“An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.”
- Dylan Thomas.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Jessica Rabbit Untooned.
Pixeloo has made a name for him/herself by creating photorealistic versions of famous cartoony characters. He's done Mario and Homer, but my favourite untooning has to be Jessica Rabbit.
Are You Smarter Than An 1895 8th Grader?
Go over to One for The Table and see if you are.
In fact, don't bother. Half the internet doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're", much less nine rules for the use of capital letters.
Following is the 8th-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam:
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie', 'play', and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 65 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
Kermit The Frog Sound-A-Like Dreams Up Awesome Uses For The Wii Remote.
This one would be a great benefit to the workplace.
While this one would be outright revolutionary for home videogames.
If anyone at Nintendo had a brain, they'd hire this guy immediately.
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