I sit on a board of directors of a non profit recycling plant. it's a great gig..... we do good community service and the plant employs several persons with disabilities in addition to supporting many projects in our region that provide programming for persons with disabilities. One of the fun things we do is offer tours for elementary school groups. the kids arrive and get the grand walkabout of the place and see how things work and then when they leave they get a goodie bag of swag that we put together from donations from other partners in the region. nice all around cooperation. one of the fellas who does the tours told us this little gem at the board meeting the other night.....
a group of 8 year olds are finishing up their tour and getting their goodie bags. in this particular collection of loot, among other items, was a calculator. the kids were poking around in their bags, getting a feel for their bounty, and one little guy takes out one of these calculators and begins to experiment with it.... and not a minute has passed when he declares: " all it does is math!"
out of the mouths.....
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this story reminded me of a story that made the rounds about two pre-schoolers having a conversation at lunch. one little fella says to the other one: "i found a condom on the patio this morning" and the other little fella says: "what's a patio?"
ReplyDeleteha ha
funny, and, it also makes me ponder and wonder...
Hahahahahahahaha...to both stories :-)
ReplyDeleteBtw, my youngest is 8, and I totally identify with this.
Yeah really I am with the kid...all they do is math. ughhh! Funny though because it is life being lived.
ReplyDeleteWho needs math anyway?
ReplyDeleteIt's surprising how little we can know about someone.(my apologies) I don't know, I had to use a multiplication table. Calculator whats that?? LOL. But I knew what a patio is!!
ReplyDeletewhat's math?
ReplyDeletejadedj-- well, 8 is the new 15, i guess. the little guy on the tour wanted an iphone or a blackberry .... not a stupid calculator that only did math.... sheesh. glad you had a good laugh.
ReplyDeleteWM-it is life lived, for sure. thanks for the resonant math trashing!
Mr. C.- well, who needs it if you can't get a bunch more entertainment besides! at least it isn't a slide-rule.... i remember those!
Anon-i can relate-- i did all that multiplication memory work at the gentle hands of the sisters of mercy! good news on the patio..
ha.
Garth-hee hee. good one. thanks for the visit and your usual pithy comment.
I got
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about
8 thirty eights
9 nines
10 mack tens
the shits never ends
you cant touch my riches
even if you had mc hammer
and the 357 bitches
biggie smalls
the millionaire
the mansion
the yacht
the two weed spots the two hot glocks
(guess how I got the weed spots)
I shot dred in the head
took the bread and the lambspread
little gotti got
a shottie to your chin
so don't resist
or you might miss christmas
I tote guns
I make number runs
I give mc's the runs
drippin
when I throw my
clip in
Everybody hit the D-E-C-K
my slow flow's remarkable
peace to mateo
now we smoke weed like tony montana sniff the yayo.
Oh my god
Im droppin shit like a pidgeon
I hope your listenin
smackin babies on their christening.