play mainsteam stuff, so i'm never listening to the radio again"

etc, etc

and so what if it's written for kids! So was the Hobbit, but that's still read all around the world today, and I could go on to name others that were wrote for children but have been enjoyed by children and adults alike!

I kind of agree with BG.

It's nothing to do with hype/mainstream oversaturation. It's the fact that it's a series of books aimed at children. Dunno how the radio comes into things.

I agree that the Hobbit is a kibs book, but i read it when i was a kid. But i havent read any harry potter so i can really comment, i was only having a laugh up there ^.

Yes but to be honest I mean the hype has made me hate harry potter, so when that is gone, i may read it if I can be bothered, to be honest I have only just started read ing Discworld and I am in the middle of the wheel of time series of books, They both appeal to me more and they seem less boring

AP he called me an idiot, GET HIM :)

Why is everyone reading bloody Harry Potter now. There are other (superior) kids books out there.

I've never seen *any* adult read a Roald Dahl book on a bus. Shame really. Why one and not the other??

RARRRRR!!

You could argue that the Hobbit could be classified as "classic literature". Will Rowling's books ever be called this, hype aside?? (genuine question)

I want to see if they do become a classic or just fade away to the east and gather dust

My (possibly unjustified) Potter-hatred is more based on the group of hipster-twat adults who read it as an "ironic" thing (*ugh*), which led to the books being reissued with "adult friendly" cover art, so you wouldn't feel like a dickhead reading a kid's book on the tube.

Regular Kiddy Version:


....and, oh dear, the "grown up" edition.

it is a crappy idea cos it still says Harry Potter so people will still laugh at them

That is scandalous! For fucks sake, what does it matter what the cover looks like..well apart form the cover of Shaven Haven, which isnt god reding on the bus.

the grown up edition looks nicer, but I think the kiddie version is better

the words Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling are not so big

Thing is, the characters have kiddy names. The name "Harry Potter" doesn't really work for a main character of an "adult" (i know) book.

Only twats would laugh at them for reading.

No jlittle, everyone laughs at them :)

Yes, I think they will. They have becoming some of the biggest selling books ever and will still be read in many years time.



You havn't even read the books, but you think they are boring.

:-S

FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT!

Ah yes, of course. Let's laugh at people because they are reading a book, that's such a funny thing!

SALES AREN'T EVERYTHING!!

Example: Stephen King sells a lot, and while some of his stories can be ok, he simply cannot write for shit, thus making him not classic.

I am going to start reading Harry Potter, once i finish whatever I am reading at the moment, they better not be pish. If they are, I am going to blame everything on jlittle.

yes harry potter is very boring, I don't think I have ever been so very bored of a book.



The singles charts for nowadays is selling more then it ever has will these tunes be classics in the fufture? Very unlikely

I never said that Sales were everything, however when was the last time that you saw a book shop opening at 12am so people could get the latest novel? It's made shit loads of children read a book and the majority of the people that say its shit or boring havn't even read the books

Actually.... you're wrong. Chart sales are worse than they have ever been. Hence the "revolving door" nature of the number one slot these days.

In the 80's for example, you had to sell a fuck of a lot of singles to get to the top. Now, it can be as little a 15,000 units shifted (possible exaggeration of figures).

just cos a couple of shops open at midnight because a book has loads of hype.

Shops opened at midnight for the Xbox, and thats shite so why does that make harry potter any better?

OK Then, let's use the Singles chart as an example.

When was the last time that shops all around the country were opened for the release of singles? Last time I can recall is for the Elton John song in rememberence of Dianna - do you think that that will be a classic? very likely.

oh ok sorry AP, I'm just thinking, there hasn't been a decent Number one for ages,and at the rate the singles are going there never will, I just assumed that they celebrate these bands so much that I thought they sold alot :(

Actually jlittle the first version of that song was a classic, I hated the diana version that was awful

couple of shops? funny, i thouht it happened all around the country - as ap said, sales are not everything, but I was using it as an example to show how popular the books have become.

You also think they are for kids, however books 4 and 5 are actually rather dark.

Now before you continue saying how right you are, I have one question for you.

Have you read the books, or at least just one of them?

If the answer to that is no, then you may aswell shutup now, as you really arn't qualified to say how bad a book is, and how it's not going to be a classic without even reading it.

No, that's because children get more pocket money nowdays, and there are more "big" music stores. The Singles market has changed a lot, which is why the kiddie pop type stuff always gets to number one.

The (fucking TERRIBLE) diana version will never be considered a classic any more than the turgid original (except in the minds of Daily Mail readers/ Royalists). Elton hasn't made a good tune since 1978 - FACT.

yep sorry about that Jlittle aswell, I am still not backing up my theories :)

Also, in the past, singles *never* entered at number one. It was always a case where a tune would "burn slowly" and rise up in time. However, you could put this down to the changes in the way they are marketed today.

Enough of this!

Lets talk about something else...

like hats and trees?

or breasts.

Come on... It's been a while since anything's been said here...

like box or pussy or cunt?

yeah, i was arguing biatch!

yeah!

yeah!

yeah!

Well that killed the argument dead..... :(

hey look foggy, theres a cliff over there and AP seems to be jumping, coming? ;)

Jump, Jump, Jump!!!

*turns around and shoots Foggy in the face with a shotgun* ;p

in the face with a shotgun? Surely a bit harsh there.

Hey AP Why you there?

Testing out my gun.

Sorry Foggy, I was aiming at a tree. I think the sight's fucked.

that's the illigal guns for you!

see, you can argue without me

Go away! You're not meant to be here ;p

Leave him alone!

I WINKED FFS! :D

BearGod is a very silly person for saying the Harry Potter books are crap when he hasn't read one - it's like me saying that playing football on the moon sucks

Go away Chay! You're not meant to be here!

that you did AP, that you did. Where as Grim...oh well.

Rest assured that I didn't forget.

Yes yes, i realised that.

Playing football on the moon does suck though.

Dont know about that, it could be fun.

The ball would explode, I expect.

Where have I said the Harry Potter books are crap?

I am used to the ball exploding, due to the ferocious pace that I hit shots at

You agreed with Fog when he said they were shite.

And you've said it a million times on hsmx.com/gf5

SPAM WHORE!!

That stuff you said about the ball exploding Fog, it's not true is it, come on, you can tell me...

I never agreed with foggy in saying it was shite, get me a quote.

And on your forum Grim..., I have said LOTR's is better then it and thats all

ok, its not true. *hangs head*

AP: =] BG has posted 2682 times of hsmx.com/gf5 since he joined on the 15th of April...

the tart!

I have posted about as much on here aswell, I am happy

2489 after 125 days on here

You are sad.

;)

cheers dude, I try my best

Bear - are you taking the piss?

You agreed with FogLeg by starting your sentance with the word 'and' (although maybe you meant to say 'the' =] )

www.hsmx.com/gf5/topic.php?topicid=303&g... <-- Look at your 3rd Post

19 posts a day on here, 34 a day on GF5...

Do you actually do any work?

the and after foggies post was cos I didn't refresh and see his post there

I do lots of work but am behind yes

"Go away Chay! You're not meant to be here!"

Neither are you, so much for the strength and reliablity of latex hey?

;)

women dressing in latex?

damn, missed a good arguement... Jlittle I'm now halfway through harry potter having not watched tv for days.. I like reading.

All my friends who've read it really enjoyed it despite some of them being reluctant to start reading the series a few years ago... I infact remember laughing at my wife on holiday in 1999 when she was reading it by the pool but I soon changed my tune..

I read Harry Potter when commuting a few summers ago with the 'kids' cover and I wasn't slightly ashamed because I was enjoying it too much. It may be a kids book but Rowling's style is getting more sophisticated as Harry (and his original readership) gets older and he's 15 in 'The Order of the Phoenix'! You lot are talking like it's Judy Blume or something!! As for not seeing adults reading Roald Dahl on the train, its most probably because they've read them already as they have been around for a long time.. he died 13 years ago! (i was well upset)

anyway, um, arsepuppy and beargod, you SUCK ;)(i winked!!1) Foggy, you dont suck so much because you're gonna read them :D
(my brother did an english lit degree writing his dissertation on orwell, he loved harry potter so ner)

alrite?

Writing Orwellian English Lit dissertations were frequently used to torture POWs in WWII.. your brother must be mad to do one by choice, jeff. o_O

ap, bg: Go read it, and stop trying to be anti-mainstream :P

I said i may read it. But when he has stopped being so boring

'beargod' ell and gobbo = plz get sum lives and stop using all ur time up on this crappy things GET A SOCIAL LIFE.

tee hee hee

im cool

this is me being cool =

:D

why does beargod deserve 'being put in inverted commas' ?

i think your the one who needs a life - what sort of name is poo anyway? Do you mean that you are poo? Or you poo too often? Or that it is a good day to poo on?

Anyway, beargod, ell and myself are all party animals, the only way we can keep the streets safe is for us to party online - wait till we find out where you live....

And your point is..... what exactly?? ;)

"Well my brother is a professor of musical history, and he loves Busted, so there!!"

"What is your point, caller?"

;P

well my names simon and I rock

and my point is houses are way too expensive in this day and age

Hey! My name is Rosie and I like to eat cakes.

My point is that Lorraine Kelly is an ugly muttter.




* Hello people - hope you are all well - Did you miss me?!?*

she is also very old and boring and is there any point to her show and if not how the hell does it survive?

Rosie's back! Yay!

:D


Anyone got any gossip for me then?

*whispers*

Harry Potter's shit!

;)

grim...'s left chays come back, and arsepuppy and me are getting married :)

And BG won the coin toss and gets to be the "daddy" in the relationship.

*shouts*

HARRY POTTER'S SHIT!


I've shaved my muff again ( because I was bored) and its gone all sore and itchy. :(


When will I learn, eh?

Chays back? YIPPEE!

Grims Lft? Why?

Because he found out he was a geek. :D

Just to make you feel better, we have just had an offer accepted for a brand new house will fully fitted kitchen for 92,500 (three bed semi with offstreet parking!)

Nice one!

I hate you jlittle. where is that exactly?

haha!

I'm haveing problems finding a one bedroom flat for less then £100,000

beargod, it's in Leyland, Lancs - a bit far away from sunny Tunbridge Wells but I do agree, house hunting sucks and prices are too high!

You know the cheepest place to buy a house at the moment is in Middlesbrough. But bugger me if I ever want to live there again.

plus it is also a little far to commute to tonbridge everyday. 4-5 hour trip that would be :(

back to AP's busted comment, I saw them on ch5 killing "thats entertainment" at party in the park. I nearly chucked the telly out the window.

Hiya Rosie, sorry to hear about the muff.
Hiya everyone else

I saw that too Sul. The rage I felt then was phenomenal. ARRGGH FUCKING HEATHEN CUNTS!!!!

Hey Sul and for later Hey Vic

looked at a one bedroom house which is quite far away yesterday. It was beautigul, but after buying it we had to disguss the commuting to both of our workplaces. etc.

we also saw a 2 bedroom flat which was nice and really big, 5 mins walk away from high brooms station. It was really big, but dark, abit too close to Upper grosvner road/busy road, didn't seem to clean an area, he hadn't tidied it and it needed alot of decorating. But we are looking at that again on tues cos it isn't too bad

I still like Busted.

how much was the 2 bed flat?

YOU ARE OFFICIALLY NO LONGER MY FRIEND JLITTLE

;)

£112,500

www.andrewsonline.co.uk/property/?id=293...

WHERE IS MY VICTOR?

eeek, I see what you mean about the deco!

I think he's still having problems getting the site at work (or cal's banned him). That or he died on the "death tour".

:*( @ Sul

ahhh - just opersite the shops - nice indian, chinese and chippy there!

he did say that he will leave alot of the appliances and the coach if we wanted it, which we could use but will want to replace shortly

I was wondering about the take aways, but will we actually want to cook if we lived there

hello rosie!

yeah, you start off wanting to do things like that man!

Hello Chay- man!

Missed u mate!

xx
:)

:)
i missed the stories about your naughty monkey :)