Monday, February 8, 2010

New Orleans and their Super Bowl win...

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Guy at wrote:

The city of New Orleans is revived, as are its people.  

Too bad nobody can still understand what the fuck any of them are saying...

FROM THE ANNALS OF FRISH

We moved from Los Angeles to Houston, Texas at the end of 1963, I was halfway through 3rd grade having just turned 9 years old.

My teacher that year was Cajun, and I could understand NOTHING she said.  

I had to rely on a fellow who sat next to me, and could scarcely decipher what he said, in his native Texas drawl as he related what the teacher had asked or told us.

After about three weeks, I was labeled a problem for talking out of turn (wholly defensive on my part) and therefore a parent teacher conference took place.

My mother met with the teacher, and she too couldn't understand a thing...

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Houston school was highlighted by our singing "God Bless America" every day before school started, punctuated with the fantastic voice of Kate Smith over-amped on the Public Address system...

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On a really hot day late in the school year, I recall how my friend and I captured FLIES that were rampant in class, and placed them carefully in our "pencil boxes" (a plastic box which had a ruler as a sliding top, remove the ruler and pencils were contained within.)

We then plucked a long hair from one of the girls (with or without her permission) and tied the flies so that they flew in circles, lassoed in frustration by thumb and forefinger...