Things you learned in school that are no longer true.

Started by Razgovory, February 17, 2015, 01:12:49 PM

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CountDeMoney

#75
February 17, 2015, 07:52:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 07:39:08 PM
Odd coming from the man who just makes up positions for people.

Jacob

#76
February 17, 2015, 07:55:47 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 17, 2015, 07:48:09 PM
Luckily, I know what both what the word "should" means and what the word "boss" means.  That makes one of us. :hug:

Good of you to admit your own ignorance, though somewhat out of character for you :cheers:

grumbler

#77
February 17, 2015, 07:57:44 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 17, 2015, 07:55:47 PM
Good of you to admit your own ignorance, though somewhat out of character for you :cheers:

Ah, the old "I'm rubber, you're glue" gambit.  Haven't seen that one work since first grade, unfortunately for you. :(
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Jacob

#78
February 17, 2015, 07:58:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 07:15:24 PM
Grumbler did have one thing right, your example was really dull. Why you brought it up again when I noted that some stories seemed to be only about the thread title - well I guess only you know. :(

No fucking kidding it was extremely dull. That's why I brought it up. To share the pain, as a means to cope.

Now you know as well  :smarty:

Jacob

#79
February 17, 2015, 07:58:51 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 17, 2015, 07:57:44 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 17, 2015, 07:55:47 PM
Good of you to admit your own ignorance, though somewhat out of character for you :cheers:

Ah, the old "I'm rubber, you're glue" gambit.  Haven't seen that one work since first grade, unfortunately for you. :(

You should pay more attention then, though I suppose living in your own fantasy world feels safer for you :(

Razgovory

#80
February 17, 2015, 08:05:53 PM
I was thinking of excluding things like current events and geography from the this thread.  I should have.  Obviously we all learned there was a big red country that took of the Northern half a of Eurasia and that this country is not there anymore.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#81
February 17, 2015, 08:10:11 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#82
February 17, 2015, 08:11:03 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 17, 2015, 07:49:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 17, 2015, 07:15:24 PM
Grumbler did have one thing right, your example was really dull. Why you brought it up again when I noted that some stories seemed to be only about the thread title - well I guess only you know. :(

Well, two things right; I also said that your argument was a good one.  :D

I don't even know anymore. -_-

:D
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#83
February 17, 2015, 08:13:53 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 17, 2015, 08:05:53 PM
I was thinking of excluding things like current events and geography from the this thread.  I should have.  Obviously we all learned there was a big red country that took of the Northern half a of Eurasia and that this country is not there anymore.

Careful, Raz, you might be unceremoniously drafted into the nitpick brigade. Seedy is the chief recruiting officer and Jacob is the USO talent.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

LaCroix

#84
February 17, 2015, 08:16:12 PM
oh, and my health teacher told us pre-cum was sperm and warned about the pullout method. :mad:

crazy canuck

#85
February 17, 2015, 08:25:06 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 17, 2015, 05:03:06 PM
In 2008 though the SCC thought better of it, and completely overhauled admin law again.  So everything I learned in class is now completely wrong.

I was in the Court of Appeal on the second day of a two day hearing on an administrative law question when Dunsmuir was decided by the SCC - the Court said, Mr. CC I assume you and your friend will want some time to consider your respective positions...

The thing I learned in school that is not true - that Columbus discovered the New World.

grumbler

#86
February 17, 2015, 08:58:22 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 17, 2015, 07:58:51 PM
You should pay more attention then, though I suppose living in your own fantasy world feels safer for you :(

Err... okay...

*backs off slowly*

...whatever you say, chief...

*turns and runs*
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Eddie Teach

#87
February 17, 2015, 09:00:04 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 17, 2015, 08:58:22 PM
*turns and runs*

*throws out a hip*

To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

grumbler

#89
February 17, 2015, 09:02:24 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 17, 2015, 08:25:06 PM
The thing I learned in school that is not true - that Columbus discovered the New World.

I didn't learn that (when I was in school, we already knew about Lief Ericson and the gang), but did learn that the reason Columbus had such a hard time getting finances was because he touted the "foolish" belief that the world was round.  Heck, that story is still told by some teachers today! I'd say half my world history students are flabbergasted when I tell them the truth.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!
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