What would William Gibson's be?
Harry Potter and the Cyberpathic Leather Boys.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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victor infante - Aug 09, 2007 12:14:36 pm PDT #2397 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2007 9:29:57 pm PDT #2398 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
British word question: how does one pronounce "skiving"? Rhymes with diving, or rhymes with giving?
buffysmglover - Aug 09, 2007 10:42:47 pm PDT #2399 of 3301
Tim Cox - Buffy: Anya, that thing you created burst through solid pavement and ate her dog.
Anya (anguished): Oooh, puppy!
diving I believe
billytea - Aug 10, 2007 12:38:58 am PDT #2400 of 3301
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yep, diving.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2007 3:23:53 am PDT #2401 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Death Eaters = Blue Meanies?
Wait, so:
Harry = John (got to be with those glasses)
Hermione = George (the smart one)
Ron = Paul?
Neville = Ringo?
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2007 5:17:04 am PDT #2402 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Neville = Ringo?
The guy who got dumped on a lot, but was better than people expected? Yep.
Sparky1 - Aug 10, 2007 5:42:29 am PDT #2403 of 3301
Librarian Warlord
The NYT has some excerpts from the counterfeit Harry Potter books circulating in China, which are hilarious: [link]
DavidS - Aug 10, 2007 6:15:45 am PDT #2404 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
British word question: how does one pronounce "skiving"? Rhymes with diving, or rhymes with giving?
See now if you wee a Bananarama fan you wouldn't have to ask since they had an album out titled Deep Sea Skiving where the wordplay would've given it away.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2007 6:20:27 am PDT #2405 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Apropos of nothing, whenever I hear the Bananarama song "Cruel Summer," whenever they sing "a cruel summer" I hear it as "accrual summer" and think about accounting.
Emily - Aug 10, 2007 6:20:35 am PDT #2406 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Possibly Merlin practiced droit de signeur with an innocent farm girl who later married a Weasley?
Or earlier. Doesn't droit de seigneur traditionally take place on the wedding night?