EmilyBronte

10121 pts ยท April 6, 2013


https://xkcd.com/795/

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My high school did a straight up drag performance of Taming of the Shrew since there were more female than male students by a significant margin. All male parts were played by females, all female parts were played by males. Definitely not allowed anymore.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In my elementary school we had to be silent during every lunch. I'm pretty sure it did lasting damage.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Because sometimes the writers have characters say things they don't believe. Crediting the character gives insight as to context

3 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Sounds like WWI

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

remember enough of it now to try and find it. He'd love to know what the full joke was supposed to be.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

My grandfather apparently would repeatedly tell a joke that he had clearly forgotten an important bit of. It bothers my dad that he can't 1/

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My desperate mother called a friend who had the same make/model of van and they tried her key. It worked.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

When I was about 2 I locked myself and the infant twins in the car after my mom got out. The locksmith kept delaying the arrival time 1/2

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

actions appear to others.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

would look like they supported pagan practice which would be a sin so best not to do it. So the phrase here might mean "consider how your 2/

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Paul wrote a bit about whether it was a okay to eat pagan temple sacrifice leftovers and conclusion was that technically not a sin but 1/2

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Some of them have. I might have unknown genetic siblings because my parents were required to donate or store the extra embryos, not destroy

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

There are Sesame Street books too. Several feature the count.

4 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I'm pretty sure I wasn't picked for a jury because I said I wouldn't convict solely on one eye witness testimony.

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I came up with a similar percentage. It is heavily context reliant, this context didn't seem the best for that joke so no benefit of doubt.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

which representative did that?

4 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

It's common professional practice. It's almost always used collectively "Friends, it is time to listen".

4 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 3

Never understood that. Why would you grab a beer with a recovering alcoholic. It seems mean. Maybe go for coffee instead?

4 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Have you ever heard of the book 1632? There's a section of the series that deals with how modern music might influence 17th century music.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I swore in 1st grade I would never be a librarian because I hated alphabetizing my spelling lists.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He finished it yesterday. :'(

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I put together a Discworld reading list for my dad focused on covering everything needed for full appreciation of Shepherd's Crown. 1/

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I actually did get my deposit back on my last apartment, with interest.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Rereading though, I may have been assigning intonation that wasn't there. I was picturing the nanny yelling/fussing rather than explaining

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I am very well aware of that. I work in child care and have had my own moments of panic at things getting misreported. 1/

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was a nanny and was siding with the parent until that last bit. Nanny's reaction and parent's unconcern with the lying are both concerning

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4