Silly children.

Soapy
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Silly children.

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My son is 13 this year, and made a really studid comment about the world being boring until Blackberry messenger existed.

So I made him read this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_%28Sc ... y_Division

And have tasked him to write something about it at least 500 words ( all his own ) even though it is summer hols from school.

It should teach him that BBM is a luxury and he might even find his great grandad's and my uncle's names in his research. Both socialist Irishmen who fought in the wars so that we could live were we are.
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Pudfark

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Good idea and great "fathering".... :D

"Both socialist Irishmen who fought in the wars so that we could live were we are."
No offence intended...but, I thought you lived in England? Roots from Ireland, I guess?
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I live in Glasgow Scotland mate, Irish Granparents on both sides. :)
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Post by Dawg »

Soapy wrote:My son is 13 this year, and made a really studid comment about the world being boring until Blackberry messenger existed.

If this helps

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
-- Mark Twain


:lol: At almost 10 mine tried to explain "why playing computer is better than playing outside."
He quoted some tripe (yes, according to his history in firefox, he searched that verbatim) about video games helping doctors perform better surgerys and college students better test scores in bio-mechanics.

Good luck dude!! 8-)
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Soapy
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:lol:

Well his 500 word tome was not bad. Also he does use BBM to organise football and Tennis games so I let him off with a mild scolding. However, next family movie night it won't be some Hollywood family movie, instead I plan on showing them some black and white classics, Hitchcock, Laurel and Hardy etc :)
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Post by fatman »

Go with battleship potomkin
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fatman wrote:Go with battleship potomkin
Good Call, I love Eisenstein :D I take it you meant Battleship Potemkin ( unless you have the Aussie version ;) )
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Well cobber everything is upside down, down here. And would you believe that was the first dvd i bought way back when was at myer still have the price tag on it $33.24 of early 2000 monies thats liek $50 no days :shock:
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Oh and Soapy go Webber 8-) So much for the diffuser fiasco its really helped in keeping the red bulls off the front row :lol:
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fatman wrote:Oh and Soapy go Webber 8-) So much for the diffuser fiasco its really helped in keeping the red bulls off the front row :lol:

Don't have a scoobie about what you said mate. :) Assume it has to do with Republican nazi Aussie skinheads ? :mrgreen:
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