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Samstag, 14. Dezember 2013

VOL 1278 - DEC. 15, 2013 - Strange Regional Differences - Planning For The Football Season in the North & South

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Strange "Business" Quotes:

"When you need to knock on wood is when you realize the world's composed of aluminum and vinyl." [Flugg]

"If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then add one more as an afterthought, he'll forget two of the first five." [Wives]

"Keep up with the Grabowskis . . . you'll never make enough to keep up with the Joneses." [Advice on Status]

"Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work."

"The dirt is also on the other side." [Frisk Principle of Window Cleaning]

"When all else fails, why not read the instructions?"

"We should refrain from making very harsh judgments of people just because they happen to be dirty, no-good s.o.b.s."

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - Planning For The Football Season in the North & South

Planning for the fall football season in the South is radically different than up North. For those who are planning a football trip to the South, here are some helpful hints.

Women's Accessories

NORTH: ChapStick in back pocket and a $20 bill in the front pocket.

SOUTH: Louis Vuitton duffel with two lipsticks, waterproof mascara, and a fifth of bourbon. Money not necessary - that's what dates are for.

Stadium Size

NORTH: College football stadiums hold 20,000 people.

SOUTH: High school football stadiums hold 20,000 people.

Fathers

NORTH: Expect their daughters to understand Sylvia Plath.

SOUTH: Expect their daughters to understand pass interference.

Campus Decor

NORTH: Statues of founding fathers.

SOUTH: Statues of Heisman trophy winners.

Homecoming Queen

NORTH: Also a physics major.

SOUTH: Also Miss America.

Heroes

NORTH: Rudy Giuliani

SOUTH: Bear Bryant, Archie, Eli and Peyton Manning, Bo Jackson

Getting Tickets

NORTH: 5 days before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus and purchase tickets.

SOUTH: 5 months before the game you walk into the ticket office on campus and put name on waiting list for tickets.

Monday Classes After a Saturday Game

NORTH: Students and teachers not sure they're going to the game, because they have to prepare for classes on Monday.

SOUTH: Teachers cancel Monday classes because they don't want to see the few hung over students that might actually make it to class.

Parking

NORTH: An hour before game time, the University opens the campus for game parking.

SOUTH: RVs sporting their school flags begin arriving on Wednesday for the weekend festivities. The really faithful arrive on Tuesday.

Game Day

NORTH: A few students party in the dorm and watch ESPN on TV.

SOUTH: Every student wakes up, has a beer for breakfast, and rushes over to where ESPN is broadcasting "Game Day Live" to get on camera and wave to the idiots up north who wonder why "Game Day Live" is never broadcast from their campus.

Tailgating

NORTH: Raw meat on a grill, beer with lime in it, listening to local radio station with truck tailgate down.

SOUTH: 30-foot custom pig-shaped smoker fires up at dawn. Cooking accompanied by live performance by "Dave Matthews' Band," who come over during breaks and ask for a hit off bottle of bourbon.

Getting to the Stadium

NORTH: You ask "Where's the stadium?" When you find it, you walk right in.

SOUTH: When you're near it, you'll hear it. On game day it becomes the state's third largest city.

Concessions

NORTH: Drinks served in a paper cup, filled to the top with soda.

SOUTH: Drinks served in a plastic cup, with the home team's mascot on it, filled less than half way with soda, to ensure enough room for bourbon.

When National Anthem is Played

NORTH! : Stands are less than half full, and less than half of them stand up.

SOUTH: 100,000 fans, all standing, sing along in perfect four-part harmony.

The Smell in the Air After the First Score

NORTH: Nothing changes.

SOUTH: Fireworks, with a touch of bourbon.

Commentary (Male)

NORTH: "Nice play."

SOUTH: "Dammit, you slow sumbitch - tackle him and break his legs.."

Commentary (Female)

NORTH: "My, this certainly is a violent sport."

SOUTH: "Dammit, you slow sumbitch tackle him and break his legs."

Announcers

NORTH: Neutral and paid.

SOUTH: Announcer harmonizes with the crowd in the fight song, with a tear in his eye because he is so proud of his team.

After the Game

NORTH: The stadium is empty way before the game ends.

SOUTH: Another rack of ribs goes on the smoker, while somebody goes to the nearest package store for more bourbon, and planning begins for next week's game.

Nothing else in the universe comes even halfway close to the glories of Southern football!

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[b3ta] Do you mind? We're trying to come in like a wrecking ball here

This Week:

* BREAKFAST - Bacon drone

* STAR TREK - Christmas carol

* INNUENDO - Organ song

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Breakfast, Spies and Tallness

>> I HAVE MADE A BACON DRONE <<

"I made it from sticks and tape and coat

hangers," bellows Joel Veitch. "It delivers not

only bacon, but in fact an entire cooked

breakfast of bacon, egg, sausage, mushroom and

tomato ketchup.

"All that Amazon stuff about drone delivery is

pretty crappy compared to my amazing

technological triumph. This is why I am so much

more rich and successful than Jeff Bezos."

http://www.b3ta.com/links/I_HAVE_MADE_A_BACON_DRONE

>> Joe 90 redux <<

"I thought considering all the silliness that

goes on here, perhaps you'd like this," writes

rowlification, of this redubbed 1960s puppet

spy show.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Joe_90_redux

>> A lifestyle show for tall people <<

"Just what you've always wanted, right?" winks

Touched by an Angle Grinder.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/1108950/

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: USVSTH3M

Stuff we made and hope you like

* 18 moronic questions that will drive every

vegetarian to bit people to death just to shut

them up.

http://usvsth3m.com/post/69796467326/

* Granagotchi - help gran survive the winter!

http://toys.usvsth3m.com/granagotchi/

* Can you control or inner pedant? Or will you

literally explode with rage?

http://toys.usvsth3m.com/control-your-inner-pedant/

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: QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Celebrity Encounters III

Last week we asked for more encounters with

famous people, good and bloody awful:

http://b3ta.com/questions/celebencounters3/

* PINT - "This was someone whose work I'd been

introduced to when I was seven. It kept me

entertained for the better part of twenty

years. He'd been responsible for more late

nights, more jokes, more laughter and probably

more arguments than anything in my entire life.

In the end, I thought that the worse that could

happen was that he'd say no, so I wandered

nonchalantly over.

"''Scuse me?' I said. 'Can I buy you a drink?'

He looked at me, a little nonplussed. 'Why?'

'Because you've been entertaining me ever

since I was seven, and I reckon I probably owe

you one by way of a thank you.' He looked at

me over his glasses. 'No, you can't.' I

started to turn away. 'But I'll buy you one.'

"He was lovely. Friendly, avuncular, and

obviously only too used to dealing with people

like me, who had a story or two to tell. He

told me a few himself. It was great, and

somewhere inside, my inner seven year old was

dancing about with glee. He died a couple of

years later, which made me sad. But I got to

say thank you and, in return, Gary Gygax

bought me a pint."

(davywavy)

* FUCK OFF - "Around 1990, I was wrestling an

enormous, wheeled flight-case, containing big

boxes of electronic-make-music-loud stuff up

a ramp onto a big stage in a field in Berkshire.

On reaching the top, someone was stood blocking

the ramp with their back to me, and momentum

was in charge of the proceedings.

"And that is how I came to bellow, "Get out

the fucking way you stupid fucking twat" at

Mick Jagger. To his credit, he said "Sorry

man" and got out of the fucking way."

(redexile)

* DEAD POOL - "I saw Mo Mowlam in St James's

Park once. She's dead now. I also saw Robin

Cook in St James's Park once. He's dead now.

I'm still hoping to see George Osbourne."

(scarpe)

>> This Week - BIZARRE LEAPS OF LOGIC <<

Ever been left at a mental standstill by

someone else's thought processes? Tell all:

http://b3ta.com/questions/bizarreleapsoflogic/

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: SITES IN BRIEF

Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates

>> Is it Christmas? <<

Single serving website - look away if you don't

want spoilers.

http://www.isitchristmas.com/

>> Scientists who became creationists <<

Well trolled, RationalWiki - top marks.

http://goo.gl/Kzd7Ub

>> Secret Murdoch is evil message in newspaper <<

A brave puzzle compiler seems to be behind this

crafty little dig at mega-boss Rupert Murdoch.

http://goo.gl/7ovGS7

>> Xmas branding <<

Old but gold. Twattish marketing guidelines for

Santa.

http://www.quietroom.co.uk/santa_brandbook/

>> Michael Gove Bathroom Light Handle <<

Add a macabre, political twist to your bathroom

light handle - a tiny, wizened Michael Gove

lynching.

http://goo.gl/5Gl1y0

>> Siberian flying squirrels <<

These rodents are so cute that, if our flat got

infested with them, we'd almost not put down

traps. And that's saying something.

http://goo.gl/x8EuSv

>> Tech reviews based on drawings of cocks <<

This is obviously the correct way to rate new

technology - based on how well they can make a

cock. NSFW.

http://techcocks.tumblr.com/

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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO

>> The talking boat <<

Does exactly what you'd expect. Exactly.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/The_talking_boat

>> The Germans love English Xmas Markets <<

Well done, The Poke for this nicely-observed

bit about Christmas markets.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/1108653/

>> Star Trek Christmas <<

The Next Generation cast sing their remixed

Christmas greetings.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Star_Trek_Christmas

>> Hidden trumpeter spoils parade <<

This is how you annoy a passing marching band -

LOLs ahoy.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/1109924/

>> Communist cat Christmas <<

Crab-bloke's classic Christmas cat-based

commissar carol.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/1108062/

>> Marvelous Organ! <<

A song about a marvelous organ... Innuendo?

What do you mean?

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Marvelous_Organ

>> Frantic cats sing you Happy Chrimbus <<

Slightly disturbing festive fun, as twitching

cats mew "O Come Let Us Adore Him". Also,

mouth-organ.

http://www.b3ta.com/links/Happy_nearly_Chrimbus

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* AN END TO IRONIC CHRISTMAS JUMPERS - down

with officially-sanctioned whackiness.

* ACTUAL BEARS HAVING AN ACTUAL PICNIC - we

were completely unsurprised the last time we

went down to the woods

* A SECOND ROB DOUGAN ALBUM - We loved "Clubbed

to Death". Then again, he runs a vineyard now,

so maybe we should sample his more recent work.

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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver, feelwelcome.

Image challenge by Fraser Lewry.

Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke.

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Tips by Monkey Tennis.

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Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2013

VOL 1277 - DEC. 11, 2013 - Classic Southern Expressions!

Samstag, 7. Dezember 2013

VOL 1276 - DEC. 08, 2013 - 1895 8th Grade Exam - How'd You Do?

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Strange "Marriage" Quotes:

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. - David Bissonette

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. - Sacha Guitry

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. - Anonymous

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?" - Dumas

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. - Sigmund Freud

'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.' - Anonymous

'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.' - Sam Kinison

'I've had bad luck with both my wives.

The first one left me, and the second one didn't.' - James Holt McGavra

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming

1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,

2. Whenever you're right, shut up. - Patrick Murra

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.... - Nash

You know what I did before I married?

Anything I wanted to.

Anonymous

My wife and I were happy for twenty years.

Then we met. - Henny Youngman

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. - Rodney Dangerfield

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters.

They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.' - Anonymous

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Today's Featured Humor : -) - 1895 8th Grade Exam - How'd You Do?

This is the 8th Grade Final Exam of 1895.....
Imagine a college student trying to pass this test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. This gives the saying "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning!

Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895? .........Take a Look:

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.

2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.

3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.

4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal parts of do, lie, lay and run.

5. Define Case. Illustrate each Case.

6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.

7. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.

2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?

3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?

4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?

5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.

6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.

7. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.

8. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?

9. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.

2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.

3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.

4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.

5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.

6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of theRebellion.

7. Who were the following:

Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?

8. Name events connected with the following dates:

1607

1620

1800

1849

1865

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following:

alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?

2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?

3. What are the following, and give examples of each:

trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?

4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.

5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.

6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.

7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:

bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.

8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound:

card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.

9. Use the following correctly in sentence:

cite, site, sight,

fane, fain, feign,

vane, vain, vein,

raze, raise, rays.

10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?

2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?

3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?

4. Describe the mountains of North America.

5. Name and describe the following:

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6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.

7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.

8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?

9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.

10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

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