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  • September 29, 2008 at 7:25 pm in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43693
    Owan
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    This song, Pip:

    Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,

    Under the shade of a coolibah tree,

    And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled

    “Who’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?”

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”

    And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled,

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

    Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,

    Up got the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

    And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”

    And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

    Down came the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,

    Up came the troopers, one, two, three,

    “Who’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”

    “Who’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”,

    “You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

    Up got the swagman and jumped into the billabong,

    “You’ll never catch me alive”, said he,

    And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,

    “Who’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?”

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

    Who’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me

    And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,

    “Who’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?”

    And the word “tucker” is best in a Aussie accent, of course. ;)

    September 29, 2008 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Suggest Book Quotes #42973
    Owan
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    Huh?

    “Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story. Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Desperaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    “At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux’s feet.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    “Despereaux marveled at his own bravery.

    He admired his own defiance.

    And then, reader, he fainted.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    “He was weeping. Although ‘weeping’ really is to small a word for the activity the kind had undertaken. Tears were cascading from his eyes. A small puddle had formed at his feet. I am not exaggerating. The king, it seemed, was intent on crying himself a river.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    “Atleast Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what ‘perfidy’ means? I have a feeling you do, based on the scene that unfolded here. But you should look up the word in your dictionary, just to be sure.” — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    I think there’s another quote from that book I like too…

    September 29, 2008 at 12:26 am in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43689
    Owan
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    I reject that comment, monkeygal.

    *is infatuated (not really) with the song Waltzing Matilda* Billabong is the best name for a body of water. Seriously!

    September 29, 2008 at 12:23 am in reply to: You know you love books when… #43563
    Owan
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    Oh dear, Jordan! That is offensive! Not to know who Jeeves is? That’s lashes with a wet noodle for you.

    I don’t have favorites. Atleast…not that I remember.

    September 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40784
    Owan
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    I haven’t read any Wicked reviews nor read Wicked but Mirror, Mirror wasn’t too bad. Reminded me of The Book Thief infact.

    Still reading Lost…

    September 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm in reply to: You know you love books when… #43560
    Owan
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    –When you know who Jeeves is.

    September 28, 2008 at 2:29 am in reply to: Dream Library #43684
    Owan
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    And I’m with you on the dark wood put not the fireplace. ;)

    September 28, 2008 at 12:06 am in reply to: You and Books #44033
    Owan
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    I already posted one of these. Me reading some book by C. S. Lewis snapped by my sister Kale.

    September 28, 2008 at 12:03 am in reply to: The Inconspicuous Off-Topic Thread! #43686
    Owan
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    If the thread is about being offtopic then if we’re offtopic it means we’re ontopic. How sad.

    Houston We Are Go in three days!

    Will you came a-waltzing Matilda with me?

    My favorite hairdo on my dad? I don’t think I have one of those.

    (Was that random enough?)

    September 27, 2008 at 11:58 pm in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40781
    Owan
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    Glad your dad’s alright, Pip.

    Reading the book Lost by Gregory Maguire. And I just finished Seeing Redd which is just about as stupid as the first book was.

    September 27, 2008 at 11:52 pm in reply to: You know you love books when… #43557
    Owan
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    And 26 maids, Pip? :) I want a butler like Butler, actually. Except if I’m married, then I wouldn’t want a butler.

    [/offtopic]

    –When your officially nuts.

    –When you can relate everyone you know to a book character.

    –When the first thing people say when they visit you is, “Wow. Lotsa books” or “Dude you have, like, alot of books” or “Read them all yet?” or “Your nuts.” ;)

    September 27, 2008 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Suggest Book Quotes #42971
    Owan
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    Your welcome, Pip.

    Blast, forgot to post the quotes and I won’t be near a computer again till Monday.

    September 27, 2008 at 11:43 pm in reply to: Dream Library #43682
    Owan
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    I don’t like vacuuming, Jordan. :p

    Curtains! Yes! Yellow (gold/musty) curtains, very long ones with a lacy black over curtain. :)

    September 27, 2008 at 12:09 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2008 Results #43382
    Owan
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    “This Amazing and Really Nice Person Won Our Reading Contest!” :P

    This conversation is really in the wrong thread.

    September 26, 2008 at 10:19 pm in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40777
    Owan
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    The Diamond of Darkhold?! Not fair!

    I’m reading Seeing Redd right now.

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