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» Stupid Colleagues

Idiot schoolteachers
The teachers in my school just sat through an hour-long, text-heavy, death-by-powerpoint lecture by a leading school dumbass on how we should not be teaching the kids by using long, text heavy, death-by....well, you get the idea.
(Mon 7th Mar 2011, 6:43, More)

» Stupid Colleagues

Idiot schoolteachers
I work in a school where my boss--the director of studies-- recently did an assembly recreating Derren Brown's joke "explanation" of his lottery trick. Remember? The one about "deep maths". Gag was--my manager was not kidding, he actually believed it.
(Fri 4th Mar 2011, 6:48, More)

» Annoying words and phrases

That begs the question
Ok- time to get this off my chest.
If you say that something "begs the question" when you mean "raises the further question" or "prompts the question" then you are revealling yourself to be utterly ignorant with an opinion that can be safely discounted.
"Beg the question" means assuming the conclusion in the premises.
Thanks. I needed that.
(Fri 9th Apr 2010, 16:42, More)

» Shit Claims to Fame II

Rcoket ticket
I once saved Ronnie O'Sullivan from getting aprking ticket in Regent's Park. I warned him that an apparently free parking area was actually a well-known trap for the local parking attendant bastards--one of who could be seen approaching in the distance. He was very grateful.
(Fri 21st Sep 2012, 11:52, More)