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Happy Monkey · 09-20-2010, 01:38 PM

I suspect that 'vagabonds' is being used as a euphamism for 'hobos'.

Nirvana · 09-20-2010, 05:07 PM

SOUTH BEND — If you ever wondered how much difference just one letter can make when it comes to a message, ask the thousands of people who drove by a digital billboard near the intersection of Ironwood and State Road 23 between Thursday and Monday morning.

The ad urged people to go to the "southbendon.com" website for a look at the "15 best things about our pubic schools." That's right, the billboard said "pubic" instead of "public" schools. The letter "L" had been left out of the word public.

Lee MacMillan of South Bend said his wife spotted the error on Saturday while sitting in traffic.

"She got home and said, ‘I can't believe it said what I think it said,’" MacMillan recalls.

"So we were out driving around yesterday and sure enough, it had that typo in it. So we took a picture and the rest is history, as they say," MacMillan adds.

MacMillan posted the picture he took on Facebook. He also emailed it to his neighbor, South Bend School Superintendent Jim Kapsa.

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Crimson Ghost · 09-21-2010, 12:39 AM

Pubic schools...
Sex Education...
Teachers and students having sex...
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies!
Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness!
Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

Scriveyn · 09-21-2010, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost

Pubic schools...
(1) Sex Education...
(2) Teachers and students having sex...
(3) Fire and (4) brimstone coming down from the skies!
(5) Rivers and (6) seas boiling!
(7) Forty years of darkness!
(8) Earthquakes, (9) volcanoes...
(10) The dead rising from the grave!
(11) Human sacrifice, (12)dogs and cats living together... (13)mass hysteria!

CG, that's only thirteen, at best. What are the remaining two?

GunMaster357 · 09-21-2010, 10:05 AM

(14) Cooking fetuses over a nice BBQ

Crimson Ghost · 09-21-2010, 07:15 PM

And the last and best thing about our pubic schools is -

Standardized tests.

That's right.

Without standardized tests, how would we know who our friends are, and who to exclude from the "inner circle" of jocks, preps, and cheerleaders?

Standardized tests make life so much better.

They worked in the past.

Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot...

Come on aboard for the big win.

(Went back and re-read that. I was headed to a real dark place in my head.)

Happy Monkey · 09-21-2010, 07:25 PM

I'm pretty sure that standardized tests play a negligable role in the makeup of cliques.

footfootfoot · 09-21-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I'm pretty sure that standardized tests play a negligable role in the makeup of cliques.

That's right, we already know who the fellow travelers are as soon as we see what clothes they are wearing.

The standardized tests are only icing on the cake.

Crimson Ghost · 09-21-2010, 08:02 PM

You're probably right.

classicman · 09-22-2010, 10:36 PM

Woman Locked 5 Kids in Closet, 2 Died

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A Somali woman charged in the deaths of two of her children allegedly locked them and three siblings inside a small closet and left to visit a friend, returning about 10 hours later to find the boy and girl dead inside.

An Indianapolis police report released Tuesday said Edyan Farah, 28, told officers she "was not in her right mind" when she allegedly put her five children in an upstairs closet about 6 a.m. Sunday and placed a large bed in front of the door so they couldn't get out.

Police said the closet was about 6 feet long and 18 inches deep.

Farah found her 5-year-old daughter, Zuhur, and 3-year-old son, Zakariya, "stiff and unresponsive" when she returned home about 10 1/2 hours later and opened the closet, the report said. She told officers she then carried them downstairs, but did not call the emergency dispatcher or try to revive them, according to the report.

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WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

GunMaster357 · 09-23-2010, 07:22 AM

Minimum sentence:

Internment for life in the loony bin.

And, please, forget where you put the key.

Shawnee123 · 09-23-2010, 07:34 AM

Hahahaha...I read that as "internet for life in the looney bin" and was wondering where I could sign up.

But yeah, sad story.

We need specific tests before procreation: are you schizophrenic? No kids for you. Do you have any skills besides spreading your legs? No? No kids for you. Do you think locking kids in closets is an appropriate punishment? Yes? No kids for you.

GunMaster357 · 09-23-2010, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

We need specific tests before procreation: are you schizophrenic? No kids for you. Do you have any skills besides spreading your legs? No? No kids for you. Do you think locking kids in closets is an appropriate punishment? Yes? No kids for you.

Nealy impossible to enforce unless you wish to live in a totalitarian society.

What we need is to enforce real punishment for this type of behavior.

This summer, in France, a man 'forgot' his baby in the backseat of his car for over 4 hours right under the sun.

Results : One dead baby (dehydration)
Sentence : 3 years in prison (suspended sentence)

And he is not the only one...

Now, you have people who are demanding that cars remind you that you have a young one back there.

Go buy a brain, you morons !

classicman · 09-23-2010, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

What we need is to enforce real punishment for this type of behavior.

In most cases we don't punish anymore - we try to rehabilitate

GunMaster357 · 09-23-2010, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

In most cases we don't punish anymore - we try to rehabilitate

No rehabilitation, because all these people hear is that they are non responsible.

What is needed is a strong deterrent.

09-20-2010, 01:38 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I suspect that 'vagabonds' is being used as a euphamism for 'hobos'. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-20-2010, 05:07 PM	#2
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Billboard spelling error creates embarrassment SOUTH BEND — If you ever wondered how much difference just one letter can make when it comes to a message, ask the thousands of people who drove by a digital billboard near the intersection of Ironwood and State Road 23 between Thursday and Monday morning. The ad urged people to go to the "southbendon.com" website for a look at the "15 best things about our pubic schools." That's right, the billboard said "pubic" instead of "public" schools. The letter "L" had been left out of the word public. Lee MacMillan of South Bend said his wife spotted the error on Saturday while sitting in traffic. "She got home and said, ‘I can't believe it said what I think it said,’" MacMillan recalls. "So we were out driving around yesterday and sure enough, it had that typo in it. So we took a picture and the rest is history, as they say," MacMillan adds. MacMillan posted the picture he took on Facebook. He also emailed it to his neighbor, South Bend School Superintendent Jim Kapsa. more __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

09-21-2010, 12:39 AM	#3
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Pubic schools... Sex Education... Teachers and students having sex... Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-21-2010, 10:05 AM	#5
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	(14) Cooking fetuses over a nice BBQ __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

09-21-2010, 07:15 PM	#6
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	And the last and best thing about our pubic schools is - Standardized tests. That's right. Without standardized tests, how would we know who our friends are, and who to exclude from the "inner circle" of jocks, preps, and cheerleaders? Standardized tests make life so much better. They worked in the past. Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot... Come on aboard for the big win. (Went back and re-read that. I was headed to a real dark place in my head.) __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-21-2010, 07:25 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'm pretty sure that standardized tests play a negligable role in the makeup of cliques. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-21-2010, 08:02 PM	#9
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	You're probably right. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-23-2010, 07:22 AM	#11
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Minimum sentence: Internment for life in the loony bin. And, please, forget where you put the key. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

09-23-2010, 07:34 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hahahaha...I read that as "internet for life in the looney bin" and was wondering where I could sign up. But yeah, sad story. We need specific tests before procreation: are you schizophrenic? No kids for you. Do you have any skills besides spreading your legs? No? No kids for you. Do you think locking kids in closets is an appropriate punishment? Yes? No kids for you. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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