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Never read any, but a five second google reveals:
quote: The Colour of Pure Magick is Octarine. The Colour Octarine itself is a non-existant Colour -- consider it the entire spectrum of the other Colours, a rainbow, a prism.
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If you haven't read any, you're missing the point of the question. It wasn't supposed to be a quick fact hunt, it was supposed to veer into people's subconsciouses and seek out the colour of their souls.
Well, no, not really. But it's supposed to be a perspective thing, which won't apply if you haven't read the books.
quote:Originally posted by dang65: How many books has that guy sold?
Well, he's written so many, that he only needs a handful of hardcore idiots to buy every one, and he's already into the millions. He was writing tweo books a year for about 15 years. How could anyone have expected them to be any good? I suppose it's an achievement in itself to churn stuff out at that rate, even if it is total shit.
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quote:Originally posted by Toilet Duck: If you haven't read any, you're missing the point of the question. It wasn't supposed to be a quick fact hunt, it was supposed to veer into people's subconsciouses and seek out the colour of their souls. Well, no, not really. But it's supposed to be a perspective thing, which won't apply if you haven't read the books.
Ah. Everything we've heard about the wit and easy charm of Pratchett fans is true.
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Metallic purple, a bit of blue thrown in with the fluffy white-ness of clouds set against a friday morning sunny sky, or maybe round brown and steaming interspersed with a few blades of lush green?
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My soul is the colour of octerine. That most colourful fruit. Electric blue like pure Listerine, with mauve and magenta to boot. And ochre and chocolate and baboon-bum pink, And lemon and strawberry and pale tan mink. I shit on poor Joseph, his coat a mere grey Compared with my soul which screams "colourful gay". And when I say shit, we're not talking dumb brown I excrete pure rainbows – a bowel movement clown Painted thick with the greasepaint, lips crimson with stick. And thats only the start, you should check out my sick. I can vomit in violet. I can puke in pure puce. I can piss neon green. Oh the plum I produce When I pump vivid colour in gas from my rear. A quick pump from my rump and an orchard appears. Whatever you've read, wherever you've been. You haven't seen colour until you have seen My magical soul, forged of bright octerine.
I'm Mother Nature's bane, mother fucker. Colour gone insane, toilet ducker. I'm an octerine octopus with more flavours than spangles, Wringing blends with eight hands on my special shade mangle. I'm the dullness terminator The grey exterminator. An octerine tint machine – dim devastator. Tragic magic Pratchett pap. Never been there, heard it's crap. So you said it, Never read it. Here’s some colour for your thread it Needed that. A freebie, newbie – a gratis grey killer. A splash of colour to brighten the vanilla.
Is it possible for someone to dislike something (i.e. Pratchett) without attempting to trash those that do?
Not round here it isn't. Not traditionally. I don't understand why the forum has recently received a banter bypass but, for the record, TMO has a history of trashing people for their likes. That goes for everything from tastes in literature, films and comics to newspaper columnists, pron, crisps and sandwiches. It's meat and drink to the place. Or at least, it used to be.
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quote:Originally posted by ralph: Is it possible for someone to dislike something (i.e. Pratchett) without attempting to trash those that do?
Not when the object of dislike is on Pratchett's nadir of shameless, lazy, manufactured, self-indulgent word-abortion. Not when people assume that because you like SF/fantasy you must automatically adore him. Not when Pratchett fans say that you "just don't get his humour" and keep telling you to try another, that the one you read wasn't really representative.
I take the fact that Pratchett's still got a publishing deal pretty fucking personally, and thus reserve the right to "trash" those who defend him. Unless they're teenagers of course, whereby I would merely laugh and offer encouragement. Everyone's allowed to wallow in a bit of literary/musical shit when they're a naive teenager. Are you a teenager?
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I've only met two Pratchett fans ever. One is my best friend T. She's lovely, but a bit special. I managed to convince her in Germany they have disposable cars. Awww.
She loved X-files also. I mean, even after it got really really shit. Even after Mulder left.
The other person was a super dweeb 16 year old boy. He was obsessed with Risk too.
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Carved TMO on her clit just to make you feel bad
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quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: Are you a teenager?
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: I take the fact that Pratchett's still got a publishing deal pretty fucking personally
The green-eyed monster rears it's ugly head.
quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poetess: and thus reserve the right to "trash" those who defend him. Unless they're teenagers of course, whereby I would merely laugh and offer encouragement. Everyone's allowed to wallow in a bit of literary/musical shit when they're a naive teenager. Are you a teenager?
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People seeing red. Green eyed monsters. We're well on the way to creating a thread of pure octerine. Good work Toilet Duck.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: To be fair, it would be a bit dull around here (or anywhere else) if everyone just shut up if they didn't like something.
April 12 2005
So, what do people think of the new Oasis single Street Fighting Man, or whatever it's called. I think it's great!
November 21 2083
It's OK I suppose. Anyone want my copy?
There's a difference between trashing someone and saying that you dislike something. I can actually tell you I don't like something without making it personal. It's a gift. I didn't like your analogy, you pimple-faced geek.
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quote:Originally posted by ralph: There's a difference between trashing someone and saying that you dislike something.
Yes, one's incredibly dull and pointless and the other is a skill, honed over many years until it becomes like a work of art painted with Hint of Octarine by Dulux. Then sprayed with blood.
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quote:Originally posted by ralph: The same could be said of the sense of humor of those who dislike PTerry.
Is it possible for someone to dislike something (i.e. Pratchett) without attempting to trash those that do?
I think it's reasonable to judge someone on their likes and dislikes. It's like, if someone said "I like kiddie porn", you'd judge them on that. If they say "I like Terry Pratchett", you'd judge them on that too - even more harshly, if anything.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: Yes, one's incredibly dull and pointless and the other is a skill, honed over many years until it becomes like a work of art painted with Hint of Octarine by Dulux. Then sprayed with blood.
So this would be of the first variety? Don't worry...keep honing. You'll get it someday.
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quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: I think it's reasonable to judge someone on their likes and dislikes. It's like, if someone said "I like kiddie porn", you'd judge them on that. If they say "I like Terry Pratchett", you'd judge them on that too - even more harshly, if anything.
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: It's like, if someone said "I like kiddie porn", you'd judge them on that. If they say "I like Terry Pratchett", you'd judge them on that too - even more harshly, if anything.
Genuine, heartfelt lol.
I don't know why everyone is attempting to attack me...I never actually said I liked Pratchett.
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