Dammit, our Academic Decathlon topic was the '80s.
Jeebus.
I've forgotten what our AcaDeca topic was. I think something having to do with Amy Tan's books, but I misremember.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
juliana - Jan 17, 2007 8:20:46 am PST #3517 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
shrift - Jan 17, 2007 8:20:47 am PST #3518 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I knew I was getting old when I discovered that I could no longer use The Breakfast Club as a shared cultural touchstone.
On the other hand, The Daily Show still uses it, so maybe I should just mock those pesky kids who don't get my jokes.
DavidS - Jan 17, 2007 8:22:00 am PST #3519 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
On the other hand, The Daily Show still uses it, so maybe I should just mock those pesky kids who don't get my jokes.
Or maybe you should switch to The Daily Show for all your cultural touchstones. Or better yet, The Simpsons. That's good for a 20 year span of humans.
juliana - Jan 17, 2007 8:22:51 am PST #3520 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Go Team India!
Did you skip over the part about the most corrupt bureaucracy on earth?
One of. Besides, P-C lives in the Bay Area. It's not like we don't have some corrupt bureaucracies right here.
Jesse - Jan 17, 2007 8:23:32 am PST #3521 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course, in 10 more years, The Daily Show is going to be, like, News For Your Mom.
Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2007 8:23:58 am PST #3522 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nah, the clock has way fewer sockpuppets and flouncy journal deletions.
But the clock reports these things.
Did you skip over the part about the most corrupt bureaucracy on earth?
Silver lining, David. Silver lining.
I've forgotten what our AcaDeca topic was. I think something having to do with Amy Tan's books, but I misremember.
The other year, we didn't have a social science topic because the Super Quiz was the global economy, I think. I learned all sorts of things from Ac Dec.
Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2007 8:24:51 am PST #3523 of 10001
brillig
I am not old enough to remember when it came out, but I am definitely old enough to remember when it was like 11:59:45 or some shit during the Reagan era. Not that it's a digital clock.
Oh, Christ, yes, I spent much of the '80s going, "Good god, what's that man going to do now? They've got nukes! We've got nukes! And he's got penile size issue that he's trying to solve with the military budget!"
sarameg - Jan 17, 2007 8:26:00 am PST #3524 of 10001
I mean, doesn't it just cause MORE drama by making people freak out about the state of the world that it measures?
Oh yeah, you weren't really around for the Cold War... It was all about the drama, by its definition. MAD, nuclear winter, banging shoe fights...
shrift - Jan 17, 2007 8:27:10 am PST #3525 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Of course, in 10 more years, The Daily Show is going to be, like, News For Your Mom.
I'm so not ready to be uncool. Although I suspect I already am.
Jesse - Jan 17, 2007 8:27:50 am PST #3526 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You're cool!