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#29466
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EVERYTHING HARRY POTTER
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No prob Hot Rod. You can sit in here and discuss just the books if you so desire. I can see where you're coming from regarding the accents. Not that I know from firsthand experience (me being a Yank and all). But I hear bastardized US accents from foreign actors. It's kinda funny sometimes.

Funny side note: My friend had a theory one time that the only real difference between US and UK/AUS accents is caused by the degree to which people open their mouths. When you watch a Brit actor, their mouth doesn't open nearly as much as a US actor. When I try to fake a Brit accent, I even notice my mouth doesn't open as much. That's why, when you hear a Brit/Aussie singer perform, you rarely can notice their accent. They sound more like a USian. Because when you sing, you really open your mouth and belt it all out.

This might also be a more literal reason why the world views the US as a bunch of raving bigmouths as well.
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#29450
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why do they call us geeks
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But I think there's a difference between when you do something like that to intentionally make someone's day brighter and when you do that to just look like a jackass. Hence, Gundark's example of being in Trekkie gear during Jury Duty. There's just no purpose whatsoever in that. What you did is different. That does not make you a geek. It makes you a bit of an entertainer. No harm in that.
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#29427
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The Ultimate OT box set
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I dunno if I'd like a box like that simply because it wouldn't work on my shelves with all my other DVDs. Kinda like the Battlestar Galactica set in the Cylon helmet box. Cool to look at but both bulky as hell and doesn't fit on standard shelves. BS is being rereleased in a normal box this year. May not have the book included though.