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Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 7:26:23 am PDT #6852 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Emily - Apr 19, 2005 7:26:24 am PDT #6853 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, honestly. In an article about the need to " Make History Strong in our Schools," they use as an example of why this startling statistic:
In one survey, students aged 8-12 could name more alcoholic beverages than presidents of the United States.
What is wrong with these people? Of course they can! You want to fix that, start buying billboards and ad time for McKinley and Taft -- don't bitch about adolescents' awareness of the world around them! Mind you, the later points are a bit better, like "More elite college seniors thought the general at Yorktown was Grant (37 percent) than Washington (34 percent)." Uh... Yorktown? Oh, right, Revolutionary not Civil. Still... "Fewer knew the source of 'Government of the people, by the people, and for the people' (22 percent) than could identify Beavis & Butthead (99 percent)" Yeah, okay. Guilty.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 7:27:02 am PDT #6854 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I saw a wee baby on Sunday that prompted me to say "Wow. It's Ticky-box sized." I wonder if the mother heard me.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 7:27:38 am PDT #6855 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
also,
"There's a little graffiti around that says `Go Cubs,' so it looks like Our Lady is rooting for the Cubs."
Emily - Apr 19, 2005 7:28:44 am PDT #6856 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
For full disclosure: the only thing I remember about McKinley is my fifth grade teacher telling us, "You know why you've never heard of McKinley? Because he never did anything!" And he's got a mountain in Alaska named after him.
(Note: Actually, maybe that was some other, even less memorable president. Fifth grade was a long time ago.)
Dana - Apr 19, 2005 7:29:47 am PDT #6857 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
McKinley was also assassinated; you think that might make him memorable.
Okay, yes, I only know that because of Sondheim.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2005 7:30:07 am PDT #6858 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
ChiKat, Fullerton under I-94.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 7:30:30 am PDT #6859 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In 6th grade I did a report on James Buchanan. The only think I remember is my teacher laughing when I pronounced his name wrong.
ChiKat - Apr 19, 2005 7:30:46 am PDT #6860 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?
Okay, two things. First, that watermark doesn't look like anything but a waterstain. What the hell? Second, I love the graffiti right next to it, "Satan Loves U"
Gudanov - Apr 19, 2005 7:31:00 am PDT #6861 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Of course they can! You want to fix that, start buying billboards and ad time for McKinley and Taft -- don't bitch about adolescents' awareness of the world around them!
I'm very skeptical of those "Look how little people know stories." I remember one about how (low number)% of adults can name the nine justices on the supreme court. If stuff doesn't come up day to day, then you're going to forget. One's Harding and Polk administration knowledge doesn't get exercised very much.