...and it can't die soon enough.
When FLG was a wee lad he always thought that cursive was a plot by girls with the female elementary teachers to get back at the boys for being better at kickball and dodgeball. You know, gross, as opposed to fine, motor skills. Do any guys like writing in cursive? It's like sitting to pee.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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I like writing in cursive. Course I had it beat into me by nuns so what choice did I have.
And I do pee sitting down when I'm a bit under the table and urinals are not on the premises and I don't want to make a mess.
Wanna make something out of it?
First, I'd argue the nuns story only supports my theory. You just happened to enjoy the punishment. Second, sitting to pee is for girls.
Not to be crass, but I've noticed that most yellow snow-writing - done by males, for obvious reasons - is in excellent cursive.
Arethusa,
Only because it would sting like hell to stop the flow to print block letters.
I, for one, am glad to see that you "masters of the universe" cannot write cursive anymore. It means that I really don't have to worry about "climate change" at all. You dopes will have screwed it after I die.
FLG:
So why can't men adapt their talented cursive snow-writing to the written page? I would think that would give them an advantage.
RP Johnson:
I, for one, am no Master of the Universe. I can barely tie my shoes.
Arethusa:
For starters, we'd need to bring back ink wells to dip our "pens" in. For second, do we really want to give first and second graders the all clear to whip their things out and start flinging fluids that could stain all over the classroom? I think not as a matter of safety in the classroom and to prevent the normalization of such behaviour.
Really, Arethusa, I'm surprised you would advocate such a policy.
Of course, you're right, FLG. My bad.
Although if we brought back inkwells, you could dip girls' pigtails in them again, and write cursive with those...
"I'd argue the nuns story only supports my theory."
It doesn't. The Sisters were a rough lot who stoked boys' competitiveness and on more than a few occasions, when an errant ball would find the bulk of a girl's head, would admonish them to stop crying and offer up the pain to Jesus.
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