It’s called a cloudy day.I’ve often wondered if anyone ever wrote a science fiction story in which a planet was always covered in clouds. How would people react on that day when the clouds broke through…
The sun doesn’t “rise”, the earth rotates while the sun stays in (relatively) the same spot. The concept of “rising” has no validity with an observer… a life form I guess… to see observe it that way. Or am I just being a doofus? Or mansplaining?
Mr. Nielsen, my 8th-grade algebra teacher, would start each year with a big, thick note pad that he had taken a big, thick Magic Marker to and written “0” on the top sheet, “1” on the second sheet, “2” on the next and so on. He then pasted it onto a cardboard frame with the prominent label “Mistakes.” Catch him making an error and he’d tear off a page. He’d also display how many mistakes he’d been caught making the previous year, and the record year. He was a good teacher, so we paid attention anyway, but that helped a lot.
Nowadays, we have comments sections, so Mr. Uhrmann won’t have to decide whether to tear off a page of his own Mistakes Pad when someone tries to call him on “self-correcting” being two words held together with a hyphen. That one will fall to me. Though I might not get to it as quickly as Mr. Nielsen.
Bilan over 5 years ago
You wouldn’t see it if the tree fell on you.
pschearer Premium Member over 5 years ago
We should all be self-correcting.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member over 5 years ago
The teacher brings enlightenment.
DiminishedFirst over 5 years ago
Is this a new teacher?
cervelo over 5 years ago
Ok, last we saw him he had white hair, right?
sandpiper over 5 years ago
Will be interesting to follow this sub’s responses to the children. Already countered Caulfield.
cervelo over 5 years ago
Knew it, June 19th, 2014.
Uncle Bob over 5 years ago
Today’s question: does a hyphen turn two words into one?
MichaelHelwig over 5 years ago
Hey, they do have another teacher.
Bill Löhr Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s called a cloudy day.I’ve often wondered if anyone ever wrote a science fiction story in which a planet was always covered in clouds. How would people react on that day when the clouds broke through…
Fido (aka Felix Rex) over 5 years ago
Maybe a slick reference to Isaac Asimov’s classic Nightfall
kunddog over 5 years ago
I would go with a nuclear war, all the survivors if any would be underground
ChukLitl Premium Member over 5 years ago
If a particle isn’t observed, does it have neither position nor velocity?
Darwinskeeper over 5 years ago
I figured the reason nobody saw the sunrise was that they were all in bed, watching TV or playing with their phones.
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
That has to be the dumbest thing Caulfield ever said onstage.
JudyAz over 5 years ago
Did you hear about the man who stayed up all night wondering where the sun went, until finally it dawned on him?
rstove428 Premium Member over 5 years ago
The sun doesn’t “rise”, the earth rotates while the sun stays in (relatively) the same spot. The concept of “rising” has no validity with an observer… a life form I guess… to see observe it that way. Or am I just being a doofus? Or mansplaining?
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 5 years ago
It would be dark because you are not very bright this morning!
aunt granny over 5 years ago
The answer to Caulfield’s question is "A fairly large disaster has occurred.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
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Mr. Nielsen, my 8th-grade algebra teacher, would start each year with a big, thick note pad that he had taken a big, thick Magic Marker to and written “0” on the top sheet, “1” on the second sheet, “2” on the next and so on. He then pasted it onto a cardboard frame with the prominent label “Mistakes.” Catch him making an error and he’d tear off a page. He’d also display how many mistakes he’d been caught making the previous year, and the record year. He was a good teacher, so we paid attention anyway, but that helped a lot.
Nowadays, we have comments sections, so Mr. Uhrmann won’t have to decide whether to tear off a page of his own Mistakes Pad when someone tries to call him on “self-correcting” being two words held together with a hyphen. That one will fall to me. Though I might not get to it as quickly as Mr. Nielsen.
Michael McKown Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’m surprised there’s someone aside from Mrs. Olsen.
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
ha