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Meep! Nonsense Word Goes Viral, Gets Students in Trouble
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| Nov. 11, 2009
| SARAH NETTER
Posted on 11/11/2009 10:33:50 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
MEEP! Don't know what it means? Nope. Better ask the Porf!
To: Willie Green
From “The History of Meep” (Google it!)
The theoretical existence of the meep was realised when Archimedes jumped out of his bathtub screaming “Eureka” at everyone and was promptly arrested for public disorder offences.
Inspired by his experiences in the bathtub, he theorised about the weight of sound while being held in jail overnight, .
His theory went along the lines that if a machine capable of producing sound, for instance an eep, was fully immersed in water and then allowed to make that sound (to “make eep”), the amount of water that was displaced would indicate the weight of the sound.
Unfortunately, this was never proven since the theory was written on the cell walls, mistaken for grafitti and lost for centuries.
To: Willie Green
To: Willie Green
I guess IQs and senses of humor have dropped sharply since I’ve been away!
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:15:19 AM PST
by
Braak
(The US Military, the real arms inspectors!)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:17:04 AM PST
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Willie Green
Maybe the principal should have a MEEP minute, hour or day! He would be joining in and that would take all the fun out of it for these teens! They never like to do anything the adults agree with or encourage.....and it is harmless!
To: DManA
Nematodes. One episode a bus load of them pulled up the the Crusty Crab and they took over the place.
Right on. Nematodes, that's it.
The one I remember was where Spongebob was trying to get into some sort of jellyfishing club. The meeping nematodes were hilarious.
Another one did a little wa-wa-wa when something happened to "Kevin".
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
GROK!
That was our word. I could not remember it.
Thank you!
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:21:17 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Willie Green
To: Willie Green
when my son was very young,2 or 3,he sometimes misprounced meat as meep. So at the dinner table he’d ask for more meep. to this day,20 years later we will occasionally ask him if he wants more meep.
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:22:50 AM PST
by
wiggen
(Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:22:55 AM PST
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: Willie Green
W00t!
Dagnab kids got no respeck...
To: imfrmdixie
Right—whatever you say...
;)
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:25:25 AM PST
by
gunnyg
(Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'en Commie Basterd!)
To: hsrazorback1
Just a trivial observation, but I don’t believe our beloved Beaker actually said “meep”. It was more of just a “meee”.
I agree. And I'm somebody who's used a Beaker hand puppet and his signature "meee" to terrorize all four of my children at some point in their lives.
The Beaker puppet has long since been banished to the top of the china cabinet, as a solemn promise from father to youngest daughter, where he can't do any more psychological harm. But the sounds of "MEEEE!" and some followup screams of "MOMMIE TELL DAD TO STOP!" can still be heard as a faint echo in my house.
To: Tublecane
Speaking of livestock, while I was in the military, there were occasions when large groups of young troops would be crowding out of a meeting or classroom, and “traffic” would be backed up in the hall. Someone would start off with a “moo”, and soon the entire crowd was at it. It sounded like the sound track to a cattle drive in a cowboy film!
To: r9etb
One of the best things about being a kid is the secrecy.
Like a secret society that adults know nothing about. First its forts built out of bedsheets. Then, a little older its secret passwords for treehouses. Then a little older, its a completely different language that enables kids to disconnect from ever-ruling adult. The adults think its silly.
Then of course, these same kids have kids of their own and the process starts all over again.
Been happening for thousands of years....
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:31:03 AM PST
by
envisio
To: envisio
To: mmichaels1970
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:40:23 AM PST
by
envisio
To: mmichaels1970
ouyay ontday aysay!
Ohhh, pig latin!!! How does that work again?
To: I Buried My Guns
So it’s not the meaning of the word that is the crux, it is the disrespect and rudeness of the students using it.Right on!
Groovy, man.
It's Jake.
The cat's meow.
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posted on
11/11/2009 11:46:12 AM PST
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
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