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| Mar 29th, 2003 06:13 PM | ||
| Hobo Renee | The capital of California is Petaluma, the best city in America. Shhh...don't tell anyone. | |
| Mar 26th, 2003 08:57 PM | ||
| Les Waste |
I guess I would be surprised, especially considering there are "Breaking News!" segments interrupting every single channel on television to let everybody know that there is still a war going on. It would be different if the media didn't care, but idiots still watch lot's of TV.
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| Mar 26th, 2003 08:53 PM | ||
| ItalianStereotype |
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| Mar 26th, 2003 08:48 PM | ||
| Les Waste |
I think at least right now, given the current circumstances, more than a third of all Americans would know who the current leader of Iraq is :/ But you're still right. Everyone in this country is dumb as fuck. But that should be obvious to everyone by now. We suck. :/ |
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| Mar 26th, 2003 08:31 PM | ||
| James |
The only time we need to know where something is, is if we're going to bomb the shit out of it (thus wiping it off the map anyway). USA! USA! USA! I don't really give a shit what the average rainfall of Uzbekestan is.  Damn foreign people think they're so smart because they can alphabetize the names of all the official dances in the 10 regions of Mexico or whateverthefuck. WELL WHO CARES? NOT ME! NOT-FUCKING-ME!
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| Mar 26th, 2003 08:28 PM | ||
| ItalianStereotype | because its an easy way to make a good point. the average american is a fucking moron. ask any large group of people if they can find iraq on a map or even identify their leader, i am willing to bet at least 1/3 dont know. | |
| Mar 26th, 2003 07:38 PM | ||
| Blackjack |
Like the sad individual that I am, I checked and found I'd missed off Delaware and Wyoming. It's not that I'd never heard of them, they just slipped my mind. Why did I start this thread anyway? |
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| Mar 26th, 2003 04:54 PM | ||
| James |
I'm very mad that nobody acknowledge my reference.
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| Mar 26th, 2003 04:13 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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Incarnations of Immortality Piers Anthony Shannarah Series Terry Brooks Chronicles of Narnia CS Lewis |
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| Mar 26th, 2003 02:50 PM | ||
| FS |
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| Mar 26th, 2003 10:35 AM | ||
| Captain Robo |
HEY DOL MERRY DOL RING A DONG DILLO
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| Mar 26th, 2003 06:42 AM | ||
| Anonymous | That is incredible insight. Drawing the connection between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is simply brilliant. Have you tried The Silmarillion, sir? | |
| Mar 25th, 2003 06:27 PM | ||
| FS |
I just looked into my copy of the Hobbit and was surprised how early the encounter with Gollum actually is. It's chapter 5 out of 19. Gollum did have a ring, that allowed the bearer to turn invisible, which Bilbo found by accident - and used to escape. Tolkien seems to have expanded on that idea afterwards, turning this ring into the Ring of Power for the Lord of the Rings books. |
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| Mar 25th, 2003 05:51 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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| Mar 25th, 2003 05:34 PM | ||
| FS | Nah, Bilbo's encounter with Gollum is actually quite early on in the story. | |
| Mar 25th, 2003 05:33 PM | ||
| Protoclown |
It was the Misty Mountains
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| Mar 25th, 2003 05:15 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
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Here's a pretty good map of "middle earth" (Click To Enlarge): http://www.jrrtolkien.org.uk/Images%...leearth2_c.jpg Here's a pretty good Tolkien page: http://fin.go.wifl.at.org/tables/html/sitemap.htm |
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| Mar 25th, 2003 05:11 PM | ||
| FS |
I probably know more about the topography of Middle-Earth than I do of America The dragon was Smaug, and the mountain he lived in the Last Lonely Mountain... but that was not the same mountain range where Bilbo found the ring. I don't think that one was named. Before I started White Plastic Pig's Big Adventure, I didn't even know Florida and California were on opposite ends of the country
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| Mar 25th, 2003 04:52 PM | ||
| kellychaos |
The capital of Michigan is "M".  All right all you geography buffs ... what was the name of the mountain range where Bilbo retrieved the ring ... AND what was the dragon's name ... huh? ... huh? ... yeah, I thought so.
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| Mar 25th, 2003 12:34 PM | ||
| Anonymous | No, but I lived in Brighton for four years on a contract a while back. | |
| Mar 25th, 2003 12:24 PM | ||
| Protoclown |
Re: Naming all 50 states, and their captials Quote:
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| Mar 25th, 2003 12:22 PM | ||
| sspadowsky |
Are you a native of England? ________ How i met your mother forums |
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| Mar 25th, 2003 12:22 PM | ||
| Protoclown |
The average American's geographical education is fucking PATHETIC. Most of us don't even know much at all about our own country, let alone others. I can easily identify all 50 states (and EVERY US citizen should be able to do that, though my sister can barely find Virginia on a map), and I'm sure I could get most of the capitals, but those aren't as easy for me as they used to be. I can identify most countries on a world map, but as far as knowing much about the interior of any of them...well, I don't know shit. |
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| Mar 25th, 2003 11:59 AM | ||
| Anonymous | I didn't have to look at any maps spadowsky. I have dual-citizenship | |
| Mar 25th, 2003 11:14 AM | ||
| Esuohlim |
I could name all the captials when I was six. What a waste of life.
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