Anyone else have a sister as stupid as this? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Schvenn Of The Schack · 01-01-2002, 08:37 AM

Let it first be said that I criticize my sister every step she takes. I have never met anyone who ****es me off as much as she does with her sheer stupidity at times. Let me give you an example. My nephew (her son) is a LOTR fan as well as me. Well, of course he's also a Harry Potter fan. So guess what my sister has done. She's bought the books for her two children and herself. She's reading them and had a discussion with the family the other day, of course when I was out of the room, because she knows what would happen if I had been there, that the Harry Potter books are much better quality and have a much better story line than LOTR. Normally I just ignore stupid people, but when they're part of your family, you just want to take them and slap their heads around a little bit in order to release the frustration. Can any of you relate?

Pippin · 01-01-2002, 08:48 AM

bah, stupid siblings! not exactly along the same lines,but my STUPIDSTUPIDSTUPIDyounger brother thought it'd be REAL funny to use my identity on the Barrowdowns chatroom and basically **** people off pretending to be me....he hasn't even READ the books, but knows I usually haunt this place.... AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH! now I know how Bilbo felt about his "confounded relatives"!I sympathise deeply good sir.

Rose Cotton · 01-01-2002, 09:01 AM

Can't you give her a brake. She has a right to her opinion. I mean I like Harry Potter. (Not as much as LotR)So what?

Fenrir · 01-01-2002, 10:11 AM

I'm an only child.

Schvenn Of The Schack · 01-01-2002, 10:44 AM

Give her a break? Ummm....no. First of all, I'm not saying Harry Potter is good, bad or otherwise. It's apples and oranges. Harry Potter is basically simple adventures aimed at entertaining children and young adults with nothing more than simple adventure and good fun in mind. Tolkien, a literary and linguistic genius, created an entire world, written language, several spoken tongues, history and stories long before anyone else had even thought about such a thing. I'm sorry, but her statement was just so ludicruous as to be beyond laugable. I just had to shake my head at her pure moronism.

Zippo · 01-01-2002, 05:48 PM

Well you've got nothing on my sister. She has no common knowledge at all. She thinks that she knows more about everything even LotR when she hasn't even read the books. some times i just want to smack the stupidity out of her. And sometimes I do but she never gets the hint....

onewhitetree · 01-01-2002, 05:55 PM

Man, I'm glad you guys aren't my brothers! Sisters are wonderful gifts of heaven and should be appreciated and treated as such. Take my word for it and go buy her some Steve Maddens.

Lush · 01-02-2002, 12:46 AM

Ah, my brother is barely six years old, and I can't wait to introduce him to Tolkien. For now though, we read a chapter of Harry Potter each night before bedtime (except for last night, when I was God knows where). Hopefully, he will grow up with a good taste in books, and will thank me by buying me some of those Steve Maddens! Or Manolo Blahniks even!

Turambar · 01-03-2002, 02:06 PM

You take take out your frustrations <A HREF="http://www.madblast.com/flash_shows/frodo_potter.cfm" TARGET=_blank>here</A>

Tarlondeion Of Gondolin · 01-03-2002, 04:55 PM

My sister really pi**es me off, but I love her deep down. She loved the film and when we got home she wanted to read TTT and started straight away. Ten minutes later she was bored this really annoyed me. She likes Harry Potter too, I liked HP too, but they were just adventure stories for little kids and they lack substance and they also didn't inspire me like LOTR did.

silme-ranaa · 01-04-2002, 09:29 AM

oh well,lucky me my brother was the one who introduce Lord of The Rings to me! Bless him.

Gayahithwen · 01-05-2002, 01:16 PM

I have a younger brother.. and guess what? he ****es me off.. he has read Harry Potter, and said that he was going to read LotR, but then he stopped after just 15 pages and said that it was stupid and that he would never ever read it, and later on, he GOES TO SEE THE MOVIE!! aarrrggghhh.. why can't he at least decide wheter to like LotR or not, so I know if I have to convince him about LotR being the best books ever or not.. *ahem* ok, this might seem confusing.. but I'm tired.. :P I used to like Harry Potter, but since I started reading LotR again, I've changed my mind.. HP is just a story for kids.. (my apologize to those who likes him..)

Maeglin · 01-05-2002, 04:30 PM

HARRY POTTER IS JUNKLITTERATURE!! Phew... got that out of me then... I hate people who's read the HP-books first and later on try to read the LOTR but get's bored of it and says that it's bad (just beacuase its not a picturebook for kids as HP!!!!). Honestly, saying that is highly respectless. LOTR is the most welldone masterwork in the history instead of HP that J.K. Rowling wrote on a coffebrake or something. And I do know what I speak of. I have read HP! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

Elrian · 01-06-2002, 03:15 AM

I guess I got lucky too, my brother told me about the books when I was in Jr High, long before the Potter books hit the market, come to think of it before many current Fantasy writers had books on the market.

Pippin · 01-06-2002, 12:50 PM

I read LotR AGES ago, so wasn't distracted by something "new and shiny". but I like the HP books to be honest. they're a kind of comic relief, it's nice to be able to relax with something not so dire and tragic. I get sad too easily....

zifnab · 01-06-2002, 01:23 PM

Ahhhhhh.......thank you Turambar for the game "Frodo vs. Harry", great fun. And guess what I won! Anyways, I hear what you guys are saying about siblings. Good for me that mine have at least half a brain and know a thing or two about whats good and bad. But even if they didnt, I would just shake my head and say nothing(maybe I would throw in a rude comment but not much else).But to mention people that havent read LOTR and then see it at the movies, it makes me laugh when they say, "Who is that/What is that" "Whats gonna happen next"?. But I get a real big laugh when they say "Oh no, poor Gandlaf, I liked that guy, its a shame that he's dead"! If only they knew.....

Enkanowen · 01-06-2002, 04:15 PM

all I can say is, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It is a matter of personal taste, it does not make a person stupid or less intelligent if they do not enjoy a certain type of book.. Arguing about such petty things is not worth it, because we all know Lord of the Rings is a great piece of literature.

Lush · 01-06-2002, 09:58 PM

The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter coexist nicely on my bookshelf. One is a work of great depth and meaning (both artistically and socially to me), the other is an endearing children's story. Of course, for the record, I hope that the LotR movies kick Harry's butt at the box office.

Gayahithwen · 01-07-2002, 11:36 AM

I was discussing the LotRmovie on a community, and then I saw the topic "funny ending off the film" and there she told us she had been on the movie and hoped for the Rings destroyal, and then it WASN'T DESTROYED in the end! So of course, me and some other people told her to first read the books, or at least check out facts.. there are THREE movies and this was the first one.. and then, guess what? She hadn't even been to the movie? Some friends of hers had just told her that the movie had a weird ending.. I almost got angry when I read that, because I don't think you shall complain about something you don't know anything about.. Back to my bro, he has started reading LotR again, so I shall stop calling him a "pushdug" soon.. and then I will just call him.. something nicer..

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-13-2002, 11:54 AM

Hi! I had a cool sibling experience with the movie - I was at our Christmas family reunion and suggested seeing it together. So my two brothers, their wives and I went with four of our (grown-up) children. Anybody counting with me? That made nine of us! And all enjoyed it, though I'm the only fan (they call it freak).

Elendil · 01-13-2002, 12:05 PM

Although my sister isn't a fan (she never read the book), she suggested we'd go see the movie together. Yes, she's a good girl, but too busy working, so I still haven't seen it....

Snowflake · 01-13-2002, 01:39 PM

My sister and brother would rather go see "Orange County" Than FoTR............

northernlight · 01-14-2002, 05:36 PM

i'm an only child..tee hee...but most of my friends would rather go see orange county too. oh well

Elendil · 01-14-2002, 05:43 PM

Ok, my sis is cool and we're going this friday, yay! AND she's buying me dinner

Zippo · 01-14-2002, 10:15 PM

I have one word to describe my sister BLONDE! (No offence) She thinks she knows so much. we recently got our grade cards from school...she was estatic over her 2 D's a c and a b....oie....

amyrlis · 01-15-2002, 01:29 PM

My twin sister is actually the one who got me into the Tolkien stuff! Freshman year in high school she was Ori in a play version of The Hobbit. She read the books, and then gave them to me. But now, I think that I am more "learned" in all things Tolkien than she is. She is about to read the Sil for the first time, after my nagging her about it forever! I can't wait to see what she thinks about it!

northernlight · 01-17-2002, 12:41 PM

hey zippo i know how you feel...even though i don't have to live w/a 'cheerleader,' as i call them, our school hallways are teeming with them!!! aaaah!!! and they do think they know everything...well they do if its about clothes and guys lol but they don't seem to know anything useful! when school reconvened after winter break i told this one girl who asked what i did that i went to see lord of the rings...and all she could say was 'oh that really long weird movie...oh wait isn't elijah wood in it?...he's soooo cute!' so then i asked if she had heard of the books and that they were by tolkien and she said 'tol-who?? are those new books, like harry potter?' i gave up at that point...i didn't even want to hear what she did over break...probably went and got some thousand dollar manicure or something

01-17-2002, 06:28 PM

rose cotton I knoww what you mean I made the stupidust mastake by giving my old orc999 password to mordor136 and legolas33 now one of them is going around acting stupid with my old name that is why I changed it.

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 12-29-2002, 04:14 PM

ugh my stupid sister! she was talking on the phone i overheard her this is what she said "No! im not goin to watch LOTR because its the exact same thing as Harry Potter." i was like What the hell are you talking about? <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Man, I'm glad you guys aren't my brothers! Sisters are wonderful gifts of heaven and should be appreciated and treated as such. Take my word for it and go buy her some Steve Maddens. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> waht the hell were you thinking when you said this? sisters, i swear, are sent from hell to torture us! ps. im not a guy, either

Arwen Imladris · 12-29-2002, 04:37 PM

Hey! People are entitled to there own opinions! I personally try to stay away from Harry Potter in this forum because this is a site dedicated to TOLKIEN So long as a persons opions are not hurting anyone (ie rasism, killing, trying to take over the world...) it is O.K. At least here in Canada, people are free to think whatever they want. Give your sis a break! Has she read LOTR yet? Try and get her to. Or, if that doesn't work or she still doesn't like it and it means that much to you, simply don't talk to her about HP or LOTR.

Merri · 12-29-2002, 04:39 PM

Wait . . . so you're mad at your sister because she talked about Harry Potter while you were out of the room? I don't understand why this is stupid . . .

gollum*elf*pup · 12-29-2002, 05:16 PM

I don't mind my sister all that much...as least she's read LotR...but she calls me Gandalf now. How annoying.

PippinSqueak · 12-29-2002, 06:54 PM

My brothers don't really have a passion for either one. But i say that the Harry Potter Series and The Lord of the Rings trilogy are both very good. Harry Potter is definitely easier to read, but still good. Lord of the Rings is harder to read and a lot more detailed. So depending on what you're in the mood for, both books are good.

Eruwen · 12-29-2002, 09:01 PM

Oh, that's nothing, Schvenn. Your sister may be a bit insane, but at least she is smart enough to read the books all the way through from BEGINNING to end. My sis ever since she saw the first movie has been dying for me to give her hints at what is going to happen. I won't tell her much though because I don't want to ruin the story. The thing is, she won't read the books from the beginning. She won't read them at all. BUT she is so dying to find out what happens, one day when she was over at our house with her boyfriend, they picked up my ROTK book which was sitting on a shelf. Her boyfriend read the last 3 pages of it to her. I think that section started with when Frodo was telling Sam he had to go to the Grey Havens. So she ruined the whole story for herself. She already knows what is going to happen in the end. She don't even care about any of the rest of it anymore. Talk about stupid. She ruined a perfectly good, no, great story because she is way to impatient. Ok, I've done enough rambling on about her idiotness. Hey, at least I don't have to worry about her asking me things about the story anymore.

Magician of Nathar · 12-29-2002, 11:31 PM

Am I glad I am an only child! I was really surprised many of my friends really liked LOTR, considering I am only in Grade 8. There is this friend of mine who gets really annoyed when me and other friends were talking about the books. But after she saw the first movie, she loved it and decided to read the books. Kids now a day have really nice tastes.

Thulorongil · 12-29-2002, 11:46 PM

All these poor little siblings!I'm with Lush: my brother's the same age, is getting in love with reading, has seen the animated The Hobbit and the non-violent parts of Fellowship (he gets scared when I play a boss on a Nintendo game...), he loves playing knights, and so on. Seems like the perfect situation to me for growing another LotR geek in the family!Okay, so sometimes they drive you insane, but instead of slapping the sense into them, why not read a chapter a night of the Hobbit to these little ones! We have to have Tolkienites in the younger generations!

Beruthiel · 12-30-2002, 01:33 AM

My sis is 7 and she is totally into the movies, but she doesn't really get the books so I'm gonna read them to her when she's a little bit older Although she knows quite a bit already cuz my and my mum have been trying to explain all the movies and stuff from the books etc. So I guess I'm lucky that she likes all of that! But she (unfortunately) likes HP better

Finiel · 12-30-2002, 07:50 AM

All of you should thank God that its just your siblings that are quite anti-LOTR. While I have problem with my parents being anti-LOTR. They're not stupid but they're annoying because everytime they see me reading LOTR my dad kinda like snorts.

Ithaeliel · 12-30-2002, 11:55 AM

My brother doesn't even know what Lord of the Rings is !!!!!!! I speak literally!

Cúdae · 12-30-2002, 09:43 PM

First, let me make this clear: My parents have grown six little LotR geeks by reading The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion to all of us from the moment we were born to the moment we could rad for ourselves. Yet my sister showed her true stupidity today when I took her to see the Two Towers. The conversation as follows took place when Haldir died:My sister: They killed Legolas! Me: That was Haldir, idiot! Sister: The King of Rohan? Me: No, Haldir's from Lothlorien- remember? Sister: Oh! He's married to Galadriel, right? Me: No. Sister: Then he is the King of Rohan!At this point I gave up. You probably would have too if you had just finished your popcorn and the little kid behind you was chanting: "Kill the bad cats!" My sister's stupidity was the straw that broke the camel's back.

01-01-2002, 08:37 AM	#1
Schvenn Of The Schack Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16	Anyone else have a sister as stupid as this? <BR>Let it first be said that I criticize my sister every step she takes.<BR>I have never met anyone who ****es me off as much as she does with her sheer stupidity at times.<BR>Let me give you an example.<BR>My nephew (her son) is a LOTR fan as well as me.<BR>Well, of course he's also a Harry Potter fan.<BR>So guess what my sister has done.<BR>She's bought the books for her two children and herself.<BR>She's reading them and had a discussion with the family the other day, of course when I was out of the room, because she knows what would happen if I had been there, that the Harry Potter books are much better quality and have a much better story line than LOTR.<BR>Normally I just ignore stupid people, but when they're part of your family, you just want to take them and slap their heads around a little bit in order to release the frustration.<BR>Can any of you relate?<BR> __________________ http://www3.sympatico.ca/craig.plath...ftheschack.gif

01-01-2002, 08:48 AM	#2
Pippin Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: I don't know, I'm lost! Posts: 85	bah, stupid siblings!<BR>not exactly along the same lines,but my <B>STUPIDSTUPIDSTUPID</B>younger brother thought it'd be REAL funny to use my identity on the Barrowdowns chatroom and basically **** people off pretending to be me....he hasn't even READ the books, but knows I usually haunt this place....<BR>AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH! now I know how Bilbo felt about his "confounded relatives"!<P>I sympathise deeply good sir.<BR> __________________ never mind the pint.... does it come in gallons???

01-01-2002, 09:01 AM	#3
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	Can't you give her a brake. She has a right to her opinion. I mean I like Harry Potter. (Not as much as LotR)So what? __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)

01-01-2002, 10:11 AM	#4
Fenrir Wight Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nevrast Posts: 103	I'm an only child. __________________ Fearlessness is better than a faint-heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.

01-01-2002, 10:44 AM	#5
Schvenn Of The Schack Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16	Give her a break?<BR>Ummm....no.<BR> <BR>First of all, I'm not saying Harry Potter is good, bad or otherwise.<BR>It's apples and oranges.<BR>Harry Potter is basically simple adventures aimed at entertaining children and young adults with nothing more than simple adventure and good fun in mind.<BR>Tolkien, a literary and linguistic genius, created an entire world, written language, several spoken tongues, history and stories long before anyone else had even thought about such a thing.<BR>I'm sorry, but her statement was just so ludicruous as to be beyond laugable.<BR>I just had to shake my head at her pure moronism.<BR> __________________ http://www3.sympatico.ca/craig.plath...ftheschack.gif

01-01-2002, 05:48 PM	#6
Zippo Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: I live in...well I live every where! HAHAHA! Posts: 49	Well you've got nothing on my sister. She has no common knowledge at all. She thinks that she knows more about everything even LotR when she hasn't even read the books. some times i just want to smack the stupidity out of her. And sometimes I do but she never gets the hint.... __________________ I am Saki The Conqueror, Ruler of the east and the west and ALL That is In between!

01-01-2002, 05:55 PM	#7
onewhitetree Seeker of Syntax Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Scene of the Crime Posts: 264	Man, I'm glad you guys aren't my brothers! Sisters are wonderful gifts of heaven and should be appreciated and treated as such. Take my word for it and go buy her some Steve Maddens. __________________ onewhitetree (also known as Kate) Well, I'M BACK.

01-02-2002, 12:46 AM	#8
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Ah, my brother is barely six years old, and I <I>can't wait</I> to introduce him to Tolkien. For now though, we read a chapter of Harry Potter each night before bedtime (except for last night, when I was God knows where). Hopefully, he will grow up with a good taste in books, and will thank me by buying me some of those Steve Maddens! Or Manolo Blahniks even! __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

01-03-2002, 02:06 PM	#9
Turambar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Non-Stop Home Posts: 859	You take take out your frustrations <A HREF="http://www.madblast.com/flash_shows/frodo_potter.cfm" TARGET=_blank>here</A> __________________ In the upper air the fireflies move more slowly.

01-03-2002, 04:55 PM	#10
Tarlondeion Of Gondolin Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Gondolin the fair Posts: 94	My sister really pi**es me off, but I love her deep down. She loved the film and when we got home she wanted to read TTT and started straight away. Ten minutes later she was bored this really annoyed me. She likes Harry Potter too, I liked HP too, but they were just adventure stories for little kids and they lack substance and they also didn't inspire me like LOTR did.

01-04-2002, 09:29 AM	#11
silme-ranaa Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malaysia Posts: 28	oh well,lucky me<BR>my brother was the one who introduce Lord of The Rings to me!<BR>Bless him. __________________ No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac Newton Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. unknown

01-05-2002, 01:16 PM	#12
Gayahithwen Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The chat-room. Posts: 241	I have a younger brother.. and guess what? he ***es me off.. he has read Harry Potter, and said that he was going to read LotR, but then he stopped after just 15 pages and said that it was stupid and that he would never ever read it, and later on, he GOES TO SEE THE MOVIE!! aarrrggghhh.. why can't he at least decide wheter to like LotR or not, so I know if I have to convince him about LotR being the best books ever or not.. ahem* ok, this might seem confusing.. but I'm tired.. :P<BR>I used to like Harry Potter, but since I started reading LotR again, I've changed my mind.. HP is just a story for kids.. (my apologize to those who likes him..) __________________ Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away - and barefoot.

01-05-2002, 04:30 PM	#13
Maeglin Wight Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nan Elmoth Posts: 136	HARRY POTTER IS JUNKLITTERATURE!! <P>Phew... got that out of me then... <P>I hate people who's read the HP-books first and later on try to read the LOTR but get's bored of it and says that it's bad (just beacuase its not a picturebook for kids as HP!!!!). Honestly, saying that is highly respectless. LOTR is the most welldone masterwork in the history instead of HP that J.K. Rowling wrote on a coffebrake or something.<BR>And I do know what I speak of. I have read HP! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!! __________________ The fool speaks of what he knows. The wise knows what he speaks of.

01-06-2002, 03:15 AM	#14
Elrian Eldar Spirit of Truth Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land of the FREE, Home of the BRAVE Posts: 794	I guess I got lucky too, my brother told me about the books when I was in Jr High, long before the Potter books hit the market, come to think of it before many current Fantasy writers had books on the market. __________________ ~Call me a relic, call me what you will. Say I'm old fashioned , say I'm over the hill. That old whine ain't got no soul. I'll stick to Old Toby and a Hobbit hole.~

01-06-2002, 12:50 PM	#15
Pippin Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: I don't know, I'm lost! Posts: 85	I read LotR AGES ago, so wasn't distracted by something "new and shiny". but I like the HP books to be honest. they're a kind of comic relief, it's nice to be able to relax with something not so dire and tragic. I get sad too easily.... __________________ never mind the pint.... does it come in gallons???

01-06-2002, 01:23 PM	#16
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	Ahhhhhh.......thank you Turambar for the game "Frodo vs. Harry", great fun. And guess what I won! <P>Anyways, I hear what you guys are saying about siblings. Good for me that mine have at least half a brain and know a thing or two about whats good and bad. But even if they didnt, I would just shake my head and say nothing(maybe I would throw in a rude comment but not much else).<P>But to mention people that havent read LOTR and then see it at the movies, it makes me laugh when they say, "Who is that/What is that" "Whats gonna happen next"?. But I get a real big laugh when they say "Oh no, poor Gandlaf, I liked that guy, its a shame that he's dead"! <P>If only they knew.....<P> __________________ Facebook.

01-06-2002, 04:15 PM	#17
Enkanowen Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 53	all I can say is, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It is a matter of personal taste, it does not make a person stupid or less intelligent if they do not enjoy a certain type of book.. Arguing about such petty things is not worth it, because we all know Lord of the Rings is a great piece of literature.

01-06-2002, 09:58 PM	#18
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter coexist nicely on my bookshelf. One is a work of great depth and meaning (both artistically and socially to me), the other is an endearing children's story. Of course, for the record, I hope that the LotR movies kick Harry's butt at the box office. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

01-07-2002, 11:36 AM	#19
Gayahithwen Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The chat-room. Posts: 241	I was discussing the LotRmovie on a community, and then I saw the topic "funny ending off the film" and there she told us she had been on the movie and hoped for the Rings destroyal, and then it WASN'T DESTROYED in the end! So of course, me and some other people told her to first read the books, or at least check out facts.. there are THREE movies and this was the first one.. and then, guess what? She hadn't even been to the movie? Some friends of hers had just told her that the movie had a weird ending.. I almost got angry when I read that, because I don't think you shall complain about something you don't know anything about.. Back to my bro, he has started reading LotR again, so I shall stop calling him a "pushdug" soon.. and then I will just call him.. something nicer.. __________________ Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away - and barefoot.

01-13-2002, 11:54 AM	#20
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Hi! I had a cool sibling experience with the movie - I was at our Christmas family reunion and suggested seeing it together. So my two brothers, their wives and I went with four of our (grown-up) children. Anybody counting with me? That made nine of us! And all enjoyed it, though I'm the only fan (they call it freak). __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-13-2002, 12:05 PM	#21
Elendil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 57	Although my sister isn't a fan (she never read the book), she suggested we'd go see the movie together. Yes, she's a good girl, but too busy working, so I still haven't seen it....

01-13-2002, 01:39 PM	#22
Snowflake Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Middle of Nowhere Posts: 19	My sister and brother would rather go see "Orange County" Than FoTR............ __________________ ............................

01-14-2002, 05:36 PM	#23
northernlight Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: michigan, u.s. of a. Posts: 14	i'm an only child..tee hee...but most of my friends would rather go see orange county too. oh well __________________ ash on my tomatoes!

01-14-2002, 05:43 PM	#24
Elendil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 57	Ok, my sis is cool and we're going this friday, yay! AND she's buying me dinner

01-14-2002, 10:15 PM	#25
Zippo Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: I live in...well I live every where! HAHAHA! Posts: 49	I have one word to describe my sister BLONDE! (No offence) She thinks she knows so much. we recently got our grade cards from school...she was estatic over her 2 D's a c and a b....oie.... __________________ I am Saki The Conqueror, Ruler of the east and the west and ALL That is In between!

01-15-2002, 01:29 PM	#26
amyrlis Wight Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Helcaraxe Posts: 210	My twin sister is actually the one who got me into the Tolkien stuff! Freshman year in high school she was Ori in a play version of The Hobbit. She read the books, and then gave them to me. But now, I think that I am more "learned" in all things Tolkien than she is. She is about to read the Sil for the first time, after my nagging her about it forever! I can't wait to see what she thinks about it! __________________ "Pull the blinders from my eyes, let me see these endless skies And drown here where I stand in the beauty of the land."

01-17-2002, 12:41 PM	#27
northernlight Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: michigan, u.s. of a. Posts: 14	hey zippo i know how you feel...even though i don't have to live w/a 'cheerleader,' as i call them, our school hallways are teeming with them!!! aaaah!!! and they do think they know everything...well they do if its about clothes and guys lol but they don't seem to know anything useful! <P>when school reconvened after winter break i told this one girl who asked what i did that i went to see lord of the rings...and all she could say was 'oh that really long weird movie...oh wait isn't elijah wood in it?...he's soooo cute!' so then i asked if she had heard of the books and that they were by tolkien and she said 'tol-who?? are those new books, like harry potter?' i gave up at that point...i didn't even want to hear what she did over break...probably went and got some thousand dollar manicure or something __________________ ash on my tomatoes!

01-17-2002, 06:28 PM	#28
Nazgul Guest Posts: n/a	rose cotton I knoww what you mean I made the stupidust mastake by giving my old orc999 password to mordor136 and legolas33 now one of them is going around acting stupid with my old name that is why I changed it.

12-29-2002, 04:14 PM	#29
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,197	ugh my stupid sister! she was talking on the phone i overheard her this is what she said "No! im not goin to watch LOTR because its the exact same thing as Harry Potter." i was like What the hell are you talking about? <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Man, I'm glad you guys aren't my brothers! Sisters are wonderful gifts of heaven and should be appreciated and treated as such. Take my word for it and go buy her some Steve Maddens. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> waht the hell were you thinking when you said this? sisters, i swear, are sent from hell to torture us! <BR>ps. im not a guy, either __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."

12-29-2002, 04:37 PM	#30
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Hey! People are entitled to there own opinions! I personally try to stay away from Harry Potter in this forum because this is a site dedicated to <B>TOLKIEN</B> So long as a persons opions are not hurting anyone (ie rasism, killing, trying to take over the world...) it is O.K. At least here in Canada, people are free to think whatever they want. Give your sis a break! Has she read LOTR yet? Try and get her to. Or, if that doesn't work or she still doesn't like it and it means that much to you, simply don't talk to her about HP or LOTR. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

12-29-2002, 04:39 PM	#31
Merri Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 221	Wait . . . so you're mad at your sister because she talked about <I>Harry Potter</I> while you were out of the room? I don't understand why this is stupid . . . __________________ Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon. -Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card.

12-29-2002, 05:16 PM	#32
gollumelfpup Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: big...scary...castle... Posts: 277	I don't mind my sister all that much...as least she's read LotR...but she calls me Gandalf now. How annoying. __________________ ~elfpup~ PI's evil family dog!!! I have found the chicken who is not a chicken!

12-29-2002, 06:54 PM	#33
PippinSqueak Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Edoras Posts: 25	My brothers don't really have a passion for either one. But i say that the Harry Potter Series and The Lord of the Rings trilogy are both very good. Harry Potter is definitely easier to read, but still good. Lord of the Rings is harder to read and a lot more detailed. So depending on what you're in the mood for, both books are good. __________________ "What are tatters?" "Po-ta-to"

12-29-2002, 09:01 PM	#34
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 892	Oh, that's nothing, Schvenn. Your sister may be a bit insane, but at least she is smart enough to read the books all the way through from BEGINNING to end. <P>My sis ever since she saw the first movie has been dying for me to give her hints at what is going to happen. I won't tell her much though because I don't want to ruin the story. The thing is, she won't read the books from the beginning. She won't read them at all. <B>BUT</B> she is so dying to find out what happens, one day when she was over at our house with her boyfriend, they picked up my ROTK book which was sitting on a shelf. Her boyfriend read the last 3 pages of it to her. I think that section started with when Frodo was telling Sam he had to go to the Grey Havens. So she ruined the whole story for herself. She already knows what is going to happen in the end. She don't even care about any of the rest of it anymore. Talk about stupid. She ruined a perfectly good, no, great story because she is way to impatient. <P>Ok, I've done enough rambling on about her idiotness. Hey, at least I don't have to worry about her asking me things about the story anymore.

12-29-2002, 11:31 PM	#35
Magician of Nathar Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 46	Am I glad I am an only child! I was really surprised many of my friends really liked LOTR, considering I am only in Grade 8. There is this friend of mine who gets really annoyed when me and other friends were talking about the books. But after she saw the first movie, she loved it and decided to read the books. Kids now a day have really nice tastes.