WTF?!!

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-03-06 12:32am

Read this, carefully:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... 8790:21194

another great discovery by fark!

If it is fixed by the time you guys see it, it is the wal mart version of The Hobbit, and here is its description (I sh*t you not...):
On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of eccentrics live in houseboats. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. There is Maurice, a homosexual prostitute; Richard, a buttoned-up ex-navy man; but most of all there's Nenna, the struggling mother of two wild little girls. How each of their lives complicates the others is the stuff of this perfect little novel.The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo, Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Boxed hardcover bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil stamping, two-color typography, and five full-page color illustrations by the author

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-06 12:36am

I wonder what would happen if a lot of people bought it, and then returned it because it didn't have anything to do with guys on a houseboat.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-03-06 12:37am

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-03-06 12:44am

Someone will lose a job because of this.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-06 12:48am

WTF? HAHAH.

Reminds me of bootleg DVD's my buddy brought home from Canton.
The box had 1 movie on the front and the description for a different movie on the back.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-06 12:59am

LOL!

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-03-06 01:02am

Looks like I'll have to reread The Hobbit.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-06 01:03am

Dalton wrote:Looks like I'll have to reread The Hobbit.

Yeah, I might have skipped the part about the homosexual prostitute living on a houseboat on thr Thames river.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-06 01:11am

LMAO, Obviously the rewritten P.C. version of the Hobbit.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-06 01:16am

Five words for this: NUKE IT TILL ITS DEAD!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-06 01:19am

The other book sounds familiar.

Does anybody know what it is actually called?

And not the Hobbit.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-06 01:27am

Wow...I guess the Hobbit's changed since the last time I read it.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-06 01:31am

neoolong wrote:The other book sounds familiar.

Does anybody know what it is actually called?

And not the Hobbit.

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides/offshore.asp

You'd be amazed at what you can do with a google search.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-06 01:32am

Ghost Rider wrote:Wow...I guess the Hobbit's changed since the last time I read it.

Yeah they updated it. They made it edgy. They made it hip and "with it" for today's kids. They thought outside the box, and now it's the "
shizz-nit."

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-06 01:33am

Rob Wilson wrote:
neoolong wrote:The other book sounds familiar.

Does anybody know what it is actually called?

And not the Hobbit.
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides/offshore.asp

You'd be amazed at what you can do with a google search.

Oh, thanks. I didn't think to paste the description. Didn't get anything when I tried before.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-03-06 01:37am

Got the link from Fark, eh?

Let's start guessing how long until it gets fixed. I say, sometime Friday.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-06 01:49am

neoolong wrote:
Oh, thanks. I didn't think to paste the description. Didn't get anything when I tried before.

So what did you do the search by? I got the same page just now, using just "Nenna" +novel.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-06 01:53am

Rob Wilson wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Oh, thanks. I didn't think to paste the description. Didn't get anything when I tried before.
So what did you do the search by? I got the same page just now, using just "Nenna" +novel.

"Battersea Reach of the Thames" I didn't think it was an actual place.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-06 01:59am

neoolong wrote:
Rob Wilson wrote:
So what did you do the search by? I got the same page just now, using just "Nenna" +novel.
"Battersea Reach of the Thames" I didn't think it was an actual place.

Ah, I used the entire first line. Always best to get something unique in there to ensure a good hit on whatever you are looking for.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-03-06 10:36am

Now, here is the big question, is this the work of a hacker or some prank by a disgruntled wally world employee?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-06 10:47am

NF_Utvol wrote:Now, here is the big question, is this the work of a hacker or some prank by a disgruntled wally world employee?

It's also possible the Wal-mart people are just that dumb. After all, Wal-Mart does exactly cater to the upscale market here folks.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-06 11:58am

NF_Utvol wrote:Now, here is the big question, is this the work of a hacker or some prank by a disgruntled wally world employee?

More likely the guy doing the site write-up had too much work on, managed to get a run together of blurbs, and was too lazy or tired to proof it before publishing the page.

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