Comments | kd4dcy: Librarian Abuse

kd4dcy

Librarian Abuse

Oct 12, 2004 12:38

There's been a recent flurry of stories in our blogring about teachers, and ways of gently but hilariously tweaking them. I've felt the need to participate, but most of my teachers were boring, a few were inspiring, a few were infuriating, but none was genuinely, spontaneously funny even when teased ( Read more... )

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anonymous October 12 2004, 11:42:07 UTC

Hahahahahaha! That's a corker! :D

Omally.

anonymous October 13 2004, 13:38:46 UTC

Yup. Popcorn's not eating.
Andy

anonymous October 13 2004, 13:39:48 UTC

THORK????
Andy

kd4dcy October 14 2004, 05:25:11 UTC

*THORK*, yes. It's a little thing called onomatopoeia. That happens to be the precise bit of imitative harmony that Mr. Steele used each time he told the story, and I found it quite apropos. :)

Granted, both Kirk and I are big fans of Mad Magazine's late Don Martin, who was the unchallenged master of onomatopoeia. Imitation's the sincerest form of flattery, so when Kirk came up with the sound of a bird landing on an energized, high-power HF transmitting antenna ("FWAFFT") or the sound of a big truck horn ("FONK"), it was understood that these are tributary as much as descriptive. :)

anonymous October 14 2004, 09:22:39 UTC

Don Martin was brilliant!!!
Kitoong! Kitoong! Kitoong! was his version of the sound made by a 'bouncing' baby boy ...

anonymous July 30 2006, 22:55:15 UTC

Great. So he f**cked someone up a little more. Write it down in what he accomplished in his life. I'd have preferred the ending if she'd toed him in the nuts, maced him up the nose, did a kneedrop on his belly, filed charges, sued, and won, leaving him homeless, crazy, and having bowel trouble from that weekend in jail. You know? Or maybe she should have whipped out some ninja stars and just slashed his throat, then walk quietly back to her desk and call the janitor about waste removal.