Bloody ell, harry potter-ama!

[Chilly]

Decided it was a good idea to go and have a look at the load of crazies queuing up for the new potter book at midnight last night while I was at the pub. So I went outside at about 3 minutes to and there was about a thousand fucking people waiting to get a copy from the two bookshops on Cornmarket street in Oxford - it was insane!

Anyone else happen to see the madness? (or if your a nutter - actually part of it)
Mine arrived via el royal mail this mornin, none of that silly queueing and stuff for me!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Never read any potters or seen any movies. Keeping it up.

Don't know if i hate or like the kid, but ain't gonna watch anything potter related until it's all done. Just a thing

But ye, the people waiting for the next book are worse then crackwhores at the local gasstation.

*wishes his local gasstation had crackwhores... *

 

[Espen]

about a thousand fucking people

wow... thousand ppl fucking? hmmm...

 

[TdC]

Never read any potters or seen any movies. Keeping it up.

neither have I. I prefer my mind potter-free :/

 

[PLightstar]

Same here, all my friends have fallen, to that thing one by one, I will never join them.

 

[TdC]

tbh I think I lied. iirc I've read a few pages from the first potter book :/ oh the shame

 

[Brynn]

I have avoided all of it, except watching a few bits of the film.

Phwoor Harmonie will be a fox when she is older.

 

[Ormorof]

i read the first book and thought it was really dull so never bothered with the rest

 

[Draylor]

Really dont understand the obsession with alleged 'adults' wanting to read these kids books.

More proof that people are mindless sheep, doing anything theyre told is 'popular'.

Hopefully Chilly was just pissed and seeing double/triple on Friday night: theres something badly wrong with sheep that'll queue up at midnight to buy a kids book.

 

[Embattle]

tbh I think I lied. iirc I've read a few pages from the first potter book :/ oh the shame

You should be beaten from this place

 

[tris-]

yes, they are such bad bad people. even the ones who could of been buying it for their kids. such nasty, pointless people

 

[Draylor]

yes, they are such bad bad people. even the ones who could of been buying it for their kids. such nasty, pointless people

Correct, they are utterly pointless people.

Buying it for their kids at midnight? The kids should be in bed - they can buy it in the morning.

 

[inactionman]

Tried reading the first one, and couldn't stomach it! It was so poorly written and derivative, it had no original ideas at all (the worst witch books are fairly similar if not as 'dark' and aimed at a slightly younger audience), I just don't know what all the fuss is about! Similar with the 'Da Vinci Code' rubbish.

The only thing I like is that it's getting more kids reading, and maybe making them more receptive to Fantasy and SF.

 

[xane]

More proof that people are mindless sheep, doing anything theyre told is 'popular'.

Baa !

 

[tris-]

Correct, they are utterly pointless people.

Buying it for their kids at midnight? The kids should be in bed - they can buy it in the morning.

lol, u funnnyey.
you do know what a kid is, right? you know they like to be the first one with stuff in school/gang of friends/ street etc ?

i'll leave it there. there is some things youd be better off learning than being told them.

 

[Chilly]

Really dont understand the obsession with alleged 'adults' wanting to read these kids books.

More proof that people are mindless sheep, doing anything theyre told is 'popular'.

Hopefully Chilly was just pissed and seeing double/triple on Friday night: theres something badly wrong with sheep that'll queue up at midnight to buy a kids book.

Nope there really were about a thousad fucking people - probably more in total counting the other book shop doon the road.

And what is so wrong with Harry Potter anyway? I quite enjoy it

 

[old.Tohtori]

you know they like to be the first one with stuff in school/gang of friends/ street etc ?

Might like it, don't mean it should be given.

Teach 'em early that life's a bitch and you have to work for your sh*t.

 

[Draylor]

lol, u funnnyey.
you do know what a kid is, right? you know they like to be the first one with stuff in school/gang of friends/ street etc ?

I know kids want alot of things.

I also know far too many parents are irresponsible (na, just bloody stupid) enough to ignore sense & sanity and indulge their every desire.

Any parent that had their little darling queueing up to buy Harry Potter at midnight because they "had to be first" or couldnt wait till morning or whatever needs locking up before they do any more harm to the poor bastard.

Anyway: back to the point. WTF possesses 'adults' to read books aimed at 12 year olds? Cant they handle long words, or are they really just pathetic sheep?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Asking the wrong question there.

We need to find the first adult to read the hairy punter book, and see why others follow this guy/gal like sheep.

 

[Chilly]

hogwarts is a long word

 

[Draylor]

So is Dumbledore.

But since those are nonsense names rather than words it hardly matters

 

[xane]

Jedi is a nice short word.

 

[UrganNagru]

"Anyway: back to the point. WTF possesses 'adults' to read books aimed at 12 year olds? Cant they handle long words, or are they really just pathetic sheep?"

A book doesn't need long words to be enjoyable, but still theres alot of kids books that are a fair bit better in my opinion such as Phillip Pullmans Dark materials trillogy although its nothing amazing. I some times took the micky out of a mate for reading Harry Potter, then he said don't knock it till you tried it so read one of them, never read another one, just not my thing I guess.

 

[Doh_boy]

Well I'm pointing out the obvious but what the hell. People read books for entertainment, good stories are entertaining. The harry potter books may not be literary genius but they're a damn good story. I read harry potter and an assortment of books you'd like me to read and don't really see what's more entertaining about catcher in the rye or on the road. I really can't understand why people get so angry about adults reading childrens books, I'm partial to a quick roald dahl book from time to time as well. I've not got any famous five books and I suspect the only reason I'd like them is because I read them when I was young and it'd be a nice nostalgia trip but mehh.

 

[JingleBells]

Now I'd much rather read

 

[ECA]

Why do people go and see 12 or 15 rated films?
OMG THEY GO TO SEE FILMS FOR CHILDREN ONLY GO TO SEE 18's FROM NOW ON YOU FUCKING HYPOCRITICAL COCK, AND YES YOU DO DESERVE THE CAPS LOCK.

 

[Sissyfoo]

I know kids want alot of things.

I also know far too many parents are irresponsible (na, just bloody stupid) enough to ignore sense & sanity and indulge their every desire.

Any parent that had their little darling queueing up to buy Harry Potter at midnight because they "had to be first" or couldnt wait till morning or whatever needs locking up before they do any more harm to the poor bastard.

Anyway: back to the point. WTF possesses 'adults' to read books aimed at 12 year olds? Cant they handle long words, or are they really just pathetic sheep?

Ohhh nooooos! Children being allowed to queue up for a book past their bedtime! What IS the world coming to?

What the fuck is your problem? Its a book which is encouraging children to read and I don't see why you are shitting bricks just because their parents are taking them to get the book at midnight as opposed to the next morning. I thought it was quite funny seeing all these little urchins dressed up as wizards and witches waiting for the shops to open so they could get their hands on a copy and its not like they do this every day ... or every year for that point.

I also fail to see your problem with adults reading the book. I'm just going to assume that you have never watched Toy Story, Antz, Finding Nemo or any of those other CG movies that are aimed at kids because you are far too mature and sensible to watch something that doesn't have live actors and a 18 rating.

 

[tris-]

Draylor, do you actually LIKE ANYTHING AT ALL IN THE WHOLE WORLD?! yes? well that must mean your a sheep. no questions asked, 100% doing it cos someone else did.
thats must mean you are a moron, idiot etc. i assume you dont have a tv, watch fiilms, play games, do sports, talk to friends, goto work or get washed. doing any of that would make you a sheep.

 

[Draylor]

I'm just going to assume that you have never watched Toy Story, Antz, Finding Nemo or any of those other CG movies that are aimed at kids because you are far too mature and sensible to watch something that doesn't have live actors and a 18 rating.

Antz is wonderful. Ive a valid excuse for having seen it, sadly I cant explain away having liked it so easily.

No interest in the others you mention. I guess enjoying Shrek falls into that category too, but theres no denying it was cleverly written with jokes aimed at various age groups rather than being purely for 12 yeaar olds.

Does that mean I dont have the right to laugh at the 30+ year olds I have seen all too often reading this Harry bloody Potter trash on the train heading to/from work? Think Ill just laugh at them regardless

Young kids being taken to buy this book at midnight IS just irresponsible parenting.

Tris, you seem to be pretty much in the target age group for Harry Potter, so really your nonsensical post can be ignored. When your experience of the world extends beyond living with mummy you might develop an opinion worth sharing.

 

[tris-]

lol, im not 12 and you said its aimed at 12 year olds. could you explain your logic? i think you dont like the fact ive pointed out something obvious and you dont want to agree with it, but its correct.
why dont you just answer the questions? youve already retorted with the "your childish, stop living with mummy" line, so i dont expect much more to come from your silly mind.
you say people are sheep for liking harry potter, you dont say why though. using your shit logic, YOU your self must be a sheep as you like to do at least one thing that one other person on earth will like to do.
how can you talk about parents being bad, do you have kids your self? if not, then maybe you can shut the fuck up untill you go in to the real world and have kids (lol, i used your line there see, im funny).