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teto85		2012-07-28 03:49:04 PM

The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

Jesus Farking Christ		2012-07-28 08:04:41 PM

teto85: The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

I, too, also want to have lots of hot sweaty sex with J.K. Rowling.

Ambitwistor		2012-07-28 08:57:06 PM

Or, as her backyard is also known, "Scotland".

aerojockey		2012-07-28 08:58:43 PM

Every once in awhile, a notorious financial windfall goes to someone who is completely prepared to use that money in the most awesome way possible. This is one of those times.

aerojockey		2012-07-28 08:59:34 PM

(I should mention, "windfall" is just an expression--she, of course, earned the money.)

The My Little Pony Killer		2012-07-28 09:01:31 PM

I wonder if JK Rowling is in the market for adoption.

cretinbob		2012-07-28 09:02:43 PM

who farking cares?

sno man		2012-07-28 09:08:27 PM

That's gotta be a big f'ing tree.

wildcardjack		2012-07-28 09:56:15 PM

The things you get up to when you have a billion dollars and crazed fans.

teto85		2012-07-28 10:12:57 PM

Jesus Farking Christ: teto85: The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

I, too, also want to have lots of hot sweaty sex with J.K. Rowling.

I don''t. (No offence, Jo) Happily married for 23 years 5 months 2 weeks and 7 hours and 11 minutes.

sno man		2012-07-28 10:20:27 PM

teto85: Jesus Farking Christ: teto85: The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

I, too, also want to have lots of hot sweaty sex with J.K. Rowling.

I don''t. (No offence, Jo) Happily married for 23 years 5 months 2 weeks and 7 hours and 11 minutes.

You type that like your wife reads everything you type... and you two don't have a would-do list...

Benjimin_Dover		2012-07-28 10:30:21 PM

aerojockey: (I should mention, "windfall" is just an expression--she, of course, earned the money.)

By writing a book that was more like breaking wind.

shotglasss		2012-07-28 11:03:05 PM

Benjimin_Dover: aerojockey: (I should mention, "windfall" is just an expression--she, of course, earned the money.)

By writing a book that was more like breaking wind.

What about the other six?

Desmo		2012-07-29 01:21:11 AM

Umm, no. A tree house by its very definition, is a house in a tree. Not a (i admit very cool) club house on stilts.

That's a "stilt-house"

Bathia_Mapes		2012-07-29 02:09:17 AM

Is she having it built in the Whomping Willow?

cptjeff		2012-07-29 03:00:10 AM

The construction will cost in the neighborhood of £150,000.

So what's that to her? The equivalent of adding chips and a drink at subway to one of us normal people? The 13 cents under the couch cushions?

Must be nice to enough money to literally do the Scrooge McDuck thing in hundred ~~dollar bills~~ pound notes.

Carth		2012-07-29 08:06:44 AM

teto85: The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

I love that Rowling got kids reading. I only wish they read something else between Harry Potter as children and Twilight at tweens.

Benjimin_Dover		2012-07-29 09:25:42 AM

shotglasss: Benjimin_Dover: aerojockey: (I should mention, "windfall" is just an expression--she, of course, earned the money.)

By writing a book that was more like breaking wind.

What about the other six?

There's a difference between them? Who knew?

qorkfiend		2012-07-29 01:32:19 PM

Carth: teto85: The richest working woman in the UK should be able to do whatever she wants. Her books got so many kids (and a few adults) reading it was glorious. I have seen lines outside of nightclubs and movies late at night, but the first time I ever saw children (and parents) queueing up outside a bookstore for a midnight release was for Harry Potter books. It is possible to make a living with an English degree and have to ask people if they want fries with that.

I love that Rowling got kids reading. I only wish they read something else between Harry Potter as children and Twilight at tweens.

There's The Hunger Games these days.

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