I just read that on DMN's blog!
Zombies! Hyena people! Snyder!
Student ,'Touched'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Daisy Jane - May 31, 2007 10:27:29 am PDT #213 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Toddson - May 31, 2007 10:30:24 am PDT #214 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, he's never taken well to being thwarted, and he's getting a lot of that these days. And while listening to him get petulant is annoying, I much prefer it to the smugness.
Jesse - May 31, 2007 10:31:01 am PDT #215 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just remembered that in grammar school, I got eliminated from a spelling bee for spelling "all right" wrong, because I didn't say to include the space. I knew it was two words!
I am laughing out loud here at work because of the "fake sign language hands" Jesse gave her boss! Did you talk really slowly, too?
Yeah, kinda. Oops.
Kathy A - May 31, 2007 10:34:19 am PDT #216 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I only came in 9th in my 3-5th grade spelling bee because I spelled "straight" as "strait," even though I had asked for a definition and knew that the word I wanted was "straight"--I just completely forgot about the damn "gh"! I went to the back of the stage with the rest of the losers and cried my eyes out, but my dad pointed out I was the last of the 3rd graders left at that point, which made me feel a bit better (but still stupid).
I've never had a problem spelling that word since.
DavidS - May 31, 2007 10:36:29 am PDT #217 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never had a problem spelling that word since.
Charlie Brown lost the spelling bee on "beagle."
Megan E. - May 31, 2007 10:41:21 am PDT #218 of 10001
Charlie Brown lost the spelling bee on "beagle."
Did he spell it S-N-O-O-P-Y?
Hil R. - May 31, 2007 10:49:05 am PDT #219 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I lost the spelling bee in fourth grade on "kindergarten." (Well, got second place.) In seventh grade, I got to the regional round and then lost on "pigeon."
Huh. The dictionary gives "alright" as "non-standard usage." I've seen it used that way plenty of times.
Fred Pete - May 31, 2007 10:51:33 am PDT #220 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
In sixth grade, I lost on "granary." Seventh grade was really weird -- I originally finished third on "hundredths" because the word was spelled wrong on the answer key. After a big fuss (led by one of the English teachers), the top 3 got a do-over. That time I won.
aurelia - May 31, 2007 10:53:16 am PDT #221 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Now I want "phonetic" to be one of the spelling words.
On the lj thing, was there ever a post announcing the mass suspensions?
DavidS - May 31, 2007 10:53:33 am PDT #222 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did he spell it S-N-O-O-P-Y?
I think it was B-e-a-g-e-l.
Lucy called him a blockhead.