Vortex, it's almost 11. That makes it brunch.
Makes it Elevensies.
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Cashmere - Apr 28, 2005 5:59:46 am PDT #9639 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
brenda m - Apr 28, 2005 6:00:10 am PDT #9640 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
I'm not sure how tag could be eliminated from public schools. In gym class, sure, but at recess?
Well, a lot of schools are eliminating recess. And who ever played tag in gym? So there you go.
msbelle - Apr 28, 2005 6:00:17 am PDT #9641 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
there has to be a happy medium between sadistic dodgeball and everyone gets a trophy, right?
stupid extremists on everything.
DXMachina - Apr 28, 2005 6:00:56 am PDT #9642 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
"ABOUT FUCKING TIME. DODGEBALL DELENDA EST."
JZ is dead to me...
Emily - Apr 28, 2005 6:01:04 am PDT #9643 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
My personal favorite moment of the entire show came earlier, though, when Stewart mocked the tee-heeing giggly us-girls ineptitude of the CNN co-anchors at the end of a serious, depressing story in which a spokesflackster had just lied on-air: he flailed, he giggled, he exploded into righteous expletive-laced fury. I would've had his baby right then and there.
Yes! I'd forgotten about that in my irritation with the these-schools-today-head-shake thing, but that was wicked. And I like his sparing use of bleeped obscenity. It nicely adds emphasis to the comedy -- like, "Look at this, isn't this funny? In the way that it drives you fucking insane?"
What's the joke about the "Conflicting theories about the Earth's shape" headline?
Calli - Apr 28, 2005 6:01:56 am PDT #9644 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Well, a lot of schools are eliminating recess.
Oh, lord. I would hate to be the 2nd grade teacher of a recess-deprived bunch of kids. Do they really expect the little blighters to sit calmly at their desks from 8-3, with only a lunch break? Heck, I can't do that and I'm 37.
Jessica - Apr 28, 2005 6:02:28 am PDT #9645 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, a lot of schools are eliminating recess
True, but that's a money issue more than a morality issue, isn't it?
In my elementary school, freeze tag was one of those "It's too nice a day for me to give you a structured class today" gym class games. (Dodge ball was the rainy-day equivalent.)
Jessica - Apr 28, 2005 6:03:51 am PDT #9646 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What's the joke about the "Conflicting theories about the Earth's shape" headline?
Dubya announces the world is flat, the next day's headlines read "Shape of Earth: Views Differ"?
Emily - Apr 28, 2005 6:04:25 am PDT #9647 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, I should point out that I totally agree that groundless praise is an inefficient motivator and ends up undercutting drive and achievement, by the way. Like everything, there's a balance. But, see, since education schools aren't STUPID, they didn't need her to write a book to tell them that.
sarameg - Apr 28, 2005 6:11:28 am PDT #9648 of 10001
In my elemetary school, PE had, on a weekly basis, dodgeball AND square dancing. It was very effective torture for all involved. The PE teacher was amean ass bitch too. She would yell at me for bringing in a note excusing me because I had a piece of glass in my foot and was waiting for surgery to be scheduled.
Bitch. She's still working in the district. Mom says she's mellowed some but is still a bitch who has no business dealing with kids.