I had a professor who would tell us that cats were smarter than humans because "they read with their tummies."

I hear there are looms that need smashing Ned. Why don't you get to it instead of trolling us tech literate folks.

Relic. My son will have homeroom (which is never called homeroom, anymore) for one more day this week; then for the rest of the semester he starts the day with German. He'll revisit his homeroom four more times this school year. Homeroom is supposedly some sort of chance to, I dunno, get peer advice or something in…

My natural rhythms are much later than that of most people, I didn't have the net or texting or access to my Super Nintendo on those sleepless nights, instead I wound up watching the Richard Simmons Deal A Meal infomercials that would play continuously all night because I simply could not sleep.

My sweet spot is usually staying up all night, and then going to sleep at about 6 or 7am, until about noon or 1pm. Sometimes, if I have nowhere to be, I'll stay up for over a day and then sleep for 10 or 12 hours.

I am not a morning person. In fact, my sleep rhythms are completely off that clock. So I sleep until the last possible moment, do exactly everything I need to do at home, and out the door down to the minute.

Absolutely no clue. But that's how we started the day—7:35am homeroom. My freshmen year, my homeroom teacher was also the Spanish teacher, and she used to make us sing "La Cucaracha" to wake us up. =P

Yah my dad had CB's when I was growing up... If the skip was rolling, I could listen and talk to people in other countries and time zones.

Reminded because of the Simpsons marathon: When Ned Flanders talks to the psychologist, and is asked, what does he hate?

I didn't read past the first sentence but from what I gather, scientists have definitely for sure found life. Aliens are real!

Typical replies to this ink blot: Bat: 52%, Butterfly: 29%. Who's sick now?

Yup.

I can't decide. Do I try to make a Ned Kelly, Iron Man Mk. I, or Amazing Bag-man joke?

Funny. Because where I grew up, everything you'd need to protect yourself in the exact same stunt is in this photo. "Hey ya'll, watch this!!!" being the preferred signal/battlecry to commence 'splosions.

"It turns out that there was still already of desperation going around."

Additional New Testament verses that also apply: Matthew 5:30, Matthew 18:8, and Mark 9:43. They all recommend cutting off your hand and throwing it away if it causes you to stumble (sin.)

"I wash my hands of this" is of course also a Biblical allusion, though I suspect the phrase was not new then, so....

Perhaps why removing hands (or other offending body part) is often considered the punishment for a crime related to those parts?

Can you cleanse yourself of your sins by literally washing your body?

Yeah, I agree on that. Its a good issue to discuss, but sometimes I wish everyone would just lighten up and have fun with it :) These people in the pictures are doing that, so maybe we could forget about real world issues and have a little escapism like what cosplay is meant to do.