Good Week For
Illiteracy,after education officials in New Zealand announced that students would henceforth be allowed to use "text speak" in written tests.As long as the meaning is clear,teacher will now have to accept text-messaging abbreviations such as "ur" for "your," "sumthng"for "something" and "cu" for "see you" as if they were standard English.
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Surprises,after a Missouri couple bought a $1.600 camcorder,took it home,opened the box,and found a jar of Classico pasta sause where the camera should be.Jim and Melissa Rittenberg asked Best Buy for a replacement camera,but store officials said that the box had been sealed,so the store was not responsible.
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Love-ins, after two aging hippies from California invited all inhabitants of planet Earth to join them in a "synchronized orgasm" on the Winter Solstice. Donna Sheehan,76 and Paul Reffell,55 were hoping to enlist the participation of 1 billion people,whose simultaneous release of sexual energy was supposed to further the cause of world peace.