Old man's lament??
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toad
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Old man's lament??
I was reading some review comments about a 1962 collection of shaggy dog puns, "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot", and one of the reviewers lamented that his sons and grandkids couldn't get the punch lines because they didn't know the literature the puns were based on. Today I have trouble with some jokes and puns because they are based on computerized games and movies that I'm unfamiliar with. Nothing last forever, but I wonder though, if there really has been a large loss in our cultral back ground due to the scholastic PC drift??
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Aglifter
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Re: Old man's lament??
Yes. I doubt the average "went to college for a little while" middle-class individual is as educated, about meaningful, subjects as a drop-out, from the era when you couldn't drop out until 8th grade.
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BobbyK
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You know what's bad? When you make a literary reference and your *teacher* just stares dumbly at you. This was in elementary school.
I've been swearing and cursing "kids these days" since the 4th grade.
I've been swearing and cursing "kids these days" since the 4th grade.
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JKosprey
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What was the reference? There are varying possible degrees of badness there...BobbyK wrote:You know what's bad? When you make a literary reference and your *teacher* just stares dumbly at you. This was in elementary school.
I've been swearing and cursing "kids these days" since the 4th grade.
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BobbyK
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It was a reference to Moby Dick, if I recall correctly.JKosprey wrote:
What was the reference? There are varying possible degrees of badness there...
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Rusty Ray
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The porn star?BobbyK wrote:It was a reference to Moby Dick, if I recall correctly.JKosprey wrote:
What was the reference? There are varying possible degrees of badness there...
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Erik
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That would give a whole new meaning to "Thar She Blows!"Rusty Ray wrote:The porn star?BobbyK wrote:It was a reference to Moby Dick, if I recall correctly.
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SoupOrMan
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No, the techno guy from a few years back.Rusty Ray wrote:The porn star?BobbyK wrote:It was a reference to Moby Dick, if I recall correctly.JKosprey wrote:
What was the reference? There are varying possible degrees of badness there...
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toad
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"So Mr. uh..Fishmeal you claim your trauma was caused by your Captain getting too wrapped up in his work?"
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Aglifter
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Groan... My AP English class watched the movie with Gregory Peck to meet the requirement to teach Moby Dick... I had already read it, and used to routinely denounce the teacher as a heathen.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes, & our sacred Honor
A gentleman unarmed is undressed.
Collects of 1903/08 Colt Pocket Auto
A gentleman unarmed is undressed.
Collects of 1903/08 Colt Pocket Auto