Archive | December, 2009

‘Funny Metaphors Used in High School Essays’

Help.com features an entertaining article of metaphors used in high school essays, as submitted by high school teachers. While some of the phrases are clearly the result of ineptness, the context of some of the phrases may determine whether the phrases are genius, pedanticalness or insanity.
Here are a couple of my favorites:

The ballerina rose gracefully [...]

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Santa Visits Last Day of General Chemistry I

In honor of the last day of General Chemistry 111a at Washington University in Saint Louis, Professor Loomis entered in a jolly Santa costume and threw out hundreds of candy canes to his loyal audience. He even threatened coal for the tardy students and continued in his façade in front of a tour group that [...]

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Video: Bill O’Reilly Says Atheists Are Jealous Of The Holidays

If people really think that Bill O’Reilly is a newscaster and not an propagandist prick with an aggrandized ego, then the following video shows how he can project iniquity and frailness against those of different beliefs without any concrete basis to his arguments.

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Send a Free GMail Postcard!

Send a Free GMail Postcard!

Wow, Google has been giving some great Christmas presents this year! First, they gave us free wi-fi at airports and on select Virgin Airlines flights. Now, they are allowing each user to send a special GMail postcard, free of charge, via non-digital mail! The system is quick and easy to use, yet unfortunately only allows [...]

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