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"I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:24 am
by Spock
This is my version of "Break a Leg" when the 2 youngest head off for Knowledge Bowl. I stole it from a humorous short story by George MacDonald Fraser.
I am guessing that I am the only dad who sends them off with that exhortation ringing in their ears.
Littlest Spock (8th Grade) is on the #1 Varsity team and is the MVP of the group of juniors and seniors and will be going against same.
The Spocklette (Conceived on the Bored and turning 16 tomorrow), is on the #2 team.
Re: "I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:24 am
by Bob Juch
Spock wrote:The Spocklette (Conceived on the Bored
I hope you cleaned up after yourself!
Re: "I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:27 am
by Bored Sweeper
Bob Juch wrote:Spock wrote:The Spocklette (Conceived on the Bored
I hope you cleaned up after yourself!
I sure as hell ain't touching that stuff. I don't get hazard pay...
Re: "I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:03 pm
by Spock
Littlest Spock's team got 6th and moves on to regionals.
The Spocklette's team got 21st out 43 or so.
I have to say, from the question that she told me, that I have never been so proud of her.
Question: What Sioux Tribe was at Wounded Knee?
The answer they wanted was :
Lakota
I might have thought too deeply and said
Minniconjou-(one of the 7 branches of the Lakota:)
And I would have argued my case.
The Spocklette was trying to think of
Hunkpapa-Sitting Bull's branch of the Lakota.
I am not very happy that she had the wrong branch of Lakota, but a couple of weeks of being grounded will rectify that-but I am happy that she was thinking sub-tribes of the Lakota.
Re: "I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:05 pm
by Bob Juch
Spock wrote:Littlest Spock's team got 6th and moves on to regionals.
The Spocklette's team got 21st out 43 or so.
I have to say, from the question that she told me, that I have never been so proud of her.
Question: What Sioux Tribe was at Wounded Knee?
The answer they wanted was :
Lakota
I might have thought too deeply and said
Minniconjou-(one of the 7 branches of the Lakota:)
And I would have argued my case.
The Spocklette was trying to think of
Hunkpapa-Sitting Bull's branch of the Lakota.
I am not very happy that she had the wrong branch of Lakota, but a couple of weeks of being grounded will rectify that-but I am happy that she was thinking sub-tribes of the Lakota.
Lakota
was most correct. There were
Hunkpapa
but also other
Lakota
sub-tribes.
Minniconjou
were not there.
Re: "I Hope You Kill a Lot of Germans"
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:07 am
by Spock
Per the Minneconjou not being there.
Of the 7 Lakota sub-tribes (or whatever), Minneconjou is the most correct for Wounded Knee. It was Big Foot's band of Minneconjou that was the core there. Obviously, there were likely visitors-etc from other units, but Minneconjou is most correct.