Private Thread - Keep Out!

[jhnbrbr]

There's a well-known saying (which, btw, I don't agree with) which says:

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach.

At teacher training colleges, they have their own version of this saying:

Those that can teach, do teach. Those that can't teach, teach teaching.

And at the colleges where they train the staff for the teacher training colleges they say:

Those that can teach teaching, do teach teaching. Those that can't teach teaching, teach teaching teaching.

And at the colleges where they train the staff who train the staff who train ....

What? You've had enough already? OK, I'll shut up.

[jhnbrbr]

Here's an amusing little game you can play the next time you're in your car. It's natural to think of the car moving and the earth being stationary, but if you try hard, you can reverse this situation, in your mind at least. Think of your car as being absolutely fixed in space, and think of the earth as being an enormous ball, rotating beneath the car's wheels. It takes a little concentration, but if you persevere, you will find you can maintain the illusion for up to a couple of minutes at a time. The next stage is to imagine that the controls you are using - steering wheel, brake, accelerator - are no longer the controls of your car, but are instead the controls of the earth. Step on the gas a little, and you will be able to feel the earth spinning just that little bit faster on its axis. Now turn the steering wheel a few degrees, and (incredible though it seems) you will actually feel the earth - that enormous sphere of molten magma - tilting on its axis, bringing a fresh piece of road beneath your wheels. Getting the hang of it now? Weird feeling, isn't it ....

HEY! WATCH OUT FOR THAT LORRY.....!!

Oops. Too late.

[Dorsetmike]

It's no good 'e'll 'ave ter go, poor chap's gettin' past it. Thuimb in 'is bum and mind in neutral.

[Mat]

Are you sure it's a good idea, John? One may actually try to play your game and cause an accident. And who's got better chances of surviving in case of such encounter - the lorry driver or you?

Never mind, don't listen to me. I shall go back to lucid dreaming ;-)

And rojo, what are these?

^^

[Dorsetmike]

@ Mat, ^^ usually used on forums to "point" to the immediately preceding post,

sometimes used like this ^^ to mean laughing at the preceding post, or

^^^WHS^^^ translates as "What He Said" (in the preceding post)

Don't know if your keyboard layout is significantly different from the English/UK one where the ^ symbol appears above the 6.

[Mat]

Thanks for the explanation, Mike. Indeed, there's a ^ above the 6. And I also have three green LEDs on my keyboard. But I guess they appear not only in my country

[rojo]

Yes, but why don't they simply advertise the latest admission time? As a customer it's of no interest to me what time the staff want to go home, what I want to know is what is the latest time they'll let me in. Imagine driving 10 miles, thinking you've got 9 minutes to spare, and then finding the gate locked.

Durrrrh.. hello. Of course, yes, I see your point now.

Rojo, I had a feeling you were going to say that sooner or later! If you want to move it to the chit-chat forum I won't object (and Mike's too drunk to notice anyway ).

Well, it's debatable.

Perhaps we best leave it here, so that Mike can find his way back to it, in his drunken stupor.

There's a well-known saying (which, btw, I don't agree with) which says:

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach.

At teacher training colleges, they have their own version of this saying:

Those that can teach, do teach. Those that can't teach, teach teaching.

And at the colleges where they train the staff for the teacher training colleges they say:

Those that can teach teaching, do teach teaching. Those that can't teach teaching, teach teaching teaching.

And at the colleges where they train the staff who train the staff who train ....

What? You've had enough already? OK, I'll shut up.

And then there are those (like Mozart, for example,) who actually do, (or did,) and teach (or taught.)

[jhnbrbr]

And then there are those (like Mozart, for example,) who actually do, (or did,) and teach (or taught.)

Exactly. That well-known saying is a load of rubbish really.

[Dorsetmike]

Exactly. That well-known saying is a load of rubbish really.

Which is why it's posted here in this thread.

[Dorsetmike]

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous

[rojo]

This is turning into the 'randomest' thread ever.

[drummergirlamie]

Forum Raid!!!

[jhnbrbr]

[Hankies at the ready folks]

This is a story about an Amercan couple who have two children, a boy and a girl. The husband works in the power generation industry. He hates his job, but it's reasonably well paid, so he puts up with it in order to provide for his family. But when, at last, the mortgage on their house is paid off, he does a few sums and realises the family could now survive on a smaller salary. He soon takes up a new post in the leisure industry, but not before celebrating his departure by humiliating his old boss in front of his fellow workers. He loves his new job, it suits his personality down to the ground. A whole new atmosphere of peace and contentment settles over the family. One evening, he takes his wife for a romantic picnic on the beach. When they get home they find they have to remove their clothes because the sand has got everywhere, and ... well ... one thing leads to another!

Nine months later, the wife gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. The man is over the moon, and dearly loves the new addition to his family. But as time goes by, he realises that the family finances are very finely balanced, and it's impossible to make ends meet now the family is larger. Finally, he is forced to do the thing he dreads the most. He goes back to his old boss on his hands and knees and begs for his old job back. The boss agrees, but needless to say, makes the man eat a great deal of humble pie first. He even has a special plaque made to hang over the man's workplace to taunt him. It says "Don't forget you're here for ever".

So, as the man one day explains to his older children, the new arrival has cost him his dream, but he wouldn't change a thing because he loves her so dearly. "But if you love her so much, why are there no pictures of her around the house?" his son wants to know. "That's because I keep them where I need them the most!" It's true, he has covered every inch of his workplace with pictures of his baby girl. Some of them overlap the plaque, covering some of its letters. It no longer says "Don't forget you're here for ever." It simply says ...

"Do it for her."


OK, I admit it, I'm simply repeating an old episode of The Simpsons. But wow, what an ending! Right up there with Shakespeare and Dickens imho.

[Dorsetmike]

Forum Raid!!!

Careful Amie, this place is addictive

[Mat]

That's a pretty old-looking machine there, Mike. Don't you think it's time for something better?