Posted on 09/28/2015 1:14:35 PM PDT by rightistight
Oh man, comedy gold. I love hearing/learning new things at 50!
We have a family of mice (one adult, four little ones)living in our garden. We find them entertaining (as long as they stay out of the house)
Women had only been voting for 20 years. Not too much damage yet.
Really? I heard it first on the Greaseman show on WWDC 101, Washington DC back in the 1980’s.
Anyone who lived in that area back in the 80’s and remember the Greaseman? I was on his show and met him—gave him a plaque from us guys at the Pentagon.
He had some good bits, but his mouth sure got him in trouble too.
Saw him once at a Sushi place in Rockville, apart from ordering, didn’t say one word.
I mostly listened to WHFS first from Cordell Ave. in Bethesda 102.3, then Annapolis 99.1.
Tell her that mice will attract snakes.
Ask her if she’d rather the cat or a snake get the mice...
If I were the librarian, I wouldn't be so tolerant of rats. Besides posing an obvious health hazard to patrons and employees, rats seem to find book bindings to be tasty, probably because of the glue. A library cat would be advisable.
Seems like a day like you had would kill one of these college twerps.
My daughter is a freshman.
Lots of bat-sh*t crazy kids around.
Way, way, WAY too many people going to college.
"However did they win?"
The kind of life preparation that this researcher describes cannot be provided in a school setting; it must come from the parents.
During my teaching career I was truly astounded to encounter 16-year-old boys who had never used a hammer before in their lives.
Yeah, when I saw the part about the mouse trap, I immediately figured pretty, giggling girls.
I went to an elite public high school in suburban NY. I took all the AP classes I could. I graduated from college and medical school with honors, and I’ve done OK for the past 40 years.
The three most valuable classes I took in HS were wood shop, metal shop, and electrical shop.
Of course, they don’t offer those any more.
You sound just like a guy I work with and had to check your page to see what state you’re in. Different state. One of his stories about 70s college is just like yours.
I must be honest here. As a former biology teacher, I have handled my share of disgusting and creepy creatures, and I am not much of a sissy girl, but I have also done the chair thing at the sight of a scurrying mouse.
Auto and wood shop were two of the most useful classes I took in typical public school.
I was in some kind of gifted learning program that involved a lot writing essays and not much else. It was pretty useless.
I shared a dorm room and apartment with a 10 foot boa constrictor, have assisted in surgery (animal), am not afraid of large animals, but will shriek like a little girl if a mouse comes near me. However, I would never call the police or seek counseling.
I remember the Greaseman. He was a jerk, in my opion, but I’m a woman.
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