Critics review 'The Battle of the Five Armies'

Though we do need to educate you on the local lingo.

Threadjacking is referred to as "Norcing" around here.

The person for which the term was named is presently doing something silly along the lines of getting an education, so you are less likely to see her in action. Got a style of her own, that one.

Dammit, Norc, come back to us!

Norcing eh? Now you got to have something special to be engrained in the vernacular. lol  It can be either good or bad, or both. This appears to be for the good.

It's not easy to be a true individual. Carrying it off takes an effort that appears effortless. Either they have it or they don't. It's the difference between thinking you are and knowing you are. I assume Norc knows.

She sure fucking does.

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((She swears a lot when she's not off studying at music unis and such.))

It appears the regulars I've met so far, are mature, good humoured and sane enough to be insane...................Duncan

You've noticed then, give it time, give it time I didnt realise how sadly lacking & a boring little mouse I was till I got here
( papers are nearly ready for signing nurse )

Forest Shepherd wrote:She sure fucking does.

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((She swears a lot when she's not off studying at music unis and such.))

Been reading up on Norc since. I can see her appeal. To be honest, we share a couple of things in common. A love of art and dogs stands out.

azriel wrote:It appears the regulars I've met so far, are mature, good humoured and sane enough to be insane...................Duncan

 You've noticed then, give it time, give it time   I didnt realise how sadly lacking & a boring little mouse I was till I got here  
( papers are nearly ready for signing nurse )

Hello again.  

Instead of seeing myself as realising I was a boring mouse, I'd put a new spin on it. In place, I'd say I discovered my potential to be interesting. lol

A friend of mine sent me the attached pic for my birthday last year. The words are perfectly quirky, I reckon.

I always liked the idea that you blue a thread, but somehow it never caught on.

Bluebottle wrote:I always liked the idea that you blue a thread, but somehow it never caught on.

It's probably better than malicking a thread...

duncandisorderly wrote:Thanks guys. I haven't had the chance to check the thread until today. Was pleased to see my tongue-in-cheek review was generally well received. Most of all, it made some of you giggle. Mission accomplished. hehe

A first post in a new forum is often the most difficult as it can make or break your reputation. Pleased to see my first post was appreciated. Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Liked your review Duncan (though personally, I'm more apathetic to this trilogy than dissapointed) welcome to Forumshire

duncandisorderly wrote:

A friend of mine sent me the attached pic for my birthday last year. The words are perfectly quirky, I reckon.

I've always liked what a friend wrote on a birthday card for me in college:  

"May you live a thousand years and die gloriously."

Since I'm not dead yet, I figure I'm well on my way to making it so.

It's probably better than malicking a thread...


That sounds painful

yep its been a bit quiet around here without that sweary Viking chick.

when Petty gets back I think its time to kick start the Amy Pond War of 2012-14, or maybe even the infamous Grass Length War of 2012.

here to help.

I am sort of still here- and no one more surprised by that than me- but I will be gone at some point, just thought that point would have come already.

However I am of course happy to reopen old wounds!

Bluebottle wrote:I always liked the idea that you blue a thread, but somehow it never caught on.

Perhaps one could "bottle" a thread?
I'm not sure what that would look like though.

Dunno about elsewhere but in Scots 'to bottle it' is to lose your nerve, back out of something.

Yeah,down here in the south east we say "bottle it" for losing your nerve also.

Wonder where it comes from, its an odd phrase for what it means, you also get "losing your bottle' meaning the same thing, "he's lost his bottle" too is a common heard one when someone chickens out of something. Also hear that one quite often in relation to football, like penalty kicks when someone looks like their nerve has gone on the walk up. "He is going to miss, his bottles gone."

What bottle? (buckie I presume!- actually that sparks a thought- maybe its related to the idea of a bit of dutch courage- another odd phrase- that a bit of alcohol gives you extra courage, so losing your bottle -of buckie - is too lose courage?)

Gawd knows There's a lot of odd sayings, not that I can think of one right now !,

I guess that's not necessarily all that positive either, but.. who knows.. perhaps it's fitting.

"When you're on the verge of doing something awesome but back out at the last second or fail to accomplish your objectives due to cowardice."

Yup, that's me.

Well it can be used positively as well as negatively- if someone does something very brave you can say "they have got a lot of bottle doing that" or it can be used to show admiration for something, "that took a lot of bottle."

I still think its about buckie- most things are when you get right down to it

It certainly takes a lot of bottle to bottle something, true.

A lot of bottle is from a Cockney phrase. From rhyming slang "Bottle and glass = arse" implying good control of the anal sphincter, or ="class", with the same meaning in the boxing world.

No, I'm not a smart know it all. My only fault is my addiction to Google. Can't help it, I must answer questions I ask myself. It's a burden I live with, in silence. Mostly.

Bluebottle wrote:I always liked the idea that you blue a thread, but somehow it never caught on.

Isn't saying something is blue, means it's porn? Like a blue movie? Or, am I missing the kinky significance? I'm new here, I know nothing.

Anyway, if I could change the world, I would make your wish come true.

malickfan wrote:

Liked your review Duncan (though personally, I'm more apathetic to this trilogy than dissapointed) welcome to Forumshire

Thank you. Yet more kind words. I'm starting to pinch myself. Could it be? Is this the fabled forum consisting mostly of people who act like humans? If it's troll free, I love the irony, considering it's a LOTR forum.

halfwise wrote:
I've always liked what a friend wrote on a birthday card for me in college:

"May you live a thousand years and die gloriously."

Since I'm not dead yet, I figure I'm well on my way to making it so.

I like that. Sounds like something a Klingon would say.

There's a TV interviewer (James Lipton) part of his interviews are always devoted to asking his guest a small amount of questions that never change. One asks, what do you want to hear God say when you arrive in heaven? Easy. You're late.

Duncan, I take it you haven't watched Arrested Development?

Is this the fabled forum consisting mostly of people who act like humans? If it's troll free, I love the irony, considering it's a LOTR forum.- duncandisorderly

We have a special big hammer for trolls. But there are some knocking about- most notable Bear Murdoch, proprietor of Pure Publications who make the Forumshire's no1 newspaper the News of the Pure, sponsored by buckie.
But its best not to cross him, ever, not even from a great distance (if you dont find yourself the centre piece in a troll sandwich you could suffer a worse fate, like having his law firm Angmar and Sons set upon you dig up all the dirt -or bring their own if none exists- and spread it across the  centre pages of their next issue ).

ps meant to say before- love your name