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Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'

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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.

Dana - May 31, 2007 11:00:20 am PDT #223 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

On the lj thing, was there ever a post announcing the mass suspensions?

Nope. Just poof, gone.

Aims - May 31, 2007 11:00:24 am PDT #224 of 10001

Shit's all sorts of different now.

I lost the 6th grade spelling bee on "Surprise". I spelled it with a "z".

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