Woo hoo!! Our First Quarter 2009 FReepathon is underway!! (Thread VII)

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[Jim Robinson]

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[Lady Jag]

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[Lady Jag]

I HAVE SEEN THE FNORD!

FNORD

The word FNORD is a conspiracy of the world's controlling powers conditions everyone from a very young age while still in grade school, are taught to be unable to consciously see the word "fnord" and to respond to, usually with fear, anxiety, or uneasiness.

Fnords are scattered liberally in the text of the MSM, causing fear and anxiety in those following current events. However, there are no fnords in the advertisements, encouraging a consumerist society.

To see the fnords means to be unaffected by the supposed hypnotic power of the word or, more loosely, of other fighting words. A more common expression of the concept would be "to read between the lines." The phrase "I have seen the fnords" was famously graffitied on a railway bridge (known locally as Anarchy Bridge) between Earlsdon and Coventry (U.K.)

(FNORD originates in the Illuminatus trilogy of books by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.)

[Lady Jag]

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[Fiddlstix]

Howdy everyone! We’re baaack!!

And we have incoming:

$20 from Texas
$50 from Illinois
$50 from North Carolina
$10 monthly from Virginia
$20 from Pennsylvania

Thank you all very much!!
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Woo hoo!!

And here’s another batch of mail-in donations received:

$10 from North Carolina
$5 from Washington
$31 from Illinois
$30 from Massachusetts
$10 from Texas
$25 from Florida
$100 from Virginia
$20 from Ohio
$10 from Mississippi
$75 from New York
$20 from Texas
$20 from New York
$100 from Virginia
$25 from Illinois
$25 from Colorado
$50 from New York
$50 from Texas
$240 from Texas
$120 from California
$40 from New York
$25 from Virginia
$25 from Arizona
$40 from Oregon
$20 from Illinois
$30 from Never Never Land
$20 from California
$25 from Georgia
$10 from California

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[Fiddlstix]

2009 Q1 FReepathon. Target: $80,000

Receipts & Pledges to-date: $34,065

42%

Woo hoo!! FORTY-TWO percent!! Way to go FReepers and Lurkers!! Thank you all very much!!

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   Q1 2009 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$4,472.34	154	$29.04		$	$1,404.67	83
2	Texas	3,356.99	115	29.19			1,107.00	65
3	Florida	2,380.00	65	36.62			743.00	40
4	Virginia	1,630.00	45	36.22			390.00	23
5	Ohio	1,624.00	34	47.76			540.00	14
6	New York	1,202.76	42	28.64			400.26	21
7	New Jersey	1,180.00	25	47.20			220.00	10
8	Pennsylvania	1,020.00	32	31.88			278.00	17
9	Washington	1,000.00	30	33.33			303.00	20
10	Maryland	960.00	23	41.74			225.00	12
11	Georgia	918.24	35	26.24			315.00	15
12	Colorado	913.16	20	45.66			200.00	12
13	Connecticut	695.00	14	49.64			40.00	2
14	Illinois	677.00	29	23.34			245.00	11
15	Arizona	640.00	23	27.83			200.00	13
16	Indiana	590.00	17	34.71			110.00	6
17	Massachusetts	578.20	30	19.27			245.00	15
18	Wisconsin	505.00	22	22.95			105.00	8
19	South Carolina	490.00	18	27.22			55.00	5
20	Alabama	470.00	21	22.38			199.00	13
21	Missouri	444.00	24	18.50			149.00	13
22	Michigan	425.00	16	26.56			80.00	7
23	Oregon	405.00	12	33.75			60.00	5
24	Alaska	385.00	10	38.50			60.00	2
25	North Carolina	363.00	22	16.50			133.00	12
26	Louisiana	340.00	10	34.00			90.00	6
27	New Hampshire	320.00	6	53.33
28	Arkansas	310.00	8	38.75			60.00	5
29	Oklahoma	300.00	12	25.00			95.00	5
30	Kansas	300.00	9	33.33			90.00	7
31	Tennessee	260.00	14	18.57			85.00	8
32	New Mexico	255.00	8	31.88			35.00	2
33	Idaho	250.00	10	25.00			160.00	6
34	Nevada	235.00	10	23.50			75.00	4
35	Montana	215.00	7	30.71			45.00	3
36	Utah	210.00	11	19.09			110.00	7
37	Germany	200.00	3	66.67
38	Iraq	200.00	1	200.00
39	Maine	190.00	6	31.67			70.00	3
40	Mississippi	160.00	11	14.55			105.00	6
41	Minnesota	155.00	8	19.38			50.00	6
42	Sweden	150.00	1	150.00
43	Canada	135.00	5	27.00			20.00	2
44	Kentucky	130.00	4	32.50			5.00	1
45	Australia	120.00	2	60.00
46	Nebraska	115.00	4	28.75			57.50	3
47	Thailand	100.00	1	100.00
48	Armed Forces - Europe	95.00	4	23.75			25.00	2
49	Rhode Island	95.00	3	31.67
50	Iowa	90.00	5	18.00			30.00	2
51	West Virginia	85.00	3	28.33			35.00	2
52	South Dakota	80.00	2	40.00			30.00	1
53	Hawaii	75.00	5	15.00			55.00	4
54	Wyoming	70.00	2	35.00			30.00	1
55	South Korea	60.00	2	30.00
56	North Dakota	60.00	2	30.00			10.00	1
57	Puerto Rico	50.00	1	50.00
58	Vermont	45.00	2	22.50			31.00	2
59	Cuba	30.00	1	30.00
60	Delaware	20.00	2	10.00			5.00	1
61	Norway	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
	Japan						30.00	1
	Armed Forces - Pacific						10.00	1
Never Never Land		1,415.69	71	19.94			15.00	2
62 locations total		$34,255.38	1,135	$30.18		$0.00	$9,275.43	539

[Fiddlstix]

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[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Never Never Land
$20 from Florida
$20 from New York
$100 from Texas
$20 from Never Never Land
$20 from Wisconsin

Thank you all very much!!

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[Fiddlstix]

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Never Never Land
$20 from Florida
$20 from New York
$100 from Texas
$20 from Never Never Land
$20 from Wisconsin

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[potlatch]

Something to lighten your day;

If you need a laugh today, then  this should do it! 

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. 

This is amazing and brought tears of laughter to my eyes. 

I wonder how often we take for granted that children understand what we are teaching???

Through the eyes of a child:

The Children's Bible in a Nutshell

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there wasnothing but God, darkness, and some gas.  The Bible says,'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that. 

Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did. 

Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve.  Adam and Eve were naked,but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't beeninvented yet. 

Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.

Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as longas he was Abel.

Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except forMethuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham.  Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

 After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Jacob was morefamous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob hisbirthmark in exchange for some pot roast.  Jacob had a sonnamed Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name wasCharlton Heston.  Moses led the Israel Lights out of  Egyptand away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues onPharaoh's people.  These plagues included frogs, mice, lice,bowels, and no cable. 

 God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.  Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. 

These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet yourneighbor's stuff.

 Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies.  Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David.  He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot.  He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines.  My teacher says he was wise,but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. 

One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.  There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament.  Jesus is the star of The New.  He was born  in  Bethlehem  in a barn.  (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.

Jesus also had twelve opossums.

The worst one was Judas Asparagus.  Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man.  He healed many leopards and evenpreached to some Germans on the Mount.

But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial beforePontius the Pilot.  Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus.  He just washed his hands instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.

He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of theAluminum.  His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

[Lady Jag]

[Lady Jag]

That is the BEST!! I love it, it is sweet!

[potlatch]

Just got it in email today. Figured I’d hurry up and post it before YOU did, lolol!

[Lady Jag]

ROFLMAO!

I just forwarded as fast as possible for ditto!!

And who says we don't play ‘Gotcha’ on occasion.

[Lady Jag]

Maybe you haven't heard this -

Kid Proverbs

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

• Better to be safe than... Punch a 5th grader
• Strike while the... Bug is close
• It's always darkest before... Daylight Savings Time
• Never underestimate the power of... Termites
• You can lead a horse to water but... how?
• Don't bite the hand that... looks dirty
• No news is... impossible
• A miss is as good as a... Mr.
• You can't teach an old dog new... math
• If you lie down with dogs, you'll... stink in the morning
• Love all, trust... me
• The pen is mightier than the... pigs
• An idle mind is... The best way to relax
• Where there's smoke there's... pollution
• Happy the bride who... gets all the presents
• A penny saved is... not much
• Two's company, three's... the Musketeers
• Don't put off till tomorrow what... you put on to go to bed
• Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and... you have to blow your nose
• None are so blind as... Stevie Wonder
• If at first you don't succeed... get new batteries
• You get out of something what you... see pictured on the box
• When the blind leadeth the blind... get out of the way
  And the favorite...
• Children should be seen and not... spanked or grounded

   

[potlatch]

Lol, think I’ve told you before that we seem to get the same email, but guess it goes around the world fast!

Too cute not to share.

[roamer]

photo’s might bring in some money...

[potlatch]

Lol, love them.
I taught Physical Education for five years, just 5 hours a day. Gives you a whole new insight on children, other than your own, and I have 4.

If I HAD to teach full time I would pick third graders. They are old enough to ‘do for themselves’ and yet still so sweet and lovable.