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Rain

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the book i would take:

an empty journal book, and a pencil.
(okay, its not allowed on BB, but since this is fantasy...)

movie: what about Bob? because it may be useful to teach the hgs how to drive bb crazy, like Bob drove his psychiatrist crazy.

Snee

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
book -- any anthology as ellek said --gotta be BIG! (and i have to be able to walk away from it and strategize!!)
movie -- something i could watch a few times. maybe 'memento'
art/craft -- charcoal/watercolours & paper (also good for very very quiet strategizing)
game -- ooh, rook is good! i think i would bring cranium though--lots of variety in one game

Bbdiva

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have an idea lets have a challange for the rats....errrrr I mean houseguests, give them Orwells 1984 and Animal Farm and see if they can figure out that you don't have to play fair in the Big Brother game, well at least it would cut down the stupid remarks we hear about nice, fair and honest.

As for me
I would like a copy of Sue Graftons A B C myst. all in one copy... that might get me thru the fist month.

Craft item. My beading would require 3 suitcases so I guess I would go with paints and canvas.

The movie I would take is The long hot Summer. The one with Sybil and Don. Not Paul and JoAnn

The game: Clue

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Books: either
The most complete compilation to date of Abraham Lincoln's writings OR
The most complete translation to date of the Dead Sea Scrolls (with history and reasoning behind each translation and commentary from Jewish and Christian scholars on historical impact of the findings);

Movies:
Nosferatu (silent dracula) to scare the sh*t out of my fellow competitors; or
Slapshot (hockey comedy) to laugh ourselves sick; or
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (60's comedy with all the great comedians of the day) long and funny as hell;

Game:
The most recent Trivial Pursuit; or
Scrabble; or
Monopoly

Crafts:
I would bring knitting needles, a ton of wool and a how-to-book under the guise of teaching myself how to knit, and then I'd use the knitting needles as weapons as needed (in the great tradition of the nuns with their pointers - you can cause all kinds of sting if you just get a good whip going, and of course a well-placed gouge could be very effective). The wool could theoretically be used to restrain any fellow competitor who p*sses me off. The book wouldn't leave any incriminating marks if I hit them over the head with it, so I'm saying my crafts choice is a win/win/win.

Hillbilly

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess...I have the video tapes of 'It's a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World'...its great

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awesome flick, Hillbilly - every time I see Buddy what'his'name tell Ethel Merman to drop dead, I lose it. Anything Jonathon Winters makes me laugh hard.

Lilacs04

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Books:
1) Dubliners/A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man /Ulysses -- James Joyce

2) Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen

3) A Prayer for Owen Meany -- John Irving

Movies:

1) Fight Club
2) Bridget Jones' Diary
3) The Usual Suspects
4) American Beauty
5) Clerks

Game:
Scrabble

Hillbilly

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 09:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
..buddy hackett...my fav is milton berle (uncle milty) and Don Knotts

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gawd, I'm giggling just thinking about it - the fireladder. And that momma's freak, Dick Shawn.

Oregonfire

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good choices, Lilac, especially the books. Think I'll just tag along with your picks.

Lilacs04

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregonfire -- Tag away!

Snee

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i'd love a bunch of magazines!

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Snee - on the magazines, a stack of Vanity Fair would do for me. Love that mag.

Sisalou

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFLMAO at Goddess - I can just picture you with the knitting needles!

Books: Anything by David Sedaris cause I laugh my fool head off reading anything of his. Only thing is they are a fast read but I love him!
`Everything is Under Control' by Robert Anton Wilson.

Game - Risk or Clue would be nice.

Movies- Jesus's Son (Jack Black and whats his name are really good) or Young Frankenstein (roll, roll, roll in the hay) or The Others (that one scared me)

Crafts - Well, I'm a rock hound and would like to have a tumbler with some purty rocks to polish.

Fun Thread! :)

Moedog

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd take in a book that was a nice, long read:

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe (compilation of all 5 novels)

War and Peace

Something by James Michener or Edward Rutherfurd

Complete works of Shakespeare, Poe, or Hemingway

You get the idea... something that takes a while to read and is thoroughly enjoyable. If I was in the house, I'd want an escape.

Sisalou

Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 10:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another movie to add: The Stepford Houseguests, oh wait I mean - The Stepford Wives!

Jake

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 12:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think there's ANY book that would last me 3 months... I can read a paperback in 2 days... 1 day, if I'm REALLY interested in it! I guess the good thing is that I forget the books as soon as I'm done and am onto the next one, so perhaps I could bring a book, read it entirely the first week then pick it up again the second week and feel as if it's new again! *rotfl* I would be really frustrated not being able to pick up another book when I'm ready.

Maybe I'd take the dictionary. I know it's been done before on another BB... but I DO enjoy learning new words. I actually had a game with a beau in Jr. High. We'd be on the phone, each with a dictionary and we'd pick a word out, use it in a sentence and see if the other one could guess the definition/meaning of the word. I'm sure it drove my family mad having me on the only line in the house, reading out of the dictionary to my beau!

Ok... moving on:

Game: MahJohng, cards, backgammon

Movie: Any Fred Astaire, Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis version), White Christmas

Craft: Crochet (Afghan), Counted Cross Stitch, or maybe I'd take the opportunity to design my own lamp shades (with beads) or learn how to do stained glass.

Moedog

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If everyone gets to bring one book in, then there would be a wide variety from which to choose. Hopefully, the evicted HGs would leave their books for the remaining HGs.

Book: I've already listed possible choices above.

Game: Trivial Pursuit, Mahjongg, or Scrabble

Movie: ShoGun (the entire saga, not the 2 hour condensed version) or Lonesome Dove

Craft: Crocheting or knitting

<LOL, Jake. I fell in love with Jim Hutton in Where the Boys Are... it's such a corny movie by today's standards.>

Beagle

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My book: Lord of the Rings three book set.

My game: Video games just to make better use of the plasma screen.

Craft: Hummm, no crafts, too boring.

Movie: Back to the Future. I dunno why, just seems like a good choice to me...lol

Jake

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, MOEDOG. YOU know how to spell Mahjongg. I KNEW it looked funny when I typed it! *lol*

I think yer cheatin' on the movie thang though... The entire SAGA of ShoGun (verra kewl book, BTW) would be MORE than 1 tape, no?

Yeah, I got angry with Jim Hutton... he was mean to Paula Prentiss (howeveryaspellit) with that ding-dong water nymph. It is a corny movie by today's standards, but there's just something I like about the whole movie... it gives me warm fuzzies to watch it, and I cry every time! What a sucker! *rotfl*

BEAGLE: You're cheatin' with that 3 book set too! *grin*

Moedog

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
heehee

Gotta confess, Jake, I looked at the spelling on my start menu.

More than one tape, but it comes in ONE box so... ; ) I love reading Clavell's books, he's got a great way of storytelling and I love his writing style.

Jim Hutton was just so darn cute, though. I felt sorry for Yvette Mimieux's character. George Hamilton came off too much like Roddy does for my tastes. Ugh! Fun movie. Oh my, I think we're showing our ages here.

Moedog

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Beagle, The Lord of the Rings would be an excellent choice. I've got a set of four which includes The Hobbit (gotta lay the background, and Bilbo's adventure was so much fun to read about). My husband begs me to read the series to him each winter. It's his favorite; we have a great time reliving it. Tolkien was brilliant!

Jake

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, okay... one box MOEDOG... I guess that'll do for both you and BEAGLE. I'm guessin' those books come in one box too! Then I vote for the series of Monty Python's Flying Circus as one of my possible movie pics.

Yeah, Jim Hutton was cute, I agree. But he reminded me so much of OTHER college boys that drove me nuts! *lol* Frank Gorshin and Connie Francis cracked me up too. And yes, I felt sorry for Yvette too.

Age? Personally, I consider myself ageless. I occupy (is that spelled right? It doesn't look right!) all time at all times! ;o)

Beagle

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, I must include the Hobbit, I compleatly forgot about that one! My husband and I also read them together. We thought we were the only ones who ever did something like that lol. Believe it or not, we've even read the Harry Potter books!


Moedog

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 01:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG! We read the Harry Potter books, too! Well, I read, he listened. Can't wait for the fifth one to come out. I know they're geared for MUCH younger readers, but we wanted to know what all the popularity was about and ended up enjoying them. I'd love to play Quidditch just once. ; )

Monty Python would be a blast! I'm sure all the HGs would enjoy the tapes. I was looking for an audio clip to post that would be a "gas", but I can't seem to find it now. Oh well.

Time to hit the hay. Nice talking with you two! Sleep well. : )

Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay...