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To: Petronski
Who would win in a fight:

Ernest Borgnine or Bea Arthur?
Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington or Jimmy "Dyno-mite" Walker?
HK Rowlings or JR Tolkien?
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf or Beetlejuice?
Ally McBeal or George Stephanopoulis?
Charles Manson or John Wayne Gacy?

3 posted on 11/30/2001 9:10:19 AM PST by dead
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To: dead
Is this meant just for laughs, or do you not care for the author's comparison?
4 posted on 11/30/2001 9:11:35 AM PST by Petronski
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To: dead
Still, I'm willing to play.

Ernest Borgnine or Bea Arthur? Bea Arthur. Borgnine has slightly more body hair (to be pulled during a scrap).

Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington or Jimmy "Dyno-mite" Walker? Walker: Catchphrases rule!

HK Rowlings or JR Tolkien? Tolkien. Intelligence is power.

Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf or Beetlejuice? Beetlejuice. Magic v. profanity? Get real.

Ally McBeal or George Stephanopoulis? Stephanopolus. Better nutrition.

Charles Manson or John Wayne Gacy? Gacy. He did his own dirty work (sometimes dressed as a clown, IIRC).

8 posted on 11/30/2001 9:16:21 AM PST by Petronski
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To: dead
Easy:

Bea Arthur

Freddie Washington

Tolkien

Hank

Ally

Gacy

Simple reasons why in each circumstance.

Your point?

Fact of the matter is, Tolkien is literature that tells a good story and deals with the nature of evil, large philosophical questions and mythology in a way that deepens and adds to the mythology. Rowling simplifies and diminishes the mythology from which she draws and eliminates any of the truly important questions of the consequences of choice. JK Rowling's books epitomize the post-modern amateurism of late twentieth century writing. While a good read, they are amateurish in the extreme with no point other than the ooh and aah value of the use of mythos. In other words, the book equivalent of a "special effects" action movie.

10 posted on 11/30/2001 9:18:04 AM PST by valhallasone
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To: dead
..... Who would win in a fight:
.....
Ally McBeal or George Stephanopoulis? ....


McBeal, she actually has a chance of being a man.

(Not that woman can't fight, just not that prissy boy.)
15 posted on 11/30/2001 9:22:43 AM PST by Joe_October
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To: dead
Who would win in a fight:

Ernest Borgnine or Bea Arthur?


Bea Arthur in a walk. On a further note, I wouldn't nail HK Rowlings with Bea Arthur's d**k.
36 posted on 11/30/2001 10:04:30 AM PST by No Left Turn
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To: dead
Jesus Christ or Satan? (Hint: the answer is in the Bible.)
130 posted on 11/30/2001 12:34:53 PM PST by ZULU
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