Favorite March 10-15

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:48 am

â€œDear Hobbes, you are fired.â€ Which Jane Austen Character are the Board Writers?

Iâ€™m Thinking that Maybe, Just Maybe, Claudio Loves the Beatles

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Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:01 am

i voted for claudio and the beatles, because the beatles always win. though the cards were awesome guys. snaps.

Buttercup · Post by **Buttercup** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:56 am

Wow, it's kind of a 7-way tie for me...
(Also, I liked the titles you picked this week, bob.)

Dead Cat · Post by **Dead Cat** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:47 pm

This one is hard. I have to go with the cards though--here's my reasoning:
1. I haven't read much Jane Austen
2. Beatles are good, but I'm not a humongous fan
3. "The Immaculate Deflection" was belittled--it's the first BYU game I really got into. Go Eathyn!
4. My browser was stretched really far that day, so cards were great, other long posts annoying to read with the excessive scrolling
5. Harry Potter is awesome, but there wasn't enough ideas in the post
6. I like pictures

Humble Master · Post by **Humble Master** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:20 pm

Dead Cat wrote:3. "The Immaculate Deflection" was belittled--it's the first BYU game I really got into. Go Eathyn!

I didn't belittle that game, I just said it didn't belong in the top ten BYU sports moments. That's no shame. I was absolutely ecstatic when that play happened, and Eathyn absolutely deserves a place in BYU sports lore. There have just been more significant moments.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone else been bothered by the absurd complexity in the plot to of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Really, that just seems like a whole lotta plottin' by evil geniuses to get him to touch a portkey.

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:28 pm

Oh, Humble Master, yes yes yes flippin' bally well yes!!!

I mean, yes, I too have often thought what on earth was going on with that. I mean, really...

I also loved the title for book five. And book two. And... you see why this is in the top for the week?

Thanks, Buttercup.

Darth Fedora · Post by **Darth Fedora** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:20 pm

Humble Master wrote:Just out of curiosity, has anyone else been bothered by the absurd complexity in the plot to of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Really, that just seems like a whole lotta plottin' by evil geniuses to get him to touch a portkey.

Aww, come on, what are evil geniuses supposed to do if not create excessively convoluted plots? They were BORN to scheme.

Dead Cat · Post by **Dead Cat** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:15 am

Humble Master wrote:I didn't belittle that game, I just said it didn't belong in the top ten BYU sports moments. That's no shame. I was absolutely ecstatic when that play happened, and Eathyn absolutely deserves a place in BYU sports lore. There have just been more significant moments.

Sorry Humble Master. I guess it's more the fact that I've known Eathyn for years and thought it super-amazing to see an old friend responisble for the game's outcome(and his mom was modest enough to insist that the whole team won the game, not him alone whenever someone mentioned it--though of course, he did the best part).

Humble Master · Post by **Humble Master** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:07 pm

Dead Cat wrote:I guess it's more the fact that I've known Eathyn for years

Well, the Personal Connection Factor can certainly put any moment up to number 1 in any fan's list. I expect The Answered Prayer is #1 in Beck and Harline's books (actually, Beck is such a big Detmer fan he might have the victory over Miami as #1...).

Wisteria · Post by **Wisteria** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:16 pm

I cracked up big time when I read the Harry Potter synopses. Humble Master brought up a lot of things that kind of made me furrow my brow when I was reading the books, but I never really put into concise thoughts before. Especially the time-turner and the portkey. It does seem like a lot of time and effort was wasted on that portkey. And really, Hermione's time-turner? Why was she so snappish throughout the book? If I were her, I would sneak a few extra hours for some good naps and additional homework sessions.

Humble Master · Post by **Humble Master** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:41 pm

Wisteria wrote:Why was she so snappish throughout the book? If I were her, I would sneak a few extra hours for some good naps and additional homework sessions.

AMEN. Don't get me wrong, I love the series, but there are things that make you go "huh?" throughout.

Benvolio · Post by **Benvolio** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:52 pm

I actually liked the answers of the Jane Austen question, but I voted for Claudio's Beatles response. I thought it struck a good balance between informative and introductory. You can tell he's a huge fan, but the question still managed to sound authoritative rather than the biased effusion of a rabid fan. I think this is precisely the arena in which The Board excels; information mixed with learned opinions, answering the questions that no search engine or encyclopedia could ever hope to answer.

Personally, reading through the album list was like catching up with some old friends. I know not everyone is a Beatles fan, but those boys really knew how to make a good pop song. Yes, to quote Scroobious Pip, they were just a band. But what a band!