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Staph

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56. And French fries weren't invented by the French.

Reply to The Sand Reckoner (Reply #47)

Sat Feb 11, 2017, 09:01 PM

Feb 2017

They are from Belgium, just like Hercule Poirot!

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Trump supporters are burning HARRY POTTER books. [View all] pnwmom Feb 2017 OP

They join the ranks of book burners and its long, dark history.(eom) oasis Feb 2017 #1

Good! Buy lots & lots & lots of JKR books katsy Feb 2017 #2

You're too funny! TheDebbieDee Feb 2017 #51

Those supporters have been burning her books for years now! yallerdawg Feb 2017 #3

Their fascination with burning books, crosses, houses, churches, people. dalton99a Feb 2017 #4

Book burning??? IdiotsforPalin Feb 2017 #53

Burning books? How 1933 of them. nt Ilsa Feb 2017 #5

And I still have your money! Cutting ones nose off to spite their face. TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #6

Or calling French Fries The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #47

And French fries weren't invented by the French. Staph Feb 2017 #56

Yes, he was not a Frenchie The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #57

Given how big of Potter fans my wife and I are, this is almost to be expected Norbert9 Feb 2017 #7

I LOVE HARRY POTTER. Latest movie ... Fantastic BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM was GREAT !!!! trueblue2007 Feb 2017 #8

Thanks -- I didn't know about it. pnwmom Feb 2017 #10

Burning money would be a more powerful statement. Ask the Joker. Initech Feb 2017 #9

Go, Jo! Hekate Feb 2017 #11

"Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means.. JHan Feb 2017 #12

I know. I love the way she's standing up to Voldemort and all his acolytes. nt pnwmom Feb 2017 #13

Point taken, but equating volstork Feb 2017 #25

Rowling says Trump is worse than Voldemort. pnwmom Feb 2017 #27

I hadn't seen that comment volstork Feb 2017 #32

Bannon might be the real Voldemort. But he and DT are Siamese twins. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #38

Bingo! volstork Feb 2017 #46

you know you are in trouble when you lose Darth Cheney. n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #55

you can lead a girl to books about the rise & fall of an autocrat but you still can't make her think progressoid Feb 2017 #60

JK sheshe2 Feb 2017 #14

Still got your money! retrowire Feb 2017 #15

Smart people have all the best lines, and all the best signs. NBachers Feb 2017 #16

They most likely could not find anyone to read the books to them. Jim Beard Feb 2017 #17

What an outmoded and wasteful use of time... SticksnStones Feb 2017 #18

This! smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #61

Progressives would never have bought that shitty book in the first place. Ligyron Feb 2017 #62

Careful! One of those books might be a horcrux! tanyev Feb 2017 #19

LOL. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #20

My grandsons (ages 9 & 7) have just started the Harry Potter series logosoco Feb 2017 #21

One of my sons was in first grade when I got the first book pnwmom Feb 2017 #26

those boys are being raised well irisblue Feb 2017 #29

LoL... "Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel." (Mark Twain) nt WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #22

I have a better suggestion for a book to burn. Marie Marie Feb 2017 #23

Definitely a better book to burn. IrishEyes Feb 2017 #36

Burning "The Art of the Deal" or Palin's screeds is not a very Democratic thing to do jmowreader Feb 2017 #41

Yeah, I'm not personally a fan of burning any book but IF these Marie Marie Feb 2017 #44

I hope they have some cloudbase Feb 2017 #24

Perhaps they cannot read? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #28

Great Soxfan58 Feb 2017 #30

I've never read Harry Potter books, but I might just start. I like her spunk, lol! catbyte Feb 2017 #31

Some advice from Dr. Henry Jones Sr. LongTomH Feb 2017 #33

Of course they are. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #34

This doesn't surprise me. My sister is Evangelical and they think Harry Potter is Satanic. appleannie1943 Feb 2017 #35

Those people are not friends The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #48

How stupid. They already own the books. Are they going to send the ashes to the publisher.... George II Feb 2017 #37

I deleted my copy of bhowle Feb 2017 #39

No, but why did you have one? jmowreader Feb 2017 #42

When I saw a prescreening of the movie in Oct 2001... scscholar Feb 2017 #40

I hope they spend all of their money buying her books. mn9driver Feb 2017 #43

Hair Twitler's brown shirts 'round the bonfire burning books keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #45

When I read "[Redacted] Supporters" I always think of a jockstrap w/ a roll of socks innit. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #49

The biggest snowflakes on earth NotThisTime Feb 2017 #50

I love her Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #52

Rowling is worth $850 million to $1.2 billion depending on what you look at BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #54

Hmmm... Sounds like a new business is born. toddwv Feb 2017 #58

Aww, she hurt his peewins! Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #59