The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Library => Topic started by: Bar Wench on July 15, 2007, 12:19:38 PM
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Just starting it off early so I have a place to come and be over excited! sex023 eatdrink013 happy001 whacky007 clock:
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Mind if I join you? eyes:
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Not at all! lol:
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
Ummm Harry Potter doesn't exist in real life. point:
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
Ummm Harry Potter doesn't exist in real life. point:
You expect someone who pays good money to visit a Dr Who exhibition to know that?
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
Ummm Harry Potter doesn't exist in real life. point:
You expect someone who pays good money to visit a Dr Who exhibition to know that?
Good point!
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
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Only four sleeps to go!!!!! lol:
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Only four sleeps to go!!!!! lol:
happy100
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Only four sleeps to go!!!!! lol:
Youngest daughter went to see it on Sunday and rates it the best so far.
Not that an improvement would be difficult IMO. ::)
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Only four sleeps to go!!!!! lol:
Youngest daughter went to see it on Sunday and rates it the best so far.
Not that an improvement would be difficult IMO. ::)
I'm seeing the film on Wednesday so only two sleeps till that! I am going to the late show so hopefully all children will be tucked up in bed.
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I'm seeing the film on Wednesday so only two sleeps till that! I am going to the late show so hopefully all children will be tucked up in bed.
Not all of them methinks, a certain kiddywenchy is going to be there point:
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Not the young at heart kiddywinks of course. redface: I do get rather over excited. Good job I'm going with my other Mummy and her sister really. They keep me in check. If it was just me and Mr Wench he struggles and it ends up looking like a care in the community job. redface:
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Well if he has to work with kids all day its more than likely if his other half starts acting like one in the cinema he's going to end up finding it hard to control himself Wenchy whistle:
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he commits suicide
wish he'd do it in real life.. little tosser
Ummm Harry Potter doesn't exist in real life. point:
Doesn't he?
Well bugger me. I'm mortified. eeek:
Just bought a 105E to do a spot of flying in to.
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My book is being delivered on the 21st, I cannot wait. cloud9:
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Well, I'm off to the film now! cloud9:
Only two more sleeps to wait for the book! happ096
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Yeah right Geeky Potterette, more likely no sleeps scouring the chinese interweb sites for the leaked copy or reading it if you already downloaded it.. point:
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I've have now downloaded it six times and deleted it six times. I wish that my lack of will power would have some sort of consistency to it. sad24:
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As long as you dont skip to the end and see that Harry... (no I wont spoil it for you point:) There isnt anything wrong in starting to read the bootleg as you are going to buy the damn thing, just delete it once you've got the original. It just gives you a head start on the story. doh:
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As long as you dont skip to the end and see that Harry... (no I wont spoil it for you point:) There isnt anything wrong in starting to read the bootleg as you are going to buy the damn thing, just delete it once you've got the original. It just gives you a head start on the story. doh:
Clearly not a fan! If you were you would know that once started you don't put it down until you finish!
It's a sort of honour thing that we WILL await the actual release of the book.
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As long as you dont skip to the end and see that Harry... (no I wont spoil it for you point:) There isnt anything wrong in starting to read the bootleg as you are going to buy the damn thing, just delete it once you've got the original. It just gives you a head start on the story. doh:
Clearly not a fan! If you were you would know that once started you don't put it down until you finish!
It's a sort of honour thing that we WILL await the actual release of the book.
Exactly! Hence the download and delete pattern. redface:
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Why do have an image of Wenchy in wizardly fancy dress waiting in a queue for the book? point:
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Currently I am reading "Chronicles" (as the in-bed book) and downstairs I have John Major's "More than a Game" on the go. All will stop tomorrow when I shall be fighting my daughter for Harry Potter. Last time we agreed she could read chapter one and then hand it to me to read, she would then read chapter two and hand it to me but I suspect we both cheated a bit so in the end she read it during the day and I grabbed it as soon as she went to bed.
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Why do have an image of Wenchy in wizardly fancy dress waiting in a queue for the book? point:
WARLOCKS
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Why do have an image of Wenchy in wizardly fancy dress waiting in a queue for the book? point:
Ummm because you can see the future? redface:
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Why do have an image of Wenchy in wizardly fancy dress waiting in a queue for the book? point:
Ummm because you can see the future? redface:
Use your cloak of invisibility and he'll not be able to see you at all dear.
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I only have an ordinary cloak. sad24:
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I only have an ordinary cloak. sad24:
You can share mine ~~~~ Yes I know it looks like a duvet but I promise no one will know you are there as long as you keep quiet eyes:
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Looks like you both missed out, you could have had the book early point:
The US publisher of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is taking legal action against two companies for dispatching copies of the book early.
Scholastic sued online retailer DeepDiscount.com for breaking the strict embargo of 21 July.
In court papers filed in Illinois, the publisher also named its distributor Levy Entertainment for failing to ensure books were not sent out.
It said only a tiny fraction of its 12 million copies had been distributed.
"The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one per cent," said Scholastic in a statement.
'Please ignore'
The company added that they had a list of customers who had ordered the book from DeepDiscount.com and were asking them to put it to one side if they have already received it by mistake.
A report in The Baltimore Sun newspaper about a customer who had already received his copy prompted Scholastic to take action.
Scholastic is seeking unspecified damages from the two companies for "complete and flagrant violation of the agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this eagerly awaited book".
A spokesman for Infinity Resources, who own DeepDiscount.com, said: "We take the situation very seriously and are conducting an internal investigation."
JK Rowling has called on fans to dismiss speculation
Levy Entertainment declined to comment.
Scholastic has also asked "everyone, especially in the media, to preserve the fun and excitement for fans everywhere".
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also posted an appeal on her official website, stating: "Let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press.
"I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Harry Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day.
"In a very short time you will know everything!" the statement concluded.
'No magic wand'
On Wednesday the Baltimore Sun printed a review of the book, saying it had obtained a copy from a relative of one of its reporters who had received it prematurely.
It says Rowling's seventh book "lacks much of the charm and humour that distinguished the earlier novels" but makes up for it with "hard-won wisdom".
Some fans are already queuing outside a central London bookshop
On the same day, another copy was being offered for sale on internet auction site eBay by a seller who claimed to have received a copy ahead of the release date.
"I don't work for a bookstore and I don't have a magic wand," the seller wrote. "An online store shipped a copy early."
Earlier this week, pictures of what appeared to be pages from the new novel were circulating on the internet.
Minna Fry, marketing director of the book's UK publisher Bloomsbury said: "There have been so many fake books going up on the internet over the past four to six weeks. We have no reason to believe that these are anything other than fake either."
Scholastic issued a subpoena on Monday to California-based social networking site Gaia Online in connection to user-posted material on the book.
In a statement, the website said the link had been immediately removed and that the user in question had been banned for 14 days.
Scholastic also ordered photo-sharing service Photobucket to remove Potter-related material from its site.
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Looks like you both missed out, you could have had the book early point:
The US publisher of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is taking legal action against two companies for dispatching copies of the book early.
Scholastic sued online retailer DeepDiscount.com for breaking the strict embargo of 21 July.
In court papers filed in Illinois, the publisher also named its distributor Levy Entertainment for failing to ensure books were not sent out.
It said only a tiny fraction of its 12 million copies had been distributed.
"The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one per cent," said Scholastic in a statement.
'Please ignore'
The company added that they had a list of customers who had ordered the book from DeepDiscount.com and were asking them to put it to one side if they have already received it by mistake.
A report in The Baltimore Sun newspaper about a customer who had already received his copy prompted Scholastic to take action.
Scholastic is seeking unspecified damages from the two companies for "complete and flagrant violation of the agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this eagerly awaited book".
A spokesman for Infinity Resources, who own DeepDiscount.com, said: "We take the situation very seriously and are conducting an internal investigation."
JK Rowling has called on fans to dismiss speculation
Levy Entertainment declined to comment.
Scholastic has also asked "everyone, especially in the media, to preserve the fun and excitement for fans everywhere".
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also posted an appeal on her official website, stating: "Let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press.
"I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Harry Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day.
"In a very short time you will know everything!" the statement concluded.
'No magic wand'
On Wednesday the Baltimore Sun printed a review of the book, saying it had obtained a copy from a relative of one of its reporters who had received it prematurely.
It says Rowling's seventh book "lacks much of the charm and humour that distinguished the earlier novels" but makes up for it with "hard-won wisdom".
Some fans are already queuing outside a central London bookshop
On the same day, another copy was being offered for sale on internet auction site eBay by a seller who claimed to have received a copy ahead of the release date.
"I don't work for a bookstore and I don't have a magic wand," the seller wrote. "An online store shipped a copy early."
Earlier this week, pictures of what appeared to be pages from the new novel were circulating on the internet.
Minna Fry, marketing director of the book's UK publisher Bloomsbury said: "There have been so many fake books going up on the internet over the past four to six weeks. We have no reason to believe that these are anything other than fake either."
Scholastic issued a subpoena on Monday to California-based social networking site Gaia Online in connection to user-posted material on the book.
In a statement, the website said the link had been immediately removed and that the user in question had been banned for 14 days.
Scholastic also ordered photo-sharing service Photobucket to remove Potter-related material from its site.
You just don't get it do you?
We don''t want the book early ..... We have not "missed out" We are happy to wait ~ It's part of the fun. Banghead
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I'd have read it. redface:
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I'd have read it. redface:
Do I assume you do not want to accept my generous offer of sharing my duvet of invisibility? shrugs:
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
happy001 happy001 happy001
Nicest put down I've had for a very long time. ;)
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Glad to be of service. lol:
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Just an observation but the release is at 2am on saturday. So this means you are probably going to have loads of excited kids (not to mention Geeky Potterette) in full fancy dress waiting in lines at the same time that a load of pubs and clubs are likely to be kicking out......... eeek:
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Probably ::)
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Just an observation but the release is at 2am on saturday. So this means you are probably going to have loads of excited kids (not to mention Geeky Potterette) in full fancy dress waiting in lines at the same time that a load of pubs and clubs are likely to be kicking out......... eeek:
No it is at 12:01 exactly that the books will start being given out.
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
Just read this, you are on top form.
Have a clap.
happy001 happy001
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
Well seeing as they are CHILDREN'S BOOKS Wouldnt the title be more along the lines of Harry Potter and the Puddy Tat of Peril point:
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
Well seeing as they are CHILDREN'S BOOKS Wouldnt the title be more along the lines of Harry Potter and the Puddy Tat of Peril point:
Errr ~ they publish two versions one for children and one for adults. I have ordered the Adult version.
But hey! It's my life why shouldn't I read it? Huh?
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
Well seeing as they are CHILDREN'S BOOKS Wouldnt the title be more along the lines of Harry Potter and the Puddy Tat of Peril point:
Errr ~ they publish two versions one for children and one for adults. I have ordered the Adult version.
But hey! It's my life why shouldn't I read it? Huh?
Sorry Snoopy I couldnt resist the joke redface:
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Duvet of invisibility?!?!?!? What are you reading? Harry Potter and the Deadly Incontinent Cat?
Well seeing as they are CHILDREN'S BOOKS Wouldnt the title be more along the lines of Harry Potter and the Puddy Tat of Peril point:
Errr ~ they publish two versions one for children and one for adults. I have ordered the Adult version.
But hey! It's my life why shouldn't I read it? Huh?
Sorry Snoopy I couldnt resist the joke redface:
Don't be silly ~ I have never found the difference twixt the childs version and the adult one except for a different dust jacket
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There is no difference. Personally I find the adult jackets a little austere for my liking. If you are going to read a kiddy book then be proud and buy the original! lol:
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There is no difference. Personally I find the adult jackets a little austere for my liking. If you are going to read a kiddy book then be proud and buy the original! lol:
Daughter, whose book it nominally is, would go berserk if she thought I would buy her a "Child's Book"
Funny innit from 12 to 21 you try to look and be older than you are .... from 21 to 71 you try to be younger. Once past 71 you start telling everyone who'll listen how old you are ~ usually reverting to the teenage habit of adding a couple of years for effect.
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they are bringing out an adult version called " Hairy Botter " whistle:
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Happy Harry Day!!!! lol:
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happy001 happy001 happy001
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Less than 12 hours to go!!!! lol:
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Call me a cynic but looking into my crystal ball I predict a prequel series of books about his parents whistle:
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lol: That would be rather good I think. redface:
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lol: That would be rather good I think. redface:
doh:
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my sis in law forked out ?12.99 for it online, ASDA are selling it for a fiver.. whistle:
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my sis in law forked out ?12.99 for it online, ASDA are selling it for a fiver.. whistle:
Ah, but do they have stock?
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
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My daughter is reading it at the moment ~ delivered by her stepdad at 07:00 this morning happy088
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
And... what happens? ::)
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I am still awaiting the postman evil:
Just wait 'til he gets here and doesn't have the book. boxing
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
And... what happens? ::)
Harry discovers that the mushrooms he had bought at Glastonbury were seriously magical and its been one hell of a trip whistle:
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
And... what happens? ::)
Harry discovers that the mushrooms he had bought at Glastonbury were seriously magical and its been one hell of a trip whistle:
As I said on another thread "I now know the last line" cloud9:
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
And... what happens? ::)
Harry discovers that the mushrooms he had bought at Glastonbury were seriously magical and its been one hell of a trip whistle:
As I said on another thread "I now know the last line" cloud9:
"The End" point:
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Finished it about 20 mins ago. surrender: Damn good book!
And... what happens? ::)
Harry discovers that the mushrooms he had bought at Glastonbury were seriously magical and its been one hell of a trip whistle:
As I said on another thread "I now know the last line" cloud9:
"The End" point:
Nope! ~ but I have told you elsewhere.
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Anyone else done?
Turns out the dodgy epilogue I read online last week wasn't so dodgy after all. redface:
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Yesterday at the gym - 40 something lump of lard appears, gets on cycling machine and reads HP book - can't he find a decent fantasy writer?
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Yesterday at the gym - 40 something lump of lard appears, gets on cycling machine and reads HP book - can't he find a decent fantasy writer?
Surely everyone is entitled to their personal preferences.
As for his being a "40 something lump of lard" at least he is trying to do something about his weight problems ~ or do you wish to restrict membership of your Gym to only fit, young and slender people who read the books you decide are worthy? Come on ~ Live and Let Live ~ eh?
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http://filecabi.net/video/3864448621.html
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Anyone else done?
Turns out the dodgy epilogue I read online last week wasn't so dodgy after all. redface:
Yep, ;D finished it a few days ago, cloud9: but I have been too busy to play in here since then. Nicely tidied up I think, although I do like the idea about the prequel. redface:
My first 4 were paperback cry: (kiddies covers - for the grandkids), my next three are adult covers and this last one says.... whistle: "First Edition". Still, not getting too excited they did print millions. Only 500 of the first book printed as FE's and 300 of those went to library's. When I get the full set of hard covers the kids can have the paperbacks. They just asked if they can borrow the first 4 or 5 films from me, before they see the new one. I prefer the books to the films that I have seen.