5 Best: Movies, Books, Albums & A Cash Prize Quiz (1211 hits)
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Submitted by Trout (View user info) at 2004-04-27 19:11:14 EDT
Since hardly anyone actually reads any of my posts I've decided to let you try and gain a little insight into my personality by sharing with you some of my favourite things.
You'll soon realise that I'm a man of very discerning taste thus making me somebody whose posts you want to review, positively.
So, in no particular order within the categories here they are:
Movies
Godfather 1 & 2 (counts as one movie as they both cover the book)
Empire Strikes Back
Big Lebowski
Goodfellas
Platoon
Books
Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
Collected Short Stories (Saki)
Albums
Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
White Album (Beatles)
Hunky Dory (David Bowie)
Still (Joy Division)
Straight Outta Compton (NWA)
See? I'm a man of taste.
To make this post a little more interesting I'll add in a cash prize quiz.
I'll send a shiny British two pound coin to the person that can correctly identify what soccer "stadium" this picture is of.
User Reviews
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2004-06-28 03:25:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
read atlas
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-05-01 20:13:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hey socialist joe, have you read Anthem by Ayn? Is it as good or worse than Atlas Shrugged, because I havent read Atlas yet and was wondering if I should pick it up.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2004-04-29 02:16:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Movies
holy grail
Heathers
pi
spun
Cassablanca
Books
The Jungle- upton sinclair
Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand
Beyond good and evil- that one germn philosopher
Re-animator- H.P. Lovecraft
1984- Eric Blair
Music
recess serinade- the Argument
Pezcore- less than jake
Jump jive'an wail- brain setzer band
cant remember the cd but its the one with "swing baby" on it- big rude jake
live in '99-George Thorogood and the destroyers
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2004-04-29 02:03:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Movies:
Big Lebowski
Pulp Fiction
Dr. Strangelove
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Taboo 2 (porn)
Books:
Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
LOTR series (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Albums:
Led Zeppelin II
Opeth - Morningrise
Beatles - Revolver
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Submitted by arniahah (user info) at 2004-04-29 00:44:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
movies
-pulp fiction
-lock stock and 2 smoking barrows
-snatch
-fear and loathing in las vegas
-cheach and chong nice dreams
books
-voodoo for dummies
albums
-puppets
-anthems
Submitted by Zod (user info) at 2004-04-28 23:03:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
My only comments...
Catcher in the Rye sucked monkey balls. I hated everything about that book. It should be replaced with "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Everything else I either agree with or have never heard of.
Submitted by Sacrew (user info) at 2004-04-28 20:24:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Your list sucks.
How could you choose Platoon over Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now?
You don't have a single Kurt Vonnegut book, you chose a crappier Heinlein book instead of his best, Stranger in a Strange Land, and there's not a single Led Zeppelin or Hendrix album.
By the way, Catch 22 is boring, rambling shit, with only a few scattered good parts.
But whatever floats your boat, right?
Submitted by transcendent (user info) at 2004-04-28 16:19:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Movies:
-Usual Suspects
-Office Space
-Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
-Way of the Gun
-Training Day
Books:
-Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
-House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
-The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein)
-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy "Trilogy" (5 books - Douglas Adams)
-Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Albums:
-Lateralus (Tool)
-Licensed To Ill (Beastie Boys)
-Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails)
-Undertow (Tool)
-Aenima (Tool)
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-04-28 15:58:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You've got good taste in books, movies, and music.
I'd take your two-pound coin, but I've already got all the quarters I need.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2004-04-28 15:16:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Movies
Godfather 1 & 2 (counts as one movie as they both cover the book) I agree
Empire Strikes Back I agree
Big Lebowski I agree
Goodfellas I agree
Platoon I agree
Books
Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) Awful
Something Happened (Joseph Heller) Never read it
The Outsider (Albert Camus) mmmf
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller) Good
Collected Short Stories (Saki) Never Read it
Albums
Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones) I hate the stones
White Album (Beatles) I hate the Beatles
Hunky Dory (David Bowie) I love Bowie
Still (Joy Division) Theyre Ok
Straight Outta Compton (NWA) Word up Nigga!
Submitted by Falco (user info) at 2004-04-28 04:53:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Victoria Park, H/pool
Submitted by partisan (user info) at 2004-04-28 04:39:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Platoon was great until the end, where charlie sheen comes up with that "The real enemy was within us, in our own minds" (not a direct quote) crap. What a cliche.
Submitted by zenspeaks (user info) at 2004-04-28 01:26:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Disasterous taste....Jump in a septic tank...
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-04-28 01:19:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
It's obviously Bayview Stadium.
And if not that, it's obviously Strathclyde Homes Stadium.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-28 00:05:59 EDT (#)
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Yes.
How the fuck did you work that out?
I'm away home now in case you freak me out even more with your uncanny knowledge of central scotland.
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-28 00:01:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1065393.stm
where the pic in the post was taken from.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:53:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
No.
Again very close.
You are american aren't you? If true, then the fact you got that much correct is excellent work.
Falkirk Div 1
Stenhousemuir Div 2
East Stirlingshire Div 3
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:51:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
fucker. you were having me guess on a stadium that doesn't even exist anymore...
that would mean Falkirk is the div. 1, Stenhousemuir is the div. 2, and Cowdenbeath is the div. 3
Am I correct?
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:49:29 EDT (#)
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It's not Ochilview.
It's Brockville, before they knocked it down.
The team that played there now ground share at Ochilview until their new ground is built.
Well done on your detective work, I believe you still deserve the prize of a shiny British £2 coin.
Send me your address to archtroutstanton.at.yahoo.co.uk and I'll send you your prize.
If you don't want your prize I can give it to a hobo or spend it on beer.
It's up to you.
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:46:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It's gotta be Ochilview then...there's no other possiblity!
I'm frustrated and thirsty.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:43:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Close.
I'm probably a 30 minute drive away from there.
At the moment one of the three teams is in the first division, one in the second and one in the third.
That should make it very easy.
Submitted by Freight_Train (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:42:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
you have no taste in movies, i can give you that
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:39:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Recreation Park?
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:17:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:14:01 (#)
Ranking: 2
It's either Firs Park, Raydale Park, Central Park, Borough Briggs, Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Cappielow Park, Recreation Park, Bayview Stadium, Ochilview Park, Somerset Park, Brockville Park, Palmerston Park, or St. Mirren Park.
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Good work.
The answer is in that list.
3 of them can be considered my "local" grounds.
One of them is a five minute walk from my house, one a fifteen minute walk and one a ten minute drive.
Now all you need to do is work out which of the grounds in your list are that close together.
Then from that you can probably work out where my house is, which is probably not a good thing for me.
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:14:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It's either Firs Park, Raydale Park, Central Park, Borough Briggs, Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Cappielow Park, Recreation Park, Bayview Stadium, Ochilview Park, Somerset Park, Brockville Park, Palmerston Park, or St. Mirren Park.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:04:55 EDT (#)
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Not Spain.
It's one of the football grounds in my home town.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-04-27 23:02:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Is it in Spain?
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:56:24 EDT (#)
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Yep - looking at those Waterworld quotes actually make it seem like a great movie.
And I got splashed at the "Waterworld: On Water" show at universal Studios in LA.
They even had a plane land in the pool.
What a day!
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:51:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
To be honest, now that I see some of those quotes and actually think about it, I can't actually think of why I like it. Oh wait, that's right. CAUSE IT'S AWESOME! It's like Mad Max on water!
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:50:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm not listening!
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:49:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:44:39 (#)
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I just went through pictures of every Div. 3 stadium in the UK, now i'm working on Div. 2...but with my luck it's probably some secondary school field in the middle of bumfuck nowhere
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I can tell you it's not a secondary school.
Neither is it in england.
Name of the ground and the two pound coin is yours.
I need the name of the ground remember, not the team.
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:44:39 EDT (#)
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I just went through pictures of every Div. 3 stadium in the UK, now i'm working on Div. 2...but with my luck it's probably some secondary school field in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:42:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
loki - at first I thought I liked Cool World and was almost outraged. Then i realised that it's Perfect World I like.
Kool_Kontakt - wrong. Is there actually such a stadium?
blackflag - indeed Abbey Road is very close. I prefer Ziggy to the Man Who sold the World. Yes I like the velvet Underground. Their Loaded album is one of the finest ever made (and should maybe have made the list in place of NWA)
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:39:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You know, now that I see it, I think that may be the entire script as well.
HAHAHA I'm messing with you CATL.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:38:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You know every now and then, a really great movie comes along with that perfect combination of acting, directing, story line, and dialog that you just get carried off by them. Those are the movies that really stick with you and make you think. The truly great ones affect our very culture and language. Who has not heard phrases like, "here's looking at you kid", "play it again Sam", and "round up the usual suspects". Then there's Waterworld. Here is the entire list of memorable quotes from Waterworld.
Deacon: Don't just stand there, kill something!
Deacon: He's like a turd that won't flush!
Deacon: If I ever see him again, I'm going to cut open his head and eat his brain.
Deacon: Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!
[speaking of dry land]
Mariner: Because I haven't seen it. And I've sailed further then most men have dreamed.
Deacon: Look its the gentlemen guppy.
Deacon: He'll see what's left of you in a goddamn jar!
Enola: He doesn't have a name so death can't find him!
Deacon: Wanna cigarette? Your never too young to start.
Mariner: : What are the markings on her back?
Helen: Some say it's the way to dry land.
Mariner: : Dry land is a myth.
Helen: No, you said it yourself, that you've seen it.
Mariner: You're a fool to believe in something you've never seen.
Helen: But the things on your boat!...
Mariner: The things on my boat, what!?
Helen: There are things on your boat that no one has ever seen. These shells, the music box and the reflecting glass. Well, if not from dry land, then where? Where!?
Mariner: You wanna see dry land. You really wanna see it? I'll take you there.
Deacon: Let's have an intelligent conversation here: I'll talk, and you listen.
Nord: [To the Mariner] You should have stayed under water.
Submitted by blackflag (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:28:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Hunky Dory is a great album, but if you put it up against The Man Who Sold the World, I personally have a tough time choosing. And Abbey Road is a close second to the White Album. Do you like the Velvet Underground at all?
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:27:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
For a second there, I thought you were serious loki. It really got my hopes up too. Another person who liked Waterworld! THAT'S RIGHT! I like Waterworld.
WHAT!?! LALALA! I'M NOT LISTENING! LALALA!
Submitted by Kool_Kontakt (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:25:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
WESSEX STADIUM
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:24:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:13:15 (#)
Ranking: 2
North Stand, Old Trafford
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Funny.
Wrong answer, but funny.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:20:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm going to go with:
Movies:
Waterworld
Istar
Basic Instinct
Cool World
Nightmare Before X-mas
CD's:
Chipmunk Christmas Album
It's a Sunshine Day - The Brady Bunch
anything by Yoko Ono
Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner
Kiss my Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss
Books:
The Standard Model in the Making: Precision Study of the Electroweak Interactions (The International Series of Monographs on Physics, No. 104)
Ham Radio for Dummies
Barbara Bush by Barbara Bush
The Walrus was Paul: The Great Beatle Death Clues of 1969 by R. Gary Peterson
Exposing Myself - Geraldo Rivera
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-27 22:13:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
North Stand, Old Trafford
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:37:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
potatomanjack, sadly your guess is incorrect.
Kasarius, studying Joy Division and the Buzzcocks in college. Sounds like my kind of course.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:28:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Woops on my answer, I'll rephrase.
The Lond Exits Stadium Grounds
Good movies and books... except for Camus, I read him in French, and couldn't stand his stuff.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:23:51 EDT (#)
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The London Exits?
Submitted by Kasarius (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:17:16 EDT (#)
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It's also funny how I used to always get them confused constantly, even though they sound nothing alike. And also how another song they studied in that college course was Ever Fallen In Love.
Submitted by mumbo_jumbo (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:16:38 EDT (#)
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I admire you. I could never finish reading Catch 22 even though I tried it many times...it was way too boring
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:02:41 EDT (#)
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Well kudos to you Kasarius.
I don't rate Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Just like I don't rate the Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love With Someone
Funny how these two groups most famous songs are the ones I dislike most.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2004-04-27 21:00:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
+2 for that.
Submitted by Kasarius (user info) at 2004-04-27 20:58:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Trout-
Nope, I'm from the US. I don't find them to be very well known at all around here. I first heard about them from my brother's History of Rock and Roll course he took in college (one of the songs they studied was "Love Will Tear Us Apart") and thanks to the Internet, it wasn't too hard to find them once I knew what I was looking for.
Submitted by PWNstar (user info) at 2004-04-27 20:54:59 EDT (#)
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as for book, try "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2004-04-27 20:40:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Movies
Supertroopers
Saving Private Ryan
Trainspotting
Godfather
Enemy at the Gates
Books
i dont read.
Music
Undertow- Tool
Physical Graffiti- Led Zepplin
Voodo Child- Jimi Hendrix
Sublime- Sublime
Battle of Los Angeles- Rage Against the Machine
Submitted by Can_Always_Trust_A_Liar (user info) at 2004-04-27 20:13:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
My Favorites:
Movies:
Memento
Boondock Saints
Fight Club
Books:
Trainspotting (Irvine Welshe)
Invisble Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Starship Troopers (Robert Heinlein)
Albums:
Transformer (Lou Reed)
Zoso (Led Zeppelin)
Tonight the Stars Revolt (Powerman 5000)
Liscense to Ill (Beastie Boys)
Risk (Megadeth)
Honorable mentions:
Movies: Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie, Tombstone, Donnie Darko
Books: Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn (Piers Anthony)
Albums: Reign in Blood (Slayer), Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy)
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:59:13 EDT (#)
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Kasarius are you British?
I ask because I didn't think that Joy Division are known anywhere else.
Submitted by Kasarius (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:55:27 EDT (#)
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That's why I said I'm a traditionalist. I like what most consider to be their best songs the best, and I find the order they're in on Substance to run better than any of their "real", non-compilation albums. Still is still awesome, though.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:53:51 EDT (#)
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And whoever the Random Joe was.
All your guesses were wrong.
And also none of them were names of stadiums/grounds, just names of teams.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:51:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Kasarius (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:45:58 (#)
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Personally, I like Substance by Joy Division as an album more. What can I say, I'm a traditionalist. But Exile On Main St. is an awesome album (not that Still isn't).
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Technically Substance isn't a proper album, it's a best of (good as it is).
I have this thing about compilations not being "proper" albums.
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:48:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:42:55 (#)
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I know it's a cult favorite ,but BIG LEBOWSKI?
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Yep, I love that movie.
it's got to be the most quotable movie ever.
The first movie I'll put on if I just want to sit back with a beer and chill out.
Submitted by Spiral_Abraxis (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:48:32 EDT (#)
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Has anyone here ever heard of Spock's Beard?
Submitted by Kasarius (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:45:58 EDT (#)
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Personally, I like Substance by Joy Division as an album more. What can I say, I'm a traditionalist. But Exile On Main St. is an awesome album (not that Still isn't).
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:42:55 EDT (#)
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I know it's a cult favorite ,but BIG LEBOWSKI?
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-04-27 19:42:34 EDT (#)
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London Stadium
Hibernian
Heart Of Midlothian
SUNDERLAND AFC STADIUM - THE STADIUM OF LIGHT
LEEDS UNITED STADIUM
NORWICH CITY STADIUM
NOTTINGHAM FOREST STADIUM
PRESTON NORTH END STADIUM
CHARLTON ATHLETIC STADIUM
IPSWICH TOWN STADIUM
LEICESTER CITY STADIUM
ASTON VILLA STADIUM
SOUTHAMPTON STADIUM
NEWCASTLE UTD STADIUM
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
MIDDLESBROUGH Stadium
CHELSEA London STADIUM
DERBY COUNTY STADIUM
MANCHESTER CITY STADIUM
BLACKBURN ROVERS STADIUM
FULHAM FC STADIUM
WEST HAM UTD STADIUM
BOLTON WANDERERS Stadium
COVENTRY CITY STADIUM
hmmm, any of those? TMA
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-04-27 19:34:48 EDT (#)
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Arsenal Highbury Stadium
TMA
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:23:46 EDT (#)
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Plus one for the white album
On a side note, my father was in the company that Platoon is based on.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:13:54 EDT (#)
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You forgot Harry Potter.
Submitted by sence (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:13:10 EDT (#)
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Your moms box?