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Thread-Killing Champ (May '05)

Thread-Killing Champ (May '05)

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Originally posted by Wildfire
I'm ashamed of you.
:'( But, but why?

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
:'( But, But why?
For checkmating him.

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Originally posted by Wildfire
For checkmating him.
What would you have me do? 😳

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
What would you have me do? 😳
Anything. Anything other than checkmate.

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Originally posted by Wildfire
Anything. Anything other than checkmate.
And why might I ask? Do you think my position was so lost that I should have resigned?

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
And why might I ask? Do you think my position was so lost that I should have resigned?
Of course! He was 5 moves away from beating you.

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Originally posted by Wildfire
Of course! He was 5 moves away from beating you.
Do tell. I'm dieing to see the notation on this one.

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Originally posted by zakkwylder
Do tell. I'm dieing to see the notation on this one.
zak, pay no attention to WildFire. Remember, he's only an annoying ghost in this thread.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
zak, pay no attention to WildFire. Remember, he's only an annoying ghost in this thread.
I take offense at that statement, and at the way you intentionally misspelled my name...

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Whoosh ... Radically changing the subject ...

Hey Nordlys, ark and I were wondering, why aren't there any High School or Colleges that use a Walrus as their mascot? Like the "East Icebergville Fighting Walri" or some such. I've certainly never come across any.

What about in Norway - might there be some there? Do schools over there have mascots or is that a stupid American idea? Maybe I'll check the web for High Schools in Alaska.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
Whoosh ... Radically changing the subject ...

Hey Nordlys, ark and I were wondering, why aren't there any High School or Colleges that use a Walrus as their mascot? Like the "East Icebergville Fighting Walri" or some such. I've certainly never come across any.

What about in Norway - might there be some there? Do schools over there have mascots or is that a stupid American idea? Maybe I'll check the web for High Schools in Alaska.
I don't think Norwegian schools have mascots. At least I have never heard about it.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I don't think Norwegian schools have mascots. At least I have never heard about it.
Probably a good idea, as mascots are pretty silly.

I did a quick search through Alaskan High School; lots of Grizzlies, Huskies, and Wolves, even a few Cardinals, but no Walri. Ark won't be happy that nobody wants to play on a team that represents the humble walrus.

I did find something that made me laugh - one school had a web site with the slogan

"Where Learning Becomes a Reality"

Does that actually mean anything?

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Originally posted by RookRAK
"Where Learning Becomes a Reality"

Does that actually mean anything?
I guess it means that you (allegedly) really learn something at that school.

By the way, you might like the logo of Longyearbyen School: http://www.lybskole.no/ 🙂

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I guess it means that you (allegedly) really learn something at that school.

By the way, you might like the logo of Longyearbyen School: http://www.lybskole.no/ 🙂
So the implication is that "learning is an illusion" at all the other schools? I think illusory learning is very different from not learning. In illusory learning you *think* you've learned but you haven't.

Nice logo.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
So the implication is that "learning is an illusion" at all the other schools? I think illusory learning is very different from not learning. In illusory learning you *think* you've learned but you haven't.
Hm. Most of the time when I was in school, I had the feeling that I wasn't learning anything, but I probably did learn some things. So what about this slogan: "Where Not Learning Anything Becomes an Illusion"?

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