July 21! bated breath

Release date for what?

I'm excited, I don't want it to end, but I want to know everything! I'm also looking forward to all the interviews that JKR is going to do after the release. So many questions...

And I am looking forward to the movie too! I hope to see it in IMAX before the end of July...

First post is tongue-in-cheek I hope (or very disturbing per the "almost erotic sensation").

erotic

Might be all of that "snogging."

What does the five year old nephew make of that?

Considering the original poster's opinions in the Science Fiction group, I'd say it's far beyond tongue-in-cheek and more like dripping sarcasm.

I stopped reading after book four... I think. It was the one with the wizards. And magic.

What's with the flags??!

There is no violation of the terms of service. We don't get to flag posts just because we don't like the opinions expressed, sarcastically or otherwise. Flagging posts for those reasons is itself against the TOS.

For once, it wasn't me! Being boorish isn't flag-worthy.

I agree with #8. Let's not use flags in any way that isn't very conservative.

If you find someone to be trollish, the best way to deal with it is to completely IGNORE them.

>10 JPB: Yeah, something has to be pretty hateful to be flagged in my opinion.

And yes, ignore, ignore, ignore!

Where's that feed the troll thread...

regarding question on release date: Harry Potter of course! what else can we all be waiting for?

here is the original question posed. for some reason it was flagged as abusive? not sure why? is there a personal attack or otherwise in there?
Uh, we do people make 'assumptions'? golly gee

"is everyone excitedly waiting for the July 21st release date? (there can't be any other books of worth being released in July? this one is just too too important).

i am waiting with bated breath, and this gets me very very excited (almost an erotic sensation) since there is nothing else in my life of any real importance. i can't wait find out what happens to muggles and wuggles...
any book i can share with my five year old nephew is just super!!!

on the newt scale i bet it will do just super duper awesome!"

*added text: P.S. I get "excited" waiting for the release. someone else made a very very terrible/nasty pederast implication (if you are parents, then shame on you) which might also be called 'abusive'...
my excitement, like yours maybe, is in the expectation/waiting/desire for the new release (thus almost an 'erotic' feeling?)

'snogging' is fun

I think flagging only encourages 'em. I'm all for actively ignoring obnoxious people at every opportunity!

I've removed my reply, as this was evidently never going to actually be a thread about the new HP book... I shoulda known.

i agree.

how do we ignore ignorant people with no sense of humour of taste?

any ideas littlegeek?

i guess in the end is better to face reality? oh, wait that is not what you like maybe? sorry

There is no spoon, there is no spoon, there is no spoon...

>17 readafew: LOL!

Or you could try...

"Find my happy place! Find my happy place!"

#17
...but if there's no spoon, then woah dude! That's deep. Someone go get So-crates ;-)

(I wonder if I've taken the Keanu reference just one step too far?)

Anyone seen 'What About Bob?'

"I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful. I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful..."

I've never flagged anyone. I feel like I'm missing out.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own " - Adam Savage (Myth Busters)

ellevee,

Don't feel left out --- you have my permission to flag this post. :-)

(I've flagged only commercial spam so far.)

Y'all. I am ignoring this thread. Really. *GDR*

Huzzah! I feel validated as an LT member!

#20 ellevee - I did see "What About Bob?" (several times) and I love the movie! Bob is SO irritating, but you have to like him. You simply have to!

I believe this thread is supposed to be about the new Harry Potter book. I can hardly wait! I will reread Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the next week or so.

# 17

"It is not the spoon you must bend, it is the will of the spoon."

-Stormy Waters.

I did try to make it a good HP thread...(up in #3) even though I was laughing at feela's response. Tee hee.

I read Condor's note as sarcasm more than anything. Since I am old, and love the Harry Potter story, and have to put up with all my friends and relatives thinking I am insane, this was just a trifle. And I think he does enjoy sharing HP with his nephew. Who wouldn't?!

(I put my age down and it scared me so I had to take it out. Old will do. :D)

#25 GeorgiaDawn - My favorite line from that movie has to be, "Hi, I'm Bob would you knock me out?"

See, I have zero interest in those books. I enjoyed the first three, and that was pretty much it. Knowing me, I'll reread them a few years down the line and curse myself for not realizing the genius. Or something.

Or you'll find something else you like. I like that we all don't like the same thing. Makes life more interesting!

I'm sorry I missed the original message. Drats!

-30- even tongue in cheek messages flagged for abuse (whether justly or not) can still be seen by clicking on the 'show' button...

:)

This shows how much attention I've paid to deleted messages. I've never even noticed the "show" option. I have to pay more attention!

This shows how much attention I've paid to deleted messages. I've never even noticed the "show" option. I have to pay more attention!

Hi. A number of messages here cross the line in the Terms of Service. This happens, but it's been happening somewhat too frequently in the last few days. Flags are not, of course, proof of bad faith, but the daily flag count has recently exploded and one user has shot into the top-5 flagged users in a very short time. (Although it's a measure of LT's generally amicable tone that this isn't actually that hard to do. Only 1,023 of 173,153 messages have drawn a single flag, a big chunk of which were pathetic attempts to spam LT commercially.) This marked escalation will not be tolerated indefinitely.

I call upon all members to think before they post something that could step over the line.

The list of topics shows that message 34 was posted by avaland, but here it has Tim's name on it. How weird.

Nice is always good.

Bated breath indeed, "First amoung Sequels"* by Jasper fforde is due! Never mind that Deathly Hallows, buy something truly amazing.

* unlike 906 HP fans, none of the Thursday next crew have prelisted it.

I'm confused. I just reread the TOS, and don't see what rules have been broken. Am I missing something?

Personal attacks are forbidden by the ToS, ellevee.

Wow, I missed the most obvious one there. Thanks!

No problemo. :o)

hi Clamairy,
yes, personal attacks are 'forbidden'. i should be more careful, though of course in the original Post #1 there is no personal attack whatsover? and that was quickly flagged??? (my post #16 crossed the line)

i suppose i should have taken the comment made to me implying something inappopriate between me and my 5 year old nephew as a 'personal attack'? since no one flagged that as 'abusive' but flagged the first post in this thread, that gave me some confusion... (of course i took it without any major offense since i'm adult enought to accept friendly jibes at my expense.)
(my only reference to 'erotic sensation' was about the expectation/desire for the new release, meant humorously of course).

*chuckles good naturedly*

Read the group description, Condor.

Thank you clam airy! i did read the group description. 'smarmy sarcasm' is not really welcomed (actually 'unacceptable'), duly noted!(is that a new addition?) Btw, is playful irony ok sometimes?
as for flagging abuse, sarcasm is still not justification for that though, right?

also i did apologize to the person i might have offended personally before (even if unintentional in one LT member's case i still apologized since was not nice).

will you do the same?

#41
Just for the record, and in case anyone else is in any doubt:

If you think that my comment about the 5 year old nephew implied anything inappropriate, you are dead wrong. Having deliberately baited people who read the books, you may have expected nasty attacks, and thus have leapt to make that inference.

The previous post had noted that it would be disturbing if anyone were actually having erotic sensations about the imminent publication of a new HP book. I was suggesting (tongue in cheek) that it might signify a desire to read about more snogging. I then wondered what the hypothetical five year old nephew (I understand the target audience for the books to be closer to nine) would think of all of the snogging in one of them. (Boredom? Disgust?) I never took your post seriously, or assumed that you have such a nephew, let alone read HP with one. I took that to be your playfully ironic way of suggesting that the mental age of those on LT who like the books is 5.

(Edited for typo.)

#44- myshelves, I understood you first post (#5) as you intended.

edited to add post numbers.

I don't believe any of us actually did misunderstand you, myshelves.

what does bated breath mean anyway?

It's the same root as 'abate.' It means one isn't breathing regularly. You're more like to hold your breath or breathe shallowly when you're waiting for something (whether awful or wonderful) to occur, polly. Like when you're waiting to get on the road for that upcoming vacation!
:o)

Bated means "held back."

#48 How did you type all of that while I was hunting and pecking out 4 words? :-)

I'll never tell!
;o)

......but some of us know! You are a fast, fast typist, Clamairy, as live chat in the green dragon group reveals!

I see so many references to Jasper Fforde and I haven't read any of his books. Which do I start with?

I love Tolkien and Rowling if that helps.

#52 - When I type fast, Peabee, I make more typos. ;o)

#53 - Jasper fforde has written two series, the Thursday Next series which begins with The Eyre Affair and the Nursery Crime series wich begins with The Big Over Easy.

Neither are really fantasy, certainly not in a J RR Tolkein way. The basic presmise is alternative universe set more or less in Swindon (UK) and that there is a BookWorld behind/within the physical books that you can read.
They are packed full of puns, jokes, literary references, anti -corporate behavior and just plain funny.

I've placed a hold for The Big Over Easy on audio book and The Eyre Affair was at the library yesterday, so I'll go back and get it. They sound really fun!

I just finished my first Hiaasen and really enjoyed it (Skinny Dip).