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Monday, July 28, 2008 9:49 AM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by MSB:
Thank No CHild Left Behind...now all we can care about is if you can pass the test ' cause if you don't we get fired and you don't get a diploma...so now it all rides on those tests.



To be fair the problems we are decrying began long before NCLB. Not defending NCLB per se as it is a deeply flawed bit of legislation but schools were trimming away at the important arts stuff long before it was a gleam in any elected officials eye.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

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Monday, July 28, 2008 10:02 AM

MSB


Yup it's always been about money and "priorities" it's just gotten worse

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Monday, July 28, 2008 12:08 PM

FREELANCERTEX


u know those stupid V8 commercials where ppl who dont eat their vegetables get bonked in the head? pretty much every schoolboard out there needs to be bonked in the head when theyre about to cut a program.


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:42 PM

FREELANCERTEX


*bumps thread*


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:53 PM

MSB


bumps back:)

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:19 PM

FREELANCERTEX


*looks around the dark room* *whispers* what was that?

i bumped in the night, and something bumped back...


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Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:01 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE


OK, if you're gonna be bumping in the night, have the decency to close the shades, so I don't get in trouble!

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:07 AM

MSB




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Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:39 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE


Where do you get these pictures? That is the best!

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:38 AM

FREELANCERTEX


Quote:

Originally posted by GorramGroupie: OK, if you're gonna be bumping in the night, have the decency to close the shades, so I don't get in trouble

@_@ not like that

and there from lolcats or loldogs

go to icanhascheezburger.com or ihasahotdog.com

MSB: that's a cute one ^_^


this is still one of my faves :-P


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Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:44 AM

FREELANCERTEX


and this one XD




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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:07 PM

TRAVELER


School was not much even back in the Sixties and Seventies. As soon as you graduated you found out you were good for one thing. Vietnam.

Can you say cannon fodder.




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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:09 PM

DAVESHAYNE


So I was watching Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog again and I was hit with a stunning revelation. While Penny talked about her date with Captain Hammer Billy was driving a SPORK into his leg, Dr. Horrible is trying to join the Evil LEAGUE of Evil, and in the final confrontation people were drawn to the press conference like LEMMINGS to water.

Do you know what that means? Mutant Enemy are totally shouting out to our little thread!

Edit: BTW I got my Dr. Horrible Fan Shirt today. Awesome it is.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:39 PM

FREELANCERTEX


I think "you're kidding! what a crazy random happenstance" just became my favorite phrase XD

is it me, or did captain hammer seem to be a *little* bit of a douche during the date scene with stuff that was going on around him? :-P he was still hilarious

some of these songs sound familiar....melody-wise..


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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:44 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
*little* bit of a douche



Not so much "little" as "very much a"

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:50 PM

FREELANCERTEX


yeah i'm amending that statement as i watch it. he's a dirtbag :-P wow.
why. thats all i gotta say. ><

and "you're kidding! what a crazy random happenstance!" is totally my new favorite phrase XD just wanted to say it again :-P


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Friday, August 1, 2008 5:10 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE


Wait, this thread is making sense, gotta stop that!
Cry Havok, and let slip the sheep of war!


Better.

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Friday, August 1, 2008 5:28 AM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.


::starts counting the sheep, then falls asleep::

Once a lurker, always a lurker.

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Friday, August 1, 2008 6:56 AM

MSB


*bouncies around ( a bit gingerly as I am hungover) because she can't contain the joy*

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Friday, August 1, 2008 9:32 AM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by gorramgroupie:



But which sheep are the pink and which are the purple?
Life's in the sink and the bathtub's a gurgle!

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

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Friday, August 1, 2008 9:45 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE


The ones wearing monocles.

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Friday, August 1, 2008 9:52 AM

MSB


Did you know that most white cats are deaf?

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Friday, August 1, 2008 9:55 AM

GORRAMGROUPIE


Like this:?


'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
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Friday, August 1, 2008 10:17 AM

FREELANCERTEX


Quote:

Originally posted by MsB: Did you know that most white cats are deaf?

i did, actually. my cousin had a white cat and she was deaf :-\ poor Fuzz.


Have you PAID the PIED PIPER??? O_o


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Friday, August 1, 2008 10:19 AM

MSB


Um I can play the flute... why would I need a piper???



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Friday, August 1, 2008 10:53 AM

FREELANCERTEX


was just being random :-P

CHARLIE SHEEN ONCE ROASTED FOUR KUMQUATS

actually im quoting random things from The Lazer Collection :-P


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Friday, August 1, 2008 1:19 PM

TRAVELER


MSB:

I did not know white cats are deaf.

It must be in their jeans. Tell them to wear loser fitting Levis' and no belt.

With multi-colored sheep, do you count the pink ones first or the purple? Or do you forget the color and count them randomly?


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Friday, August 1, 2008 1:23 PM

AIKO


You count one pink sheep, then a purple one, then you count all the blue ones; then you count a couple purple sheep, then three pink sheep, and count all the red sheep; then you count all the purple sheep, five pink sheep, and two green ones. Then you count one pink sheep, one black sheep, another pink sheep, one white sheep, one pink sheep, a couple yellow and orange sheep and you're done! Well, if you want to count the brown sheep, you altranate those with the rest of the pink sheep left uncounted.

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Friday, August 1, 2008 1:30 PM

TRAVELER


That sounds like an episode of Farscape.
Put me in the chair.


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Friday, August 1, 2008 1:58 PM

AIKO


*picks Traveler up and puts her down in a supersonic wheelchair that can fly, swim, whatever, to suit her name*

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Friday, August 1, 2008 1:59 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by gorramgroupie:
The ones wearing monocles.



I wonder if you can get bifocal monocles? If you can I want three of them.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

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Friday, August 1, 2008 2:26 PM

TRAVELER


Bifocal monocle sounds like an oxymoron.

And thank you Daveshayne. I love excuses to use the word oxymoron. There I said it again.

Just came over from Jango. I've been listening to the Platters. They were great.


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Friday, August 1, 2008 4:01 PM

AIKO


Oxymorons are a good thing to laugh about, and it's a cute word as well.


You know what one of the funniest oxymorons is?
Military Intellegence



You know what the most common oxymoron is?
Good Morning

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Friday, August 1, 2008 4:19 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by traveler:
And thank you Daveshayne. I love excuses to use the word oxymoron. There I said it again.



Oops I said it again? Or are Britney jokes passe?

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

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Friday, August 1, 2008 5:23 PM

TRAVELER


Well "Britney jokes" may be passe but they aren't an oxymoron.


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 2:43 AM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by traveler:
Well "Britney jokes" may be passe but they aren't an oxymoron.



Not everything I say has to contradict itself. Sometimes it's fun to say oxyoxy things or moronmoron things to change it up a bit.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:37 PM

FREELANCERTEX


OLLIE OLLIE OXEN FREE!!!!

...i never did get what that meant...what does it mean?


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:44 PM

AIKO


Beats me.

*gets thwapped a couple times by an pygmy* That hurts...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:55 PM

FREELANCERTEX


*looks around* there're pygmies runnin around in here now??


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:57 PM

AIKO


No, we don't have any pygmys running around. This pygmy that slapped me about is actually quite mannered, and prefers to walk :P

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:02 PM

TRAVELER


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
OLLIE OLLIE OXEN FREE!!!!

...i never did get what that meant...what does it mean?


I'm not sure. It is old. It could and probably does date back to the 1800's. We said it when I was a child. And, no, not in the 1800's. had to nip that in the bud before you guys started calling me old as dirt. Old as dust; yeah. Old as dirt; no.


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:18 PM

FREELANCERTEX


i know, we said as kids too on occasion. it just never made sense to us :-P


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:35 PM

TRAVELER


I know there was a true to life Lizzie Bordon, who according to the children's rhyme, "Gave her mother 40 wacks and when she saw what she had doe gave her father 41." So these childhood phrases have some origin in them. But years go by and they are lost.


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 2:29 PM

FREELANCERTEX


well i guess i'll have to take my time machine and find them again :-P


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:02 PM

TRAVELER


freelancertex:

You have a time machine? Could I use it some time? I have some mistakes I need to correct and that would really be handy.

I could go back in time and tell myself not to call that police officer a lard head.

That would take me off the "usual suspects" list the department has on me. Hate getting yanked outta work, especially on a busy day is a pain.

Then there was the time with the cat. Never mind. Will let the cat thing go since no one saw it.

A time machime really would help out a lot.


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:26 PM

FREELANCERTEX


lolz, sure. just dont abuse it :-P and remember any direct contact with a past/future version of yourself could cause a paradox!!


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:44 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
OLLIE OLLIE OXEN FREE!!!!

...i never did get what that meant...what does it



My best guess, and it is only a guess, is that it was originally something like, "All in. All in. All come free," but that over time the chant changed to the form it's heard in now either because it was easier for kids to scream or because it sounded funny or some such. That or there was this one kid named Ollie whose family had a brace or two of oxen (for plowing the fields or whatnot) Only he was really good at hiding and the oxen often got out of the barn leading to the potential for trampling so when the kids were playing hide and seek and the oxen got loose the other kids all had to start screaming "Ollie, Ollie, the oxen are free." so old "hard to find" Ollie didn't get trampled to death.

Also Lizzie Borden was in fact acquitted. Plus if you follow the generally accepted time line for the crime she would have killed her father and then her stepmother not the other way around as the rhyme alleges. Or that's what I remember hearing once.

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:56 PM

TRAVELER


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
lolz, sure. just dont abuse it :-P and remember any direct contact with a past/future version of yourself could cause a paradox!!



That's okay. Most people consider me a paradox already.


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 3:58 PM

FREELANCERTEX


how the HELL does "all in, all in, all come free" translate to "ollie ollie oxen free"??? and what does "all in all in all come free" even MEAN??? O_o *ponders going off to the bar to somehow dispel the confusion*


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Saturday, August 2, 2008 4:22 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
how the HELL does "all in, all in, all come free" translate to "ollie ollie oxen free"???



All in becomes Ollie when you drop the N. All come becomes oxen when "allc" is ground down to ox and "ome" gets slurred to en. Free remains free.

Quote:

and what does "all in all in all come free" even MEAN??? O_o *ponders going off to the bar to somehow dispel the confusion*


When playing the game of hide and seek if the seeker is unable to locate the hiders after a reasonable time and wants to just give up they use that chant. I should think it's fairly obvious what those words mean in that context, "You can come in now I've stopped looking"

David

'Geeks can't admit that anything worthwhile was invented before 1981. Soon, "making cocoa" will be called "milk hacking."' - Lore Sjoberg

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Don't worry. Captain Hammer will save us." - Penny.

I has myspace - http://www.myspace.com/daveshayneforpresident

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