Pastor plans to sue school for "emotional kidnapping and psychological rape"
Am now earwormed with "Emotional Rescue."
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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 - Aug 18, 2006 7:01:22 am PDT #3377 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.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2006 7:03:32 am PDT #3378 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay, I thought the movie sucked too, but that's just a wee bit overboard.
I know, right? Can you sue a school for "showing a really fucking weird movie"?
And besides, I have this feeling that even if the pastor and wife had been pre-informed that the movie was going to be shown, they wouldn't have had a CLUE what it was.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2006 7:05:26 am PDT #3379 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if the pastor and wife had been pre-informed that the movie was going to be shown, they wouldn't have had a CLUE what it was.
Exactly why she shouldn't watch it. New things are scary.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 7:06:29 am PDT #3380 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.
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Also, Non-Errors
(Those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English.)
Jessica - Aug 18, 2006 7:07:58 am PDT #3381 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh:
The title Jurassic Park has a 10.2% chance of being a bestselling title!
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 7:09:26 am PDT #3382 of 10001
What is even happening?
I agree that "emotional kidnapping and psychological rape" are three exits past rational, but what were the school administrators thinking, showing an R-rated movie (any R-rated movie) to 9th graders, without parental consent? An R-rating stands for something like "Restricted" and I think the age tag associated with it is 17 years old. Ninth graders are typically 13 and 14 years old, and maybe 15, in some cases. I'd be pissed if the school showed my ninth graders an R-rated film without my consent.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 7:10:05 am PDT #3383 of 10001
What is even happening?
coffee roll
I can't imagine suing, however. I'm far too lazy.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 7:11:08 am PDT #3384 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.
Ooh - I found a better one:
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Jessica - Aug 18, 2006 7:12:23 am PDT #3385 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The only way I can break the 10.2% curse is to make them titlefight:
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Jesse - Aug 18, 2006 7:13:01 am PDT #3386 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One summer when I was a kid in day camp, it was raining on a day when we were supposed to do something outside, so they took us to the movies at the last minute. To see Kramer vs. Kramer. I'm pretty sure no one sued, but there were plenty of pissed off parents.