Linda Goodman's Boo-Boo

ok, this has always bothered me. i think it's in her Sun Signs book. in the leo section she alludes to the book/movie the King and I or Anna and the King. she said that the king of siam was a quintessential leo. she recommended that one purchase the book as a guide to how to get effectively deal with a leo male personaity.

well, i bought the book out of interest and also because i was dating a leo at the time. where i could see how she drew the conclusion that the king was a leo, thing is, he wasn't! he was a friggin' libra.

years after this discover, i still feel hornswoggled 😢 but i feel better now as my OCD forced the public disclosure of this information and i can now cross it off of my list of recurring random thoughts.

linda goodman is a pioneer in the new age movement. she deserves respect and i appreciate her insights although i feel that her interpretations of signs do in fact dwell too much on personal experiences.

with that said, she died in 1995 and harry potter wasn't invented yet 😛

don't worry jason, you're still my secret cradle-boo 😉

"well, linda is talking to IQ between 20 to 80, which is understandable for she has to cater to all, and it is quite basic (I just read 2 of her books"

Huh? She doesn't cater to retards.

I love her writing style . I find it clever and fun...like *general* sun sign descriptions should be 😉

well when you consider the books have been in reprint since like the 70s....

her writing style isn't the issue for me. it's that she made such a big leap and now i'm wondering what else i have to go back and question 😛 but luckily, she was an aries and that section was pretty much a self-portrait...although a good one when it comes to the sign

Posted by tubbyscubby
linda goodman is a pioneer in the new age movement. she deserves respect and i appreciate her insights although i feel that her interpretations of signs do in fact dwell too much on personal experiences.

So true. I do respect Linda Goodman and I love her writing. Most of her writing is from personal experience; for example she says Aries are really jealous people, me having an air moon am not jealous at all and was always confused about what she wrote but than I looked up her moon which was in Scorpio (go figure). With that said, I'd like to add, it's hard to describe the zodiac or any of it's 12 signs (and be specific) without using personal experience, or else it would be quite general.

instead of what t f who t f is linda goodman or what ever

^^^there's this novel invention in the states called google. maybe it's reached you guys by now?

we can't all be as informed and educated as you tub us backward people just have to get along as best we can

And I thought Q and T,S. were bone heads

so i'm q-one because you're a lazy smart ass? i prefer my smart asses to be more mentally agile.

I don't do battle with the ones whos IQ is one point above a blade of grass.

Here's the thing...... Linda Goodman was an astrologer....most fiction writers are NOT. This happens all the time where a writer creates a character a certain way and then gives them an arbitrary birthday. This bothers me when it happens... for example, Harry Potter, Edward Cullen, and Steffen Salvatore.....all supposed to be a certain sign according to the birthdays assigned by the writer, but all very clearly other signs according to the personality the writers created. The authors aren't trying to get the strology right [unless it's part of the plot] they are just using a birthday that is convenient to the story line...or compeltely random.

^^^agreed.

but the king of siam was an actual person. he wasn't a fictional character so when she uses his behavior as a sign of what leos are like....maybe he had a lot of leo in his chart but he was no leo.

for me it's just a reminder that people are individuals and not so easily summed up by their sun signs. sure, it'd be great to have a birth chart calculator in our pockets so that every time we meet someone new we could get a read out but i expect that'll be available around the same time flying cars are.

I understand what you're saying TS about the actual King of Siam - but the story itself is fictional so the character isn't EXACTLY like the real king of Siam.

she has you there.

james, another person who lurks and makes random comments. i think it's an over 40 thing?

i get you xangel - it's definitely a fictional account of a "true" story. anna was basically a racist 😛 i dunno if the movies portray this as i only read the book? i remember putting the book down at some point and refusing to read further but i remembered that goodman said he was a leo and at that point i needed so much help with mine that i would've flown to siam if need be.

anna had ethnocentric views and therefore her memoires painted the king as a tyrant and a pig. she disrespected many of siam's cultural traditions and in a way, she was like some woman's lib pioneer but the way she described the siamese people, it was less about an independent woman and more a snotty euro who is unable to sideline her prejudices. in the end, her view of this culture and the king via two memoires was fictionalized later in the King and I (book, not film). the resulting fictionalized king was leo-esque.

regardless, the chick who wrote the original book didn't give the king a sign. i guess in harry potter jd lang or whatever 😉 her name is gave harry some signage? i could never bring myself to read the books. the movies were ok but not enough for me to ignore the fact that these are children's stories 😛

Tubby per haps you and Q could mate the child might be of interest to world of the very disturbed

what is the definition of a troll again?

thats why I lov you Bella you always have a answer for the people with problems.

P.S. she will post here again she has to have the last word.

wow...surprisingly childish for elderly earth signs.

anyhoo...yeah so uhm, i'd be interested in hearing any additional opinions about linda goodman although i think we've pretty much come to an accord.

thanks to those of you who shared your on-topic opinions. it was nice because it was something that had bothered me for a bit but now i see that if you look at it solely from a fictional perspective, ignoring that the dude was real, goodman was pretty much on point. and the character king mong...whatever, could easily be interpreted as a leo...whatever the author's intent.

bigups to xangel for pointing that out.

now the ass and dusty udder can be back to their poorly mimicked laurel and hardy routine.

i avoid looking at that side of the screen whenever you post.

but glad that you felt the need to talk about you. anymore details about you that you'd like to share? how'd the back waxing go?

LMAO!!!!

Sorry, that's some funny shit right there! I dont care who u are! 😉

now say something stupid...i'm trying to write a response in the virgo forum.

you're more than welcome to comment on goodman though.

lata

OH Bella my love we do have a lot in common we both have back hair acording to Tubby lets get together and comb each other also leo love becarful you may be joining Bella and I in a comb down. Lets see what the tubby post next she cant not do it she has to post.

Posted by tubbyscubby
james, another person who lurks and makes random comments. i think it's an over 40 thing?

i get you xangel - it's definitely a fictional account of a "true" story. anna was basically a racist 😛 i dunno if the movies portray this as i only read the book? i remember putting the book down at some point and refusing to read further but i remembered that goodman said he was a leo and at that point i needed so much help with mine that i would've flown to siam if need be.

anna had ethnocentric views and therefore her memoires painted the king as a tyrant and a pig. she disrespected many of siam's cultural traditions and in a way, she was like some woman's lib pioneer but the way she described the siamese people, it was less about an independent woman and more a snotty euro who is unable to sideline her prejudices. in the end, her view of this culture and the king via two memoires was fictionalized later in the King and I (book, not film). the resulting fictionalized king was leo-esque.

regardless, the chick who wrote the original book didn't give the king a sign. i guess in harry potter jd lang or whatever 😉 her name is gave harry some signage? i could never bring myself to read the books. the movies were ok but not enough for me to ignore the fact that these are children's stories 😛

True true! BUT the real story would never have been a broadway hit 😉

JK Rowling alludes to Harry Potter's sign by having his birthday be the first day of school - problem with that is in later books it isn't always the first day of school.... but basically it's 7/31. However the character is actually a virgo by nature, not a leo. And I thought the same about the books being childish, but I read my sister's copy when I was in the hospital and had nothing else to do and I got into it - now I'm a huge fan.

I hate posting in the middle of an argument I have no part in..... I have nothing against James, Bella, or Tubby, so, eh..... *twiddles thumbs and averts eyes*

tis alright x I still lov and respect you

I would do more than suckle a udder my pet

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OH Bella my love we do have a lot in common we both have back hair acording to Tubby lets get together and comb each other also leo love becarful you may be joining Bella and I in a comb down. Lets see what the tubby post next she cant not do it she has to post.

You'd think a little back hair was something to be ashamed of to hear her talk 😢
Meet me in St. Louie my love,you bring the wine,I'll bring the combs.
after the combing, your old ass can suckle my udder until we both fall asleep —

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OMG!! Bella I — you!

Posted by james tate
OH Bella my love we do have a lot in common we both have back hair acording to Tubby lets get together and comb each other also leo love becarful you may be joining Bella and I in a comb down. Lets see what the tubby post next she cant not do it she has to post.

Oh my! All I did was laugh. Does that get me into someone's bad graces on DXP— NO!!! Say it isnt so!!!

And I would join you guys in a comb down any day! I'll make sure to bring some styling products... you know how us lions are about our manes and shit! I dont want my back hair (or my hairy ass for that matter) distracting from my gorgeous head of hair! 😄

ROFLMAO, Sheeeeit fire ladies, we need a slumber party. My house, just bring yourselves, we'll hit the liquor store later.

Oooo girl. I'll put on some slamming music and put out the munchies. Boom chicka wow wow. Woot woot!

Posted by xangelfishx

True true! BUT the real story would never have been a broadway hit 😉

JK Rowling alludes to Harry Potter's sign by having his birthday be the first day of school - problem with that is in later books it isn't always the first day of school.... but basically it's 7/31. However the character is actually a virgo by nature, not a leo. And I thought the same about the books being childish, but I read my sister's copy when I was in the hospital and had nothing else to do and I got into it - now I'm a huge fan.

hmm...odd. ive been tempted to read the book but the opening scenes of the movies remind me of the first 20 pages of every sweet valley high book...and yes, i loved every page too 🙂

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Posted by xangelfishx
I hate posting in the middle of an argument I have no part in..... I have nothing against James, Bella, or Tubby, so, eh..... *twiddles thumbs and averts eyes*

choose yer side sister,choose yer side 😉

ha ha,I kid 🙂

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I can't choose sides! too much libra in my chart 😉

Posted by tubbyscubby

Posted by xangelfishx

True true! BUT the real story would never have been a broadway hit 😉

JK Rowling alludes to Harry Potter's sign by having his birthday be the first day of school - problem with that is in later books it isn't always the first day of school.... but basically it's 7/31. However the character is actually a virgo by nature, not a leo. And I thought the same about the books being childish, but I read my sister's copy when I was in the hospital and had nothing else to do and I got into it - now I'm a huge fan.

hmm...odd. ive been tempted to read the book but the opening scenes of the movies remind me of the first 20 pages of every sweet valley high book...and yes, i loved every page too 🙂

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I actually really love the progression of the books. They do start out very "young" but you really grow with the character/watch him grow. And the books are actually much better than the movies. Not that the movies aren't good in their own right, but I have a lot of resepct for JK Rowling's writing skills - even if she IS an aries 😉 Just kidding, Linda Goodman was also an aries.

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hey angel !!!

*sneaks in venus/bulls bedroom window with som alcohol & weed ✨

oh my virgin ears/eyes 😢

damn one sec I combing Bellas back hair, the next there is a lisbo lov feist going on. Back to the pub.