I think the answer to that question is always yes.
Jayne: 'Cause I don't know these folks. Don't much care to. Mal: They're whores. Jayne: I'm in.
'Heart Of Gold'
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brenda m - Nov 16, 2010 4:15:04 pm PST #8662 of 30000
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
Cass - Nov 16, 2010 4:15:20 pm PST #8663 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
(he informed us all yesterday that if we knew our history, we'd realize that Pompeii was destroyed in a volcanic eruption)
Dude. Really? A volcano?
Yeah, a jury of your peers would canonize you, not convict you.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2010 4:17:05 pm PST #8664 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What did he think you thought about Pompeii?
amych - Nov 16, 2010 4:29:29 pm PST #8665 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hon, YOUR peers? The papyrus thing alone. But Pompeii is good for snickering over drinks after the trial is done.
Volans - Nov 16, 2010 4:33:52 pm PST #8666 of 30000
move out and draw fire
What did he think you thought about Pompeii?
We'd mentioned that the Google StreetView of Pompeii was a nice way to augment history lessons for kids who were studying Pompeii.
He said "If you know anything about history, you'd know that you should be wary of showing that to kids."
It took us a bit to parse what he meant. I said "I don't think most of the penis graffiti is visible anymore..." so he patiently explained the whole volcano thing.
After a moment of stunned silence one of my team said, "Dude, "killed by volcano" is second only to "eaten by dinosaurs" in getting kids to engage with history."
sj - Nov 16, 2010 4:41:53 pm PST #8667 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
After a moment of stunned silence one of my team said, "Dude, "killed by volcano" is second only to "eaten by dinosaurs" in getting kids to engage with history."
He obviously knows nothing about kids. But it does remind me of the tour guide at the Edward Gorey museum having to explain to one of the other tourists that no, most kids are not traumatized by The Gashlycrumb Tinies.
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2010 4:41:53 pm PST #8668 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
No jury of my peers in the world...
I have it on good authority that you've been in Wisconsin when this guy "disappears."
The filled-in concrete corpses alone in Pompeii got me hooked for good on archeology. Well, that and the penis graffiti.
sj - Nov 16, 2010 4:43:09 pm PST #8669 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Pompeii was definitely one of the most amazing places I have ever seen in my life.
amych - Nov 16, 2010 4:45:42 pm PST #8670 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Well, that and the penis graffiti.
Dude, 9th grade Italian class, Mr. Whatsisname didn't realize until too late that he'd put in the real slide carousel from his vacation instead of the sanitized-for-14-year-olds one? Hooked me on everything from history to Italian to technology in the classroom.
billytea - Nov 16, 2010 4:57:29 pm PST #8671 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It took us a bit to parse what he meant.
I'm still not entirely sure I'm parsing what he meant. Is there supposed to be something about volcanos that would offend tender sensibilities? (I mean, sure, if you dropped one in.) Or is he not aware it's been excavated and thinks it's a fake?