Are you smarter than an 8th grader (in 1954)?

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Are you smarter than an 8th grader (in 1954)?
Topic Started: Nov 7 2009, 06:07 PM (103 Views)
George K	Nov 7 2009, 06:07 PM Post #1
Posts: 36,543 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	So there...
	"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik 6/14/08 "You know, if we had a Parliamentary system of government, which people as long ago as Woodrow Wilson have recommened, you know who would be in charge right now? Nancy Pelosi. Thank goodness for the founders!" Fred Barnes


Dewey	Nov 7 2009, 06:09 PM Post #2
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 10,095 Group: Members Member #74 Joined: April 19, 2005	Mmm, I can almost smell the mimeograph fluid...
	My New York Strip steak should be safe, legal, and rare. "By nature, I love brevity." - John Calvin, "Institutes on the Christian Religion," p. 685. "Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die." - Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies


Riley	Nov 7 2009, 06:10 PM Post #3
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 11,908 Group: Moderators Member #255 Joined: September 1, 2005	Holy crap...
	1hp: what do you get when you cross a donkey with an elephant? John D'Oh: An ass that never forgets.


George K	Nov 7 2009, 06:12 PM Post #4
Posts: 36,543 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	I'm just waiting for Snopes to debunk this...
	"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik 6/14/08 "You know, if we had a Parliamentary system of government, which people as long ago as Woodrow Wilson have recommened, you know who would be in charge right now? Nancy Pelosi. Thank goodness for the founders!" Fred Barnes


kenny	Nov 7 2009, 06:12 PM Post #5
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 25,508 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: April 19, 2005	99. Can a government function without the power to raise money? No Mark, pay attention.
	Why aren't things different?


John D'Oh	Nov 7 2009, 06:38 PM Post #6
Big in Japan Posts: 23,686 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	Do I get out more than an 8th grader in 1954? I think the answer is yes.
	Mickey Mouse. Not on my watch.


jon-nyc	Nov 8 2009, 03:07 AM Post #7
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 15,442 Group: Members Member #119 Joined: April 22, 2005	I didn't even have to open the thread to realize the answer was 'no'.



jon-nyc	Nov 8 2009, 03:08 AM Post #8
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 15,442 Group: Members Member #119 Joined: April 22, 2005	By the way, I remember having to memorize a very similar list of government officeholders, the bill of rights, and the preamble to the constitution.



Mikhailoh	Nov 8 2009, 04:00 AM Post #9
Hahahaha! You said the Secret Word!!! Posts: 36,847 Group: Members Member #181 Joined: April 26, 2005	Dewey Nov 7 2009, 06:09 PM Mmm, I can almost smell the mimeograph fluid... Ha! I thought the same thing. Cultural touchstones. We had to learn all that in school. Maybe not in 8th grade.
	Mik = T3H AWESOME -- Awarded on October 24th, 2009, for his thread in support of short, HAWT women. Award presented on behalf of short women everywhere by Brenda, an extraordinarily short and hot babe. Brenda, October 24, 2009


blondie	Nov 8 2009, 05:36 AM Post #10
Fulla-Carp Posts: 3,543 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: April 19, 2005	Wow. I'd fail.
	What I do care about is what a person posts. And regardless of who a poster is, I will form my opinion of him/her entirely on what s/he says. That's really all I care about. That's all anyone should care about. [reworded, giving credit to Frank & Dewey who said that - Feb 8/09]


Phlebas	Nov 8 2009, 06:12 AM Post #11
Pisa-Carp Posts: 6,946 Group: Members Member #110 Joined: April 21, 2005	I had to memorize all that in 8th grade. I didn't, but I had to.
	Random FML: Today, I was so excited because I heard from my best friend that my boyfriend was going to propose to me. At the end of the dinner he didn't... Instead I saw him crying because I had swallowed the engagement ring that was in my cheesecake. FML" Debating music is like dancing to architecture.


John D'Oh	Nov 8 2009, 06:15 AM Post #12
Big in Japan Posts: 23,686 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	I learned the entire Magna Carta in 8th Grade - BACKWARDS!. Your stuff is just so derivative.
	Mickey Mouse. Not on my watch.


George K	Nov 8 2009, 06:19 AM Post #13
Posts: 36,543 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	John D'Oh Nov 8 2009, 06:15 AM I learned the entire Magna Carta in 8th Grade - BACKWARDS!. Your stuff is just so derivative. Yeah, but you didn't learn it in Arabic* (which is what they'll be doing in another 50 years or so), or French (which, but for the fortune of some lucky kings, you'd be doing now). I won't even mention German. Ooops, I just did. *or Urdu.
	"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik 6/14/08 "You know, if we had a Parliamentary system of government, which people as long ago as Woodrow Wilson have recommened, you know who would be in charge right now? Nancy Pelosi. Thank goodness for the founders!" Fred Barnes


Mikhailoh	Nov 8 2009, 06:20 AM Post #14
Hahahaha! You said the Secret Word!!! Posts: 36,847 Group: Members Member #181 Joined: April 26, 2005	John D'Oh Nov 8 2009, 06:15 AM I learned the entire Magna Carta in 8th Grade - BACKWARDS!. Your stuff is just so derivative. That backwards thing explains a lot.
	Mik = T3H AWESOME -- Awarded on October 24th, 2009, for his thread in support of short, HAWT women. Award presented on behalf of short women everywhere by Brenda, an extraordinarily short and hot babe. Brenda, October 24, 2009


John D'Oh	Nov 8 2009, 06:22 AM Post #15
Big in Japan Posts: 23,686 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	George K Nov 8 2009, 06:19 AM John D'Oh Nov 8 2009, 06:15 AM I learned the entire Magna Carta in 8th Grade - BACKWARDS!. Your stuff is just so derivative. Yeah, but you didn't learn it in Arabic* (which is what they'll be doing in another 50 years or so), or French (which, but for the fortune of some lucky kings, you'd be doing now). I won't even mention German. Ooops, I just did. The freaking thing is in Latin - I'd have welcomed a spot of French. Then again, wouldn't we all.
	Mickey Mouse. Not on my watch.


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