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You must be somewhat on level with your opponent in order to offer opposition. You, Fea, and lmp offer me opposition the way Butterbur would offer Sauron opposition. And while I'm here, I believe I will send going to work on Saturday to Mordor. I'm just now about to go to bed (at 4 AM) and I have to be at work in a few hours. Nothing messes up a fun weekend like work.
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TGWBS attacks the concept of the local press...
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Oh, a game to rescue Canonicity would indeed most likely belong as a sequel (or would it all be one game but because of length deferred to three threads?). I mean, think of how long it would take us to decide upon a character bio for Canonicity. An NPC? Couldn't by any means be a cameo. Who here would be the one of our Fellowship to take up the challenge? Might I suggest something? A trilogy of ATM games, the first in The Shire, the second in Rohan, and well, the one about that canonicity thingy in Gondor. Oh, and, just to keep this on-topic, I would like to assign summer air conditioning that is set far, far too cold and the people who then bring in small space heaters to warm up the space under their desks while they still wear sockless sandals. While I'm at this, I'll assign noisy air conditioners to Mordor too. Impossible to appreciate music, except for grunge rock or metal, while that whirls away. No offense to grunge or metal, now!
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Warranties that expire right before something breaks down can go straight to Mordor. So can customer service departments that keep you on hold a little bit longer than forever.
Telemarketers who switch your long-distance service even after you tell them you're very happy with your current phone company, thank you, can set up shop in Barad-Dur. In fact, telemarketing companies in general can go to Mordor.
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I'm glad my Canonicity idea seems well accepted. I thought it sounded fantastic, but I couldn't be sure, since I was pretty tired when I came up with it.
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And off to anguish in Mordor... New computers. Sure they want to discourage music piracy, but I made this CD ages ago. Surely there's a grandfather clause or something that would allow me to rip the hundred-something songs off of it. Since I can't, I have to actually listen to the CD itself, instead of just putting all of the tracks onto my hard drive.
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I would like to send the inability to breathe to Mordor, it's exhausting! And so not fun!
On a lighter note I would also like to send hypocritical parents. The type that demand you be quiet while they are watching the television but are quite happy to come in and talk as loudly as possible when you are watching something. Oh, and then have the audacity to call you cheeky when you complain!
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My knees should go to Mordor. They hurt me so. *whimper*
Overplayed songs that I used to like...but don't anymore. 'Bye you go! *punt* Books that look so interesting on the covers but are not inside. The weird (and slightly embarassing) feeling of food in your teeth six hours after eating when you don't wear braces.
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To Mordor: neighbours who put up in their backyard (without checking with you) large aluminum sheds which completely block all sun from your garden.
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But to follow that much as a brick would not is going to work in a hundred degree greenhouse twenty minutes later. And hovering parents. The kind that want to know exactly what you're doing online. So they stand behind you and watch.
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Eighteen isn't the age where you start to like them again? Must be not, since I bickered with my mom this morning, flip out at my dad every two days or so, and can't wait to go to school where they can't keep an eye on me and fret when I don't get home until (God forbid) 8:30.
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Fea I'm beginning to think there's some kind of connection between us here because your experiences both with idiotic PE teachers who do not seem to get the concept of asthma and parents who do not get the concept of not being neurotic are practically identical to my own. Except that my mother is slightly worse having had a panic attack when I wasn't home by 6!
Oh and the reading over your shoulder thing? They do that when I'm on MSN, having private conversations. I of course can't listen in while they're on the phone so how is that entirely fair may I ask?
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Yes, but I was out with my brother. Going to see a movie. It's not like I was out with some untrustworthy axe-murderer. *sigh*
Axe-murderes, though uncommon, can also go to Mordor. Surely they'd brighten the scene. EDIT: Just like with AIM. "That window is flashing. Why don't you click on it?" *cough* "Because dad, I'm moping to my best friend near midnight about my relationship troubles and I don't want you to see." *another long-suffering sigh*
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Off to Mordor with offspring who don't fully understand the difficulties of being a parent, or that part of being a parent is a constant, never-ending and sometimes irrational worry over their children, or that when they seem to be spoiling your fun they usually only have your best interests at heart ...
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Braces can go to Mordor, I want to have nice pretty teeth, but they're so uncomfortable.
![]() Rap music.....I hate rap music, to Mordor you go. ![]() Bar chords...hardest notes to play on the guitar, go join the rap music. Notice how this thread lasted longer then the "What do you assign to the Shire" thread? This is a good place to rant. Having my four worst subjects all in the same sumester can go to Mordor. Having my best friend change schools cause he's out of the school district can go to Mordor. (I'll miss ya Glirdy ![]() I'm done....for now.
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This argument is quite ridiculous and I suspect you both realise it. The solution should be obvious to all: Both parents and children must be sent to Mordor, for the benefit of me.
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Fea grabs a cloak and a walking stick and sets off to Mordor to retrieve Johnny Depp and Eomer.
Be back soon, savvy?
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People on IM who sign in and out and back in and back out repeatedly so that the little pop-up keeps getting in my way while I'm trying to do other things (besides, the sound alert is irritating). Make up your mind! Do you want to be logged in or not!?
The attendance office at my school who called my house the other night (a recorded message, of course, so we couldn't correct them) trying to tell me I wasn't in one or more of my classes during the day when I definitely was. My cousin (and possibly best friend, go figure) when she's being pushy and angsty about life in general - "I'm doing my homework!" "But I want to complain to you about my little brother and parents and homework etc!" Not quite in those words, but that's the gist of it. Last edited by Firefoot; 08-29-2005 at 04:56 PM. |
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Since we're on the subject, I would like to send any adult that thinks any negative thought a teenager has is due to hormones and just being moody rather than considering even for a second that said teenager might have a reason for this negativity past that of their age.
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Perhaps Mordor could be the next location for Brat Camp ...
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You know... I can so vividly imagine teenagers and parents warring in Mordor. Oh, you know what else goes there? That dreadful phrase I'm sure every teen here has heard: "You are judged by the company you keep." Just because some of my best friends in high school were stoners doesn't mean I'm one, and it doesn't make them bad people. Some of the best friends I've had are labelled sketchy by "those who love me". Oh, and also people who think that a Straight Edge lifestyle means you've got a gang mentality and are willing to beat the tar out of people who follow the opposite sort of life.
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So we are sending to Mordor those who act out of a genuine sense of love, devotion and duty simply because, on occasion, they can get it wrong, even though nobody (no, not even those who are parents) is able to exercise perfect judgment and get things right 100% of the time?
On my reading of LotR, that seems rather back to front to me ... ![]() ![]() Perhaps we should just send all teenagers to Mordor for a limited period so that their parents may take a well-earned break. As TGWBS pointed out, Brat Camp is already there to take care of the most troublesome of them. And the variety of teachers, school subjects, tests and exams that have been sent there will keep the remainder occupied. ![]()
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Or maybe we should send all parents to Mordor. That way they can have a break from their kids but said kids don't have to spend their time there!
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![]() Tsk! I don't know! Typical teenagers. Always answering back their elders and betters ... ![]() *ducks barrage of hormone-fuelled missiles* ![]()
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*throws barrage of hormone-fuelled missiles*
Goodo, hope you have fun
![]() And you complain that we answer back yet you complain that we are being moody if we don't speak. It's quite hard to win really since to continue a conversation you have to answer. But, to keep this thread on some kind of context, to Mordor with osteopaths who try to crush you! It's quite scary sometimes.
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Glad to be watching this from the sidelines. Really quite funny!
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Don't forget to experience the fury of our giiiiiift shoooooop...
Hey, I can sympathize with the Parents - I know how difficult teenagers can be, having been so myself. And y'know what? Living with myself has given me a vision for later in life - I am going to be the worst parent any of you can dream of.
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And this is from a good kid with (mostly) good judgement and good grades. All I want is a little face-to-face time and some conversation (and the occasional use of my phone and 'puter during normal waking hours). I would never consign my teen to Mordor, but I'd be happy to go there myself just for a break! (Especially if Johnny Depp is still there.) I didn't see my mom's side of things till I was in my mid-twenties, so I figure I've got another ten years of this before we start getting along again. ![]()
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