One of the teachers mentioned in the big Horace Mann sex abuse scandal, detailed a couple of weeks ago in the Times Magazine, was my 9th-grade history teacher.
The surrealism of everyday life
Started by Vanessa, Sep 22 2004 10:31 AM
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 02:50 PM
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." --John Steinbeck
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 03:02 PM
After an unfortunate incident on USAirways pigs are barred as well.You can take a pony on a plane but only if it is an emotional support pony.
You do need to get a doctor's note though -- don't just turn up at the airport with your pony and expect to get on the plane!
pony
“I have a dream of a multiplicity of pastramis.”
"None of you get it." - Wilfrid (on the Beatles)
"I don't have time to point out all the ways in which you're wrong" - irnscrabblechf52
"None of you get it." - Wilfrid (on the Beatles)
"I don't have time to point out all the ways in which you're wrong" - irnscrabblechf52
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 09:35 PM
Stoli salted caramel vodka. Surely a sign of the apocalypse.
Sardines aren't for sissies.---Frank Bruni
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 03:55 PM
Everybody hates the banks, but every small business owner I know has asked me to vote for them in the Chase money giveaway this month.
I never said that
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 01:33 PM
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
~Jack Handey
*proud descendant of cheese eating surrender monkeys*
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:37 PM
so....what are you wearing? and do you like......stuff?
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I like romantic movies, long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners and the Higgs boson.
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i like higgs bosom too! in fact, i like most bosoms! oh, boson.
Wait, I think we've found one.
Are you sure?
Well, it looks like one, doesn't it?
I don't know, I can't see it.
Wait, where's it gone. Careful. Don't tread on it.
Hmm. It's Higgs-like, but I don't know.
Pass me my eyeglasses.
Why live your life when you could curate it?
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:02 PM
Woman sitting next us at lunch at Balthazar today sent back her duck confit because "it's. a little greasy, a little oh, oily, you know ?". Not a murmur from the waiter , who whisked it away . A manager did stop by later and gently explained just why a confit might be on the fatty side. This ideal customer also I could not help but notice also left a $4 tip for steak frites and a kir royale, which must have come in at least $45.
Sardines aren't for sissies.---Frank Bruni
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:14 PM
I'm surprised she found the fries acceptable.Woman sitting next us at lunch at Balthazar today sent back her duck confit because "it's. a little greasy, a little oh, oily, you know ?". Not a murmur from the waiter , who whisked it away . A manager did stop by later and gently explained just why a confit might be on the fatty side. This ideal customer also I could not help but notice also left a $4 tip for steak frites and a kir royale, which must have come in at least $45.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:24 PM
And that Kir Royale: it had bubbles, right?
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:26 PM
even worse it tasted suspiciously like ribena with bubbles in it.And that Kir Royale: it had bubbles, right?
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
~Jack Handey
*proud descendant of cheese eating surrender monkeys*
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 11:05 PM
“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
~Jack Handey
*proud descendant of cheese eating surrender monkeys*
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 12:21 PM
Last night, i went to pick up my pillow that fell off the bed. with the pillow, came my cell phone that was attached to the chord in the wall. It arched and then came down smacking me right on the lip. Lip bleeding, lip is swollen, it is 3 in the morning. I get up, walked down the hall, get ice, hold on my face for a couple of hours.
Ason, I keep planets in orbit.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 08:40 PM
Step right up and get your 8,000 sq ft, 9 bedroom mansion for $290k. The catch is that you'd have to live in Toledo. But you could fit A LOT of cats in there!
It is better to have beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 08:44 PM
"...licorice tycoon"Step right up and get your 8,000 sq ft, 9 bedroom mansion for $290k. The catch is that you'd have to live in Toledo. But you could fit A LOT of cats in there!
Suffocating under a pile of cheese curds.
