Nah I wasn’t that gentle. I just barfed out like a solid two paragraphs of (accurate, but inscrutable) jargon before noting my graduate degree in literal boat history and he turned red and piped down.
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I hate the pun crap, but I am suuuuuper interested in the history of ship building.
I did not get the part. I forget if I mentioned that it was down to me or one other actor who happens to be one of my closest friends. So, win-win. And now I get to go to one more Duke game in January cause I won't have rehearsal.
You know, yes and no. I think kids need to be taught that adults aren't always right --- and that some of them are really dumb and uninformed. I will never forget being in a summer daycare at 6 or 7 and getting into an argument with a teacher about which state was the largest. I had family living in Alaska and had been there and knew all about the state but the teacher kept pointing at the map and saying, "Look, CLEARLY Texas is the largest." He was not messing around.
I saw a bass wearing a bowtie today. Very sofishticated.
Mighty Egyptians
Bragging about their fast ships
Trading on the Nile.
But Baby Moses
Sailing on a raft of reeds
Defeated them all.
Then the Phoenicians
Mediterranean Kings!
But Tyre laid to waste.
Vikings and the Celts
Took to the seas to plunder
And their culture spread.
Soon it was Spaniards
And Pilgrims and the English
East India Tea Co.
Pirates roamed the seas
How much do their earrings cost?
A buccaneer, duh.
Large Ships of the Line
Gave way to Dreadnoughts and subs
Then carriers ruled.
The Love Boat broadcast
Titanic was a movie
Carnival Cruise Line is run by a bunch of criminal dimwits set upon destroying all that is good and holy in the world.
(I may have broken form there at the end)
While I am glad basketball is back in session, these noncompetitive games aren't easy to watch.
I have mixed emotions. I think girls need to be taught to speak up more when they think an adult is wrong. I have had one too many 10-12 year old boy treat me as though I don't know what I'm talking about to completely agree with this advice. Certainly kids should be taught to ask questions but teaching them that some adults are really dumb and uniformed does not give them to tools to discern whether it's the adults who are dumb and uniformed or if it's them.