On a semi-related subject, related only in terms of general stupidity, I saw a commercial for rechargeable batteries the other night (may have been Energizer).

In the blurb, they claimed that the batteries last eight times longer. OK, cool. Then they went on to claim that this essentially translates to eight times less waste going into the trash!

Hello, how about 1/8 the waste?!? 

My brain hurts.

Quote from: zarn02 on December 07, 2011, 06:51:33 AM


Anyway, I give this thread about two pages before it's shut down.

Were on page three now! 

Quote from: D Paoli on December 07, 2011, 07:13:18 PM
Were on page three now!  

It's true.

Things went a somewhat different direction than I expected.

Well I thought it might get locked after you mentioned it too.. in any case, here's another one.

Woman raped then sent to jail

Quote from: Goat_Herder on December 07, 2011, 01:51:26 PM
my 10th grade math teacher was Miss McCann.  She was probably in her mid to late 20s.  5'6-5'7, fit, short/stylish haircut.  A little flirty and sassy.  She loved to wear short shirt and stockings.  I remember always sitting in the first row, right in front of her desk (well, actually just a table ). 

Sure enough, I was in her pre-cal class in 11th grade.  In 12th grade, I took AP-cal with another teacher but I was the TA for Miss McCann.  I can still picture what she looked like 15 years ago.    I am kinda curious to see what she looks like today (she'd be a sassy 40+) but I don't want to ruin the mental image I have of her back then.

50% of the teachers at my kids elementary school are under 30 and smokin! 

Man it sucks to be old....

I'm still hung up on the hot high school gal teachers topic. I went to a private all boys school and there were like 2-3 female teachers total. I got screwed. And not in a literal way.

Back to an unbalanced world.

Quote from: D Paoli on December 07, 2011, 07:24:05 PM
Well I thought it might get locked after you mentioned it too.. in any case, here's another one.

Woman raped then sent to jail

I will censor my comments on this story.  It nauseates me to no end.

The court told her that she definitely wasn't raped because "you can't get pregnant your first time".

Why are we helping these troglodytes again?

So many mouth breathing troglodytes so little time.

Quote from: rgramjet on December 07, 2011, 07:33:46 PM
Man it sucks to be old....

I'll make sure to keep reminding you that you said this.....LOL

I'm going to tattoo it somewhere.....

You guys are so silly, I just married a hot teacher. Done and done.

On a side note I had a friend that was "into teachers" and every time I brought her around him he was like  . Was kinda strange.

Back on topic:

Today the troublemaker in my daughter's kindergarten class got sent to the principal's office for his usual bullshit (he's 7, he's a bully, he acts out, takes way more time out of the class, etc.)

Rather than take his punishment, he bolted out of the principal's office, ran to the class, burst in the door, picked up a stick and beaned a random kid with it (smiling the whole time)

The random kid was my daughter.

He got a 3 day suspension.

I hope someone finds an excuse to punt this kid from school. If it's for sexual harassment for calling the teacher cute or punching a kid in the nuts... well, either would work for me.

As someone said before, nobody knows the backstory.

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 12, 2011, 09:25:03 PM
Back on topic:

Today the troublemaker in my daughter's kindergarten class got sent to the principal's office for his usual bullshit (he's 7, he's a bully, he acts out, takes way more time out of the class, etc.)

Rather than take his punishment, he bolted out of the principal's office, ran to the class, burst in the door, picked up a stick and beaned a random kid with it (smiling the whole time)

The random kid was my daughter.

He got a 3 day suspension.

I hope someone finds an excuse to punt this kid from school. If it's for sexual harassment for calling the teacher cute or punching a kid in the nuts... well, either would work for me.

As someone said before, nobody knows the backstory.

shit like this happens cause you can't spank a kid anymore
bring the paddle back to the schools and this will reduce or stop

Quote from: Raux on December 12, 2011, 10:17:41 PM
shit like this happens cause you can't spank a kid anymore
bring the paddle back to the schools and this will reduce or stop

Caning... I am partly serious, that this needs to be instituted in classrooms.

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 12, 2011, 09:25:03 PM
Back on topic:

Today the troublemaker in my daughter's kindergarten class got sent to the principal's office for his usual bullshit (he's 7, he's a bully, he acts out, takes way more time out of the class, etc.)

Rather than take his punishment, he bolted out of the principal's office, ran to the class, burst in the door, picked up a stick and beaned a random kid with it (smiling the whole time)

The random kid was my daughter.

He got a 3 day suspension.

I hope someone finds an excuse to punt this kid from school. If it's for sexual harassment for calling the teacher cute or punching a kid in the nuts... well, either would work for me.

As someone said before, nobody knows the backstory.

At 7 years old, a child definitely knows right from wrong, minimally in the context of a school room.

A suspension means he sits at home and watches TV, what else is he going to do for 3 days?

I work, my wife works.  What else could we do with the child?

Quote from: Raux on December 12, 2011, 10:17:41 PM
shit like this happens cause you can't spank a kid anymore
bring the paddle back to the schools and this will reduce or stop

Can you imagine how many schools would be sued?  Parents and lawyers would come out of the woodwork since the school spanked their perfect little messiah.

Most parents are clueless about their kids -- willfully so.

We just had a parent-teacher progress meeting about our little girl (2 yo).  It's a scheduled thign.

We were shocked to learn she is the sweetest girl in class, helps other kids, takes care of them, shares toys and has never once shown an iota of aggression!

At home she's a little shit!  Pinches her brother, won't share toys, etc.

Kids are bizarre things.