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Detroit, 9:53 PM
Fri Nov 20
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Who tried to use the telephant
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)
So I read this when I was in 11th grade in a poetry jam, and broke out laughing uncontrollably, no doubt frightening the a classroom full of younger students and their teachers. There's no way my teacher can forget me. No way. #audir8v10
11/17/09
And then there came both mist and snow.
And it grew wondrous cold.
And ice mast high came floating by, as green as emerald.
And through the drifts the snowy cliffs did send their dismal sheen.
Blah, blah, blah.
I like your elephant poem better. #audir8v10
11/17/09
It may not fit well into a Jalopnik comment, but you can feel assured that poem will last the test of time when the elephant poem is long gone.
As for me we had to memorize the opening lines of the Canterbury Tales (in Ye Olde English to boot). I can't even spell them close to correctly, so I won't attempt to reproduce them here, but rest assured I have found no use for them whatsoever. However, I am quite pleased that I can remember them word for word now many years later. #audir8v10
11/17/09
There once was anold lady that lived in a shoe
She had so many kids
Her uterus fell out..
-Andrew Dice Clay #audir8v10
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It is also worthwhile to re-read many of those old books from literature class. As an adult, I've found quite a bit of interest in several of the books which I could barely finish in my high school/college days. #audir8v10
11/17/09
I wish I'd paid more attention to lots of things in school, now that I'm an adult. Oh well, no use looking back. #audir8v10
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#tips
11/10/09
But why did they have Hammond play himself? #topgear
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Top Gear. It's easily worth 50 cents a day to me. #topgear
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I cannot contain my excitement for the return of this old friend to the airwaves and iPlayer. #topgear
11/10/09
Bit torrent: the price is right. #topgear
11/10/09
but piracy is illegal and bad! #topgear
11/10/09
Gonna make the fiber connection at work sizzle when this appears. #topgear
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It's easy, find the nearest pommy whinger who doesn't know their own stupidity and feel that the rest of the country is dumber than themselves and need to be told what's safe. Show them the old clip, get them to complain (the only thing they can do with competence) and voilà, instant press coverage!
I feel for Britain and her people who are suppressed by the safety nanny Nazi's.
What needs to happen is they need to research and find out what really is dangerous. Like experiments such throwing a safety Nazi into a wood-chipper and see if the thrower needs to wear goggles. That kind of thing. #topgear
11/09/09
there is still the Scirocco TDI. Life's not so bad. #topgear