I sincerely hope that this e-mail collection of "real" excuse notes written by parents in Tennessee is a humorous urban legend. Unfortunately, I find it all too believable. Thanks to Bev for sending. My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot. Dear school: please ecsc’s john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33….
If Fox News Had Been Around Throughout History News Hounds – they watch Fox so you don’t have to. Source Watch – on Fox Media Matters – on Fox Fair.org – Fox: The Most Biased Name in News
(Mahatma) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of callouses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail. And with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. Therefore, he was known as….. Wait for it…. I just love word play…. A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. (In case you don’t get it, this is a pun on “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” Mary Poppins [1964]) (slightly…
Banished Words List :: 2006 Lake Superior State University 2006 List of Banished Words SURREAL – One part opiate of the masses, 13 parts overuse. Oddly, news anchor and television small talk is becoming more surreal. “Dreams are surreal, not daily adjectives.†– Tracy from Murray, Ky. HUNKER DOWN – To brace oneself, in anticipation of media onslaught. Trotted out in reports about everything from politics to hurricanes. “I have a hankering to ban all of this hunkering.†– Kate…
Viking Kittens (thanks Jean-Marie – heh heh)
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