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| 11/13/02
Posted on 11/15/2002 2:23:23 PM PST by RJCogburn
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To: HiTech RedNeck
What's powering the brooms? Something purely physical like a Tesla coil?Yes, they're called animators!
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posted on
11/15/2002 10:04:45 PM PST
by
proust
To: ET(end tyranny)
Oh well, perhaps in time. He's into ancient civilizations at the moment. It sounds as if he's a pretty balanced and intelligent young man. Getting kids to read at all these days is no minor feat, let alone read history.
Keep up the great work. You certainly must be doing something right!
To: HiTech RedNeck
I look at that picture and half expect lightning to strike.
To: woofie
Would Jesus drive an SUV to the theater to see Harry Potter? Sure. How else could he take all the Apostles along with him? They'd certainly not all fit into a Mini Cooper.
To: proust
Missing the point. In the context of the fantasy world being depicted (not that of the movie theater, silly), what is making the brooms go? And why brooms?
To: HiTech RedNeck
I do believe it is Jesus Christ who commands the golden rule. Not Harry Potter! How in the world could you misconstrue that I implied Harry Potter is the origin of the Golden Rule?
LOL! That's just plain goofy and I can tell it's way past your bedtime! Nigh-nigh. See ya tomorrow.
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posted on
11/15/2002 10:10:10 PM PST
by
lizma
To: HiTech RedNeck
In the 'fantasy world' that is.Yep. It's fantasy. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Why not Electroluxes or mops?
Dunno. Ask the animators. Is an Electrolux less evil than a broom? I know they cost more...
To: Denver Ditdat
And who gets the popcorn?
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posted on
11/15/2002 10:10:54 PM PST
by
woofie
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To: RJCogburn
Saw the movie today with my parents and siblings. It was much better than the first, which was alsovery good. I'll probably read the books again now, since I haven't read them in a year. Anyway, on a slightly different note, I can't wait for The Two Towers. Looks even better than the Fellowship of the Ring.
To: All
Oh... sorry! I didn't look closely enough at the context. Would Jesus go in an SUV to see Harry Potter... heaven forbid I joke along with that. I am asking moderator to yank that post.
To: Denver Ditdat
He started out with all the dinosaur books we could find. And not the kiddy cartoonish ones either! His teachers were putting dinosaur names in his spelling lists. A couple of teachers had wanted us to stop allowing the dino books. We let him have them. Figured in time he would move on. He did. Told this to his present teachers and they agreed we did the right thing. You NEVER want to curtail an interest in reading.
Sure you might wsant to suggest other material, but since dinosaurs seemed relatively harmless, why prohibit it?
Humerous story. He was about 6 or 7, and I went into the kitchen and noticed a terrible mess on the floor near the refrigerator. Asked him what happened. Took a while but the story came out. He was pretending to be an Oviraptor. (The egg stealing dinosaur). He dropped a few eggs, and tried to clean up the mess, though not too well! LOL I couldn't be angry, it was just too funny!
To: HiTech RedNeck
And why brooms? Don't forget the buckets of water. What signigficance do they hold?
It's been years since I last saw Fantasia, but I think the wizard left Mickey to clean up, hence the broom. Mickey decides to take the easy way out, borrows the wizard's hat to conjure up some helpers, and finds himself in over his head - literally, as the water the brooms are fetching continues to rise.
The lesson, I think, was not to mess with powerful things that you may not be able to control. Not a bad message, IMO.
To: ET(end tyranny)
Dad's books are auto mechanic bibles errr booksHere it's surfin e-bay.
Discovered serving spaghetti 5 days in a row works wonders around here.
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posted on
11/15/2002 10:19:05 PM PST
by
lizma
To: FreedomAvatar
Yep. It's fantasy. Nothing more. Nothing less. Fantasy of "what"?!? It's not like a movie of geometric shapes wafting about at random. It's animated brooms. "Everybody knows" witches ride these. (Why didn't Harry ride a vacuum cleaner?) At the very least the church ought to give a warning about the connotation.
To: ET(end tyranny)
He was pretending to be an Oviraptor. (The egg stealing dinosaur). He dropped a few eggs, and tried to clean up the mess, though not too well! LOL! That almost sounds like something from a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon!
Your son sounds like a very cool kid. I'll bet he makes you proud.
To: lizma
We had spaghetti last week! lol
To: ET(end tyranny)
Books about dinosoars and are really dangerous and that Dr Suess guy ....his stuff is surely the work of the devil....(scarcasm for the over zelous)
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posted on
11/15/2002 10:22:41 PM PST
by
woofie
To: Denver Ditdat
Mickey shouldn't have been palling around with a wizard let alone magic brooms.
To: ET(end tyranny)
A couple of teachers had wanted us to stop allowing the dino books. Just curious why
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