Elijah Wood - a bit of a weirdo? - Page 8

FrodoFriend · 02-24-2002, 07:15 PM

Any Aussies around here?

Someday I'm going to live in Australia . . .

samwise of the shire · 02-24-2002, 07:33 PM

Um I think the phrase should be"Someday I'm going to live in NEW ZEALAND!" Australias a favorite country but I think I'd rather live in England,Ireland,Scotland or of course New Zealand. England because I know the accent and just because, Ireland because it's green and I can live by the sea, Scotland because I kind of know the accent and just because,New Zealand because LOTR was filmed there,there's alot of virgin territory,and I could live by the sea and just because
Sam

Feraway Hawkbriar · 02-24-2002, 07:40 PM

NewZealand does look like a nice place to live (Ireland and Scotland look nice too..not so crazy about England tho. No offense meant to the brits here). I love it especially because its so green and open and the population is so small (I'm talking in people, not sheep) I've added an art college thats there to my list of colleges I might want to go to.

Australia on the other hand...well...its so HOT and DRY there and theres soooooooo many deadly things there (spiders, snakes, crocs, psyco guys named Steve Irwin ect)...icky.

FrodoFriend · 02-24-2002, 10:32 PM

I like hot and dry places. And Australia has lots of cool animals and open spaces.

Steve Irwin ROCKS!!! He catches CROCS!!

LuthienTinuviel · 02-24-2002, 10:43 PM

plus austrailia is yer basic island, even though just calling it an island is a MASSIVE understae ment.
but either way, your surrounded by the sea..

heh, heh.. all us elves know that the sea is QUITE important.

Radagast · 02-25-2002, 01:24 PM

(Reads Samwise's post)
That's all right, then! *sheaths sword and helps them up*
About the accents, a TRUE (i.e. well-spoken) Englishman is always a delight to listen to...
*tips hat* No offense taken.

Gerbil · 02-26-2002, 11:52 AM

So not cockney twat accents then?
If you want to hear the loathed voice of supposedly 'common' England - hunt down some audio clips of the chef Jamie Oliver.
Hero of middle-aged housewives everywhere - hated by the rest of the country with a passion

Radagast · 02-26-2002, 12:56 PM

How can I be expected to speak for the ill-educated peasantry of England? We of noble blood can't be answerable for them

Indeed, death to Jamie Oliver...pistols at dawn I say..
Anyway Why do you hate the English, Gerbil? You haven't answered.

samwise of the shire · 02-26-2002, 07:24 PM

I like a forms of English Gerbil. Cockney and Scottish ESPECIALLY!
Yeah Australia is AWFUL hot and it seems that most of the animals there are either REALY bad tempered or poisonous. Koalas are REALLY fiesty if disturbed and they smell too and even Platypuses are poisonous. The males have a spur on their back feet. And then there are the Tapins(a type of snake),Tiger snakes,these really poisonous blueish black snakes,Death Adders (which have a nasty habit of hiding in LEAVES)and not to meantion the Funnel Web Spiders on LAND. Then there are the Sea Wasps,Salt Water Crocs, Scorpion Fish,Zebra Fish AND Great White Sharks in the Ocean. But I warrant it'd be not that populated in the middle of the desert, or outback considering all the dangerous critters thatre runnin' around.
Sam

Gerbil · 02-26-2002, 10:20 PM

Eh? Sorry - not been following threads as well as I should - a lot of work on right now.

Why do I hate the English?
Because I live here

Seriously though - the people are generally dull, rude and selfish.
Going abroad I was always like 'wow! everyone is so friendly here - what weirdos!'. Gradually I realised nearly everywhere was like this. Everywhere except England. Eventually putting 2 and 2 together I realised in fact the UK is the weird place and everywhere else is 'normal'

And foreign women are just so much more attractive!

And most countries don't delude themselves they are still a world power XX number of years after our empire disintigrated...

I like living here though because I know it's weaknesses. That and we have no poisonous critters to speak of

Also - I like being called racist against the English - people rarely bother to find out first I AM English!

Gerbil · 02-26-2002, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by samwise of the shire
I like a forms of English Gerbil. Cockney and Scottish ESPECIALLY!

But they aren't 'english' accents.
Scottish is seperate, and cockney is just annoying

It's not unheard of for scottish programs to be subtitled in England!

FrodoFriend · 02-26-2002, 10:27 PM

That's funny. I always thought most people here were dull, rude, selfish, and annoying at that.

And QUIT DISSIN' AUSTRALIA!! (Sam . . . )

LuthienTinuviel · 02-26-2002, 10:32 PM

people in the u.s are boring, indless sheep. well, at least the ones round where i live.(stupid farming towns)

all they do is get high as to desensitise them selves.

i ma=ean, kids get stoned everywhere, but it's a change of scenery and some new accents at least!

Rána Eressëa · 02-26-2002, 10:34 PM

*blinks*

This thing is still going?

*looks desperately for her baseball cap because her hair is still bleached blonde...*

Entlover · 02-27-2002, 02:07 AM

It's truly amazing,
1) that this thread is still going,
2) that Gerbil has managed to insult every lifeform extant and is still typing.
Note: Elijah is totally cool, highly intelligent, and is smiling his cute smile all the way to the bank . . . as he should. He is neither an American nor a British type, so he may look weird to some . . .we can't all be Gerbils.
I remember Scotland chiefly because a shopkeeper asked me if in America, they really give you paper bags to carry your groceries in. (I asked him for a bag for my six potatoes.) Also for Loch Ness which was creepy.

Evenstar · 02-27-2002, 02:48 AM

I LOVE ELIJAH!!!...I thought I would share that with everyone!!!

Rána Eressëa · 02-27-2002, 07:28 AM

Oh, look: 'tis an out-of-the-closet halfwit, FrodoFriend

We shall recruite her for our secret "take-over-the-world" mission!

Gerbil · 02-27-2002, 08:11 AM

Quote:

It's truly amazing,
2) that Gerbil has managed to insult every lifeform extant and is still typing.

Yes, it's great isn't it? Proves I'm unbaised

Anyway, you'll actually note I reserve most of my vitriol for the English - which being English is my right.

Quote:

He is neither an American nor a British type, so he may look weird to some . . .we can't all be Gerbils.

I know, but hey! I'm sure you'll all manage somehow!
Besides, my original point was not that he looks weird because he's not English, just that he looks a bit weird period.

Radagast · 02-27-2002, 03:48 PM

Interesting, Gerbil!
So, in one sentence you've managed to call ME, PERSONALLY, dull, rude, selfish (alas you've got me on that one) and weird.
AND I see no apology...hmm...
Where, apart from your obvious narrow-mindedness, is your sense of patriotism?
Does England mean nothing to anyone but to be America's lapdog for when they need our soldiers (which ARE the best in the world, SAS)?
It is insulting to my national pride to see you, Gerbil, someone who lives in England (Note I am not calling you an Englishman)
"dissing" England.

Gerbil · 02-27-2002, 04:30 PM

Patriotism does not mean blindess - to a country's faults.

I love England for many things.
I also dislike it for many other reasons.

Take, for example, our views on Europe. Or our general racism (pretty much goes hand in hand with the first point!). Or things like hooliganism etc. As a country we also treat animals worse than pretty much anywhere else in world.

However, if it's any consolation - I'm pro royal family with a vengeance

There's pros and cons.

I'm patriotic - insofar as if we were at war against another nation for a VALID reason I'd fight. But patriotism seems to mean stupid things to many people - to ignore either the bad or simply to twist the good into their own ends.

Don't forget the BNP crusade under the flag of patriotism (it's pretty much the basis of their 'cause'), and I'd hardly want to associate my loyalty towards England with that bunch of racist, violent thugs.

See what I mean?

As for us sending in troops, I'm all for it - one thing I agree with Blair and Bush (Prime Minister #2) is that to fight terrorism you can't be half hearted. I'm glad we are behind it 100%. If you REALLY want to get into that ****, then I'd like to point out my brother is at this moment in time in Kabul. You know, the capital of Afghanistan? So really, careful what you say there

Anyway, give me examples of things to be patriotic about and I'll say whether I'm for them or against them. I won't sweep our faults under the carpet because of some misplaced idea of patriotism.

I think a more pertinant question than ;where is my patriotism' would be 'where has your unbridled and unquestioning patriotism come from'?

An apology? If you feel my posts are directly aimed at you personally, then I worry about you - since my comments were 'dull, rude and selfish'. Hey, if the cap fits...

02-24-2002, 07:15 PM	#141
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Any Aussies around here? Someday I'm going to live in Australia . . . __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-24-2002, 07:33 PM	#142
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	Um I think the phrase should be"Someday I'm going to live in NEW ZEALAND!" Australias a favorite country but I think I'd rather live in England,Ireland,Scotland or of course New Zealand. England because I know the accent and just because, Ireland because it's green and I can live by the sea, Scotland because I kind of know the accent and just because,New Zealand because LOTR was filmed there,there's alot of virgin territory,and I could live by the sea and just because Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

02-24-2002, 07:40 PM	#143
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	NewZealand does look like a nice place to live (Ireland and Scotland look nice too..not so crazy about England tho. No offense meant to the brits here). I love it especially because its so green and open and the population is so small (I'm talking in people, not sheep) I've added an art college thats there to my list of colleges I might want to go to. Australia on the other hand...well...its so HOT and DRY there and theres soooooooo many deadly things there (spiders, snakes, crocs, psyco guys named Steve Irwin ect)...icky. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

02-24-2002, 10:32 PM	#144
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	I like hot and dry places. And Australia has lots of cool animals and open spaces. Steve Irwin ROCKS!!! He catches CROCS!! __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-24-2002, 10:43 PM	#145
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	plus austrailia is yer basic island, even though just calling it an island is a MASSIVE understae ment. but either way, your surrounded by the sea.. heh, heh.. all us elves know that the sea is QUITE important. __________________

02-25-2002, 01:24 PM	#146
Radagast Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Merry old England Posts: 413	(Reads Samwise's post) That's all right, then! sheaths sword and helps them up About the accents, a TRUE (i.e. well-spoken) Englishman is always a delight to listen to... tips hat No offense taken. __________________ Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought.

02-26-2002, 11:52 AM	#147
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	So not cockney twat accents then? If you want to hear the loathed voice of supposedly 'common' England - hunt down some audio clips of the chef Jamie Oliver. Hero of middle-aged housewives everywhere - hated by the rest of the country with a passion __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

02-26-2002, 12:56 PM	#148
Radagast Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Merry old England Posts: 413	How can I be expected to speak for the ill-educated peasantry of England? We of noble blood can't be answerable for them Indeed, death to Jamie Oliver...pistols at dawn I say.. Anyway Why do you hate the English, Gerbil? You haven't answered. __________________ Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought.

02-26-2002, 07:24 PM	#149
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I like a forms of English Gerbil. Cockney and Scottish ESPECIALLY! Yeah Australia is AWFUL hot and it seems that most of the animals there are either REALY bad tempered or poisonous. Koalas are REALLY fiesty if disturbed and they smell too and even Platypuses are poisonous. The males have a spur on their back feet. And then there are the Tapins(a type of snake),Tiger snakes,these really poisonous blueish black snakes,Death Adders (which have a nasty habit of hiding in LEAVES)and not to meantion the Funnel Web Spiders on LAND. Then there are the Sea Wasps,Salt Water Crocs, Scorpion Fish,Zebra Fish AND Great White Sharks in the Ocean. But I warrant it'd be not that populated in the middle of the desert, or outback considering all the dangerous critters thatre runnin' around. Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

02-26-2002, 10:20 PM	#150
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	Eh? Sorry - not been following threads as well as I should - a lot of work on right now. Why do I hate the English? Because I live here Seriously though - the people are generally dull, rude and selfish. Going abroad I was always like 'wow! everyone is so friendly here - what weirdos!'. Gradually I realised nearly everywhere was like this. Everywhere except England. Eventually putting 2 and 2 together I realised in fact the UK is the weird place and everywhere else is 'normal' And foreign women are just so much more attractive! And most countries don't delude themselves they are still a world power XX number of years after our empire disintigrated... I like living here though because I know it's weaknesses. That and we have no poisonous critters to speak of Also - I like being called racist against the English - people rarely bother to find out first I AM English! __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

02-26-2002, 10:27 PM	#152
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	That's funny. I always thought most people here were dull, rude, selfish, and annoying at that. And QUIT DISSIN' AUSTRALIA!! (Sam . . . ) __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-26-2002, 10:32 PM	#153
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	people in the u.s are boring, indless sheep. well, at least the ones round where i live.(stupid farming towns) all they do is get high as to desensitise them selves. i ma=ean, kids get stoned everywhere, but it's a change of scenery and some new accents at least! __________________

02-26-2002, 10:34 PM	#154
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	blinks This thing is still going? looks desperately for her baseball cap because her hair is still* bleached blonde...*

02-27-2002, 02:07 AM	#155
Entlover Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 463	It's truly amazing, 1) that this thread is still going, 2) that Gerbil has managed to insult every lifeform extant and is still typing. Note: Elijah is totally cool, highly intelligent, and is smiling his cute smile all the way to the bank . . . as he should. He is neither an American nor a British type, so he may look weird to some . . .we can't all be Gerbils. I remember Scotland chiefly because a shopkeeper asked me if in America, they really give you paper bags to carry your groceries in. (I asked him for a bag for my six potatoes.) Also for Loch Ness which was creepy.

02-27-2002, 02:48 AM	#156
Evenstar Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Neverneverland Posts: 215	I LOVE ELIJAH!!!...I thought I would share that with everyone!!! __________________ "Frodo, Mr Frodo," he called. "Don't leave me here alone. It's your Sam calling. Don't you go where I can't follow." FRODO LIVES !!!!

02-27-2002, 07:28 AM	#157
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Oh, look: 'tis an out-of-the-closet halfwit, FrodoFriend We shall recruite her for our secret "take-over-the-world" mission!

02-27-2002, 03:48 PM	#159
Radagast Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Merry old England Posts: 413	Interesting, Gerbil! So, in one sentence you've managed to call ME, PERSONALLY, dull, rude, selfish (alas you've got me on that one) and weird. AND I see no apology...hmm... Where, apart from your obvious narrow-mindedness, is your sense of patriotism? Does England mean nothing to anyone but to be America's lapdog for when they need our soldiers (which ARE the best in the world, SAS)? It is insulting to my national pride to see you, Gerbil, someone who lives in England (Note I am not calling you an Englishman) "dissing" England. __________________ Take up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought.

02-27-2002, 04:30 PM	#160
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	Patriotism does not mean blindess - to a country's faults. I love England for many things. I also dislike it for many other reasons. Take, for example, our views on Europe. Or our general racism (pretty much goes hand in hand with the first point!). Or things like hooliganism etc. As a country we also treat animals worse than pretty much anywhere else in world. However, if it's any consolation - I'm pro royal family with a vengeance There's pros and cons. I'm patriotic - insofar as if we were at war against another nation for a VALID reason I'd fight. But patriotism seems to mean stupid things to many people - to ignore either the bad or simply to twist the good into their own ends. Don't forget the BNP crusade under the flag of patriotism (it's pretty much the basis of their 'cause'), and I'd hardly want to associate my loyalty towards England with that bunch of racist, violent thugs. See what I mean? As for us sending in troops, I'm all for it - one thing I agree with Blair and Bush (Prime Minister #2) is that to fight terrorism you can't be half hearted. I'm glad we are behind it 100%. If you REALLY want to get into that ****, then I'd like to point out my brother is at this moment in time in Kabul. You know, the capital of Afghanistan? So really, careful what you say there Anyway, give me examples of things to be patriotic about and I'll say whether I'm for them or against them. I won't sweep our faults under the carpet because of some misplaced idea of patriotism. I think a more pertinant question than ;where is my patriotism' would be 'where has your unbridled and unquestioning patriotism come from'? An apology? If you feel my posts are directly aimed at you personally, then I worry about you - since my comments were 'dull, rude and selfish'. Hey, if the cap fits... __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

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