Friday Ephemera
Why ducks don’t rule the Earth. || Unloading. || The thrill of archery. || Third time’s a charm. || He does this better than you do. || That’s exactly how I would’ve done it. || Do let her know if you have any questions. || How to make Nordic Gold. || How to make green fire. || And it fits the hand perfectly. || Kind of Bloop, with apologies to Miles Davis. || If the Doctor Who theme were Belgian jazz. || “Get bent,” she said. || She’s sending you blessings. || She does this better than you do. || Squid egg sac detected. || Japanese custom cars. || Adjusting ear orientation. || Just how low can you go? || If you like that kind of thing. || Thrilling scenes. || And finally, please update your files and lifestyles accordingly.
Oh, and a reminder that I now have a Gettr account.
She’s sending you blessings.
One of her ladies who doesn’t think you are ready for jelly.
Unloading: Illegal in Moscow. Ok in San Francisco.
She’s sending you blessings.
I guess since they closed down Marine World….
Please pray for Joy Behar as she suffers in these trying times.
If the Doctor Who theme were Belgian jazz
Any excuse to post this.
The Belgian jazz improved my day the most.
Unloading.
Is the coat a TARDIS?
Morning, all.
[ Fondles coffee mug. ]
Is the coat a TARDIS?
You almost have to admire the expertise. Not her first rodeo, clearly.
The Belgian jazz improved my day the most.
Well, it’s funny, and clever, and it reminds me of a time when Doctor Who could be thought of as charmingly hokey, something to regard with a kind of slightly fond contempt, rather than… what it is now.
“Get bent,” she said.
Someone needs firing.
Someone needs firing.
Well, she’s correct in the narrow sense that any, say, curriculum changes or changes in policy would generally come top-down, with parents using political and bureaucratic channels – though I very much doubt that our sneering teacher would approve, even then. But not every parent will know how to go about that, and their concerns may require immediate attention from someone directly involved. Or they may simply want to ask how to go about complaining or alerting a relevant party. I doubt these variables are unknown to our self-satisfied educator.
And behold the teacher’s conceit, the self-flattery, and the open disdain for the parents whose children she teaches. And so, she tells concerned parents – who may have every reason to be concerned – to “get bent,” and brags that she doesn’t answer to them, while displaying precisely the kind of attitude that any conscientious parent may find troubling and inapt.
The video should be enough to get her fired, especially if the parents band together.
The video should be enough to get her fired, especially if the parents band together.
It’s worth bearing in mind that such attitudes – which are proudly expressed to peers via social media – don’t exist in a vacuum. They aren’t one-off aberrations. They suggest a culture, a common sense of entitlement. A common disdain.
And such things only stop, or are reduced in prevalence, when there’s a cost attached.
She’s sending you blessings
I appreciate motivational ephemera, such as this, to remind me why leading a healthy life style is the best choice.
Not unrelated: https://metro.co.uk/2015/01/28/chef-lost-21-stone-after-friend-text-him-fat-f-every-day-for-six-weeks-5040205/
If the Doctor Who theme were Belgian jazz
That one cracked me up. 😀
That one cracked me up.
If you poke about on YouTube, you’ll find other Bill Bailey renderings of famous theme tunes, including a Jewish folk-song version of the theme from Match of the Day, and a Jamaican dub-reggae reworking of Downton Abbey.
They suggest a culture, a common sense of entitlement. A common disdain.
Exactly this. Which is why the memes floating around about how hard it is to be a teacher and how much they suffer disgust me. 95% of the difficulties of teaching have been brought on by the profession itself either actively like with this creature or tacitly by not standing up for teachers who tried to do the right thing or even just do their job.
In my high school we had a math teacher who taught the more math-challenged. I was never his student but heard the stories. He was a WWII war vet and he was known as “Shaky Joe”. The guy had PTSD, or as it was more simply called back then, shell shock. During his lessons a kid would take a text book, make a Doppler effect whistling sound and then slam the book on their desk. Joe would hit the deck and al the kiddies would have a good laugh. The subject came up once when as kids we were talking with a faculty member. As I had never heard another teacher speak of this situation yet it was well repeated amongst the students, I hustled up the courage to say how wrong it was. The faculty member corrected my thinking by saying that Joe shouldn’t be teaching anyway. This was one of my first indications that the majority of people around me were pathetic cowards.
Why ducks don’t rule the earth
Omg, don’t do that too me, I had a really tough week. To sit here, with my wine and witness that level of drama is too much. I don’t care about the disclaimer btw.
To sit here, with my wine and witness that level of drama is too much.
The last one seemed to jump in just because the others had done. A sort of, “Oh bugger it” moment.
[ Tries to prise glass of wine out of Felicity’s grip. ]
I’m gonna need two big lads and a crowbar. Bring lube.
Kind of Bloop, with apologies to Miles Davis.
*blood boils*
*blood boils*
Heh. On the upside, it did prompt me to dig out the final track from Sketches of Spain, an album I hadn’t played in ages.
[Tries to prise glass of wine out of Felicity’s grip.]
I’m gonna need two big lads and a crowbar. Bring lube.
Seriously dude, they will be cold dead hands if you manage to prise the wine. Don’t care how many or how big your lads are (or how much lube).
Did remind me of the nursery rhyme: “Five little ducks went out one day”.
Bring lube.
…
Band name.
Also band name, Two big lads and a crowbar
Is the coat a TARDIS? Are you kidding me? You can’t say that! A kind person would say, ‘Is the coat a mentally-challengedis’? Please enjoy the remainder of your day.
How low can you go? The preacher had probably already fleeced her for what he could and then it was their turn.
Why ducks don’t rule the Earth.
Just as well, since as we all know ducks are evil.
It’s worth bearing in mind that such attitudes – which are proudly expressed to peers via social media – don’t exist in a vacuum. They aren’t one-off aberrations. They suggest a culture, a common sense of entitlement. A common disdain.
That cannot be said too often.
95% of the difficulties of teaching have been brought on by the profession itself either actively like with this creature or tacitly by not standing up for teachers who tried to do the right thing or even just do their job.
I agree, but would maintain that a significant percent of the difficulties are the fault of leftist factions other than the teaching establishment. For instance, the “do not punish criminals” activists and the “minorities can do no wrong/minorities should have everything just handed to them” ideologues, who have do a lot to make schools chaotic and unsafe for teachers and students.
Double post! 🙁
David, could you please delete the duplicate comment?
My finger twitched on the “Post” button, which is how this happened.
[ Brow furrows.]
Are such involuntary muscle movements a sign of impeding zombiehood?
[ Posts comment and hits refresh again. ]
And the duplicate comment is gone. David is moving fast today.
chef who lost weight: guys say “I have 5 friends and you are 4 of them” to their big friend, and maybe the truth motivates him. Women insist their friends look great even though shaped like a beach ball. Feelings over truth.
Band name: Bring Lube
First Album: Two Big Lads and a Crowbar
First hit single: Get Bent
guys say “I have 5 friends and you are 4 of them” to their big friend, and maybe the truth motivates him. Women insist their friends look great even though shaped like a beach ball. Feelings over truth.
That is a recurring meme. (Via Critical Drinker.)
ducks are evil
The author of that treatise, judging by his name, presumably had a ready source of oranges.
Bond, James Bobd, they/them.
So true, so true, Ukraine is George Floyd.
Meanwhile, an interesting take. By interesting I of course mean “demented”.
Two big lads and a crowbar
Probably against the Band Name Game rules, but as rigmarole kinda broke the ice I like:
Band name: Two Big Guys
Live venue: The Crow Bar
Or
Two Big Guys And The Crowbars (backing band)
And behold the teacher’s conceit, the self-flattery, and the open disdain for the parents
They suggest a culture, a common sense of entitlement. A common disdain.
There are two groups of people I do not take seriously as a matter of course: teachers and nurses. Overwhelmingly female, overwhelmingly unionized, overwhelmingly entitled; their members chose those professions for the prestige and authority over the vulnerable that adhere to the position rather than the ability of the individual.
I agree, but would maintain that a significant percent of the difficulties are the fault of leftist factions other than the teaching establishment.
The Gramscian “long march through the institutions” starts with academe. It’s the root of the rot.
Women insist their friends look great even though shaped like a beach ball. Feelings over truth.
It’s almost like there are sex-linked differences in psychology that evolved from differing reproductive strategies.
Is Floyd going to be the political equivalent of Harry Potter for dipshit millenials?
Crowbar actually was a Canadian band most known for the song “Oh, What a Feeling (What a rush)”.
crowbar
Crowbar the (Canadian) band (because there’s an American Crowbar too). Oh What a Feeling, great tune from back in the day.
It’s almost like there are sex-linked differences in psychology that evolved from differing reproductive strategies.
[ earsplitting blast from the Wrongthink klaxon ]
Women insist their friends look great even though shaped like a beach ball. Feelings over truth.
Related meme: Women tell each other that they look/are great, and then talk trash behind their backs, while men do the reverse.
Crowbar actually was a Canadian band most known for the song “Oh, What a Feeling (What a rush)”.
Great minds think alike. I didn’t see your post until after I posted.
This.
There is an interesting aside about weight. For men, being bigger actually has advantages. You do, as a man, generally get stronger with size unless you are a true couch potato. You also have more intimidation power. So from the male strategy POV, big is not so bad (psychologically) though of course you still get diabetes. There is no comparable advantage for women.
I didn’t see your post until after I posted.
I think that also happened another time recently.
Maybe we are unknowing clones or something. Or just both in Montreal, so the brainwaves are in range.
For men, being bigger actually has advantages
Well, that’s true for height, up to a point. Being taller means longer limbs, which means greater reach and leverage for running and throwing spears. Past the upper end of 6 feet, though, the cube-square law starts to bite you on the ass.
Men’s muscle development is different from women’s, carrying around excess flab builds the muscle underneath (unless you’re completely sessile). Even at my heaviest I had legs like a competition bodybuilder.
That said, height is more intimidating than width. John Goodman can be convincingly intimidating. John Pinette, not so much.
Is Floyd going to be the political equivalent of Harry Potter for dipshit millennials?
No. Harry Potter is the Harry Potter for dipshit millennials (and far too many GenXers who should know better). Floyd is the JFK assassination of every generation after the Boomers and maybe 9/11 for GenY and GenderYnot.
Damn Italicans strike again!