Supreme Court throws Texas elections into disarray over district maps dispute

[garbon]

I don't get this notion of sharpening crayons.

I've never heard of it, either.  It was a throw-away line designed to say something about the Texas legislature, not to say something about crayons.

The large crayola boxes do have sharpeners though.

[DGuller]

At some point you do need to sharpen the crayons.  Obviously by their very design the points on them don't need to be as pointy as on pencils, but if they're too dull, they start drawing very inconsistently.  Depending on how they're rotated in your hand, you either have more friction than you expect or less friction than you expect, which makes it hard to know how much force to apply to them to get the desired level of shading.

[garbon]

At some point you do need to sharpen the crayons.  Obviously by their very design the points on them don't need to be as pointy as on pencils, but if they're too dull, they start drawing very inconsistently.  Depending on how they're rotated in your hand, you either have more friction than you expect or less friction than you expect, which makes it hard to know how much force to apply to them to get the desired level of shading.

That's what new crayons are for.

[DGuller]

At some point you do need to sharpen the crayons.  Obviously by their very design the points on them don't need to be as pointy as on pencils, but if they're too dull, they start drawing very inconsistently.  Depending on how they're rotated in your hand, you either have more friction than you expect or less friction than you expect, which makes it hard to know how much force to apply to them to get the desired level of shading.

That's what new crayons are for.

Sure, and you can get a new car whenever it's time to bring your old one in for maintenance, but just getting maintenance for your current car is probably a more practical solution.

[garbon]

Sure, and you can get a new car whenever it's time to bring your old one in for maintenance, but just getting maintenance for your current car is probably a more practical solution.

How much does a 64 pack cost? 5 bucks?

[Razgovory]

Are we still talking about crayons?

[Eddie Teach]

Sure, and you can get a new car whenever it's time to bring your old one in for maintenance, but just getting maintenance for your current car is probably a more practical solution.

How much does a 64 pack cost? 5 bucks?

5 bucks is a lot of money to a 5 year old.

[KRonn]

A crayon, a crayon, my Kingdom for a crayon!!!

[grumbler]

A crayon, a crayon, my  Kingdom congressional district for a crayon!!!

Fixed

[garbon]

Sure, and you can get a new car whenever it's time to bring your old one in for maintenance, but just getting maintenance for your current car is probably a more practical solution.

How much does a 64 pack cost? 5 bucks?

5 bucks is a lot of money to a 5 year old.

I never paid for mine.

[KRonn]

A crayon, a crayon, my  Kingdom congressional district for a crayon!!!

Fixed

Right on!

[Josquius]

Why oh why can't America just use nice sensible geographic/population number districts.

[Tonitrus]

I was most railing against crayon sharpeners.  Real kids sharpen their crayons by scraping the edges at high speed  in a meaningless pattern to restore a good point.

[sbr]

I was most railing against crayon sharpeners.  Real kids sharpen their crayons by scraping the edges at high speed  in a meaningless pattern to restore a good point.

  It's how Bear Grylls sharpened his crayons.

[Valmy]

The only thing dumber than allowing judges to draw the district borders is allowing Texans to do so.  Hell, the crayon the legislature used wasn't even sharpened!

Politics is not held in very high regard here.  As I have mentioned many times our best and brightest do not want political careers so it gets filled by mediocrities with massive egos.  The real mystery is why the rest of the country keeps putting Texas politicians in positions of authority on a national level.  I mean how stupid are you guys?