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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2008, 08:25:34 AM »

Offline SShoreFan

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That's nothing!!!

My wife is a magician too  -- I gave her $100 dollars and BAM! it was gone instantly.  She does it all the time.  Simply an amazing trick.


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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2008, 08:47:52 AM »

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This is obviously an excuse to get rid of the guy.  I bet they wanted to fire the guy long ago for whatever reason, but had no grounds and was waiting for him to do something. I bet the guy comes out with reasons they wanted to get rid of him.
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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2008, 08:58:57 AM »

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Here's the trick:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDPd3hM5Qtc

He's definitely a wizard.  Or, the toothpick is taped to his thumb.  But one of the two, definitely.

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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2008, 09:33:54 AM »

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He's a kitsune in human form!

Seriously Bankshot is right. He said/did something to make someone in the school system mad at him and they are getting rid of him. Might even be a "hidden retaliation" against him for a grievance or complaint against his boss or something.

I was a state employee for two years. They do stuff like this all the time in state employment.

All I did was work in a park hotel and the drama and politics and such were unbearable. You wouldn't believe the lengths people would take to undermine the head janitor so they could move up to a higher rank of mop pushing.

I literally seen sex exchanged for full time positions.

All in all this dude aint being fired for wizardry. He knows something or his higher-ups don't care for him for some sort of reason.
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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2008, 10:22:11 AM »

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That guy was better at being a Wizard than DeShawn Stevenson.

Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2008, 10:28:14 AM »

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Let's see him do it with a baseball bat or a telephone pole or something.   Toothpick doesn't impress me. 
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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2008, 10:47:28 AM »

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Well, note to all teachers.



Not more wizardry in class. 

Stick with Voodoo. 

Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2008, 10:57:23 AM »

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Having subbed a bit myself lately, I prefer some quality Henny Youngman one liners as a form of entertainment for the students.  Wizardry is just so overdone.  The key is finding a 2nd grader who can be your straight man.  During recess you pull a kid aside, slip him a buck and tell him when you get back to class to ask you about your trip to the doctor, or when you bring up the story about you dog with no nose, make sure he feeds you the line: "No nose, then how does he smell?"
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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2008, 11:13:19 AM »

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Having subbed a bit myself lately, I prefer some quality Henny Youngman one liners as a form of entertainment for the students.  Wizardry is just so overdone.  The key is finding a 2nd grader who can be your straight man.  During recess you pull a kid aside, slip him a buck and tell him when you get back to class to ask you about your trip to the doctor, or when you bring up the story about you dog with no nose, make sure he feeds you the line: "No nose, then how does he smell?"

Call me old fashioned but I'd probably start my first day as a sub by teaching my students how to be master  vaudevillians with a rehearsal of "The Aristocrats" (snaps fingers in a cha-cha fashion)

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Re: Funny and sad at the same time.
« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2008, 11:47:02 AM »

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My most recent subbing experience fell just short of being strung up on the Wedgy Gallows by a marauding gang of 8 year olds.  It was brutal.  They had the "let's take advantage of the sub" fangs out, big time.  And it wasn't like I was putting up with any crap either, they just kept it coming.  My day ended by making a little girl cry when I called her out for being rude.

Nothing a little wizardry couldn't have fixed.  Although I may have used my super powers for making them sit down and shut up!
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