The old board had threads in the various forums outlining what goes where and the basic rules of the board—will there be new rules here? If not, do you guys plan to bring the old ones over?
Can an admin please repost the rules threads from the old forums here? We are more likely to get trolls now because of the shear number of members from the front page.
edit: Fixed a spelling error from typing too damn fast.
Maybe your in your teens...if so that’s fair enough. Otherwise....can you not see through the crass marketing plan that is going on? Please Csgt...stick to Bond.
lol. This thread sorta went off course. Ah well.........
There are Harry Potter fans of all ages and backgrounds. Yes, I am a teenager (18) and I carried those books in plain view when I was in high school. I didn’t mind. Nobody in the cadet corps said anything to me about it (mainly because several fellow cadets were fans also).
Just the propaganda that comes with the release of the books. The pressure on parents with this franchise is immense
The pressure on parents to make their kids read books? Christ, what kind of world do we live in.
We should be encouraging them to go out and get lairy and smash up bus stops.
All our priorities are completely wrong.
Its not the reading its all the other marketing garbage that comes with it. England I am not sure if you have children but I have a son. Its all the other crap like figures, pc Games, dvd, etc. Sod it, in my day we played games like bulldog, knocking dollies out of bed, and home base...you know games that improved the spirit within the community.....not this bespectacled muppet sitting on a broomstick stuff. Okay Arsenal lost today and I’m depressed but....oh who cares....here’s my wallet son.....yeah you can buy your harry potter bed spread, yes you can by those harry potter spectacles, yes you can buy Etc....god im not just depressed, I’m now poor. Hurry up and take me away from this mortal coil.
Its not the reading its all the other marketing garbage that comes with it. England I am not sure if you have children but I have a son. Its all the other crap like figures, pc Games, dvd, etc. Sod it, in my day we played games like bulldog, knocking dollies out of bed, and home base...you know games that improved the spirit within the community.....not this bespectacled muppet sitting on a broomstick stuff. Okay Arsenal lost today and I’m depressed but....oh who cares....here’s my wallet son.....yeah you can buy your harry potter bed spread, yes you can by those harry potter spectacles, yes you can buy Etc....god im not just depressed, I’m now poor. Hurry up and take me away from this mortal coil.
While I agree with Englander about Potter getting kids to read, I do have a kid on the way, and I certainly do not look forward to this aspect of it! I hope she’s born with my ‘resist advertising’ gene ;-P
Its not the reading its all the other marketing garbage that comes with it. England I am not sure if you have children but I have a son. Its all the other crap like figures, pc Games, dvd, etc. Sod it, in my day we played games like bulldog, knocking dollies out of bed, and home base...you know games that improved the spirit within the community.....not this bespectacled muppet sitting on a broomstick stuff. Okay Arsenal lost today and I’m depressed but....oh who cares....here’s my wallet son.....yeah you can buy your harry potter bed spread, yes you can by those harry potter spectacles, yes you can buy Etc....god im not just depressed, I’m now poor. Hurry up and take me away from this mortal coil.
While I agree with Englander about Potter getting kids to read, I do have a kid on the way, and I certainly do not look forward to this aspect of it! I hope she’s born with my ‘resist advertising’ gene ;-P
Dream on zipp. For the first three years you can chuck a roll of paper at them and they will be happy for hoursl. I remember sitting aghast one festive day as each christmas present was discarded in favour of the then shredded wrapping paper, which was seen as much more fun. From four onwards however you can get your wallet ready for major cash donations. When they give you that look....please can I have it?....the money seems what it is paper and unimportant.....that is for approx. two hours when you realise you need some cash for some groceries and realise that you have spent it all on that oh so unimportant dinosaur that is being scraped and dragged along the floor.
One thing I would advise you is to soak up every single moment you have with them that you can because they grow up so fast!
