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Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or alternatively, to make all sorts of nonsensical comments about it which are guaranteed to provide the rest of the world with endless amusement. If you come across any such comments, let the world know by posting them in this category.
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"Wat's so bad about 9/11? all day at school today we had to go to assemblies and marches and a bunch of stupid ****. what is so bad about this particular day? yeah the twin towers fell. that was like 20 years ago. you dont see us celebrating 2pac's death every year after he died. my point is, why do we still care?"
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(From http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...)
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Posted by JT on 31 Dec 2009.
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I feel really sorry for this guy. I really do.
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Posted by Socky on 31 Dec 2009.
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"When was the first blizzard?"
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Posted by JT on 31 Dec 2009.
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A few years ago. I remember it well.
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Posted by Socky on 1 Jan 2010.
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"Are there famous people that are buried there in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?"
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Posted by JT on 30 Dec 2009.
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"Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics.They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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Looks like this old chestnut:
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showt...
This is one of the few Internet chain letters that I saw before I even had access to the Internet!
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Posted by Wrongfellow on 14 Dec 2009.
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Yep - got all today's submissions from a site full of "genuine exam answers" which included everything at the end of that link!
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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History exam Q:"Name a contemporary of Shakespeare."
Genuine answer: "Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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"The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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"In Europe, the enlightenment was a reasonable time. Voltaire invented electricity and also wrote a book called Candy."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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History teacher to student, "So where did the Plains Indians live?" Student, "Uhh.. In a big field?"
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Posted by Ghost on 14 Dec 2009.
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"Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter."
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Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009.
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"How many people die in the average war?"
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Posted by JT on 14 Sep 2009.
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