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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2005, 07:35:30 PM »
Off the hook.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2005, 07:56:47 PM »
*Chimera sniggers

I had never heard that slang term the first time my little brother said it a few years ago (he was about 12 or 13 at the time). It was weird to realize that I was in college and pretty much an adult and no longer cool and "in" the way that only teenagers are. I couldn't help making fun of the term, though, if only to annoy my brother. So whenever we talked or emailed I made sure to make some comment about something being "on the hook." My brother told me I was totally lame (at least I understood what that meant.

So that slang term always makes me smile.  ;D
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2005, 07:57:40 PM »
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*Chimera sniggers


Whoa! I said sn-iggers
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #33 on: May 26, 2005, 07:58:13 PM »
Yea for editing against racist comments, I guess.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #34 on: May 26, 2005, 07:59:05 PM »
I will make sure from now on never to sn-igger but only chuckle or laugh.  ;)
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #35 on: May 26, 2005, 08:23:37 PM »
You can always snicker.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #36 on: May 26, 2005, 08:25:30 PM »
And you can always edit posts rather than quadruple post. :)
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #37 on: May 26, 2005, 08:34:55 PM »
Ah, but then everyone wouldn't be able to see it and laugh WITH me (or AT me, whichever you prefer).
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #38 on: May 27, 2005, 10:11:51 AM »
yes, but we also wouldn't get frustrated at four posts in  3 minutes from the same person.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #39 on: May 27, 2005, 11:19:55 AM »
Got it, and school ends today (!!!) so I'll have plenty of time to read it now.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #40 on: May 27, 2005, 01:20:24 PM »
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I had never heard that slang term the first time my little brother said it a few years ago (he was about 12 or 13 at the time). It was weird to realize that I was in college and pretty much an adult and no longer cool and "in" the way that only teenagers are. I couldn't help making fun of the term, though, if only to annoy my brother. So whenever we talked or emailed I made sure to make some comment about something being "on the hook." My brother told me I was totally lame (at least I understood what that meant


Huh?

Oh...looking online I see that "off the hook" now somehow means "totally wild"?? To me "off the hook" always meant "out of trouble" "no longer having the responsibility for something"... I never thought of it as slang, just an idiom (from fishing)...
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #41 on: May 27, 2005, 02:25:55 PM »
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Huh?

Oh...looking online I see that "off the hook" now somehow means "totally wild"?? To me "off the hook" always meant "out of trouble" "no longer having the responsibility for something"... I never thought of it as slang, just an idiom (from fishing)...

See, I'm not the only one out of the loop. Yea, according to my teenage brother "off the hook" means really cool.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #42 on: May 27, 2005, 09:58:26 PM »
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I don't really dig the title, to be honest, because it sounds too much like a tired retread of Lemony Snicket or Artemis Fowl.


See the title didn't do that to me but the narration is screaming Lemony Snicket.

In order to make sure my criticism is helpful, EUOL, can you clarify something?  I honestly am having trouble deciding if you want it to be a full-out parody or if you really do want to have it taken seriously on some level.
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #43 on: May 28, 2005, 08:48:02 PM »
Fuzzy,

It is what it is.  

I'd rather you just talk about what things you like and what things you don't like.  If something bothers you, let me know, and if something doesn't work, let me know.  

However, I meant it to turn out as it did.  What do you think that is?
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Re: Alcatraz: Sands of Rashid
« Reply #44 on: May 30, 2005, 01:14:35 AM »
I'm not sure if the ending works. I just finished it, and I'm a bit disgruntled. Yes, it is fitting with the book, and you even kind of warned us, but I haven't quite gotten over it yet. I'm curious to see what others think.

I don't see how we can talk about the book without spoiling it or at least influencing other's opinions before they finish it. I may have already inadvertantly influenced someone with my comment above, even though I was trying to be general.

I guess we can wait until everyone has read it, or at least a majority of the more vocal ones.  ;)
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