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BabyJane
09/28/09

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I admire her dedication, she's even buttoned her lip.
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My Jen Could Paint That
09/28/09

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Methinks she might be the Three Amigos' long lost fourth amiga!
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KLondike5
09/28/09

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Why is that lady wearing Jack White's Icky Thump costume?
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YorubaGirl
09/28/09

@KLondike5: She's a Pearly Queen aka longheld East End of London tradition. Jack, I believe, was wearing her costume.
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Plum-Pie
09/28/09

@YorubaGirl: Did I ever tell you about the time I worked at the re-launch of [well-known East End landmark] and a bunch of Pearly Kings and Queens attended, sang 'My heart belongs to Hackney' round a piano, and, disatisfied with the speed of service at the bar, walked behind it and helped themselves?
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Rare Affinity
09/28/09

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Cor blimey guv. Can you adam and eve it. Just take a butcher’s at the titfer and I’m afloat on me trouble and strife.
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keldo
09/28/09

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..of far too many buttons.
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StephanieBoland
09/12/09

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I live about forty minutes from Harrow and while I would never condone the actions of anti-Islamic protesters, I'm also upset about Islamic youth leaders in the area encouraging the young adults they teach to go out in droves and protest when the police had requested they not. They had a right to (and perhaps felt a responsibility to), but I wish they'd just ignored the protest and not lent it credence.
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LadyFabulous
09/11/09

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They're protesting the religion of people who they otherwise have nothing to do with? That makes SO much sense!

I'd really love to see what would happen if people were protesting Christians at a church and Jews at Temple or Hindus at Mandir.
This kind of dumb shit is really starting to piss me off.
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pond-side-over
09/11/09

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I despise the BNP and all their racist ilk with a passion. I'm proud to live in a culturally and racially diverse nation. They don't like it, then they can get the fuck outta my country.
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CurtCole
09/11/09

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Do these people have no decency? I'll full on admit that I don't care for any of the world's religions, but to protest people's right to practice their faith is barbaric.
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goodcheapfun
09/05/09

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I chucked Wuthering Heights (awful book) but I love Jane Eyre. I love Masterpiece theater renditions of English stuff.
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Sunshineyness
09/05/09

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A) I absolutely love that version of Wuthering Heights. BIG William Wyler fan and Olivier is totally hot in it and the death scene is some of the best over-acting melodramatic awesomeness the 9 year old drama queen I was could have been exposed to.

B) Both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are two of my most cherished novels for so many different reasons. Eyre brings out my practical rationalist side but Heights... oh Wuthering Heights brings out my super melodramatic side. And Twihards can suck it- NOWHERE in that book does the dude DIG UP THE CORPSE OF HIS DEAD LOVER AND EMBRACE IT.

C) TOTALLY WANT TO DO THIS TOUR!
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weetziebat
09/04/09

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As an English major, i know i'm supposed to love this book, but i just can't. (hangs head in shame)
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willwriteforfood
09/04/09

@weetziebat: You're not the only one. I read them both in high school and really liked Jane Eyre. I liked how sassy she could be to Mr. Rochester.

But I just did not connect with Wuthering Heights. Maybe because I thought Heathcliff was just an asshole and Cathy annoyed the crap out of me.

I have never admitted that out loud.
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lijakaca
09/04/09

@willwriteforfood:
For anyone who agrees that Heathcliff is a jerk...
[www.harkavagrant.com]
(I can never remember how to add links, so here's the plain text version)
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weetziebat
09/04/09

@willwriteforfood: I liked Jane Eyre too! I read wide sargasso sea after i read it, and i might have liked that even better.
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willwriteforfood
09/04/09

@weetziebat: I read Wide Sargasso Sea too - it was great. It kind of woke me up to the portrayal of "wild" women in literature and gave me a whole new window on reading lit with a more feminist view.
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Sunshineyness
09/05/09

@lijakaca: I have to question what book someone has read if they don't get that Heathcliff is supposed to be an asshole. Bronte makes it clear that he's an asshole. But then, all the characters are asses in their own way. The only difference is that Heath's at least honest about it...
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Ailatan
09/04/09

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Wuthring Heights references would not be complete without this.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/04/09

@Ailatan: You stole my bit! You whore! It's okay though, because I'm at work and didn't want to go to YouTube to dig it up.
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Ailatan
09/04/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Let's both take credit for it, I'm going one up on you though cause I'm dancing to it! ;)
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My_Latest_Incarnation
09/04/09

@Ailatan: Even better:

Kate. Bush. Wuthering. Heights. Ring. Tone.

[www.lyricsfreak.com]
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champagne
09/06/09

@My_Latest_Incarnation:

I'll have to settle for my I AM THIN & GORGEOUS Absolutely Fabulous ring tune.
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la.donna.pietra
09/04/09

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I am way more excited than I should be about the couch.
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funnyface
09/04/09

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I've been! Stayed in Haworth (the Apothecary Guest House, it was wonderful) across the street from the church where the Brontes' father was the preacher, saw their house which is now a museum, hiked across the moors to Top Witherns.... it was all so beautiful that I want to go back! Not to mention, the pubs. Mmmm a pint and some Yorkshire pudding!
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girlleastlikelyto
09/04/09

@funnyface: Oh, I'm jealous! I really want to do that someday. I think I'd just about die from excitement. I'm really nerdy about the Brontes.

Though I'd have to hold the Yorkshire pudding.
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funnyface
09/04/09

@girlleastlikelyto: At least the one I had was like a beef pot pie, basically, and was great after a chilly, rainy, day of hiking.
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