devilgrrl
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:20 PM
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I swear to Christ this country is run by everyone I hated in high school |
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Seriously!!! :grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:
Sorry, I just had to say that. :evilfrown:
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:22 PM
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1. Turn it into an article and submit it to DU |
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One of the great subject lines of all time!
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devilgrrl
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:29 PM
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...that's not the first time someone suggested that to me. Sadly, I'm not much of a "wordsmith", I have difficult time coming up with those rip roaring zingers that make for interesting reading. Not only that, I'm also really f***ing lazy. :crazy:
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:25 PM
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2. yeah, have to agree with you devilgrrl |
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Edited on Thu Oct-09-03 11:25 PM by ixion
All the dumbass angry idiots that I didn't care for then are in control now, and if the personalities of those people I went to high school with are any indication, we're in a whole heap of trouble.
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:30 PM
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OMFG that is the funniest thing I've read all day. It's so true.
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:31 PM
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5. You hit it on the the head |
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And the comments on thread are right - that's a great lead!
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:32 PM
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6. There was actually an essay to that effect |
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in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune a few months ago. Something about the country being run by the "bully frat boys" or some other such term, the guys who used to steal lunch money from the retarded kids.
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:32 PM
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:32 PM
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The idea came to me that the common, unexpressed attitude of the right could be summed up as: Let's get those damn smart kids. So, I guess I agree with you, speaking as a former, taunted, high school smart kid. :-)
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Fri Oct-10-03 07:21 AM
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:33 PM
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9. that's funny, I was just thinking that earlier today |
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actually while watching footage of Kobe Bryant playing basketball while they were discussing his case and realizing that he's so fucking popular he could probably run for governor. If we had any black states.
Then I thought "what a weird thought" and I realized it was just like high school.
Who used to say that the "real world" is just like high school, but with money? Was it Johnny Carson?
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Fri Oct-10-03 03:43 AM
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19. Paraphrasing Frank Zappa: |
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Maturity is realizing that the rest of your life will be just like junior high school.
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:36 PM
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10. That's a great way of putting it. |
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I also think of it as being run by every idiot, overprivileged son of the boss that I ever had to work either with or for.
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:38 PM
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11. That's it exactly, devilgrrl!! |
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What a perfect way to sum it up...
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:44 PM
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12. Did anyone ever notice that A LOT of people in positions of power... |
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Edited on Thu Oct-09-03 11:49 PM by devilgrrl
whether it's running a fast food joint, middle management at a corporation or positions in government, aren't necessarily the best or brightest?
For example the CEO of my company... this person has got to be the biggest moron on earth. It's indescribable but I'm sure many of you know the types I speak of. You just scratch your head wondering how the hell they got to where they are.
Doesn't that just fucking kill you? :mad:
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:56 PM
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13. Literally true for me, because I went to high school with ....Peggy Noonan |
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same class. Put the moves on my boyfriend. Tried to push her way into our group, "The Resistance"--she was never in it, but put it under her yearbook picture, which resides at my site in an article about Pegala.
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Fri Oct-10-03 04:15 AM
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eat an apple through a picket fence? Cos I think she'd be great at that :) sorry , class clown over here :)
Seriously, she's one of the most unattractive women I've ever seen and I've worked in two insane asylums..
You have my sympathies..
great thread by the way!
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Fri Oct-10-03 12:38 AM
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a "tip of the ole` hat" lately and yours certainly rates as one of the best yet!
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Fri Oct-10-03 12:43 AM
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Fri Oct-10-03 12:57 AM
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Frat Boys and Stepford Wives!
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Fri Oct-10-03 01:15 AM
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17. I really did go to high school |
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with repuke senator George Allen (R - for racist) - now of Virginia, then of California.
I've told this story on DU many times, but in case you missed it know that George was a BBOC - Big Bigot on Campus - who spraypainted racist graffiti on the school walls and was caught and forced to publically apologize.
A side note -- also in our class (1970) was Daulton Lee - the "snowman" of -The Falcon and The Snowman book and movie. He was arrested for espionage and sentenced to life, but was parolled several years ago. And as bad as he was, I think George Allen is worse - a brainless Bush thug.
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Fri Oct-10-03 04:05 AM
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20. I do not remember hating anyone in high school |
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and I was the valedictorian. Hardly the most popular guy in school, but not seriously picked on either. Hell, when your senior year is mostly college-prep classes, you do not see the major jerks all that much. Some of the freshman (who were in another school) were kinda disrespectful, but they were never important enough to hate. Cheryl Ladd was in my class of 1970, but fortunately I graduated ten years later. I certainly did not hate her when I was a junior and she was on Charlie's Angels.
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Fri Oct-10-03 02:05 AM
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18. Yup, and all the left over obnoxious assholes |
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are making millions on The Man Show and Survivor.
The '90s was the era of nerd power. Now we're experiencing the backlash.
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Fri Oct-10-03 04:10 AM
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Fri Oct-10-03 04:51 AM
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23. It's true! And everything we were taught as kids no longer applies! |
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Be honest, play fair, work hard and you'll get ahead, do what's right for the group, be kind, don't be selfish, don't lie or cheat or steal, etc. etc.
All these basic ideals have been flushed by the right wing and *. Up is down, and down is up now.
:shrug:
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Fri Oct-10-03 07:57 AM
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25. That's the saddest part of all--I have a 6 year old and I wonder |
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if I'm doing him a disservice by insisting he take responsibility, be honest, look beyond himself . . .
(sigh) I will keep insisting he be a good citizen, but I wonder if I'm dooming him to failure.
So true, devilgrrl, so damn true. Weren't those the kids who were supposed to tank after high school?
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Fri Oct-10-03 07:59 AM
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Good one.
Mediocrity--the great leveler.
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