No. 2 Pencils only
by Chris ~ April 17th, 2008. Filed under: the past.
First day of a standardized test for my sophomores, ah, that brings back the memories. Hunched over a desk, painful indentations in the side of you finger, and the little bubbles you had to fill in perfectly or garner eternal-damnation. Those were the times.
As I’m reading the directions to my seventh period class, there is a constant stream of reiteration playing in my head from my own standardized tests in elementary school. I kept on thinking, “Wuzzle means to mix” “Balu is a bear”.
I remember those distinctly as the preamble to a set of questions, such as, “what does wuzzle mean?”
Why do the tentacle of long past memories dangle on like that? Is there a purpose those images will serve?
Well, see… now I have Tail Spin stuck in my head.
April 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I totally remember those two as well. You would think that they could come up with new ones each year but they were always the same.
da da da tail spin!
April 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Do you actually have tail spin stuck in your head, or just: duh duh duh tailspin!?
April 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Well, there’s the “oh ah oh ah oh” part, the part where he throws the pineapple through the propeller (don’t try at home) at the bad guy, and then the “duh duh duh… tailspin”.
I’m more complex than just a one part of a cartoon theme song type of guy, come on.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
duh duh duh tailspin!
April 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Well great. Now *I* have TaleSpin stuck in my head!
And do kids today even know what a #2 pencil is? All their new-fangled computers and their XBoxes, and their pokey-mans…
GET OFF MY LAWN!
-= Chris
April 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Damn kids…
April 21st, 2008 at 12:45 am
I never realized how gross “no.2 pencil” can sound until just now…