Guild Of Outcast Stinky Official Stuffs! Ick.

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Ithilin
we at GOO all know so well
that being called an "outcast" is only too swell
So if you're wondering what we do
here at the fabulous GOO
take a peek inside and you will see
that we are all absolutely crazy
Cheers for fabulous GOO poetry! :D

Originally posted by Dragon
ok, I don't know if it looks like this to n e 1 else, but my last post is wider than it should be, weird much? I don't know if itsa my computer, the site, or what, but its wider than all the rest of the posts.....
Yes, D, quite wide. I think postses do that sometimes, though I'm not sure why.

Originally posted by Dragon
I justr got un-grounded (yes, again!) and I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!

well, I sorta scanned through, and the only things I got was that like 2 new people joined, K patted me on the head for being stupid (but funny) and K got a new avatar
Happy ungroundedishness, D! :D Meep, I hate being gone and then coming back and finding loads of posts that I want to read but don't have the time to. And that might happen more now, for me at least, because I'm actually getting behind in typing! :eek: Ack! Stupid teacher, moving so fast all of a sudden...grrr...:mad:

Anyway, I forget what I patted you for...oh crackers...

[Dragon]

I like the GOO poem thingy......I don't like my completely-too-wide post.....should I tell a moderator person?


I am happy I am ungrounded, but i'm not happy I missed stuff.....:) /:(

[YayGollum]

Who thinks that I should start a thread just for Outcast poetry? Looks like you people are having fun with it.

[Courtney]

About the poetry page:

I think you should
I wish you would
I know you could
'Cause it'd be good!

Haha! I am such a great poet! It's so inspiring

[Wonko The Sane]

I missed a LOT.
Will someone get me up to speed?

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

Sure- maybe we can come up with some LOTRs inspired Limericks. Or, LOTRs inspired Love Sonnets?

[Wonko The Sane]

Can they be dirty limericks?

[YayGollum]

Well, I have no idea if the rules would allow that. *hides* <--- Wait. Doesn't that imply that I do have an idea? oh well. Anyways, I don't think that you missed anything important, crazy lady. sorry about that. Got it. I'm making the thread. I'm surprised that noone else did. You people are usually impatient.

[Wonko The Sane]

Hehe. Impatient but also lazy, my friend. Very very lazy.

And soon you'll learn the dirtiness that is Wonks Rules Limericks. Hehe.
*cackles evilly*

[YayGollum]

I will? oh well. That must mean that they aren't so dirty that they're breaking some rule. Nothing wrong with that. Why would you cackle evilly? oh well. I should find that site with all of the superly cool Gollum poetry. :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

They'll be dirty limericks..but only suggestive and not outright disgusting.
That way I can still stay on the forum.

*Grins*

[YayGollum]

Got it. Except that all things of the sort you're talking about would be disgusting to me. *runs away from his fear of physical intimacy* :rolleyes: I posted the thread. oh well.

[Wonko The Sane]

I won't be dirty like that. Hehe.

[YayGollum]

Whatever you say, scary lady. *hides* I'll be happy with Gollum and Outcast poetry.

[HobbitGirl]

YES! SUCCESS!! I finally came up with a title for myself! It's a bit long, but if I need to shorten it I won't. I just use one my my many aliases. :D My Title:

THE Crazy Hobbit, Fun Funny of the Illustrious Guild of Outcasts, Weilder of the Five Alter Egos, Magdalainian Warrior, Traveler of Worlds, Student of Talkida Teroliprette, Best Friend to a Phoenix, Random Quoter of all things Bizzare, and DDRer Extrordinaire!

It may change. In fact, change is very probable. I know I've missed something. <thinks>

[Kailita]

Whoa...*stares at the title in awe*...

I don't think I could ever make up a real title for myself. Too many different aspects to put in, I know I'd forget something...:rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

I made a huge title for myself one time. I forget where it went. oh well. It was longer than that, but I still left things out. oh well. Are you expecting me to stick that on the list of members or should I wait until you're sure?

[HobbitGirl]

I know where your title went, Yay. Tis in the Guild of Monty Python Meglomaniacs...or something to that effect. I know I saw it there. And it was way cool.

I edited it, and now it is fit for posting on the thingy ma bob. :D

Title craziness! :D

[Tuilin]

Good morning!!
Im ill!!
Bye!!

P.S. The point was that I just found out that i have 99 posts. So I posted this to get hundred. Has anybody got an avatar for me?

[YayGollum]

Got it. I hope you're content with your title, lady. What's a DDRer? oh well. Yay for the Tuilin person's avatar! Glad I could help! :rolleyes:

[greypilgrim]

I'm glad i don't have an avater. Oh well.

[Lossengondiel]

But avatars are cool! I change mine all the time, and Elgee changes hers a lot too.

[Kailita]

Ooh, I love avatars...I'm rotating mine with the months...:D

[Lossengondiel]

I change mine whenever I feel like it...mostly when my mood changes :D (yep, that often)

[Frodorocks]

I like my avatar.:) I'd like to find a Frank Herbert's The Children of Dune miniseries one though, if anyone knows where to find one. I've been looking everywhere, I think they're hiding.
:D

[Dragon]

I love avatars too...I'm trying to find a moving dragon avatar that fits the size limit....I wish it was just a little bit bigger

[YayGollum]

Hey, person who's name I can't say and actually mean it, the Arathin person has an avatar having to do with Dune. Ask her. Anyways, I think that your avatar is cool, Dragon lady. Very original. oh well.

[Dragon]

yes, I like the avatar I have now, but I keep seeing other ones I would rather have.....*sigh*

[Annushka]

Can I join your Guild?:) I would love to do that by 1000reasons. As far as I know, there aren`t any special requirements, are there?:):)

[YayGollum]

No, no requirements. Sure, you can join even though you're a scary lady that doesn't like Gollum. *sniff* :rolleyes:

[Annushka]

Thanks a lot:) By the way I never said I didn`t like Gollum. He is just not my favourit character.;) And one more thing, your admiration for him (can I say so?) can really influence others.

[YayGollum]

Why wouldn't you be able to say that? :confused: oh well. Yes, that is my master plan. Turn everyone into Gollum Fans. It will never work. oh well. :rolleyes: Anyways, sure, yes, welcome. Also, Yay us! I finally got that scary webmaster person to put that little summary/description thingy under the guild of Outcasts on the main page.

[Annushka]

You mean Home page? I think it wasn`t there. Maybe it will take a little time?

[YayGollum]

Sure, the home page, main page, same thing. Anyways, hm? The thing's not there anymore? I just saw it two seconds ago. Did the guy evilly take it off or are you just crazy? :rolleyes:

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Why wouldn't you be able to say that? :confused: oh well. Yes, that is my master plan. Turn everyone into Gollum Fans. It will never work. oh well. :rolleyes: Anyways, sure, yes, welcome. Also, Yay us! I finally got that scary webmaster person to put that little summary/description thingy under the guild of Outcasts on the main page. Wow! You finally got that done? I'm amazed, astounded, flabberghasted! I must go and read it now :D

[Kailita]

Wow, we gots a description? :eek::D Hurray! *Must go check it out...*

Welcome to GOO, Annushka. :) Nope, no special requirements, you just have to be an outcast. And Yay says that you're either an outcast or you're in denial, so I suppose that means that everyone is allowed. :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

hmm, I saw the description thingy when I was coming in......not quite what I excpected, but.........

[YayGollum]

What did you expect? I thought it was cool. oh well. Yay for that scary webmaster person being around more often nowadays! Anyways, no, not everyone is allowed into the illustrious guild of Outcasts. Only people I don't hate. I can't think of too many people that I hate, so that's not a big problem, is it? :confused:

[Dragon]

nope, not a big problem, and besides, the people that you hate probably hate you too, so they wouldn't want to come here anyways...:D

I don't know what I excpected, I just know that wasn't it.....don't ask for my reasoning, I don't understand that either

[Frodorocks]

Just call me Rockie if you can't say my name Yay, everyone else does.:) And thanks for the tip! Welcome Annushka! *Scampers off to read the description.*:D

[YayGollum]

I understood that reasoning, crazy lady. And I'm hoping it works. oh well. Anyways, Ick. I'm not a fan of using those little nicknames. I call them what they chose to call themselves or else just something crazy. Whoops!

[Kailita]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Anyways, no, not everyone is allowed into the illustrious guild of Outcasts. Only people I don't hate. I can't think of too many people that I hate, so that's not a big problem, is it? :confused:
Hehehe...well, that makes sense. :rolleyes:

Cheers for us having a description now! :D About time!

[Courtney]

hey ummm... where is this ever so interesting description anyway?:confused:

[YayGollum]

I already said. It should be under the guild of Outcasts little name on the main page. No big deal. I was just... making...one...for some reason. oh well. :rolleyes:

[Courtney]

Ohh haha1 silly me i found it! I was looking for a thread thingy...oops!:)

[HobbitGirl]

Yay for our description! Short, simple, and sweet. Yay for me being able to predict that that exact thing was going to be our description! (Or maybe its yay for me remembering that Yay said somewhere that that was indeed going to be our description...) If that made any sense....

Boo for me rambling! :D

[Kailita]

I think rambling might be a characteristic of outcasts. Are there any outcasts who don't ramble? I know I do. :rolleyes: But I like to hear other people's ramblings...it lets me know that I'm not the only one...;)

[Frodorocks]

Yes, I ramble all the time. And in real life, I talk really fast. That combined with the rambling means that people can hardly understand me.:D

[Lossengondiel]

*sigh* so do I....I have to say everything at least twice before someone understands me. Oh well, I've gotten used to it by now.

[Rhiannon]

YayGollum doesn't hate me, right? So I can be in?

[Frodorocks]

I'm pretty sure he doesn't.:D If so, WELCOME TO GOO, RHIANNON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! I said it first! All contest aside, I meant it Rhi.:)

[YayGollum]

No, I don't think I have any reason for hating you. Yay for a new member! Sure, welcome. Why not? Have fun.

[The-Elf-Herself]

Hey Rhiannon! Nice name, sounds familiar somehow, I dunno. *tries to think of a form of welcome without saying welcome* Er, greetings!:D

[Rhiannon]

Hurrah! *is pleased that YayGollum doesn't hate her*

Hey Rhiannon! Nice name, sounds familiar somehow, I dunno.

It's out of Welsh mythology- I've also been told it was used in...one of the Merlin trilogy-s (what is the plural of trilogy? Does it have a plural?); I think it was Stewart's. And hey to you too!

[Kailita]

Rhiannon! Oh my, oh my, oh my...has the infamous bibliophile decided to join the illustrious GOO? ;) How wonderful! Welcome, welcome, welcome! :)

[balrog]

I would be a happy-go-lucky Balrog if I could join the GOO!

with a warped set of ideas and ideals relating to the substance and existence relating to the human condition....

i just may make some laugh!


will you take this evil one in?

:D

[Kailita]

Originally posted by balrog
with a warped set of ideas and ideals relating to the substance and existence relating to the human condition....

i just may make some laugh!


will you take this evil one in?
Sounds like a GOOish person to me. :) Cheers for crazy evil people! *Looks to Yay for his input*

[YayGollum]

*heads to his scary Arthurian legend buff mom lady to see who Rhiannon was* Anyways, okay, balrog person, you can join, but I happen to know that you are definitely evil. I am afraid. oh well. Have fun.

[Sador]

An evil Balrog in the GOO? What is the world coming to? I hope he throws good BBQ's.

[Annushka]

Welcome to everybody. I`ve missed a day and have to catch up with everything. Having evil Balrog is great. Many things unexpected can happen:) That might be a little scary, but exciting as well.:)

[balrog]

Originally posted by YayGollum
*heads to his scary Arthurian legend buff mom lady to see who Rhiannon was* Anyways, okay, balrog person, you can join, but I happen to know that you are definitely evil. I am afraid. oh well. Have fun.

afraid is an emotion.....those are detrimental for those who throw the most amazing BBQ's

:D :D

when can all of you come up north for some REAL beer and some steaks.....Canadian style?

and by the way YayGollum...how do you know I am evil in a definate way when handsome is what handsome does??

thanx for havin me!!! :D :D :D :D

[Sador]

I've always thought a balrog would be pretty handy at a barbie. No need to worry about gas bottles, charcoal or fire wood.
Steaks might end up a bit charred though....

[balrog]

Originally posted by Annushka
Welcome to everybody. I`ve missed a day and have to catch up with everything. Having evil Balrog is great. Many things unexpected can happen:) That might be a little scary, but exciting as well.:)

When Mad....I am scary

however more to myself in an un expect ed way!


:p

have i really found my oasis??

[balrog]

Originally posted by Sador
I've always thought a balrog would be pretty handy at a barbie. No need to worry about gas bottles, charcoal or fire wood.
Steaks might end up a bit charred though....

marshmellows are my true specialty :D

[Sador]

What about prawns?(shrimp to our US friends)

[balrog]

Originally posted by Sador
What about prawns?(shrimp to our US friends)


prawns, lobster and crab would be a tasteful needed pleasure!!


.........aaaaaaggggrrrrrrrr


I'm Hungry :) :D :) :D :) :D :) :D

[Sador]

So Mr Balrog I reckon you and a couple of fire drakes maybe a dragon or two and we'd be looking at the fry-up of the age! Yum Yum.(Don't forget the lobster)

[Sador]

I just noticed my post count has gone over 100. Can any one show me how to get my very own groovy picture thing?
Sorry if I've gone off topic here, asking about something official and stinky:p

[Wolfshead]

Click on user cp at the top *Goes to check the rest of the procedure*. Click on Edit Options in the toolbar somewhere near the top. Then go down to the bottom and click on Change Avatar, the upload a picture.

Directions copywrited by Craig Smith, 2003 :rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

There are plenty of people around here to talk to about getting an avatar for you, Sador person. I think there are threads where people can go and toss preferences around, but I don't know where they are. oh well. The lady that made my superly cool avatar is gone. *sniff*

Anyways, Argh! Americans know what prawns are. We usually call the really big shrimp prawns. oh well.

sorry for being detrimentally afraid of big and scary and evil BBQ cooks.

Ick. Nasssty handsomeness and people who brag about it. Yay for the beauty within! :rolleyes:

[Rhiannon]

Rhiannon! Oh my, oh my, oh my...has the infamous bibliophile decided to join the illustrious GOO? How wonderful! Welcome, welcome, welcome!

I'm infamous already? Well, there're worse things to be infamous for :D

*heads to his scary Arthurian legend buff mom lady to see who Rhiannon was*

Sounds like a cool mom (scary in a mom is always good); Rhiannon wasn't Arthurian, though. She's from the Mabinogion, which I'm pretty sure is online somewhere. But she has various incarnations as one of the Faery, a goddess, and a queen; in general is much cleverer than her husband, Pwyll, the Prince of Dyfed, and is a step ahead of everybody else.

[YayGollum]

She's a crazy mom lady. She's over here, too. Goes by chrysophalax, but she loves being called Chryso. :rolleyes: Anyways, yes, she has never heard of a Rhiannon person having anything to do with Arthur type stories. It's just some Celtic name.

[Wonko The Sane]

What are we talking about? *scratches head*

[Frodorocks]

Rhiannon's username.:) I kind of remember it from some book I read with Merlin in it, but it was a contemporary story, not a legend.

[Dragon]

hi, welcome all.....

*can't be that enthusiastic since she didn't get here first*

re:names; I like them or I don't, thats usually all I care about...

re:avatars;there's a thread in S&B by lady arwen where you can request a certain type of avatar and she will search the web and make on, then you dawnload it and use craigs instructions to upload it...

re:BBQs; hmmm, I've never tried to barbeque anything b4, but I bet I could learn quick!!!

[Kailita]

Whoa! D! Your siggy went all attack-of-the-question-markish! :eek: :confused: I thought I was the only one allowed to do that? ;) *Thinks of the evil submarine lair...*

[Wonko The Sane]

What book was it you read Roxie?

[Ruveriel]

may i join?

[Aragon'scool]

I asked once an my name didn;t get on there why is more i have to do?

[Frodorocks]

Yay doesn't edit the list, you're still in. :) The only reason we don't talk to you is because you never post. But now you did, so now we can talk to you.:D

[Tuilin]

Your name is on the memberslist Aragon!!
It has even got a not on your "misspelled" name...

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Frodorocks
Yay doesn't edit the list, you're still in. :) The only reason we don't talk to you is because you never post. But now you did, so now we can talk to you.:D
Beautifully worded, Rockie. ;)

[Frodorocks]

Thanks! :D I read The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron.:D I think her name is Rhiannon, but everyone calls her Rhia.:)

[Wonko The Sane]

Hmm...the lost years of Merlin...never heard of it...

It sounds cool though. I should read it.

[Rhiannon]

TA Barron, that's the guy whose name I couldn't remember. I haven't read his Merlin trilogy, but I keep meaning to.

[Wonko The Sane]

:) *Writes name on her hand hand*

[Wolfshead]

On your hand hand? What's one of those? Maybe a mysterious large hand-shaped thing with 8 fingers and 2 thumbs? Or maybe it was the mysterious phenomenon of the unconcious double typing of words? Or maybe I'm just making myself look foolish and you actually meant to type hand hand? :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

hand hand. :) Silly word for hand. :)

Handses is another. :)

[Wolfshead]

Well, two words, but that's immaterial. I was wrong then, it is a proper term - I'd never heard it before (obviously). I had, though, heard handses, so give me some credit :rolleyes:

[Ruveriel]

i'm not sure but is this the place where you ask if you can join the Guild of Outcasts?

[Lossengondiel]

yes it is and let me be the first to prewelcome you!!!


haha I am so good at this...

[Wonko The Sane]

Yes! Welcome Liv! :D

[Sador]

First I'd like to thank everyone who tried to help me in my search for an avatar. Second I'd like to say AARRGGHH!! I can't get the bloody thing to work. I have no list of avatars to choose from and all the pics I have on my comp are too big. I should probly point also that I am not the most computer literate of blokes(my eight-year-old son knows more about them than I do). Oh well.

[Wonko The Sane]

Send it to me and I'll turn it into an avatar for you.

I'm darklighter_solo@hotmail.com

[Sador]

Thanks Wonko(Terry Pratchett right?) I tried to but it kept asking me q.'s like the name of my Email server thing, I don't know that. I'm at work and the comp. department does all that stuff.

[Wonko The Sane]

Can you post it to this thread?

I'll edit it from here.

[Sador]

Hmm I'll give it a go... this is just the first one I found.

[Wonko The Sane]

How's this?

[Sador]

Wonko has my undying gratitude. Shame I picked such a boring pic.:)

[Annushka]

Can I ask a question? Is that true that one can have an avatar only after 100 posts? I don`t remeber from where did I get this impression:)

[Wolfshead]

That used to be the case, you needed 100 posts for an avatar, but I don't know if it still is, they've changed a lot. Doesn't concern me with my 600-odd posts :D
Originally posted by Sador
Thanks Wonko(Terry Pratchett right?) And it seems odd that Wonks hasn't opted to grill you for this mistake :) Or maybe she has by email, I don't know, but Wonko The Sane is actually from Douglas Adams, not Terry Pratchett :p

[YayGollum]

I don't know where you got it from, either, but it's true.

[Annushka]

So now I`ll have to wait untill my tsik 34 posts become something more significant:):):)

[Wonko The Sane]

:) I didn't understand what he meant so chose to ignore it entirely.

But yes. Wonko The Sane is from Douglas Adams.

:)

[Wolfshead]

You mean you haven't heard of Terry Pratchett, Wonks? That's a crime in itself! He's even funnier than Adams, and he wrote the Discworld series :D

[Wonko The Sane]

I have heard of him.
Not read him.

But I just didn't understand his post at all.

[Sador]

I knew I'd read it somewhere:) Sorry if I didn't make sense.
I was probly thinking of Bloody Stupid Johnson or Ahmed (I Just Get These Headaches).

[Wonko The Sane]

I like to refer to Zaphod Beeblebrox when I have a headache.

"I have the mother and father of a pair of headaches coming on. " :)

[Rhiannon]

Terry Pratchett is a god.

I want to be Granny Weatherwax when I grow up.

That is all.

(except that Adams is a god too, only he doesn't do fantasy)

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by Rhiannon
(except that Adams is a god too, only he doesn't do fantasy) He doesn't do anything now. He's dead. Unfortunately.

I don't think I could bear to be Granny Weatherwax (if I were in your position), she doesn't know anything outside her area of expertise. Gotta admire her skill with headology, though :D

Rincewind's the best character, but if I could be any of them, I'd have to choose Sam Vimes - an incredibly clever fellow.

A great Rincewind quote, though
'Are you alive?' he said. 'If you're not, I'd prefer it if you didn't answer.'

[Rhiannon]

He doesn't do anything now. He's dead. Unfortunately.

I knew that. If it's any consolation I was thinking in the past tense, honest.

I don't think I could bear to be Granny Weatherwax (if I were in your position), she doesn't know anything outside her area of expertise.

What does that matter? I don't enjoy the other Discworld books as much as I do the ones about the witches (I've been reading Pratchett haphazardly and all out of order).

[Wolfshead]

Thinking in the past tense, were we? Ok, I suppose that's allowed ;)

I love the Discworld books, I've read all but about three. However, I finished reading Witches Abroad the other day, and I didn't really enjoy it. Well, I did, just not as much as some of the others. I almost dropped it and read Knights Of Dark Renown by David Gemmell instead. Managed to finish it though, then read the Gemmell one, then another Gemmell one, Stormrider - the last Rigante book. Damned great author, that David Gemmell. Anyway, back to Discworld, I think I prefer the ones in Ankh Morpork or with Rincewind, they're more exciting :)

[Rhiannon]

You didn't love Witches Abroad??? *gasp* I feel faint... It's my favorite! Well, maybe Wyrd Sisters is my favorite. And Maskerade.

I've never heard of Gemmell.

[Wolfshead]

Hmmm, seems you just prefer the Witches :) My favourite is The Truth (The one with the Ankh Morpork Times). The truth shall make ye fret!

Everyone should read David Gemmell. He's described as 'probably the finest living writer of heroic fantasy'. I just can't get enough of his books. I'd say you should read at least one of his, and see what you think. I think I'll recommend Dark Moon, it's a standalone book, but superb. But I haven't read a bad one by him yet, although I think Stormrider could have been extended to at least 600 pages (rather than 400-odd), or maybe even another book. See if you can get Dark Moon, read it and pass judgement :D I'll warn you though, it's adult fantasy, with some material unsuitable to children (women, not in too much physical detail, but they're mentioned a lot, and fighting is described in detail, with wounds and the like).

[Rhiannon]

I'll look him up *eyes teetering TBR stack* but it might be a while. Sounds a bit like Elizabeth Moon, insofar as gory realism, and I love Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion.

[Sador]

My favourite Pratchett has to be Guards Guards! I've read them all (I think) But the ones with the watch amuse me the most. Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs are hilarious.

[Wolfshead]

The Watch ones are my favourite as well (or have I already said that?). Have you read the newest one, Sador? I can't actually remember what it's called now, but Vimes has to go back in time to save Ankh-Morpork. That was a very good one.

[Sador]

"Night Watch" yeah. I particularly liked Nobby as a grubby street urchin. Vimes-"I need a runner"
Nobbs-" What about me I'm pretty runny"(or words to that effect)

[Wolfshead]

That was the one, yeah. It was good being able to see all the familiar settings, just a lot younger. Nobby's always good - he's just so funny :D

[Sador]

There are so many great charactors in all of these books. Some of my faves are; Nanny Ogg(and greebo), CMOT Dibbler, Mustrum Ridcully(well the whole UU faculty),but the greatest and somehow the most sympathetic would have to be Death(Bill Doors).

[Rhiannon]

Greebo as a human in Witches Abroad- oh my :D "Oh no you don't, my lad!"

[Dragon]

anyone read the last hero? Its the only one I've read, but I loved it, and I plan to read the rest sometime.

[Wolfshead]

Yeah, my sister got me the big harback version for Christmas a couple of years ago. It's good, but it is more children-orientated (hence the pictures), the rest are better. There are some great bits in it though :D

[Dragon]

my mom got the picture book too, but I thought it just made it funnier.....the old people looked funny.....:D

[Rhiannon]

I got the graphic novel version of Mort for Christmas- 'tis most amusing to have, but if I hadn't read the book I doubt very much if it would have made any sense.

[Wonko The Sane]

*Is lost*

This is too bad. I think I need to read these books!

[Raithnait]

Hi, um, Rhian told me to come post here, so I am... hello.

[YayGollum]

Hm. Well, I'd like to assume that you feel like joining this thread since you're posting here, but oh well. I guess I'll just wait for you to say so.

[Rhiannon]

She does! It's just I had to go to bed before I could get her properly started (I being the eldest princess and wyrd sister #1).

[Kailita]

Hello Raithnait, friend of Rhiannon. :D You've got to be okay if you're friends with the Great Poobah. :)

[Rhiannon]

She's not just a friend of the Great Poobah, she is The-Not-Very-Grand Poobah, as well as the The Little Girl in Pigtails, keeper of teddy bears and lollies, and she bestows titles when the Great Poobah is pooped.

[Kailita]

Oh my, oh my...well, we'd best get her shooed off towards the Who's Who thread to introduce herself as soon as possible. :)

[YayGollum]

Okay. Got it. Sure, I guess I should welcome this person, but I don't see that she's around right now. oh well. I'll assume that this Rhiannon person can speak for the Raithnait person.

[Dragon]

hmm...yes, you could assume, but so you know what assuming does to you? 'tis a terrible thing!

[Rhiannon]

Well now, but I don't think our YayGollum could be called 'unassuming', could he?

[Dragon]

hahaha!!!!!

oh, thats good, very good...oh *sigh* that was fun...

[Raithnait]

Yes, I want to join, and I suppose Rhian can speak for me in some things, as she is my sister.

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

What? Two sisters who are BOTH Outcasts? I thought in real life, it's only one per family. ;)

Yeah for Yay getting onto the C9 council. One of the few in there that I voted for. Good thing we have one of our own on the council in case one of us gets in trouble. ;) (Just kidding - I know he'll be wise and fair.)

[Rhiannon]

One per family? What nonesense. My family is full of outcasts. We're quite dysfunctional, really. But as it happens Rai isn't my sister-sister; that is, we adopted each other. Or I adopted her. Or something.

[YayGollum]

Uh, huh. Sure thing. I stuck the person's name on the little list. Anyways, sure, Yay me! :rolleyes: *runs away from responsibility* Also, my family is full of Outcasts. Not my younger sister, though. Ick.

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

Not me, I'm the only Outcast in my family. All the rest are too normal for words. Blah!

[Kailita]

My family members have a few Outcasty quirks about them, but I think I'm the most Outcasted one. :D Just in Kailita's personal opinion: Rai is a cool name. ;)

[Rhiannon]

One or two of my cousins are relatively normal, but we try to keep them from influencing the rest of us. We don't do normal in the Ellison clan. It's not natural.

[balrog]

Originally posted by Mindy_O_Lluin
Not me, I'm the only Outcast in my family. All the rest are too normal for words. Blah!

me too!

you can pick your friends not family....

or as comedians say: you can pick your friends

or pick your nose...

but you can't pick your friend's nose!!

:D :) :p

[Raithnait]

"Just in Kailita's personal opinion: Rai is a cool name."

Thankee! In Rai's Opinion Kailita is a muchly cool name also.

And to be normal is Un-ellison-ly-ish.

*resents Rhi's saying we're not sister-sisters!*

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Raithnait
Thankee! In Rai's Opinion Kailita is a muchly cool name also.

*Gasps*...*smiles*...Thank you very much. :)

So, Rai and Rhi...how are you two related, biologically or otherwise?

[Rhiannon]

Originally posted by Kailita
Rai and Rhi...how are you two related, biologically or otherwise?

When I was five, Rai moved in next door and we've been best friends ever since. What with one thing and another, I adopted her as my little sister, which she is in all but blood (I am six months older than she is). Lomelinde is our third sister, the middle one; collectively we are the 3 sisterz, aka the wyrd sisters, aka the fates- we also fit in to the role of the three princesses fairy tales always have- I am The Eldest Princess, Rai is The Youngest Princess. We share books and dress up and have our own language, and we are the nucleous around the Great Tolkien-Themed Pillow Freak Girls Road Trip is formed.

[YayGollum]

Oh. *sniff* I didn't know that it was just for the ladies. *bawls* :rolleyes:

[Wonko The Sane]

Raith, Rhia, you guys are so lucky to have friends like eachother...

So lucky.

[Dragon]

yeah, y dont I have friends that are like that?.... much less parents that would let me go on road trips....

[Rhiannon]

Yay, you can still come- we're forming a Freak Boys Road Trip Auxilery (sp?). Raith, Rhia, you guys are so lucky to have friends like eachother... Don't we know it!

[YayGollum]

Auxiliary. Anyways, sure, I can see why friends might be appreciated, but they're not especially necessary, are they? oh well.

[Annushka]

Originally posted by Wonko The Sane
Raith, Rhia, you guys are so lucky to have friends like eachother...

So lucky.

I agree. That way everything is much easier. And they are necesary. Though of course, it`s a matter of habbit. When you have them you can`t even imagine what your life would be without them. After losing them you get used to their absence.
Sometimes I LOVE being all by myself;)

[Kailita]

Originally posted by YayGollum
Anyways, sure, I can see why friends might be appreciated, but they're not especially necessary, are they? oh well.
Yay! *Throws pillow in Yay's general direction*
Everyone needs friends! Whether they realize it or not. I mean, I'm all for loners. And it's good to be by yourself sometimes. But everyone has to have someone they can depend on when they really need some help.

[Dragon]

hmmm....yes, everyone needs friends, which is y loners have imaginary friends....heheheh......ok, that was stupid...

when you say "Yay!" do you mean that as in celebration, or scorn of yay?

[Rhiannon]

I'm the Amenable Lone Wolf. I like this title very much because it's very me; a year ago I was part of a drama team going to a competition of all the DoDDs schools on mainland Japan, and on the bus I was talking to our very awesome drama teacher about my older brother who is...well, he's something else. She commented that he was a lone wolf, and I said I didn't know what I was- I have to spend a certain amount of time by myself, but I do like to get out and be around people a bit, too. She said "Oh, you're a lone wolf too- you're just a more amenable one." So there it is.

I have only a few really good friends- well, two really really good friends, three really good friends, and then a small group of people that I am friendly with. I can count the people I would call friends (in real life) on one hand- I have more friends online that I would consider good friends than that, though. But I have a hard time making friends, so the ones I have are important to me. But as a general rule, I live far away from them. So I'm mostly on my own, in which case you might say my friends are superflous- but then there will be Something and I will need them. So yeah, they are vital.

[Raithnait]

At least you're no longer halfway around the world, only 4 hours away... but then that always makes the seperations harder IMO.


And yeah, I know I'm lucky to have her, and I find myself pondering how would my life be different if they hadn't moved in next door when I was fiveish? We've had one big fight and I was absolutely miserable because absolutely everything in my life has something to do with Rhi or her family or a book she told me to read once or something. We didn't speak for a week, and I almost collapsed from nothing to do and I couldn't read save for Shakespeare and was getting really tired of Old Willy... Rhian is the sister my parents never gave me and I loves her muchly.

[YayGollum]

You crazy. I still don't see why people need friendses. You can get family or acquaintances to help you out.

[Rhiannon]

Yeah, but friendses are better. You can live without friendses, but they make life better.

[Annushka]

It`s not just about getting help or something. It`s when you can`t share your thoughts, your wishes with anybody. They are stuck within you. People have to express themselves, don`t they? I think loneliness is the worst thing in the world.

Hey, Rhia, being far from your friends is REALLY bad. 1st you can`t interact with them as much as you want. 2nd, there is the danger to go separate ways. My best friend is 3000km away from me. I`ve seen him last 2 years ago. I miss him so much sometimes, I talk to him in my head. And there is noyhing I could do to make things better. Yay for Internet for bonding people:)

[Dragon]

yay, family can always find you and know you, you will alwasy be stuck around them, so you can't tell them secrets or anything, and you can't escape them, and you are more likely to make them mad since you are around them more and when you make people mad, they do mean things....and you get mad at them......besides, you can always get rid of friends, and make new ones.....(not that I mean to, but......it is a possibilty....heheheh...j/k)

[YayGollum]

You can express yourself without friends. Anyways, maybe I don't care too much because I've never tried to look for friends. They run into me. Whoops! oh well. Let me see here. I can't remember ever having to tell someone something that I couldn't tell my family. Maybe I just have a different and crazy family? sorry about that.

[Kailita]

It's good to have family you can talk with and share things with. Your family can be your friends. But friends outside of your family are good, too. For one thing, you don't have to be around them 24/7, so you don't get as sick of them. For another thing, it's good to have outside sources. And for yet another thing, of course your family understands you because they've known you all your (or their) life. But it's really cool when a friend understands you because you haven't spent your whole life with them, they just figure out how you tick. (Even though with some friends, you do know them your whole life long.)

Rhian...I need some help with my vocabulary. What does Amenable mean...? :o

I don't think I could ever stand a life like yours. I hate change. I almost died when we stayed in the same town but moved houses. Then again, I was six at the time...but still. Doesn't it tear you apart when you have to leave everything you've gotten used to and all the people you've grown to love? I don't know...maybe it's not like that for you. Three of my really good friends are base brats (excuse the term...it's meant affectionately, of course ;)), and they're leaving at the end of this school year (which is in about a month), and I can't stand it.

I think a lot of acquaintances are good...but I'd rather have just a few best friends. Within the group of about seven people I hang out with at school, five of those are my really good friends, and three of those are my best friends. One of those best friends is moving in about a month. But...I'm trying not to think about that...

[Tuilin]

Huh...scary psycologisty-talk.
Heh...
Dont get me wrong...psycology is interrsting.

[Raithnait]

Kai, Thesaurus Entry for Amenable:

Synonyms: acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, docile, influencible, manageable, obedient, open, persuadable, pliable, responsive, susecptible, tractable, willing
Antonyms: closed-minded, disagreeable, intractable, nonconforming, uncooperative, unwilling
Concept: kindness
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2003 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

[Frodorocks]

Annushka, you talk to your faraway friends in your head? That's so weird! (In a good way;) ) I do that all the time, and I've never heard of anyone else doing it.:D

[Dragon]

HA! I knew that's what it meant!!!!

sorry, I just had to exclaim my victory over....well....stuff:rolleyes: :o

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Raithnait
Kai, Thesaurus Entry for Amenable:

Synonyms: acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, docile, influencible, manageable, obedient, open, persuadable, pliable, responsive, susecptible, tractable, willing
Antonyms: closed-minded, disagreeable, intractable, nonconforming, uncooperative, unwilling
Concept: kindness
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
Copyright © 2003 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
Ahh, thank you ever so much. :) *Will no longer be confused about any term even remotely related to "amenable"* ;)

I talk to my friends in my head sometimes when they're not there...it's kind of weird...but it's good to know that other people do it, too. :rolleyes: It's more of a, "Oh, I miss so-and-so...what would so-and-so say if he/she was here? I think (s)he would say thus-and-such...and then I would say thus-and-such back..." It really gets scary when I actually start saying my part in the imaginary conversation...:rolleyes:

[Dragon]

well, I do stuff like that when I want to bring up a topic that I think might be recieved badly, I think of all the different ways I could say a sentence, and how my friends would respond to each of them....and how I would respond to taht...and yadda, yadda, and I pick whichever one I think "went" best, and THAT's what I say to them....usually works great....:rolleyes: :D :cool:

[YayGollum]

What's going on in here, crazy people? Stinky official type stuffs? I don't think so. Looks like a bunch of boring chatting type things. Why's that? You can't find a better thread for it? If you need me to direct you elsewhere, just tell me. *cringes* Not trying to be evil, of course.

[Annushka]

I never thought that talking to someone in your head is weird. I guess that`s strange too:)

[Dragon]

well, its all a matter of opinion:rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

Got it. Maybe you people were ignoring me or maybe you were just waiting for me to elaborate. This type of craziness should probably go in that Outcast type things done thread. I forget the real title. oh well.

[Annushka]

Nobody is ignoring you Yay or waiting for you to elaborate:) Anyway, maybe the thing that I`m going to say fits here better. I got a kitten. From the street. I never do such things. But this one was so little and helpless and he ran after me half a block. And I think I made a huge mistake cause taking care of animals is hard. Besides I`m afraid that he might be sick or something so I`m taking him to the vet on Tuesday. And I have a little problem. Can`t choose a name for him. If someone has any ideas I`ll appreciate them very much:)

Edit: I just realised that this would fit better in the Announcement thread:eek: Sorry, Yay:)

[Kailita]

Aww, but Yay...we like talking about the imaginary people in our heads! The imaginary friend in my head says he wants to be talked about in this thread. :eek: (Why is it a he? Shouldn't it be feminine since I'm a girl? I don't know...I always picture it as a he...aiieee, I have guys in my head! *Is confusing herself now*) Okay, okay, we'll get back on topic, Yay. :rolleyes:

But first I have to put in another "aww" and say, Annushka, I think it's great you took in the kitty. Yeah, animals are hard to care for, but they're so worth it. And if you would have left it out in the street, it would have haunted you and you would have had regrets later. So you did the right thing. :) Tell me what he looks like and acts like and I'll help you think of a name. Or...maybe you should put that in the announcement thread, so Yay won't get all erky on us. :p;)

I just realized something: Outcasts like to jabber. :rolleyes::D

[YayGollum]

Yes. Argh! oh well. Looks like you people know what you're supposed to do. I wish that scary webmaster person would pay attention to PMs. oh well. Yes, I gots to know characterstics of the thing before I can name it. My evil mom lady promised me a few catses a while ago, but I never got them so I have some names on hold.

[Annushka]

Kaili, you`re right. If I had left him in there I`d be sorry afterwards.
I really hope that my vocabulary will let me describe him.
He doesn`t have a single white mark on him, he`s kind of red with dark lines. A little bit like a tiger:) He loves to play with everything around but I think he`s quite smart cause in 5 days he learned where his toilet was:) Besides he`s very tender. I think he misses his mom cause whenever he has the chance he sits on my knees and makes this sweet noise. I`ll get his picture and post it here.

Yay, don`t you already have couple of catses??

Kaili, I`ll not make comments on your imaginary friend or Yay`ll be angry again:D

[Kailita]

A red cat? Wow. Aww, but he sounds so adorable...(more "aww"ing ahead..."aww"ing alert...)

Aww...

Aww...

:D

Hmm...well, you can't call him Tiger, because that would be totally unoriginal. :rolleyes: Let's see...I'll have to think about this one. Yeah, yeah, put a picture up! :D

[Dragon]

hmmm.... how about "tigre"? heheh.... I just like saying that.....eh!!! name him mufasa! but wait...that's a lion......annushka, we must be terrible for your learning englishness.... ;)

Ideas;
drake
tigre
mufasa
mr. kitty (heehee)
dusk


some whacky names, but they ARE suggestions.....I like them, tho I dont suppose you will, oh well, there's always a chance...:D :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[YayGollum]

Hm. That's a different looking cat. Sure, I have two. But then, we got them when they were already grown up. oh well.

One's black and gray and blue eyed and long haired and the dumbest cat I've ever run into. Named Mr. Perkins.

The other's brown and black and looks a lot like a huge fuzzy caterpillar and green eyed and long haired and very evil and standoffish until she gets to know you. Named Ally. We got them since some lady got some crazy allergy.

I was about to get a black and white and short furred type kitten (my favorite type) and name him Truor Tupnm (after my favorite RPG character), but my evil mom lady decided not to have to deal with it and Perkins liked to eat him, too. oh well.

For your cat's name, I would suggest Norys, but I don't know much about his personality. You're sure it's a guy?

[Kailita]

Dusk is a cool name, but it sounds more fitting for a grayish cat. Hmm...maybe Rusty? What are some other things that are a solid dark reddish color?

[Dragon]

copper?
red?
blood drop?

I'm having a little trouble with "dark red" names...:rolleyes:

ooh, wait....rogue? like rouge, which is red on french, but you switch the g and the u, and you get rogue, which is still a word

[Frodorocks]

I kind of like Drake, I don't know why. :D It's kind of like what you'd call a male duck or a type of dragon.
Ideas:
"Hobbes" like Calvin's imaginary friend stuffed animal tiger in the Calvin and Hobbes comics. :p
Moggie, because it's Scots for cats.:D

[Dragon]

heh, that's cool....and ducks are MANdrakes.... I will not allow dragons to be insulted in such a manner! :rolleyes: :mad: :rolleyes: :D

Moogle

[Annushka]

Thank you all very very much. If he only knew how many people take part in his life he would feel so important. Well actually he IS important. I can`t sleep at night cause he walks all over me. And I can`t send him somewhere else cause he gets so lonely:( And I`m pretty sure he`s a guy:) Anyway, now I can`t make a decision;) I really liked Mufasa, Rusty and to tell the truth Mr. Perkins. But I don`t wanna steal your cat`s name, Yay. Moggie sounds a bit like a girls name, doesn`t it?

[Kailita]

Moogle! Hehe, was that a suggestion for a name, D? Funny...
*Wants a pet to name Moogle...*

Hobbes is cute and Copper is cool...looks like you have a lot of names to pick from, Annushka. :)

[Dragon]

actually moogles are a species from a video game series.... uhh, I think its final fantasy...anyway, when rockie said moggie, it just reminded me of that....I think it was supposed to be a suggestion, but now I cant remember...:rolleyes:

since you like, mufasa, rusty and mr. perkins, but you dont want to steal yay's cat's name, we could vote for mufasa or rusty if u can't decide...:rolleyes: :cool: tell us if/when you make "the decision" heheh:D

[YayGollum]

I don't care if you take the Mr. Perkins name. I didn't come up with it. Anyways, it doesn't sounds like it'd fit for a reddish kitten, but oh well. Whatever you decide. If I had to choose between those last three, I'd go for Rusty. Even though it's common. *hides*

[Annushka]

Well, I`ve been thinking really hard:) And now I think that Mufasa would fit him perfectly:) Now he`s too little for such a powerful name, but he looks just like Muffy. When he gets older Mufasa would be perfect. So that`s the one. I`ll post his photo and you`ll see how cute (I hate this word) and adorable he is. He hates to be lonely. Sometimes that`s a bit annoying cause he follows me everywhere. So thanks to everybody once again. That was really helpful:)

[Kailita]

Aww, Muffy! *More attack-of-the-"aww"s...*

Aww...

Aww...

AWWWW!

:rolleyes:;)

Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Mufasa is, like you said, a little too powerful for a small kitty, but when he grows up he will be a large, regal, red cat, and then it will fit. And for now, Muffy is just adorable, I think. :) He can be our official GOO kitty. :D

[Dragon]

eeee! that was smart, I wouldn't have thought of nicknaming him muffy...:rolleyes: :cool:

coolness:cool:

[Annushka]

I`m really happy you like it:)

[HobbitGirl]

Yipe! I've missed too much! Now we have an official GOO kitty named Muffy/Mufasa! <scratches head><sulks because she didn't get to help name the kitty> Darn my computer! It makes me miss things! <begins punching her moniter>

[Dragon]

ACK!!! dot destroy it to much!!!:eek: :eek: then you would miss us all together:rolleyes: :(

...but....do you like the name?:)

[Ice Man]

It's my birthday, but I feel younger!

[Mindy_O_Lluin]

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday Arcanjo!
Happy birthday to you!

(I like your deep thought.)

[Ice Man]

It isn't exactly my thought, I just saw it laying around on the internet and thought it was cool to have it as a deep thought. :D

[Wonko The Sane]

Perhaps you'd like to explain why you believe that to be true. :)

*hunkers down crosslegged for discussion*

I love talking about things like this. :D

[HobbitGirl]

Yes, I do love the name, Dragon. <tries out the kitty's name> Muffy. Muffy. Mufasa. Muffy Muffy Muffy. <likes it much><is perfectly aware that she's insane:D>

Uh oh, war discussions. <quietly leaves>

[Wonko The Sane]

*Decides to follow HobbitGirl's lead*
Muffy...Mufasa..FASA...fluffly...*falls over and sings songs abut cats.*

[Dragon]

*sneaks out after HG*

*is much afeared of that which she does not understand*

[Annushka]

Finally I have pictures of Muffy. I hope you`ll like him as much as I do:)

[Annushka]

And another one. The woman behind is my Mom who doesn`t really appreciate his presence in my life but can`t do anything about it:):D

[Kailita]

Awww, the little GOO kitty! I love him! He's adorable! :D

*Floods the screen with "aww"s...* :D

[Dragon]

aww he's sooooo cute!!!, ur mom doesn't like him? w/ looks
aww like that anyone could learn 2 like him:D
aww
aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww
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aww.....aww.....aww

[YayGollum]

Did I forget that he doesn't have a tale, or is it just not visible? oh well. I've only had a few catses that looked like that. They were ---> Matter, Energy, and Frisky. My evil father named most of our catses very bad names.

[Annushka]

I`m happy you like him:):):)

Of course he has a tale. Have I said he hasn`t? Every morning at 7-7.30am he wakes me up to feed him. That drives me crazy cause I hate waking up so early. But can do nothing about it. He keeps bugging me until I get up and give him something to eat. My mom likes him but doesn`t really think I should keep him. And Energy is not a bad name:)

[Kailita]

Matter and Energy...? Yay, is your dad maybe a scientist...? :rolleyes:

[Dragon]

heh, or a college professor?:rolleyes: :D :eek:

[HobbitGirl]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. So cuuuuuuute. <tries to hug the GOO kitty.......... ... ....... ...... . . .... . . . . . ........ . ...... . ......bangs her nose on the computer screen><curses in Kachitish> I love him already! I love him and I'm alergic to cats! <falls into aww-ing again>

[YayGollum]

I just said that about the tale because I couldn't see it in the pictures. oh well. The cats I have now bother my evil mom lady and evil and annoying and popular little teenaged sister, not me. Yay! Anyways, Annushka person, you gots to keep the Official Feline Of The Illustrious Guild Of Outcasts! Also, Ack! No, my evil father is not interesting in any way. I don't get why anyone would name catses some of the boring things he did. We had a litter of four kittens that he named Matter, Energy, Time, and Space. Space was my favorite. The normal black and white type.

[Anamatar IV]

Hi, I'm hosting the Guild of Outcast's next debate in the debate tournament against the Guild of Elves/Dwarves. Can you guys put together a list of 4 names ready to debate in this? Thanks.:)

EDIT:

I have started the debate. Post your team here:

http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11958

[YayGollum]

We have a thread all about the debate type stuffs. oh well. I can't change the title. It looks like you already know the four people on our little team thing. Why don't you use alphabetical order? oh well. That munchkin person's name shouldn't be capitalized.

[Dragon]

I can't stand it anymore!!! everytime I check this thread, the last respons is the same one as the last time! it...it...it has to change!!!................ok............all better

[YayGollum]

What's wrong with that? What, just because it's towards the top, you think something new happened? oh well. sorry about that. I'd like to just use this for official type stuffs. *hides*

[Dragon]

there's a we won the debate party in mr. underhills submarine lair!!!

[Talierin]

Can I join? I'm a mod here, is that enough of an outcasty thing?

[Annushka]

Mod means moderator, right? Can I ask you a question? Someone asked me if I knew when this forum had started, but I didn`t have a clue. So maybe you know that. Thanks:)

And I`m sure you can join. But our "leader" Yay should say his word first:D So see you later!!

[Dragon]

um, tal, here is your official pre-welcome

WELCOME TAL!!!!!!!

welcome to the welcomeness of welcoming those who are welcome to be welcomed!!!!!!!!

heehee!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D

[Beleg]

Can I join? I am not really the greatest outcast, but I can be called an outcast when It comes to Tolkien.

[Talierin]

Yep, sure does! *dooes her evil mod cackle* Uhhh, it started about 5-6 years ago, got moved around a bunch from what I've learned. I joined the incarnation before this current one, which was about when it started getting really popular. Now it's one of the larger Tolkien boards, and still one of the most book-oriented around (most of the other big boards went movies when they came out).

And thankee for my pre-welcome! Are we waiting on Yay here?

[Annushka]

Thank you very much!!

And, yeah, I guess we`re waiting for Yay to show up:D

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Beleg_strongbow
Can I join? I am not really the greatest outcast, but I can be called an outcast when It comes to Tolkien.
All you need to do to join is be an Outcast. And YayGollum's famous quote is "You're either an Outcast, or you're in denial." Therefore, everyone is an Outcast, so everyone can join. :rolleyes::) So of course you're welcome. :) And welcome to you as well, Tal. Just one question. How do you pronounce your name? Is it tal-EAR-in or tal-ee-AIR-in or something totally different? :rolleyes:

[Talierin]

TALI-air-in :)

[Rhiannon]

...Also known as 'Tal the Magnificent'. She's responsible for my being here, so fall ye down and worship and things. And she has an Eowyn dress. Very not-fair. (Rhian does not have Eowyn dress).

[YayGollum]

Sickening. Sure, both of you people can join. Why not? Have fun. I'll add the names to the list, but Ick. Evil moderator.

[Rhiannon]

Be nice, Yay, or I'll read you a chapter of Harry Potter.

[YayGollum]

I didn't do anything especially evil. I'd have had to do something achingly obviously evil to deserve getting corrupted by the evil hp. :( :eek: :rolleyes:

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Rhiannon
Be nice, Yay, or I'll read you a chapter of Harry Potter.
*Gasp!* :eek:
(Personally, I don't see what's so wrong with Harry Potter. I mean, of course it shouldn't be compared to LotR, but that's because they are two totally different writing styles.)

*Gives TALI-air-in much worshiping and respect...*

[Rhiannon]

(I like HP myself- it's great fun. Yay, on the other hand.... :D)

[Sador]

I heard on the news this morning that a christian school in Melbourne has banned HP from there because it has supernatural themes. And that kids couldn't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
Seems to me HP gives them a perfect opportunity to teach them this important distinction.
I wonder if they would ever ban the bible for the same reason?
Plenty of the supernatural in there.

[Rhiannon]

Gah, people like that drive me nuts. It's okay to not like the books because they deal with magic, but for heaven's sake, stop kicking up such a fuss! Has anyone ever pitched such a fit about The Chronicles of Narnia? Well, Little Bear Wheeler did, and our whole family was very annoyed with him. But geez. If the kids can't tell the difference between real and imaginary, that's not a problem with the books.

[HobbitGirl]

I guess it's just one of those, "Oh, I'm a terrible parent who never pays attention to my child, so I have to go off and blame everyone else when s/he does something wrong."

*has finally decided to pop in again*

:D

[Sador]

Yeah I mean if these kids are going around trying to cast spells with willow wands or whatever they'll pretty soon learn it doesn't work.
And I think those HP books are very well written and have a lot of literary allusions which could make for great classroom discussions. Not to mention how hard it is to get some kids to read anything at all, so I would think they should be thanking Ms Rowling for encouraging literacy.

[Rhiannon]

Yes. My little brother plays 'Wands' with my sister, and we're very conservative Christians, and my parents aren't worried about him becoming a pagan or a satan worshipper.

[Sador]

Exactly. I don't think I can think of any classic kids story that doesn't have supernatural themes. Think of Hans Christian Andersen or the brothers Grimm. Even Mother Goose! It's all witches and fairies. Elves and goblins are a staple of children's literature and always have been.
What is Tinkerbell if she isn't supernatural. The Tooth Fairy? The Easter Bunny? Santa Claus? Lets ban them all or our kids will all become Satanists.:rolleyes:

[Kailita]

Originally posted by Sador
Exactly. I don't think I can think of any classic kids story that doesn't have supernatural themes. Think of Hans Christian Andersen or the brothers Grimm. Even Mother Goose! It's all witches and fairies. Elves and goblins are a staple of children's literature and always have been.
What is Tinkerbell if she isn't supernatural. The Tooth Fairy? The Easter Bunny? Santa Claus? Lets ban them all or our kids will all become Satanists.:rolleyes:
Hehehe, exactly. :) And the Harry Potter books have strong underlying messages of loyalty, bravery, and friendship...good qualities! I hate it when people get all legalistic about the little things. :rolleyes:

[Rhiannon]

Actually, Sador, I know people who won't read their kids fairy tales, who don't do Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny; completely refuse to talk about any of it. Because we're homeschooled, we meet all types, but generally on the conservative side.

And we think they're being silly and just move on...

Though it reminds me of a Ray Bradbury story (I think it was Ray Bradbury, anyway).

[Sador]

I feel sorry for those kids missing out on all that great imaginary fun stuff. They will probly grow up twisted anti-social sad folk. Oh well.

[Annushka]

We went to see the 2nd HP with my little nephew. After that he thinks, dreams and talks about nothing else. He's 6. He wants to die his hair, wear glasses etc. I don't understand what is it about HP that makes children so devoted. But it's a good thing. When he's old enough to read I'll have no problems with presents for him:D

[YayGollum]

Ack! Outcasts are talking about the evil hp in the stinky official stuffs thread? Why? It's pure evil! oh well. Clear out! Talk about the evility elsewhere! *collapses*

[Rhiannon]

Medic! Und he is der delirious also!

[Talierin]

*crash cart wheels in pushed by Tal, screeching around the corner on two wheels* 300ccs! CLEAR! *WHUMP!* CLEAR! *WHUMP!* 325ccs! CLEAR! *WHUMP!* PATIENT NOT RESPONDING! ...He's dead, Charis.

[Rhiannon]

...Jim, you mean ;)

Well...I suppose we need a new Fearless Leader, then.

[YayGollum]

Sickening. Please excuse me for never telling you people what this thread is supposed to be for. It's supposed to be for stinky official stuffs. Not evil conversations that could be in threadses made more for them.

[HobbitGirl]

*Nods obidiently, then smiles, shakes her head, and scampers off to pine about the fact that she doesn't have the fifth HP book yet somewhere else.*

[ely]

I'll be so nice ;) and use this thread for what it's probably supposed to be used for... Can I join the guild? Please :D

[Dragon]

...I'll b the first 2 welcome u...

welcome 2 the welcomeness of welcoming ppl who r welcome 2 b welcomed!!!:D :D :D

[BranMuffin]

Hello all may I join this guild? I probably qualify as an outcast. Just look at some of the other threads I have posted on. I don't know how I overlooked the place to be.

[HobbitGirl]

BranMuffin, I'm going to say in place of Yay that you are welcome.

BECAUSE ONLY COMPLETELY AWSOMELY COOL PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG BAD AVATAR!!!

STRONG BAAAAD!!!

:D:D:D:D:D