tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post117406027785819075..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: That'll Learn 'EmJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-85946343917328555642007-04-21T21:01:00.000-04:002007-04-21T21:01:00.000-04:00That's consistent with all of Dr. White's other bu...That's consistent with all of Dr. White's other bullsh**. He's a dictator to the nth degree, and we all wish the public's opinion of him would go down as his true colors come out and he would go work elsewhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174276762688485722007-03-19T00:59:00.000-04:002007-03-19T00:59:00.000-04:00If I wanted to wear a uniform, I'd go to Catholic ...If I wanted to wear a uniform, I'd go to Catholic school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174267048834103382007-03-18T22:17:00.000-04:002007-03-18T22:17:00.000-04:00That's just so... varied in its attention to detai...That's just so... varied in its attention to detail. These kids can wear varying colours of shoes, pants, and socks, but girls' undergarments must be white? What about boys'? Is there also a rule that all bras must be unpadded? Non-underwired, with the school logo on the left breast (available from such-and-such an outfitter, who we have clearly not made a deal with)?<BR/><BR/>I'm from an EnglishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174154877239941672007-03-17T15:07:00.000-04:002007-03-17T15:07:00.000-04:00I don't know if it is terribly soul-crushing. Teen...I don't know if it is terribly soul-crushing. Teenagers' innate defiance plus creativity will out. My kid goes to a school with a similar uniform policy. Except that at his school it really is just a few paragraphs. The kids are always finding ways to interpret, reinterpret and push the rules. Buncha lawyers in the making.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174137989778929682007-03-17T10:26:00.000-04:002007-03-17T10:26:00.000-04:00the important role soul-crushing conformity will p...<I>the important role soul-crushing conformity will play in our children's economic future</I><BR/><BR/>and the petty egos of the committee rub their metaphorical hands in glee at the prospect of crushing those soulsRugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174137517959716712007-03-17T10:18:00.000-04:002007-03-17T10:18:00.000-04:00I once failed an alegebra quiz when a Barbershop Q...<I>I once failed an alegebra quiz when a Barbershop Quartet turned up in the hall during the expansion of a particularly tricky binomial</I><BR/><BR/>"Ida Rose" or "Sweet Adeline"?<BR/><BR/>I just thought you'd like to know that you have now passed both P.G. Wodehouse and James Thurber and written my favorite sentence ever. The spirit of Douglas Kenney is clearly smiling down upon you.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060437136014976663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174072512423410562007-03-16T16:15:00.000-04:002007-03-16T16:15:00.000-04:00Just meandered across your site Mr/Ms Riley. You ...Just meandered across your site Mr/Ms Riley. <BR/><BR/>You are consistently at the top at skewering absurdity in all its hydra-headed forms. congrats and I'm telling every thinking human i know about your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174066460131137832007-03-16T14:34:00.000-04:002007-03-16T14:34:00.000-04:00I assume the object is to make sure they'll have c...I assume the object is to make sure they'll have clothes for that McDonalds/Holiday Inn job once they graduate. <BR/><BR/>I do wonder, though, who's going to be checking to make sure undergarments are the right color. Or is this just some prudery regarding colored bras under those white blouses?<BR/><BR/>Really, what I remember most about everything above the sixth grade was having a ton of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1174063656599570842007-03-16T13:47:00.000-04:002007-03-16T13:47:00.000-04:00So, don't you have winter in Indiana, where hats, ...So, don't you have winter in Indiana, where hats, scarves, i.e., might be considered useful? Or can one get a philosophical exemption to winter there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com