The Melbourne Cup has a holiday?
It surely does in Melbourne. Not the rest of the country, they just stop work while the actual race is on.
As far as I know, Melbourne is the only place in the world that gets a day off for a horse race.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Apr 18, 2005 12:47:30 pm PDT #6664 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 12:57:26 pm PDT #6665 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Cause, see:
But the British did not repeal the Stamp Act. In fact, they put new taxes on the colonies. . . .
Many people were angered when the British would not change the Stamp Act or the new Townshend Act.
See, the Stamp Act was passed in October 1765 and the Townshed Act in 1767... and the Stamp Act was repealed in March 1766. Great. Now I have real confidence in this book. Oh, and! They totally give no explanation for the Proclamation of 1763 which mumble mumble...
Sorry. Reining.
billytea - Apr 18, 2005 1:04:51 pm PDT #6666 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
t looks around furtively
Slumbernut?
Laura - Apr 18, 2005 1:09:21 pm PDT #6667 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
billytea is extra evil
ChiKat - Apr 18, 2005 1:10:41 pm PDT #6668 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Emily, I see nothing wrong with explaning that books are fallable. And, part of a reader's job is to read with a critical eye and to question. Since this is a history lesson, you could also bring in the subjectivity of history and how much of history is someone's interpretation.
I know some teachers who have contests with their students to find incorrect information, incorrect grammar, etc. in books or articles. They get extra credit points if they bring it in.
Daisy Jane - Apr 18, 2005 1:11:59 pm PDT #6669 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Emily, if you haven't, read Lies My Teacher Told Me.
It only covers the stuff in history books, but the staggering amount of stuff that people think because of wrong textbooks in grade school is enough to make you want to burn the lot of them.
JenP - Apr 18, 2005 1:14:01 pm PDT #6670 of 10001
Strength and healing to Ouise's sister, Calli's mother and both families.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 1:14:36 pm PDT #6671 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dear co-worker,
I like to enunciate too. But T's don't have to pop. Don't make me keep thinking of ways to cure you of the habit.
Aims - Apr 18, 2005 1:15:11 pm PDT #6672 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hey ita, how's your french? I have a new guy for you.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 1:17:07 pm PDT #6673 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When you say French ...
t /12
It works when I need it to. What's the guy's resumé look like?