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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Arm Writing 4

Professor_Zoom's picture

arm the fourth.

Tessie- The official song of the Boston Red Sox (well, the other official one) by the Dropkick Murphys; a.k.a: best song ever.

Heavy Backpack- My backpack is continually full of crap. Clothes, 3 novels, a textbook, and two folders. It probably weighs close to 20 pounds. Imagine walking that a mile uphill. I didn't have to imagine that. I did it today.

Cheese and Man-Purse- I have what is referred to among me and others, as a "man-purse". It got one of those camo-ey designs on it, and I need it to hold other stuff that can't fit into my "Heavy Backpack" (above). And today I found some cheese in it(it's OK, it was from tuesday. It's still clean). So I ate the cheese from my man-purse. it was cheddar. I don't like cheddar cheese much, but I was hungry.

Chair-Lion- During the start of humanities, I decided to attack my friend Zak with a chair. It wasn't too reminiscent of real lion-tamers, but it was kinda fun. I almost pinned him to the wall with the thing before my teacher came in and started class. Then I had to use it to sit down.

Cheese Grater- Today during math class, I flipped through my folder for the class, and noticed a cartoon I had drawn. it was a cheese grater. He was smiling. I wrote "cheese grater" on my arm, then returned to spacing out.

Wheaties and Queen- Also during math class, we were given three problems to do. I persevered, and finished them all before class ended. It turned out that they were now our homework, so I had no homework. During this time, I had a conversation with Zak about the problems, and kept saying that I was the champion. Why am I the champion? Well, because I eat Wheaties, and that's the "Breakfast of Champions". Except then I told him that I don't actually eat "Wheaties" and don't like most cereals. But I broke into a rousing chorus of Queen's "We Are The Champions" anyways.

Butterscotch Pudding- I don't think I've ever actually eaten any. But I assume it's good.

Negative Money- Also during math class, we were doing some problems, and I was called on to tell the class what negative 4 multiplied by 25 is. I quickly thought of quarters, and answered "Negative 100". I was commended for my quick deduction, as my classmates said "Ohhh right". Then, my teacher made the exact same analogy with the quarters! I quickly told her so, and elegantly revealed how I had deducted that four quarters is $1.00, only in this case it was negative one dollar, thus I had discovered "Negative Money".

Scuppernongs- Apparently these are some sort of "fox-grapes", mentioned in "To Kill A Mockingbird". It sounds funny.

Fox-Bat-Box-Fat- A while ago in German class we played what is possibly the best game ever, "Balderdash". Anyways, one of the words meant some sort of "fox-bat", and it was to cool not to be a German class inside joke. Today, when I heard the words "fox-grape" I instantly remembered the "fox-bat". Someone asked what that meant, and Zak replied "It's like a fox, with bat wings."
I said "Yeah...or like a box, with fat wings."
Best spoonerism I've ever accidentally made in my life.

Mood Food- I stopped at the store on my way home and got some spicy "Goldfish". This was because I was in a bad mood, and had decided to pick my food according to mood. Then: I realized that "mood" and "food" rhyme. How awesome is that?!

Usagi's picture

It was around

It was around "Wheaties and Queen" that I started laughing. Only I'm supposed to be doing my science homework, and my door is open. So I made this odd pft noise a couple of times, and almost sneezed. Congratulations.

Professor_Zoom's picture

hehehe. I'm trying to

hehehe.

I'm trying to picture that.

Usagi's picture

Spontaneous

Spontaneous internal detonation? Heh.

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